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Q-City Pommers Take 2nd at State Competition

Brian Myles — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:28:39 +0000

Quincy High School’s famed Q-City Pommers competed at the Illinois Drill Team Associations state competition on Saturday, March 16 at Assembly Hall on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign. They had qualified earlier at a regional competition in Highland, Illinois. The squad brought home two trophy’s. They placed 2nd in the state in the [...]

Congratulations to Q-City Pommers

Brian Myles — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:14:08 +0000

Quincy Senior High Schools famed Q-City Pommers are heading to state again. The squad, know for years now as top rate in the state, qualified Saturday,February 23 at regional competition held in Highland, Illinois. The girls brought home some impressive hardware in the form of a first place trophy for one routine and qualified for [...]

The Tri-States Did Well in Business Insider's List of Best College Towns in America

Kurt Parsons — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:48:04 +0000

Business Insider has released their list of the top 10 college towns in America, and the Tri-States were well represented. Columbia, home of the University of Missouri made the top 10, as did Champaign-Urbana, IL (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Parkland College), Iowa City (University of Iowa) and Ames, IA (Iowa State). Overall, 60% of [...]

Luke Guthrie on Top of the World

Jeffrey Dorsey — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:36:43 +0000

I have never met Luke Guthrie but I feel like he's one of us simply by being from Quincy. This young man came from behind yesterday to win the Web.com Tour's WNB Golf Classic in Midland, Texas. He was 5 shots back when play started yesterday and he made up the difference and then some after firing a 6 under par 66 in the final round.

Wonder Why College Costs So Much?

Jeffrey Dorsey — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:32:33 +0000

Schools are open and colleges are back in session and the talk about the cost of education starts again. Let’s face it, sending your kid to Illinois, Missouri, or Iowa is going to cost you a good chunk of change. Sending them to Quincy University, Culver-Stockton College or Hannibal LaGrange University isn’t cheap, either. John [...]

See Jack Cornell Play Tonight in Person or on TV

Jeffrey Dorsey — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:02:12 +0000

Tonight in St. Louis the Rams will be hosting the Baltimore Ravens in an NFL preseason football game. For most people it’s just a preseason game, but for Jack Cornell it might be the biggest game of his life. Jack is the young man who was a standout player for the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders [...]

Quincy Sports Fans are Blessed

Jeffrey Dorsey — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:33:14 +0000

The sports scene in Quincy is heating up with a couple of young men making a name for themselves: Luke Guthrie in golf and Jack Cornell in football.