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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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05/18/2013, 11:43 pm A late-game collapse cost the Quad Cities River Bandits Saturday night. Quad Cities built a 3-0through the first seven ...
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05/18/2013, 10:21 pm Prep baseball Alleman sweeps defending champs:The Alleman Pioneers met up with Normal U-High for the first time since their loss ...
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05/20/2013, 12:16 pm Moline coach Mark Gerlach told his softball team an inspiring tale Saturday, recalling when daughter Alicia's Maroons finished second in ...
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05/18/2013, 9:49 pm The Moline High School tennis program's history runs so deep that it would almost appear that certain momentous moments become ...
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05/18/2013, 9:29 pm MONMOUTH -- Having dropped its two regular-season meetings with Lincoln Trail Conference rival Sciota West Prairie, the United softball team ...
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05/18/2013, 9:59 pm CHARLESTON -- When the moment comes to estimate how much time Geneseo senior hurdler Hannah Waller spent in the last ...
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05/18/2013, 9:22 pm CHARLESTON -- Danielle Crawley did not categorize herself as fully healthy on Saturday. Two races prove otherwise. Despite ...
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05/18/2013, 9:16 pm Heart and intestinal fortitude were not enough to carry the Augustana College baseball team on Saturday in the NCAA Div. ...
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05/18/2013, 8:55 pm CHARLESTON -- A season filled with "some mishaps and errors" ended with Rock Island senior sprinter Troy Jackson labeling the ...
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05/18/2013, 8:51 pm MANLIUS -- Every possible Friday practice during the last few softball seasons, Alleman coach Mike Ebner has split his squad ...
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05/18/2013, 8:36 pm ORION -- One comeback against the Sherrard Tigers fueled another comeback by the Tigers in the Class 2A Orion Regional ...
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05/18/2013, 8:34 pm CHARLESTON -- All the euphoria of what happened on Saturday afternoon brought Erie-Prophetstown senior jumper/sprinter Paige Rus to tears. Grasping ...
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm SHERRARD -- Tanner Matlick's immediate future has him headed to Monmouth College to continue what has been a very successful ...
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm On the drive home from Monmouth College's Glasgow Field, Ridgewood baseball coach Seth Spivey was feeling like someone who had ...
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm MORRISON – Get up early. Do work. Reap the benefits. Saturday's 2A Morrison Regional championship was just another morning ...
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05/18/2013, 7:24 pm BRIMFIELD --Junior pitching standout Matt Jenkins was a major reason why Annawan-Wethersfield is sectional-bound for the fourth straight time, its ...
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05/18/2013, 5:42 pm CHARLESTON -- Here are the live updates from the girls' state track and field state meet at the O'Brien Stadium. ...
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05/18/2013, 12:25 am MANLIUS – Newman's Nick Rude is no mere mortal. Mere mortals can't do what Rude did Friday. Rude chased down, ...
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05/18/2013, 12:24 am Q-C College baseball Kankakee 1, Black Hawk 0: Black Hawk starter Eann Cox pitched a gem, allowing only four hits, ...
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05/18/2013, 12:23 am Several area softball and baseball teams hope to take the next step on their respective postseason routes in today's Class ...
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  Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.




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