Kaitlyn Copley

Kaitlyn Copley

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Lady Tigers notch regional soccer win

Soccer

The evolution of the Beardstown girls’ soccer program continued as the Lady Tigers notched a first-round regional win last Saturday morning.  

The girls shook off a late season mini-slump and crushed DePue Coop 9 to 0 to improve to 11-8-2 on the season. The win sets up a regional championship showdown against Monmouth-Roseville, who is 12-4-3 on the year, on their home field. The game was scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 14.  The Tigers and the Titans played to a 2-2 tie in Monmouth back on March 27.

Tracy heading to State 

Representing Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Junior High at the IESA State Track Meet were (L/R): Corbin Beck, Avery Neathery, Kenzie Meyer, Addilynn Tracy and Alais Anderson.

Mylee Tracy will represent the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Redbird girls track and field team in two events at the IHSA State Finals starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.  Tracy placed second in the 400 meters and third in the 200 meters while beating the qualifying time at the Class 1

Tigers Huerta and Kanda qualify for State

Two Beardstown Lady Tiger high school tracksters have qualified for the IHSA State Track and Field Championships to be held starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.  

The Lady Tigers traveled to Metamora last Wednesday for the Class 2A sectional and finally lucked out with some good weather. Against some very tough competition, the Lady Tigers did a great job of representing Beardstown in their first appearance in Class 2A track.

Four Jr. High Tiger tracksters headed to State

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Four Beardstown Junior High track and field athletes have qualified for the IESA State Track and Field Finals May 17 and 18 at East Side Center in East Peoria.  

Seventh graders Wade Gaffney, Ashten Guzman, and Ola Quigley and eighth grader Kellen Brown qualified by virtue of their performance at the Class 3A Sectional in Maroa last Saturday. Gaffney placed second and met the qualifying height in the high jump, Guzman placed third in the pole vault and met the qualifying height, Quigley placed third in the long jump, meeting the qualifying distance and Brown won the pole vault to advance.

Bluejays sweeps last chance track meet

Track

The PORTA-AC Central track and field teams wrapped up their regular season competitions by sweeping to team victories in both the boys and girls meets at their own PORTA Last Chance Meet last Monday. 

For the boys, Jacob Vogel won the 100 and placed second in the 200, Noah Hardy placed second in the 400, Daxton Trueblood won the 800, Justin Zimmerman finished third in the 800, Kade Parker won the 1600, Logan Baker was second in the 110 hurdles, Avery Jockisch was third in the 110 hurdles, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 300 hurdles and the long jump, Owen Gilbert placed third in the discus, and Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and the triple jump. The 4x200 relay team of Hunter Stroupe, Schachtsiek, Rennecker and Jacob Vogel, the 4x400 relay team of Stroupe, Quincy Stuhmer, Cael Cotner and Trueblood and the 4x800 relay team of Justin Zimmerman, Stuhmer, Parker and Trueblood all won first place in their races.

Tri-County ready to defend World Series title – Fundraiser set for May 18

softball

The Tri-County Thunder District 17 Senior Softball Team has officially started gearing up to defend their 2023 World Series Championship.  

Following a World Series appearance in 2022, the Thunder and Coach Tom Orr broke through and won it all last year.  With nine girls returning from last season there is every reason to believe that back-to-back titles are within reach.

Winning season for Tiger Soccer

The Beardstown defense is well positioned as an ominous storm cloud closes in on the soccer field. Photo by Brockschmidt

The Beardstown girls’ soccer team won their final game of the regular season to move to 10-8-2 on the season and guarantee a winning record for the third straight year. After the program started its existence with eight consecutive losing seasons, the Tigers will finish above .500 for the third straight time. New coach Francisco Hernandez will lead the Lady Tigers into post season play at 10:00 a.m. May 11, this Saturday, at Monmouth-Roseville against the Depue Coop.  

Beardstown Police Department to have body cameras by end of year

Beardstown City Hall

Beardstown Police Chief Martin Coad approached the Beardstown City Council‘s May 7th meeting to discuss the  Safety Accountability, Fairness and Equity – Today (SAFE-T) Act.This new law makes changes to the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act to require all law enforcement agencies to implement the use of body cameras within a prescribed timeline. Chief Coad said Beardstown’s timeline is December 31, 2024. That means, the cameras must be purchased, in place and operational by that time or the department will be out of compliance with this new state law.

Boy Scouts of America changing its name to Scouting America

Boy Scout of America Logo

The Boy Scouts of America today at its National Annual Meeting announced that it will be changing its name to Scouting America. This change reflects the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcoming every youth in America to experience the benefits of Scouting. The name change will go into effect on February 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th birthday.