John Potts

Quincy

Sports Multimedia Journalist at WGEM-TV (Quincy, IL)

Retired page designer/copy editor Quincy (Ill.) Herald-Whig, WGEM Sports Multimedia Journalist, Cardinals, Blues, QU fan, proud father and husband.

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Quincy University’s Stynes selected for Ireland’s U20 national basketball squad

2 days ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - A special opportunity awaits Quincy University basketball player Tiernan Stynes in July. Stynes, a 6-foot-6 rising sophomore guard, was recently named to Ireland’s U20 team which will play in the FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia. “It means a lot to me and my family to have the opportunity to represent Ireland,” Stynes said when reached at his home in Point Cook, Australia. “I’m very honored and will wear the colors with great pride.
Doggy Paddler Profile: Jordan Sfyndillis

3 days ago | wgem.com | John Potts

Position: Shortstop and right-handed pitcher. Hometown/High School: Toronto, Canada / Silverthorn Collegiate Institute. Height/Weight: 6-foot/200 pounds. Bats/Throws: Right/right. 2024-25 College: Saint Xavier University. 2025-26 College: Saint Xavier University. Who has most influenced your baseball career and why? My family because my dad coached me and my brothers. What is the most memorable moment of your baseball career? Hitting my first home run and seeing my dad’s excitement.
Doggy Paddler Profile: Harry Oden

1 week ago | wgem.com | John Potts

Position: Outfield. Hometown/High School: Quincy/Quincy Notre DameHeight/Weight: 6-foot-2, 205 pounds. Bats/Throws: Righthanded. 2024-25 College: Culver-Stockton College. 2025-26 College: Culver-Stockton College. Who has most influenced your baseball career? My dad. What is the most memorable moment of your baseball career? Playing for the Prospect League championship at home for the Quincy Gems. What advice would you offer to your 10-year-old self?
Former Hannibal star Williams to help raise money for hometown organization

3 weeks ago | wgem.com | John Potts

HANNIBAL, Mo. (WGEM) - Aneyas Williams didn’t have to think twice. When Williams was presented with the idea of doing his first public autograph show to benefit a local charity, the former Hannibal High School and current sophomore University of Notre Dame running back was 100 percent invested. “It’s an opportunity to give back to the people of Hannibal who have supported me during my career,” said Williams, who played a key role during the Fighting Irish’s National Championship runner-up season.
Maryville first test for QU baseball team at GLVC Tournament

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) -Quincy University and Maryville’s baseball teams have gotten to know each other pretty well the past few seasons. So it’s probably fitting that the sixth-seeded Hawks and third-seeded Saints face each other in the opening round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Dew Park in Marion. It will be QU’s 21st appearance in the GLVC Tournament and the program’s 14th straight dating back to the 2011 season.
Former HBCU trailblazer Barnett, who died Sunday, was MVP of 1958 QC Tournament

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - A bit of basketball history -- both nationally and locally -- died with the death of NBA great Dick Barnett last Sunday. Barnett, who died in his sleep at age 88 in his home in Largo, Fla., was a key member of the New York Knicks’ title teams in 1970 and 1973. He was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and as a member of his college teams at Tennessee A & I (later Tennessee State), the first HBCU to win a national championship in basketball.
Quincy University goes across town for new women’s basketball coach, chooses Schwagmeyer-Belger to lead program

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - For the second time in two years, Quincy University’s search for a new basketball coach went no further than across town. On Tuesday afternoon, QU athletic director Josh Rabe announced the hiring of John Wood Community College coach Ali Schwagmeyer-Belger as the new head women’s basketball coach during a press conference in the Pepsi Arena Hall of Fame Room.
Son of NFL Hall of Famer Warner, 2 others join Quincy University football staff

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - Jason Killday was perusing resumes looking to fill the open position of offensive coordinator. As the second-year Quincy University football coach perused the applicants, he came across an applicant with the last name of Warner. Kade Warner. As in the son of NFL Hall of Famer, two-time MVP, and Super Bowl champion quarterback with the St. Louis Rams Kurt Warner.
QU grad Grant helps keep NBA players in peak condition for long grind of season

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - On the outside, the life of an NBA player appears to be a lot of glitz and glamor and, of course, money. Lots of money. But on the inside, it can be a late-night grind of airplane flights and hotel rooms -- albeit first class -- to keep a player’s body and mind ready to play 82 games plus as many as 28 additional postseason games in a nine-month period.
The time Masters champ McIlroy played in the Little People’s Golf Championships

1 month ago | wgem.com | John Potts

QUINCY (WGEM) - Broc Hampsmire had no inkling at the time that the three preteens he was chasing around the golf course would include a future Masters champion. Working as a part-time sports writer for The Quincy Herald-Whig, Hampsmire was assigned to cover the 2002 Pepsi Little People’s Golf Championships Division 5B at Indian Trails in Camp Point.