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QCSportsNet expands to include United Township football and Bettendorf athletics

June 11, 2018

Contact: QCSportsNet.com

Ken Jacoby

(309) 912-5135

ken@qcsportsnet.com

QCSportsNet.com Expands to Five Schools, Adding Bettendorf Bulldogs

United Township football also added to live play-by-play coverage

QCSportsNet.com, the leading provider of live high school sports play-by-play in the Quad Cities, takes another step forward in 2018-19, adding coverage of United Township Panthers football, as well as Bettendorf Bulldogs football and basketball. This brings to five the number of schools covered by the live webcasts on QCSportsNet.com, with the total number of games expected to be around 200 for 2018-19.

For the five athletic programs now under their umbrella – the Rock Island Rocks, Moline Maroons, United Township Panthers, Bettendorf Bulldogs, and Pleasant Valley Spartans – QCSportsNet.com will provide live coverage of all regular season football and boys basketball games and specially selected girls basketball games, as well as all post-season action.

Any businesses interested in sponsoring coverage of anywhere from one to five schools can contact Ken Jacoby at (309) 912-5135 or ken.jacoby@mchsi.com for more information.

“The passionate fans of Quad Cities high school sports deserve the kind of high quality coverage we’ll bring them,” said QCSportsNet president Ken Jacoby. “We’re really excited about the new additions to our announcing team.”

The lead announcers for each school are expected to be:

Rock Island – Ken Jacoby, former Mallards play-by-play announcer in his 7th year calling Rocky games

Moline – Redrick Terry, WHBF-TV morning news anchor and former award-winning sportscaster at Western Illinois University

United Township – Joe Winkel, a UT grad now in his 6th season calling Panthers games.

Bettendorf Bulldogs – Jason Kempf, lead play-by-play announcer for the Quad Cities River Bandits

Pleasant Valley Spartans – Dallon Christensen, founder of QCSportsNet in his 6th straight season calling Spartans games

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2018-07 News Release – Growing Again

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The playoffs chase concludes this week on QCSportsNet!

It’s “win and you are in” for Pleasant Valley this Friday night, as the Spartans travel to Dubuque for a play-in game against Dubuque Senior to finish the regular season live on QCSportsNet! The Spartans and Rams play for second place and a spot in the Iowa Class 4A playoffs, while Moline looks to improve its playoff seeding as the Maroons host Stagg. Rock Island looks to keep its slight playoff hopes alive in the season finale against Mateo Valley from Rock Island Public Schools Stadium. We will be on the air at 7:10 PM with all three of our broadcasts, with the usual crew of Joe Winkel (Moline), Dallon Christensen (PV), and Ken Jacoby (Rock Island) bringing you all of the live action.

Join QCSportsNet throughout the football season for the best in live, local game coverage for your favorite Quad City high school sports teams!

Click here for the full QCSportsNet Friday Night Football Schedule for October 20.

Moline Maroons – Click here for live game coverage

Moline vs Palos Hills (Stagg) – Coverage begins at 7:10 PM

Pleasant Valley Spartans – Click here for live game coverage

Pleasant Valley at Dubuque Senior – Coverage begins at 7:10 PM

Rock Island Rocks – Click here for live game coverage

Rock Island vs Aurora (Matea Valley) – Coverage begins at 7:10 PM

2017 QCSportsNet Broadcast Schedule

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Chasson Randle Dream Big Basketball Camp live coverage this Friday on QCSportsNet

Join “The Voice of the Rocks” Ken Jacoby live from the Chasson Randle Dream Big Basketball Camp live this Friday from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM live on QCSportsNet! Listeners can join Ken on our Rock Island Channel at qcsn.co/gorocks to hear from Chasson and a number of current and former Rock Island Rocks. It promises to be a great youth event, and QCSportsNet is proud to be a part of the festivities.

QCSportsNet is the Quad Cities’ recognized leader in live coverage of high school sports in the QC metro area. QCSportsNet covers five schools in the Western Big 6 and Mississippi Athletic Conferences with home and away live coverage of football, boys basketball, and girls basketball throughout the school year!

