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CBS Sports has joined ESPN in projecting Rock Island's Brea Beal as the
#7
overall pick in next Monday's WNBA Draft. Both project South Carolina teammate Aliyah Boston at
#1
to the Indiana Fever. Indiana also owns the
#7
pick.
BREAKING: Sterling QB/LB Kael Ryan has been named the 2022 Western Big 6 Football MVP.
He was selected by a vote of conference head coaches.
In conference games, Ryan was 3rd in rushing, 8th in passing, 5th in total offense. Named 1st Team All-Conference LB, 2nd Team QB.
NEW: Western Big 6 All-Conference 1st Team Defense:
Hyson Bey Buie (Mol)
Kendrick Muhammad (Ster)
Caron Banks(Quin)
Charles Jagusah (All)
Kael Ryan (Ster)
Christian Raya (Mol)
Jasper Ogburn (Mol)
Grant Sibley (Mol)
Ty Douglas (Quin)
J.P. Schilling (Ster)
A.J. Kested (Ster)
BREAKING: Rosters for
@ilshrinegame
June 18, 2022 in Bloomington include:
WR Marieon Anderson, RI
TE Colin Shults, Moline
TE Kai Rios, RI
PK Caroline Hazen, Moline
CB Cranston Wall, Moline
Hazen is the first female player ever selected.
NEW: Western Big 6 All-Conference 1st Team Offense:
Charles Jagusah (All)
Carver Banker (Mol)
Mark Runkle(Mol)
Lucas Austin (Ster)
Chris Flachs (Quin)
Riley Fuller (Mol)
Quonterrion Brooks (RI)
Antonio Tablante (Ster)
Jeraius Rice (Quin)
Greg Quince (Quin)
Bradyn Little (Quin)
BREAKING: Western Big 6 baseball coaches select Moline pitcher Riley Fuller as Conference MVP.
3 teams have the whole All-Conference 1st Team:
Moline: Fuller, D. Phelps, A. Schimmel, D. Hoffstatter
Galesburg: K. Klein, G. Aten, T. Morling
Quincy: G. Cook, L. Mettemeyer, N. Harbin
BREAKING: Jordan Delp is now the acting head coach of Augustana Men's Basketball, with Tom Jessee taking "an immediate voluntary personal leave of absence."
Former Rock Island Athletic Director Bob Swanson, who has been Executive Secretary of the Western Big 6 Conference since 2014, will step away from that position, to be succeeded by Sterling AD Greg King on July 1st. Our thanks to Bob for all of his help over the past 7 years!!
BREAKING: Marc Polite will be the new head boys basketball coach at Rock Island, subject to a school board vote next Tuesday. Polite was 29-15 in 2 seasons at Davenport North, including a run to the state quarterfinals in 2020, & 88-106 in 7 years at his alma mater UT (2008-15).
BREAKING: Moline's Caroline Hazen named Western Big 6 Girls Soccer MVP.
All-Conference:
Mol: Hazen (F), K. Bailey (F), I. Smith (M)
Gen: D. Beach (F), B. Huizenga (M)
Quin: B. Lannerd (M), R. Moore (M), T. Fohey (G)
Alleman: A. Glackin (M), C. Colburn (D)
RI: U. Kimba (D)
Brock Harding's 28 points in Moline's 59-42 State Championship win over Benet was just 2 points shy of the all-time 4A title game of 30, set by Jalen Brunson, Lincolnshire Stevenson vs. Normal Community, in 2015.
FINAL: Rock Island 96, Dubuque Hempstead 72
Amarion Nimmers set the all-time
@RockyHoops
single-game scoring record with 45 points. On the
@QuadCityStorm
Postgame Show, we learned that Nimmers and the Rocky players did not know Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was here watching.
BREAKING: Breakout star G Navon Shabazz will attend Davenport Assumption, as announced today by his father on Facebook. Moving from Ft Lauderdale, FL, where he averaged 12.2 pts/3.7 reb/3.2 ast as a freshman, and 8.8 pts in 8th grade. Brother Nasir Jr. starred at West and North.
Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery is at Rocky, presumably to see Hempstead's 7-footer Cameron Fens. However, Amarion Nimmers has 20 points early in the 2nd quarter. That's gotta make an impression, huh?
BREAKING: Lorena Awou of United Township named Western Big 6 Girls Basketball MVP. Here are the all-conference selections, voted on by the head coaches:
BREAKING: Genesis Shootout pairings
10:00 Alleman vs West
11:45 Sterling vs Central
1:30 Geneseo vs North
3:15 Galesburg vs Bettendorf
5:00 UT vs Assumption
6:45 Rocky vs PV
8:15 Moline vs N Scott
The Shootout is Dec. 18
POSTED: Starters for tonight's 7:30 p.m. (approx.) Boys game at the Pepsi Iowa-Illinois Senior All-Star Games at Augustana.
