United Township junior guard Damon Overton, left, dribbles as Quincy junior forward DeAngelo Dean defends the paint on Friday night at Blue Devil Gym in Quincy. The Blue Devils earned a 49-34 Western Big 6 Conference win.
High school photos from 10 years ago this week.
United Township junior guard Damon Overton, left, dribbles as Quincy junior forward DeAngelo Dean defends the paint on Friday night at Blue Devil Gym in Quincy. The Blue Devils earned a 49-34 Western Big 6 Conference win.
Moline's Jamaree Atwater (42) provides a slam dunk in the first half Friday Feb. 18, 2011 against UTHS.
Moline 112-pound senior wrestler Adam Hay was an All-Western Big 6 Conference selection after finishing 5-0 in the league. Hay handed Rock Island sophomore B.J. McGhee his only regular-season loss of the year.
Wethersfield High School basketball fans see double, and even triple, on a nightly basis. In the boys' and girls' basketball programs, there are a total of three sets of twins and two members of a set of triplets. The remaining triplet is on the school's cheerleading squad. Back row from left, are seniors Adam Blair and Kyle Blair, juniors Nick Wager and Nate Wager, sophomores Rasheed DeBord and Rashaun DeBord, and, front from left, sophomore Lea Eastman, junior Nicole Wager and sophomore Aly Eastman. Outside of athletics, one more set of twins is enrolled at the school and another set of eighth-grade triplets will arrive next year. Dispatch/Argus sports reporter Matt Veto documents the unique circumstances in a video titled, 'Wethersfield's Triple/Doubles.' The video can be found at QCOnline.com/multimedia.
Ignace Hakizimana fled Africa for the U.S. in 2005 and lives in Rock Island with his parents Prucille Bankundiye and Diomede Ntawemera. Ignace wrestles for the Rocks in the 119-pound weight class.
Moline sophomore guard Sanela Causevic drives around United Township's Kiana Brady in girls' basketball action last Thursday. Causevic and the Maroons beat Brady and the Panthers, 51-40 to claim the Class 4A Quincy Regional title at Rock Island Fieldhouse.
Mitch Keppy of Port Byron Riverdale High School [bottom] battles with Tanner Crum of Mt. Carmel during their championship match in the 285 pound division in Class 1A of the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Championships. Keppy fell to Crum 8-3.
Alleman guard Tyler Yeocum, left, looks for a teammate as Rockridge guard Joe Heath defends him during a meeting last month in Edgington. Second-seeded Alleman faces No. 3 Rockridge in the Class 2A Mercer County Regional semifinals on Wednesday night.
Orion's Thorian Twyner celebrates his victory Maxx Hubbard from Sterling Newman Catholic High School after their 130-pound Class 1A state title match Saturday night. Twyner won the match for this year’s crown.
Rock Island's Chasson Randle shoots over Morgan Park's Adrian Jefferies during their game in the City-Suburban Showdown at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago on Saturday night.
Thorian Twyner of Orion High School [right] attempts to complete a reversal against Alex Jones of Shelbyville High School. Twyner defeated Jones 11-3 to win their 130 pound match in the Class 1A IHSA State Wrestling Championships.
Rock Island's Chasson Randle makes an acrobatic move against a wall of Chicago Dunbar defenders earlier this season during the Rock Island boys Thanksgiving basketball tournament.
Bettendorf's Logan Ryan, left, has Ottumwa's Megan Black all wrapped up in a Class 3A 112 pound first-round match at the Iowa State Wrestling tournament, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. Black was one of the first two girls to qualify for the state tournament and was the first to actually wrestle after Cedar Falls' Cassy Herkelman won by default moments earlier and never wrestled. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
Moline 215-pound senior wrestler Hans Schaeffer is finally healthy. After missing the postseason the last two years due to injury, Schaeffer broke through and qualified for this weekend's Class 3A state meet in Champaign.
Assumption's Brody Grothus gets a hug from his coach, Pete Bush, after winning the State champonship at 145 pounds Saturday. Feb. 19, 2011, in Des Moines. Grothus beat Tanner Hiatt of Ballard 4-2 in overtime. (John Schultz / Quad-City Times)
Darren Dillon puts up a three-point shot during the game between North Scott and Davenport West at Davenport West High School on February 18, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa. (Sam Householder/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
