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Rock Island (14-3, 3-1 Big 6) at Quincy (12-3, 4-0)
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Tonight: The Western Big 6 Conference game at Blue Devil Gym begins at 7:30. Sophomores start at 6. Twitter updates: @danmak57 Saturday: Rock Island is idle; Quincy travels to Hinsdale South for a 7:30 p.m. contest. Starting lineups Rock Island: G: C.J. Carr, 5-6, Jr. (13.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg), Brian Richardson, 6-0, Sr. (12.0, 3.1) & Trey Sigel, 6-1, Jr. (10.2, 3.0); F: Rob Johnson, 6-2, Sr. (5.5, 4.3) & Keenan Shorter, 6-3, Jr. (10.2, 3.0) Quincy:G: Cole Abbey, 6-0, Sr. (13.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg), Martin Kvitle, 6-3, Sr. (16.8, 3.6) & Mason Fairley, 6-0, Sr. (6.2, 3.8); F: Connor Mellon, 6-3, Jr. (6.9, 3.9) & Jason Salrin, 6-7, Sr. (4.7, 8.1) Why watch: Rock Island looks to tie Quincy in the Western Big 6 Conference standings as the league schedule reaches its halfway point. A Quincy win would give it a two-game lead with five to play over the preseason favorites, making this a must-win game for the Rocks. "I hate that term," Rocky coach Thom Sigel said. "The only must-win games are in the postseason. But we've talked about the mentality of thinking that if we want to win the conference, we need to win out. We lost one on the road (at Galesburg); we need to try to get one back." ... Sigel said senior forward Raahsaan Brown "probably" will play. Brown has missed the previous 3 1/2 games with a sprained ankle. ... These two have claimed 35 titles in the league's 43-year history, including the last three. Quincy leads the all-time series 57-41, but the Rocks have won six of the last eight meetings. "This has been a great rivalry over the years," Quincy coach Sean Taylor said. "Our players are looking forward to competing against a very good Rock Island team." ... The Blue Devils have dropped two of their last three games — against East St. Louis (60-52) and Chicago Heights Marian (60-39). Quincy is 7-2 at home this year; the Rocks are 2-1 in true road games. Rock Island coach Thom Sigel: "We've talked all year that we're going to get teams' best shots. We've got to use that to try and play at a higher level each game. I'm sure there will be a big crowd in blue and white down there waiting for us. We've got to show toughness." Quincy coach Sean Taylor: "Rocky can hurt you in many ways. They are very quick defensively, they have multiple players who can score the ball, and they are a good rebounding team." 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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