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This is great news!! Not so great: Devin Sanders moved to 30-day IR, ineligible to return until the final weekend of the regular season, April 3 & 4 at Vibrant.

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

BREAKING NEWS: Moline Girls Basketball Coach Katelyn Hallgren Stepping Down ourquadcities.com/uncategorized/…

EXCLUSIVE: A Rocky Family Decision – Evan Ellis transfers to Moline ourquadcities.com/sports/local-s…

@GrantDahlstrom Join the SPHL!!

Disappointing news from the Heartlanders today.

Saturday Storm Recap: Unable to sweep the weekend Fayetteville 6, Quad City 4 ourquadcities.com/sports/local-s…

My favorite calls from last night’s 6-4 @QuadCityStorm loss to the Marksmen. As heard on @QCSportsNet and seen on @FloHockey.

Rounding out the weekend! The @QuadCityStorm are in search of their 5th win in the last 6 games as they take on @Marksmen_Hockey for a second straight night. I have the call starting at 6:50 on @QCSportsNet, @FloHockey, and in the arena on 100.1 FM. Join us!🎙️🏒

📍”The Vibe” Storm-Marksmen tonight. 📻 - @QCSportsNet and in the arena on 100.1 FM. 📺 - @FloHockey Join us at 6:50!

Friday: Three goals in third period for a 3-1 win Saturday: Tune in and find out!!

Storm going for a 5th win the last 6 games. I’m back on the call! 6:50 on @QCSportsNet, @FloHockey, or on your radio inside the arena at 100.1 FM.

Newest & Newly Unretired Players Help Storm Win Friday ourquadcities.com/sports/local-s…

.@QuadCityStorm fan-favorite, Taylor Pryce, in his 4th game out of retirement, just sniped one home for his first goal at Vibrant Arena in three years. It also gave the Storm as 2-1 lead in the third. Goal below heard on @QCSportsNet and seen on @FloHockey.

Top two leading goal scorers for Wilkes University (15-8-3) in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

TONIGHT & TOMORROW: STORM AIM FOR PLAYOFFS Live, free play-by-play on QCSportsNet.com Friday & Saturday, 6:50 p.m. Quad City Storm vs Fayetteville Marksmen

Big weekend coming up at the Vibe and it all kicks off tomorrow👀 🎟️ bit.ly/QCStormTix #TakeCover

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