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Pictured: Submitted photo ... Six fresh-soph wrestlers who will participate in the sectional tournament are, from left: David Acosta, Dakota Longley, Trace Cooper, Clayton Seward, Tucker Harn and Antonio Quintana.

Beardstown Special Olympics team heads to state semifinals

By Don Chipman ... Sports Editor/Star-Gazette ... The Beardstown Lady Tiger Special Olympics, along with the Co-Ed squad, and the Men’s team. all won their contests, played recently at Canton in the ISO state tournament.

State Semifinals

The Lady Tiger Special Olympics team will play Piotrowski Park Lady Pirates of Chicago at 9;30 a.m., Sunday, March 14 in the semifinals of the ISO state tournament at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington-Normal.

Lady Tigers

The Beardstown Lady Tigers nosed past Canton 35-29 to win their opening game of ISO tournament. Sami Cartwright led the hometown ladies with 15 points, followed closely by Kelsey Curtwright with 12. Jamie Cartwright chipped in with six points, and Amy Irwin added two in the winning cause.

Co-Ed Contest

The Beardstown Co-Ed squad skipped past Canton with a narrow win by a 41-37 verdict. Ryan Peacock was the Big Gun for the local Special Olympics squad tossing in 24 points in the win. Sami Cartwright aided the winning effort with five, and Jamie Thurman tossed in four. Adding two each for the winners was Kelsey Curtwright, Jamie Cartwright, Jonathan Korsmeyer and Thurman Chenault in the closely played match.

Men’s Team

The Men’s Special Olympics team moved past Canton’s squad by a 46-35 final. Wes Parrish with 12 points, led the balanced scoring for the locals. Also scoring for the hometown lads was Pedro Banda who added nine, Nick Wedeking threw in eight, Chad Bollinger tossed in six, Brian Moore had six, and Ryan Peacock five.

Beardstown Main Street nets $3,500 from the Second Annual River Rats Classic

A total of 56 Teams from Eight Downtown Pubs took part in the popular downtown charity event held Feb. 27, and March 8 the Beardstown Main Street committee announced.

The local Beardstown Main Street organization netted $3500 from the River Rats Golf Classic held at the following Beardstown Pubs and Eateries Saturday Feb. 27––Lookers Sports Bar, Becky’s River Look Tavern, Anne’s Sazarac, Beardstown Elks Club, Mile 88 Pub, Café From Yesterday, The Central Tavern and The VFW each hosted one hole of miniature golf. Foursomes competed for prizes and fun for a good cause. The VFW provided shuttles for each of the teams traveling to and from their establishment.

Fifty-Six teams of four participated. Winning teams were. First Place; Main Street Brawlers –Tyler Looker- Terry Buhlig- Jimmy Fritz and Jack Hardwick; Second Place: T-Baggers – Brock Jones- Josh Cameses – Jace Jones – Josh Schaves; Third Place: “Par” “Tee” “Girls”– Amy Sommers – Trish Leonhard- Laura Jaggar- Jenifer Anderson

The event benefited the Beardstown Main Street Inc, a nonprofit 501C3 organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Beardstown’s historic downtown area. Beardstown Main Street promoted this event as part of its schedule of events for 2010.

Main Street Events being scheduled for the downtown area this year include Heritage Day, May 1; Brown Bag Lunch in the Park every Wednesday in June; A Classic Car Cruise in on the Square July 24; A Taste of Beardstown Aug. 28; and The Night Time Christmas Parade Nov. 27.

For more information on Main Street events contact Dennis Reiley Executive Director or Dr. Harold Fisher, President Beardstown Main Street: Phone 217-323-5479, Fax 217-323-5487 www.Beardstownms.com; dreileyms@yahoo.com

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