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Live coverage of Chasson Randle basketball camp June 9 on QCSportsNet

Contacts: QCSportsNet.com              Tut Cities Entertainment

                  Ken Jacoby                           Thurgood Brooks

                  (309) 912-5135                     (309) 428-7405

                  ken@qcsportsnet.com        tutcitiesent@gmail.com

 

Live coverage of Chasson Randle’s Dream Big Youth Camp

QCSportsNet.com will be live Friday, June 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

QCSportsNet.com, the leading provider of high school sports play-by-play in the Quad Cities, is set to bring listeners live coverage of Chasson’s Dream Big Youth Camp, featuring the 2011 Illinois Mr. Basketball, former Rock Island High School star and current New York Knicks player Chasson Randle.

QCSportsNet’s Ken Jacoby, lead play-by-play announcer for Rocky sports, and Dallon Christensen will anchor the live coverage, on Friday, June 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  It is expected to feature interviews with Randle, as well as camp instructors.  The roster of instructors includes…

  • Brea Beal of Rock Island High School, the reigning Illinois Ms. Basketball
  • Teammates of Randle on Rock Island’s 2011 state championship team:  Royce Muskeyvalley, Keith Keesy, Devon Jones
  • Hunter Hill, who led Augustana’s men’s basketball team to the 2015 Division III National Championship game and played professionally in Germany last season
  • Nikko Watson, a star running back at Rocky and Western Illinois University who tried out with the Chicago Bears last year
  • Andre Richardson, the hero of Rocky’s triple-overtime win vs Quincy in 2005, with game-tying shots in the first and second overtimes
  • Jake Scudder, Rocky alum and star first baseman at Kansas State University, now preparing for the Major League Baseball draft
  • Travon Aldridge, multi-sport athlete at Rocky, currently a high-achieving student and athlete in track and football at Augustana College.
  • Jacqueline Twing, Rocky grad who played volleyball at Illinois Central College, transferred to Illinois State University as a walk-on, then earned a scholarship for her senior season

During the 2016-17 season, QCSportsNet.com live-streamed all regular season and postseason Rock Island football and boys basketball games, and 15 girls basketball games, including the post-season, as well as coverage of United Township basketball and Pleasant Valley football and basketball.

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Enjoy sports? Want to get into broadcasting? Read on . . .

Since QCSportsNet started in December 2013, we have prided ourselves on providing our schools, listeners, and sponsors with high-quality, professional broadcasts. We treat the games we broadcast as the biggest, most important game of the day. We have experienced rapid growth and are seeing more schools turn to our network to air their games to their alumni, fans, and community.

We can only do this with a talented and reliable group of announcers. QCSportsNet is looking to expand, and we are looking for the next generation of broadcasters to help expand our coverage to even more schools in the Quad Cities area! QCSportsNet is a great opportunity for broadcasters to be a part of the thriving Quad Cities high school sports scene and gain valuable experience in today’s highly competitive sports journalism and broadcasting market. Our announcing alumni include rising young stars such as University of Iowa baseball radio announcer Zach Mackey and Minnesota play by play announcer of the year Mitch Widmeier. We have fun broadcasting our games, but we also place a high value on being reliable, prepared, and connected to the teams we broadcast.

Our broadcast schedule generally covers the following evenings, subject to team schedules.

  • High School football – Friday evenings from late August to late October (regular season) or to mid-November (playoffs)
  • High School boys basketball – Tuesday evenings (Iowa boys and girls), Thursday evenings (Illinois girls), Friday evenings (Iowa boys and girls, Illinois boys), Saturday evenings (Illinois boys) from late November to early March.
  • Special events – Boys Genesis Shootout (third Saturday in December), Girls IHMVCU Shootout (first Saturday in January)

If you are interested in learning more about what it takes to be a QCSportsNet announcer, please contact Ken Jacoby at ken@qcsportsnet.com or Dallon Christensen at dc@qcsportsnet.com. QCSportsNet is the Quad Cities live local sports leader, and our reputation is growing throughout the area. We are excited about our future, and we want you to be a part of it!