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05/22/2013, 12:11 am
Fresh from its first regional baseball championship, eight members of the Galva-Williamsfield baseball co-op got to enjoy some early All-Conference ...
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05/22/2013, 12:11 am
In his own words, Erie-Prophetstown baseball coach Jason Orman prefers a game that gets down to the sport's fundamental essence. ...
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05/22/2013, 12:10 am
College golf BHC in second: The Black Hawk College golf team got off to a sizzling start at the NJCAA ...
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05/22/2013, 12:26 am
At first glance, Ridgewood's opponent in today's Class 1A Bloomington Sectional baseball semifinals would appear to be somewhat less than ...
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05/22/2013, 12:27 am
CHILLICOTHE -- A season debut set the tone for the Geneseo softball team on Tuesday night. Senior Jessica Murray, ...
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05/21/2013, 10:52 pm The Moline girls softball team sure knows how to put on a show. Waiting until the bottom of the ...
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05/21/2013, 10:51 pm
STRONGHURST -- All season, the Sherrard softball team has shown the capability to light up a scoreboard. After tallying ...
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05/21/2013, 10:39 pm
PEORIA -- For three minutes on Tuesday evening, the United Township High School girls' soccer team had hope the comeback ...
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05/21/2013, 10:13 pm
Where: O'Brien Stadium, Charleston When: Thursday and Saturday Times: 11 a.m. (Thursday, prelims) and 10 a.m. (Saturday, finals) ...
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05/21/2013, 10:13 pm Because of an error in the caption of a file photo, United Township's Brooke Prior was incorrectly identified in Tuesday ...
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05/22/2013, 12:28 am OREGON -- Alleman's five seniors loudly announced their appearance on the local softball scene together as incoming high school freshmen ...
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05/21/2013, 8:07 pm
MINNEAPOLIS — Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home. So ...
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05/22/2013, 12:28 am Last weekend was definitely one for the scrapbooks for Cambridge High School senior and Ridgewood boys' track and field standout ...
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05/22/2013, 12:26 am Thomas Lindauer, an Illinois junior shortstop, spent part of his Tuesday afternoon participating in a workout at Minnesota Twins' Target ...
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05/21/2013, 6:52 pm
We're at the middle of National Safe Boating Week and I'm holding two press releases noting that fact. Both of ...
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05/21/2013, 6:46 pm The Rock Island/Henry/Mercer/Stark Counties 4-H and University of Illinois Extension hosted a regional shooting sports shotgun competition last Saturday at ...
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05/21/2013, 2:13 pm
BOSTON (AP) — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFL owners ...
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05/21/2013, 1:01 am
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown, Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley joined Quincy's Luke Guthrie in qualifying ...
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05/21/2013, 1:01 am Where: Notre Dame High School, Peoria Today's semifinals: United Township vs. Morton, 5 p.m.; Peoria Notre Dame vs. Dunlap, 7 ...
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05/20/2013, 11:50 pm Final (corrected) Batting: 1. Kellie Smet, Moline, .640; 2. Jasmine Ragusi, RI, .588; 3. Lecy Waldbusser, Moline, .517; 4 ...
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05/20/2013, 10:45 pm
The state of Illinois will be represented at this year's British Open by at least one golfer. Quincy native ...
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05/20/2013, 10:33 pm
The Quad Cities Football Club Men's National Premier Soccer League Team kicked off the 2013 season with back-to-back road victories ...
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05/21/2013, 10:17 am Regionals start locally today in Class 3A and 4A. Alleman also begins 2A sectional play. In other words, it's ...
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05/20/2013, 11:57 pm What & where: Moline (Class 4A) and Chillicothe (3A) host events of local interest this week. 4A Moline schedule: ...
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05/20/2013, 9:06 pm
Alex Ward's full-tilt style of softball frequently evokes comparisons by Sherrard High School fans to a former Major League Baseball ...
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05/20/2013, 9:06 pm During Monday evening's Class 4A Normal Community baseball regional game at Rock Island, Rocky's Cullen George had what his coach ...
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05/20/2013, 8:49 pm
Class 2A Monmouth-Roseville Sectional Wednesday: West Hancock vs. Eureka, 4 p.m. Thursday: Mercer County vs. Annawan-Wethersfield, 4 p.m. Saturday: Championship ...
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05/20/2013, 8:37 pm
Last year, the Alleman Pioneers came oh-so-close to breaking what was then a five-year dry spell between regional softball titles, ...
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05/20/2013, 8:42 pm
Oregon Sectional Today: Alleman vs. Peru St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.; Pecatonica vs. Stillman Valley, 7 p.m. Saturday: Championship game, 11 a.m. Directions: Take ...
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05/20/2013, 5:29 pm
As the only senior on the Riverdale High School softball team, pitcher Sadie Mosher was expected to set the example ...
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05/20/2013, 5:28 pm Quad Cities River Bandits pitcher Mike Hauschild did all he could on Monday afternoon to help his club avoid a ...
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05/20/2013, 11:51 am
The Quad Cities crowned a pair of champions at USA Wrestling's Illinois State Freestyle Finals earlier this month. Moline's ...
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05/19/2013, 11:10 pm Sweeping conference foes en route to the Western Big 6 girls' soccer title also helped the Moline Maroons sweep up ...
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05/19/2013, 11:05 pm Alleman and Galesburg tied for the Western Big 6 Conference baseball title this spring. The Pioneers and the Silver Streaks ...
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05/19/2013, 11:59 pm CORDOVA—The American Drag Racing League invaded the Cordova Dragway Park during the weekend and brought with it a million free ...
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05/20/2013, 12:15 pm United Township won the Western Big 6 Conference softball title for a third time in four years this spring. ...
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05/19/2013, 9:42 pm Class 1A Annawan-Wethersfield: DeAngelo Washington (long jump); Carter Pillen (pole vault); Ben Foster (shot put); Michael Cook (800, 1600); Rashaun ...
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05/19/2013, 11:58 pm The Alleman baseball team was the Class 2A state runners-up a season ago. This season, the Western Big 6 ...
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05/19/2013, 11:59 pm Dakota Bacus' first pitch on the Modern Woodmen Park mound was a called strike on Sunday afternoon, a sizzling fastball ...
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05/19/2013, 9:05 pm According to the number of click-throughs on QCOnline.com, these were the most popular sports stories for the past week. ...
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05/19/2013, 8:18 pm A develop-from-within approach orchestrated by the St. Louis Cardinals led to the club's minor-league system being rated No. 1 in ...
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05/19/2013, 8:18 pm
When you have it, you cherish it. When you lose it, you act like it's no big deal. ...
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05/19/2013, 7:56 pm This is a weekly update on 2009 Moline graduate Dakota Bacus and 2006 Rockridge graduate Tyson Blaser, who are both ...
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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