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For the last decade, the sports fans in West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri have been treated to some wonderful highs from our high school and college athletes.
The area has celebrated numerous team and individual state championships.
There have been plenty of thrilling games and memories that will last a lifetime.
With that in mind, we want to know who you would pick to form an all-decade team from your favorite school or sport. Here's your chance to definite who was the best of the best during the first decade of the 21st century.
We've given you a list of 19 different teams to vote on for this project.
The Herald-Whig's sports staff came up with the following nominees for each category. One thing to keep in mind, players must have played the majority of their careers during the decade of the 2000s.
We will reveal our five-person teams in the Herald-Whig over the next 10 weekends, taking a break the weekend of December 6-7 to announce our volleyball and football all-area teams. The fans will also have their say. We'll reveal "The People's Choice" pick each week in the Herald-Whig.
Vote early, vote often for your favorites. Each vote costs 25 cents with the proceeds going to the Herald-Whig's Newspapers In Education program. Voting starts Sunday, October 18 at 7a and continues through 4p on the Thursday prior to the team announcements in the Quincy Herald-Whig.
Here¹s a look at the order in which teams will be revealed in the Quincy Herald-Whig and the appropriate voting periods:
Saturday, October 24 - Quincy High School girls soccer (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, October 22 at 4p)
Sunday, October 25 - Quincy Notre Dame girls soccer (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, October 22 at 4p)
Saturday, October 31 - Quincy Raceways (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, October 29 at 4p)
Sunday, November 1 - Quincy University athletes (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, October 29 at 4p)
Saturday, November 7 - Quincy High School boys soccer (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 5 at 4p)
Sunday, November 8 - Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 5 at 4p)
Saturday, November 14 - Area girls basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 12 at 4p)
Sunday, November 15 - Area boys basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 12 at 4p)
Saturday, November 21 - Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 19 at 4p)
Sunday, November 22 - Quincy High School girls basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 19 at 4p)
Saturday, November 29 - Quincy Notre Dame boys basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 26 at 4p)
Sunday, November 30 - Quincy High School boys basketball (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, November 26 at 4p)
Saturday, December 12 - QND athletes (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 10 at 4p) (includes players from baseball, softball, volleyball, cross country, track, wrestling, golf, tennis, swimming)
Sunday, December 13 - QHS athletes (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 10 at 4p) (includes players from baseball, softball, volleyball, cross country, track, wrestling, golf, tennis)
Saturday, December 19 - Quincy Notre Dame football (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 17 at 4p)
Sunday, December 20 - Quincy High School football (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 17 at 4p)
Saturday, December 26 - Area football (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 24 at 4p)
Sunday, December 27 - Area athletes (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 24 at 4p) (includes players from baseball, softball, volleyball, cross country, track, wrestling, golf, tennis, swimming)
Sunday, December 27 - Top programs (voting Sunday, October 18 at 7a - Thursday, December 24 at 4p)
Proceeds from Quincy Herald-Whig "Teams of the Decade" will benefit Newspapers in Education (NIE). Newspapers in Education is a cooperative program between local schools and the Quincy Herald-Whig promoting the use of the newspaper in the classroom as a "living textbook." The NIE program encourages using the newspaper in the classroom as a teaching tool to help students develop essential academic and life skills. Over the past 20 years the Quincy Herald-Whig's Newspapers in Education (NIE) Program has provided free newspapers and educational supplements to thousands of area students and teachers.
The top five vote getters in each category will be featured as "Teams of the Decade."
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