(5-29-23) Quincy (Illinois) Notre Dame’s baseball team had to decide yesterday if they would continue their season today in the 2A Illinois High School Association Super-Sectional vs. Bloomington Central Catholic. The decision was to continue the season for their teammate Tucker Tollerton (18) who was killed in a single-car crash in Hannibal, Missouri on Saturday night.
The fatal crash happened just hours after the Raiders had won the Sectional title over Gillespie 5-0. In what turned out to be Tollerton’s final game he would play a key part in the win when he gave his team some insurance runs in the sixth inning with a two-out, two-RBI single to score Michael Stupavsky and Collin Kurk, giving QND a 4-0 lead. Tollerton went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Tollerton, who played CF-RF, was in the midst of a career Senior season…hitting .407, four triples, 11 doubles and five home runs and 48 RBIs, walked 23 times, scored 50 runs and 22 stolen bases. From the mound he threw 9 ⅓ innings of relief with one victory and one save. He struck out four and had a 2.25 ERA.
Tollerton, who lived in Hannibal (Mo) commuted to Quincy (Ill) to attend school at Notre Dame.
The Raiders would pick-up the Super-Sectional Championship win today over Bloomington Central Catholic 13-1 in 5 innings. They will play in the 2A State semifinals on Friday at Dozier Field in Peoria at 5pm.
At the start of the game they paid tribute to Tollerton…
The accident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol…at approximately 8:30 pm, Tucker Tollerton (18) of Hannibal was headed west on Route M about three miles southwest of Hannibal, when he drove off the right side of the road and then over-corrected and causing the SUV to travel off the other side of the roadway and overturned several times. Tollerton was pronounced dead at the scene and a passenger, Jace Utterback (18) of New London was taken to an area hospital for treatment. According to the report, Tollerton was NOT wearing a safety device, however, Utterback was wearing a seat belt when the accident occurred.
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