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 Rockridge’s 6-4 win over Mercer County in Regional Softball, Muscatine’s 5-0 win over Pleasant Valley in girls soccer and signing day at Rock Island.
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The Pleasant Valley boys soccer team finished a perfect 9-0 in conference play with a 5-0 win over Muscatine to win the MAC Title.
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After winning the CCIW Tournament, the Augustana baseball team will play Aurora on Friday at the Wisconsin Whitewater Regional in the NCAA Tournament.
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Orion softball star Grace Passno is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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Cast your vote for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week. We’ll announce the winner Sunday night during our 10:00 newscast
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Watch highlights from Thursday’s high school sports including District and Sectional Track & Field plus Pleasant Valley’s 3-2 win over Moline in girls soccer.
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Watch highlights from Wednesday’s high school sports action including Sectional Track in Geneseo and Rock Island softball vs. Kewanee.
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Watch all the highlights from Tuesday’s high school sports including Alleman girls soccer, Muscatine girls soccer vs North, Rockridge vs Newman Softball, plus signing day at Rockridge and Sherrard.
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Watch highlights from Rockridge’s 4-0 win over Erie-Prophetstown
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Six Pleasant Valley Spartans qualified for the boys State Tennis Tournament. Jake Dolphin won the singles District Title while Brady Adams and Nathan Barlow won the Doubles Title.
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Rockridge softball star Lexi Hines is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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Cast your vote for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week. Voting will be open until noon on Wednesday. We’ll announce the winner Sunday night during our 10:00 newscast.
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Watch highlights from the MAC boys and girls track and field championships and Muscatine’s 2-1 win over Bettendorf in boys soccer.
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Rock Island basketball star Amarion Nimmer committed to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes as a preferred walk on.
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Watch highlights from Rock Island’s 4-2 win over Moline in baseball and North Scott signing day.
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Watch all the girls soccer highlights from Bettendorf’s double OT win over Pleasant Valley and Assumption’s 3-2 win over North Scott
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On senior night for the Monmouth-Roseville softball team, the Titans honored the life and legacy of their friend and teammate Riley Thomas who passed away at age 12 after a battle with cancer.
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Assumption senior Jade Jackson is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week.
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Cast your vote for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week. We’ll announce the winner Sunday night during our 10:00 p.m. newscast
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Mount Pleasant senior Jadan Brumbaugh became a back to back Drake Relays champion in shot put Thursday
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The Quad Cities River Bandits beat the South Bend Cubs 5-3 Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.
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The Quad City Steamwheelers host the Green Bay Blizzard Saturday night. The team will be going for back to back wins.
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Watch highlights from Moline’s 7-6 win over Orion in softball plus signing day at North, Central and Pleasant Valley.
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The Pleasant Valley Spartans will compete in 8 boys events at the Drake Relays and 7 girls events.
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Watch highlights from Pleasant Valley’s 5-0 win over North Scott in girls soccer, Moline’s 8-6 win over Rock Island in softball and Kewanee’s 11-5 win over Newman in softball.
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Payton Brown hit two home runs leading Rockridge to a 17-2 win over Monmouth-Roseville. Brown’s led off the game with a home run and then hit a grand slam later in the inning.
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The Bettendorf girls qualified for 8 events at the Drake Relays.
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Kyle Verschorre is this month’s Hometown Hero
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Moline senior Caroline Hazen is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
Cast your vote for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week
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Watch highlights from the Storm’s 4-1 win over the Rivermen in game one of the best of three playoff series. The rest of the series will be played in Peoria. Game two is Friday, and if necessary, game three will be Saturday.
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Watch highlights from Bettendorf’s 3-1 win over North in boys soccer.
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Watch highlights from Assumption’s 2-0 win over Central in girls soccer and West Central’s 4-0 win over A-Town in softball.
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Davenport Central coaching legend Ira Dunsworth passed away Monday morning at 87. Dunsworth led Davenport Central to 15 State Championships in his 30 years of coaching the Blue Devils in Track and Field and Cross Country.
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The Quad City Storm will take on the Peoria Rivermen in the semifinals of the President’s Cup Plalyoffs. Game one in the best of three series is Wednesday night at the TaxSlayer Center at 7:10 p.m.
Cast your vote here for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week. The poll will be open until 12:30 Wednesday afternoon.
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Pleasant Valley soccer star Camryn Woods is the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week.
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The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat the Quad Cities River Bandits 6-2 Sunday at Modern Woodmen Park.
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The Quad City Steamwheelers will unveil a banner Saturday night at the TaxSlayer Center honoring the team’s former owner and Arena Football founder Jim Foster.
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Watch highlights from the Jesse Day Relays, Pleasant Valley win over Central in girls soccer, and softball highlights from Rockridge’s win over Riverdale and Erie-Prophetstown’s win over Monmouth-Roseville
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The Fayetteville Marksmen beat the Quad City Storm 3-2 in game one of the best of three playoff series.
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Several standout student athletes from Bettendorf and United Township signed to play at the next level
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The Quad City Storm will play the first playoff game in franchise history Wednesday night in game one of a best of three series against Fayetteville.
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Watch highlights from Pleasant Valley’s 1-0 win over Bettendorf in boys soccer and Rockridge’s 7-3 win over Rock Island in softball.
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Cast your vote for the TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week. We’ll announce the winner Sunday night during our 10:00 p.m. newscast.
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Watch highlights from Geneseo’s 2-0 win over North Scott in girls soccer.
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The Assumption girls soccer team begins the 2022 season on Tuesday against Davenport North.
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After a successful inaugural season in 2021, the Quad City United tip off the 2022 season Saturday at the West YMCA in Davenport.
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Humble Dwellings founder Karen VanDeCasteele was the recipient of the Hometown Hero Award presented by TV6 and SERVPRO
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A committee is raising funds to build a statue of Pro Football Hall of Famer Duke Slater in Clinton