Stellar teams deserve stellar coverage

Girls basketball state tournament live play-by-play from QCSportsNet.com!

Presented by the Wheelan-Pressly family of funeral homes

For the first time in what is believed to be more than a decade, live play-by-play of girls high school basketball is returning to the Quad Cities! QCSportsNet.com, the leading provider of high school sports in the Quad Cities, is pleased to announce live coverage of all girls basketball state tournament games involving Rock Island and Pleasant Valley high schools, presented by the Wheelan-Pressly family of funeral homes in Rock Island, Milan, and Reynolds. This is in addition to QCSportsNet’s current programming of complete regular season and state tournament coverage of the Rock Island, Pleasant Valley, and United Township boys teams.

The girls tournaments begin in mid-February, making it five teams with championship aspirations that QCSportsNet will carry live for as far as they go in their quest to make it to the Final Four. On the girls side, Rock Island (20-3, #6 in Illinois Class 4A) and Pleasant Valley (9-3, #15 in Iowa Class 5A) are having excellent seasons, as are, on the boys side, Rock Island (12-3, #8 in Illinois Class 4A), United Township (15-4, Honorable Mention in Illinois Class 4A), and Pleasant Valley (12-0, #2 in Iowa Class 4A).

“I think that sounds great,” said Rock Island girls coach Thad Hoover about the news. “Excited to have the coverage.”

In addition to Wheelan-Pressly (www.wheelanpressly.com), participating sponsors include Crawford Company Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning (www.crawford-company.com); and Blackhawk Bank & Trust (www.choosethechief.com). Tournament sponsorship plans are available for as low as $12 per game, for all games up to and including the Final Four.

Fans can enjoy live play-by-play of their favorite teams on any desktop, laptop, or mobile device with Internet capability. Get information about upcoming games, along with links to the live stream by going to www.QCSportsNet.com. Updates are also available on Twitter @QCSportsNet or by searching the #qcsportsnet hashtag, and on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/QCSportsNet.