09 Dec 2020

River Bandits Invited to Become a Kansas City Royals Affiliate

By Joseph Kubly

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 9, 2020) — US Senator Charles “Chuck” Grassley (R-IA), who, together with US Sen Joni Ernst (R-IA), worked tirelessly to help save professional affiliated baseball in the Quad Cities, and Major League Baseball announced today that the Quad Cities River Bandits and eleven other Midwest League teams will be moving up one level of play, as the team and the league have been promoted from Single-A to Advanced-A baseball.

01 Dec 2020

Brian Rothenberger Named Quad-City Storm Team President

By Quad City Storm Hockey

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 1, 2020) — Storm owner John Dawson announced this morning that former Director of Communications and Operations Brian Rothenberger has been promoted to the role of Team President.

01 Dec 2020

Brian Rothenberger Named Quad-City Storm Team President

By Quad City Storm Hockey

13 Nov 2020

2021-2022 Season Tickets on Sale Now

By Brian Rothenberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 13, 2020) — The Quad City Storm returns to the ice October of 2021 and new Season Ticket Memberships are on sale now.

20 Oct 2020

Storm Lake Native and Buena Vista University Graduate Nate Bjorkgren New Head Coach of Indiana Pacers

By Tim Gallagher

Buena Vista University alum Nate Bjorkgren waves to the crowd prior to a Toronto Raptors game in 2019.

STORM LAKE, IOWA (October 20, 2020) — Buena Vista University graduate Nate Bjorkgren has been hired as head coach of the Indiana Pacers.

06 Oct 2020

Storm Will Sit Out 2020-2021 Season

By Brian Rothenberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 6, 2020) — Due to restrictions on mass gatherings put in place by the State of Illinois as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Quad City Storm will be sitting out the 2020-2021 Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) season. The State is currently in Phase 4 of the “Restore Illinois” plan, which prohibits individuals from attend

28 Jul 2020

River Bandits and Genesis Team Up on Covid-19 T-Shirt

By Joseph Kubly

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 28, 2020) — The Quad Cities River Bandits are teaming up with Genesis Health Services Foundation to offer a special limited-edition t-shirt through August 31, 2020.

01 Jun 2020

Team Up for Charity with the OneIA Challenge

By Cory Kennedy

AMES, IOWA (June 1, 2020) — With the cancelations of running events across the state, OneIA Challenge strives to unite runners and walkers alike. Over $500 has already been raised for local running stores and charities throughout the state. Adaptive Sports Iowa has partnered with OneIA Challenge to raise funds during these especially hard times.

01 May 2020

34th Annual Iowa Senior Games to be Postponed

By Cory Kennedy

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (May 1, 2020) — The Iowa Sports Foundation has postponed the main weekend of the 2020 Iowa Senior Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 15 sports of the main weekend were scheduled for June 3-7 in West Des Moines. Replacement dates are to be determined.

20 Mar 2020

Quad City Storm Signs Dave Pszenyczny to Two-Year Deal; Gwen Tombergs Transitions to United Way of the Quad Cities

By Brian Rothenberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 20, 2020) — The Quad City Storm is excited to announce Storm head coach Dave Pszenczny has been signed to a two-year contract extension. In an abbreviated second season with the Storm, Pszenyczny increased the team’s winning percentage significantly and navigated the Storm in to one of eight playoff positions at year’s end.

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