Quincy Shootout cancels Saturday video games resulting from excessive chilly, attainable snow and ice

QUINCY (WGEM) – All Saturday video games for the seventh Annual Quincy Shootout have been cancelled resulting from excessive chilly, snow, and ice throughout the nation. Tournament organizers made the troublesome choice to prioritize security over competitors.

“We are disappointed, but we understand that safety is a priority,” the Quincy Shootout posted on X.com. “Thank you to our community for always being supportive.”

The match will now function solely Friday evening video games at Blue Devil Gym.

Friday evening motion nonetheless on

Despite the weather-related setbacks, elite basketball expertise from throughout the nation will nonetheless take the court docket Friday evening, showcasing a few of the greatest younger gamers within the nation. However the schedule has been revised:

At Quincy High School

• 5:30 p.m. QHS Girls vs Principia Girls
• 7 p.m. QHS Boys vs Rock Island Boy

At Quincy Notre Dame

• 7 p.m. QND vs Lanark Eastland
• 8:30 p.m. Chaminade vs Columbia Hickman

At John Wood Community College

• 3 p.m. Utah Prep vs Iowa United
• 4:30 p.m. Bella Vista Prep vs Wasatch Academy

Local star among the many nation’s greatest

Among the standout gamers competing is Quincy High School sophomore Khloe Nicholson, ranked seventeenth nationally within the class of 2028. Nicholson has already garnered important curiosity from main school applications, holding gives from Iowa, Mizzou, Illinois, and quite a few different colleges throughout the nation.

The alternative to compete on the Quincy Shootout is especially significant for Nicholson and her teammates. “I’m really excited. I think we are all excited. We all just want to compete out there,” Nicholson mentioned. “We know there’s a lot of good teams and we want to win, so I think we’re just really looking forward to it. I think we just want to show that we belong. We’ve played a lot of good teams, especially in the Sophie Cunningham Shootout, so I just feel like playing those good teams has really helped us with competition.”

Challenging matchup forward

Nicholson and the Lady Blue Devils will face one in all their hardest challenges once they tackle the Principia Panthers—ranked No. 1 in Missouri for Class 3. That recreation ideas off tonight at 5:30 p.m. at Blue Devil Gym.

How to observe

WGEM shall be streaming each the women and boys video games from the Quincy Shootout, permitting followers to catch the motion on-line.

Other video games shall be streamed on Central Illinois Sports YouTube channel.

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