Live coverage at 5:30 p.m. on , including Girls game, 3-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest. Plus interviews with players.
BREAKING: Western Big 6 softball coaches select Rock Island infielder Taylor Pannell as Conference MVP.
All-Conference Team:
RI: Pannell, A. Carroll, G. Taber, C. Kelly
Moline: K. Holtam, M. Walston, S. Spurgetis, K. Collins
Geneseo: J. Lambin
Sterling: E. Palumbo
UT: K. Pena
BREAKING: Congratulations to Todd Thompson, the new Moline High School Athletic Director, approved by the school board tonight. Thompson was a championship wrestling coach at his alma mater and is currently an Industrial Technology Teacher and Assistant Wrestling Coach at MHS.
We'll be live @ 2022 Pepsi IA-ILL Senior All-Star Games, next Monday at Augie. Iowa Boys team includes:
DN – Cade Guinn, Mike Lowrey
C. DeWitt – Gibson McEwen, Shawn Gilbert
Clin. – Jai Jensen
DW – Jermaine Gardner, Zion Caruthers
PV – Joel Lawlor, Ryan Dolphin
DC – Kaden Johnson
THANK YOU, MOLINE MAROONS FANS
3/6 Super Sectional: You broke our all-time listenership record and the nationwide record of our streaming service.
3/11 Championship: So many of you turned us up and turned the TV down that you broke the record again!
Thanks to you from all of us!
QUAD CITIAN RETURNS TO COACH GENESEO FOOTBALL:
Matt Furlong, who played football at Assumption (Class of '00) and Augustana College (Class of '04) is the new head coach at Geneseo HS. As Cary-Grove defensive coordinator, he helped lead state championships in '18, '21, and '23.
Tonight's Boys rosters shown below. Live coverage of the Iowa-Illinois Senior All-Star Games, including the Three Point and Slam Dunk contests, gets underway at 5:30 p.m. on .
**Harding and Freeman attending but unable to play.
WESTERN BIG 6 ALL CONF.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
First Team
John Hutton Moline
Jackson McClellan Moline
Justin Johnson Geneseo
William Plumley Geneseo
Galvin Allison Geneseo
Fiker Rosen Quincy
Ben Vasquez Galesburg
Logan Veloz United Twp
Donovan Garro Rock Island
Javon Bruce Sterling
FINAL: Rock Island 4, Morton 1
P Conner DiIulio allowed 3 hits, striking out 9, 58 of 73 pitches for strikes.
Saturday 9:45 a.m.: Rocks (30-8, 22 straight wins) vs Peoria Richwoods (9-23) for Sectional Championship, live on , presented by QCA Pools & Spas.
Spring 2021 Top Ten Rushing per
@wb6stats
:
Cayne Smith (UT) 1428
Bruce Moore (Gen) 679
Noel Aponte (Ster) 655
Alex Egipciaco (Gales) 498
Marriyon Rogers (RI) 438
Jashawn Howard (Ster) 418
David Tessman (Ster) 396
Kael Ryan (Ster) 394
Jack Patting (All) 393
Riley Fuller (Mol) 346
Moline fans, you did it! Tonight's game was the most listened to contest in the history of our nationwide live stream provider, Network1Sports. Now it's on to the Final Four!
POSTED: Starters for tonight's 6 p.m. Girls game at the Pepsi Iowa-Illinois Senior All-Star Games at Augustana.
Live coverage at 5:30 p.m. on , including Boys game, 3-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest. Plus interviews with players.
FINAL: Rock Island 49, Moline 47
KJ Lamonte 23 points, including winning FTs with :12.1 left. Ben Goeh 13 pts & great defense, both were
@HungryHobo11
Players of the Game. For Moline, Trey Taylor & Marcus McQueen 13 pts, Braden Freeman 12.
ROCKS TIED W/QUINCY FOR 1ST IN WB6.
Girls Basketball Scoring Leaders from
@wb6stats
:
18.6 L. Awou (UT)
16.0 A. Voss (All)
15.8 K. Kilgore (Gale)
13.8 J. Brown (Quin)
12.8 C. Hulke (All)
12.6 A. Edgerson (Gale)
11.8 M. Longcor (Quin)
10.5 J. Tatum (Mol)
10.4 D. Buchanan (Mol), A. Erickson (All), K. Pena (UT)
Final Regular Season Passing Yardage Leaders from
@wb6stats
:
2183 Bradyn Little (Q)
1486 Conner Diiulio (RI)
1146 Matthew Kelley (UT)
1023 Tristan Legate (Gale)
848 Grant Sibley (Mol)
740 A.J. Weller (Gen)
661 Daniel VanDeHeede (All)
517 J.P. Schilling (Ster)
261 Kael Ryan (Ster)
BREAKING:
@UTPanthers_GBB
Senior Lorena Awou named Illinois Media First Team All-State in Class 4A!! The NC State commit received the 3rd most votes of any 4A player in the state.
