Joey Donia
Sports Director
Davenport, Iowa
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Joey has been proud to work for KWQC since 2014. Joey is an award winning sportscaster and loves telling the stories of what makes an athlete or team so special. Whether it's a story that can make us cry, or a story that can make us laugh, showing what makes the athletes, teams and people in the Quad Cities special are one of Joey's biggest passions. Joey previously worked as a sportscaster in Des Moines, Iowa and Albany, Georgia before coming to KWQC. Joey is grateful to his family, friends, and mentors who helped him live his dream of becoming a sportscaster.
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Watch highlights from Assumption’s 3-2 win over Nevada in the State Soccer Semifinals
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College player of the year Caitlin Clark, the shining light of Iowa women’s basketball and a hard-core golf enthusiast, will play in the John Deere Classic Pro-Am on Wednesday, July 5, in a group anchored by fellow Iowa native and current U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson, tournament officials announced today.
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Watch highlights from Wednesday’s Girls State Soccer Tournament action and hear from Alleman’s new football coach.
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Pleasant Valley’s Reece Goodlet and Mackenzie Fah were voted TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week after winning State TItles in discus and shotput.
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Watch highlights from Thursday’s substate soccer finals
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Watch highlights from Wednesday’s boys substate soccer finals in Iowa and playoff softball in Illinois.
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Several Iowa State coaches stopped in Bettendorf at the Isle on Wednesday afternoon for the annual Cyclone Tailgate Tour. Among the coaches in attendance were football coach Matt Campbell, men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger and women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly, a native of Davenport.
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Nicole Sarabia is the first female to ever play for the Quad City Nighthawks.
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Watch highlights from Monday’s Substate soccer semifinals and hear from the Alleman girls as they prepare for Tuesday’s Super-Sectional game against Montini.
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Joyce Stoddard, quilting for veterans, wins Hometown Hero Award.
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West Carroll’s Emma Randecker was voted TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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The Quad City Nighthawks advanced in the playoffs beating Wabash Valley 50-14.
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Iowa High School State Track & Field Thursday Highlights
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Watch highlights from Pleasant Valley’s 2-1 win over North Scott
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Just months after beating cancer, Teagan Nees returned to softball and earned all-state honors.
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Orion softball star Ella Sundberg was voted TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week after tying the school record for homeruns in a season.
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Jake Gervase and several other former Iowa football stars will be in Davenport June 23rd coaching at the Rally for Reid Camp
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TV6 viewers voted Rock Island baseball star Conner Dilulio the Spotlight Athlete of the Week.
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Fallen police officers were honored by the community and fellow peers.
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Watch highlights from Moline vs. Rock Island baseball, Muscatine vs. Central soccer and signing day at North Scott and West.
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Davenport North and Bettendorf soccer will be honoring the lives of two former Bettendorf students who passed away from cancer
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Pleasant Valley’s Lydia Sommer and Grace Boleyn are among the best distance runners in Iowa and they’ve been best friends for as long as they can remember.
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Members of the Davenport North football team helped local businesses sandbag Tuesday afternoon.
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Abigail Johnson is the founder of Veterans Tech Support, a nonprofit providing educational technology resources to veterans. In appreciation of her service to veterans, TV6 and SERVPRO surprised Abigail with the Hometown Hero Award.
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Pleasant Valley’s Reese Goodlet is the top qualifier for the discus at the Drake Relays and North Scott’s Jorie Hanenburg is the top qualifier in the shot put.
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NASCAR driver Devon Rouse is back home to race at the 34 raceway Tuesday night in Burlington.
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Orion-Sherrard soccer star Jennie Abbott is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week.
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When basketball season came to an end in Ames, a tweet from Barstool ISU stating “when there is nothing to tweet about sports wise until August because we don’t have a baseball team”, Iowa State softball player Lea Nelson felt she had to respond.
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Watch highlights from Thursday’s high school soccer games between Pleasant Valley vs Clinton and North vs Dubuque Senior.
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Brock Harding is the Mr. Basketball award winner in Illinois after leading Moline to the program’s first State Championship. Harding averaged 18 points per game in his final season at Moline, scoring 28 in the state final against Benet.
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Rock Island softball star Alexis Carroll is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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Watch highlights from Thursday’s high school track, baseball and softball.
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Members of the Davenport Central football team and other Central student athletes cleaned up roadside trash in Davenport Wednesday in an effort to help clean up the community.
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The Rockridge softball team beat Galesburg 6-5. Watch highlights in the video player.
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Rockridge players and coaches look back at their historic 73-game win streak.
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Geneseo softball star Annabelle Veloz is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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The Quad City United are hoping to build off back to back trips to the Final Four.
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Officials from the Quad City Times Bix 7 shared a few new details about the 49th running of the race on July 29th
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8-year-old Janie Mitchell has been fighting cancer for much of her life.
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The Iowa women’s basketball team returned home Monday after finishing National Runner-Up. Meanwhile in the Quad Cities, youth basketball players are inspired by Caitlin Clark.
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