The February 15 2014 episode of QCSportsNet Central features a discussion on the role of social media in high school athletics and a discussion with one of the leading play-by-play voices in the Mississippi Athletic Conference. You can subscribe to QCSportsNet Central through iTunes, Stitcher Radio, or your favorite podcasting app. Visit our archive page for past episodes.

Guests on this week’s show

Steve Raquel – President of Illinois Online Ventures and a leading expert on the use of social media in athletics.

Gary Determan – Radio voice of Clinton High School athletics on KROS Radio for the last 28 years (please note this interview was part of the pregame show of my February 14 2014 broadcast of the Davenport Assumption-Clinton varsity basketball doubleheader.

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Girls Final – Assumption 62, Clinton 36

Boys Final – Assumption 67, Clinton 59

Davenport Assumption celebrated its “Pink-Out” for cancer awareness by sweeping Clinton in a Mississippi Athletic Conference varsity doubleheader on Friday, February 14 at Assumption High School. Listen to the full game recap below.

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Welcome to QCSportsNet Central, the Quad Cities sports show dedicated to covering your home teams. This week’s show features coverage of the Quad Cities high school basketball scene with the following interviews.

• Rachael Milliman – Davenport Assumption girls basketball coach discussing the Knights’ conference season and their upcoming “Pink-out” on February 14th against Clinton
• Matt Dahlseid – Quad City Times Western Big 6 beat reporter discussing the conference season and the prospects of the Big 6 teams in the upcoming Illinois state tournament.

You can find episodes of all QCSportsNet Central shows in the show archives.

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The North Scott Lady Lancers improve to 14-5 and 10-4 in the Missississpi Athletic Conference with a 51-33 victory over Davenport North (7-10, 5-9 MAC) in a game heard live on QCSportsNet.com. The full game recap is below.

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QCSportsNet Central for February 1, 2014 covers a wide range of topics of local interest in the Quad Cities sports scene. I interviewed the following individuals on the show, which was originally set to air live from the MAC wrestling championships at Davenport Assumption High School before bad weather turned the show into a regular studio show.

• Dan Knight – Bettendorf head wrestling coach
• Jason Burkiewicz – Annawan girls basketball head coach
• Steve Tappa – Dispatch/Argus writer covering the Quad City Mallards
• Kevin Tippet – North Scott head football coach
• Jay Kidwell – WHBF-TV Channel 4 Sports Director

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