There will be high school basketball in Illinois this winter — at least in some places of the state and in some form.
Senior guard Joey Borbeck said Pleasant Valley coach Steve Hillman is always preaching in practice that he wants 30 seconds of perfect defense.
Athletes of the week
When the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association conducted its first girls' state wrestling tournament two years ago, there were 87 p…
Kevin Bowman knew it was time.
A look at last week's Q-C high school sports in photos.
CORALVILLE — Just six years ago, Virginia Cacho was living in poverty-stricken Honduras and uneducated. She couldn’t speak English and knew ve…
CORALVILLE — There was hardly an ounce of celebration from Ella Schmit following her second consecutive state wrestling championship Saturday.
MUSCATINE — Muscatine missed just 14 shots all game en route to a 54-45 win over Davenport North Saturday evening at Muscatine High School.
In a matchup of the top two ranked 220-pounders in Class 3A, Bettendorf's Bradley Hill kept his unbeaten season going, knocking off top-ranked…
CLINTON — Right after suffering a pin in the blink of an eye Thursday against North Scott, Assumption's Aiden Morgan went back into the wrestl…
The opening week of the 2021-22 prep boys' basketball season looks as if it will be a most challenging one for the United Township Panthers.
The play was not drawn up for Bettendorf’s TJ Bogan, but Bogan made the right call at the right time.
With less than three minutes left, Davenport North looked like it had secured a cross-town victory, leading by 13 over Davenport Central. But …
ELDRIDGE — TJ Case knew before the season tipped off that he’d be mixing and matching trying to find the go-to lineup for North Scott’s girls …
Being from the Illinois side of the Quad-Cities, Marc Polite didn’t really know what to expect from Davenport intercity games when he first be…
When things got tough Friday night for the Davenport West boys basketball team, the Falcons responded together with toughness.
Basketball can be a simple game at times. When the ball goes through the basket, everything else can look pretty good.
DEWITT — Riding high after knocking off one state-ranked opponent, the Bettendorf girls' basketball squad was looking to bag some more big gam…
It appears as if there is movement toward high schools in Illinois being able to salvage some sort of a prep basketball season this winter.
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Two defending state champions lead a group of nine Quad-Cities area wrestlers who reached the quarterfinals of the IWCOA girls state tournamen…
Boys basketball
Trailing 4-0 after the first period Thursday night, Chase Porter walked to the center of the mat with a fresh mindset.
Whenever two state-ranked heavyweight wrestlers meet, you know it’s going to be a good match. That’s exactly what happened on Thursday night a…
There will be an additional classification of high school football in Iowa in the fall.
High school photos from 10 years ago this week.
CLINTON — When Clinton Prince of Peace activities director Jennifer Wauford introduced a new teammate to the girls basketball team, everyone s…