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Class 3A 2nd Team: Kiarra Kilgore, Galesburg
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Class 4A HM: Quincy's Jada Brown & Taylor Fohey
MOLINE AT BATAVIA 2ND ROUND FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SATURDAY
The 9-1 Maroons visit the 10-0 and defending Class 7A State Champion Bulldogs, Saturday at 1 p.m. The winner advances to the State Quarterfinals. Live play-by-play on !
RETWEET SO EVERYONE CAN LISTEN
FINAL: Rock Island 87, Galesburg 35
Rocks 5-0, 1-0 in Western Big 6
KJ Lamonte 18 pts, Larry Olivier 16, Brayden Marshall 13
Ben Goeh scored 9 first-half points and defensively helped make it a horror show for Galesburg, and was named
@HungryHobo11
@RockyHoops
Player of the Game.
BREAKING: Confirmed by multiple head coaches, Alleman sent a letter to the other schools November 21st saying the Pioneers will NOT play Western Big 6 football in '24. Tonight, Alleman Coach Jeff Schmulbach said he had no comment on if they would play non-conference, or JV only.
FINAL: Rock Island 61, Sterling 52
Jordan Rice 20 pts, Mareion Anderson 18, Baker Beal 11 of his season high 13 in the 4th quarter. Rocks outscored Golden Warriors 24-12 in the 4th.
BREAKING:
@AllemanGBB
's Clair Hulke named Illinois Media All-State 2nd Team in Class 2A. The Pioneers' Audrey Erickson and Adalynn Voss named Honorable Mention.
Spring 2021 Top Ten Receiving Yards per
@wb6stats
:
Jaheim Thornton (Mol) 540
Cole Rusk (RI) 495
Matthew Bailey (Mol) 486
Dre Egipciaco (Gales) 424
Clay Hansen (Qu) 389
Jakobe Bea (RI) 361
Jaylen Brozovich (RI) 294
Jack Rupert (Qu) 291
Tre Carpenter (UT) 231
Carter Ryan (Ster) 206
WESTERN BIG 6 ALL CONF.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
First Team
Esther Brown Geneseo
Jaide Flowers Geneseo
Tess Hendrickson Alleman
Mattie Kindelsperger Alleman
Avery Magerkurth Geneseo
Alexandria Meyers Qu.
Maddie Miller UT
Kylie Nicklaus Sterling
Anna Schuering Qu.
Olivia Schuering Qu.
🏆THIS IS THE WESTERN BIG 6 TITLE GAME🏆
🏈Sterling (5-0, 6-1) at Moline (5-0, 6-1)
🎙️Live, free play-by-play
⏲️Friday 7:15 p.m. on 📻
Winner owns the tiebreaker, everyone else will be 2+ games back with 1 to play. So this game is for the championship.
Jake Ellis (Rock Island HS) caught 7 passes for 88 yards and 2 TDs today in Truman State's 63-14 win over Quincy University. The Division II Bulldogs (4-0) have wins over Division I schools Drake and Valparaiso.
Scoring Leaders (Conf games only) from
@wb6stats
:
21.3 K J Lamonte (RI)
18.0 Trey Taylor (Mol)
16.0 Dominic Rhoden (UT)
15.3 Braden Freeman (Mol)
14.3 Camden Brown (Q)
14.3 L. Olivier (RI)
14.0 C. Freeman (Gen)
13.0 I. Dominique (Gale)
12.7 B. Longcor (Q)
12.0 N. Battaglia (St)
FINAL: Rock Island 66, Sterling 34
Rocks make 11 3s, including 10 in the first half, 4 by Larry Olivier Jr. (16 pts,
@HungryHobo11
Player of the Game), 4 by Dezmond Jackson (18 pts), 3 by K.J. Lamonte (20 pts). Rocks (6-1, 2-0 in WB6) get ready for Moline at Wharton Friday.
During my postgame interview with
@PVSpartanHoops
coach Steve Hillman tonight, I watched Spartan players help Fort Madison’s game admin put bench chairs away. Great group of kids, makes it fun to call their games.
#qcsportsnet
@PVSpartanPride