Pleasant Valley head boys basketball coach Steve Hillman discusses the second-ranked Spartans’ 54-49 victory over Davenport North with QCSportsNet’s Dallon Christensen on January 29, 2016.
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Pleasant Valley head boys basketball coach Steve Hillman discusses the second-ranked Spartans’ 54-49 victory over Davenport North with QCSportsNet’s Dallon Christensen on January 29, 2016.
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This weekend features key conference battles in the Western Big 6 and the Mississippi Athletic Conference on QCSportsNet! The resurgent United Township Panthers travel to Galesburg in a key Western Big 6 showdown at Thiel Gym in Galesburg. Rock Island and Moline renew their ancient rivalry on Friday. In the MAC, Pleasant Valley looks to continue its undefeated season with a home game against Davenport North. QCSportsNet is your home for live Quad City high school sports!
The Rock Island Rocks, Pleasant Valley Spartans, and United Township Panthers return to action this week, and QCSportsNet will be there live for all of the action! PV starts the week with a Tuesday night road trip to Davenport Assumption. All three teams are live on Friday night, highlighted by a key United Township-Galesburg matchup in Galesburg. Rock Island travels to Ottawa on Saturday for a 6 PM tipoff. Please note the special start time for Rock Island this Saturday. Your game links are below. Thank you for tuning in to the Quad Cities’ leader for live high school sports coverage, QCSportsNet!
By Ken Jacoby
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.
The last time Pleasant Valley and North Scott met on the court, the Iowa 4A state championship was at stake. The Lancers and Spartans renew their rivalry this Friday night on QCSportsNet, your exclusive home for this state finals rematch. Dallon Christensen will have the call of the game starting with a 7:15 pregame.
Rock Island and United Township are in action Friday and Saturday night, with the Rocks at home against Galesburg on Friday and Normal West on Saturday and the Panthers hosting Alleman on Friday and Bettendorf on Saturday.