Tom Johnston
Sports Writer at Dispatch Argus
Dispatch/Argus sports writer who covers variety of sports in Quad-Cities area. Main beats are golf (local & John Deere Classic) and all QC small college sports
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1 week ago |
qconline.com | Tom Johnston
From bagging groceries at Hy-Vee to Super Bowl champ and a guy who has made a nice living in and around the NFL, Kurt Warner lived out a true Cinderella story through indoor football. Nile McLaughlin isn’t sure if his story will play out the same way, but the former North Scott High School standout is enjoying another chapter in his football career this spring.
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1 week ago |
qconline.com | Tom Johnston
A four-run eighth inning did in the Quad Cities River Bandits on Sunday. A half inning after QC rallied to tie the game at one, Wisconsin scored four times to take a lead they held for a 5-1 High Class A Midwest League victory at Modern Woodmen Park. The loss cost the River Bandits (6-3) the chance to win their first six-game series of the season as the teams split the week’s set.
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1 week ago |
qconline.com | Tom Johnston
It wasn’t the 30th birthday Quad City Storm assistant captain Mike Moran was envisioning Friday. The veteran winger was hoping for a Storm playoff victory and another game this weekend in the SPHL playoffs. However, that wasn’t to be on a night when fellow veteran Cole Golka made his return to the ice after needing to have his broken leg surgically repaired in late November. There could have been so much to celebrate.
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1 week ago |
qctimes.com | TJ Johnston |Tom Johnston
PEORIA — Leif Mattson scored as dramatic a goal as could be scored – coming with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to force overtime against Peoria in Thursday’s SPHL playoff opener. However, the Quad City Storm couldn’t pull off the road upset. Peoria’s Jordan Ernst – who led the league in regular-season goals with 37 – scored a top-shelf goal 4:48 into the overtime session to give the hosting Rivermen a 5-4 victory at the Peoria Civic Center.
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2 weeks ago |
qconline.com | Tom Johnston
Back-to-back doubles led to the Quad Cities River Bandits’ lone run Wednesday evening, but that was all the hosts needed for a 1-0 High Class A Midwest League victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The River Bandits, who were held to just one hit in their home opener on Tuesday evening, had just one hit through six innings in Wednesday’s contest at Modern Woodmen Park.
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Another night at Modern Woodmen Park with the pitchers dominating. @QCRiverBandits and Wisconsin each have 1 hit through 5 innings of a scoreless Midwest League game. QC was 1-hit in a 4-0 loss on Tuesday
RT @IndoorFL: Another long QB rush for a touchdown! 👀 This time it’s Daquan Neal scoring from 48 yards showing a great mix of speed and str…
RT @QCRiverBandits: It’s a 2️⃣-win kind of Opening Night! 😎 #RoadToRoyalty🦝 https://t.co/7IAzQMofbt
