QU Stadium is getting a facelift. Renovations begin immediately and include new stands, lights, synthetic playing surface and press box pressbox on the football side and a new synthetic infield for baseball.
Amidst growing public pressure, the Minnesota Vikings have changed course and deactivated Adrian Peterson, placing him on the exempt/commissioner's permission list and making him unavailable for the foreseeable future.
The Hannibal Pirates will open their 2014 football season on the road at MICDS High School in St. Louis. The start time of that game has been moved due to extreme heat forecast for Saturday.
It's been hot all week, and it's expected to remain hot for the next several days. Several area schools have been dismissing early because of the current heatwave, including Hannibal Middle School and Hannibal High School. We are now hearing that Friday night's varsity football game between the Hannibal Pirates and Quincy Notre Dame Raiders will start just a little bit later than normal, because o