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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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