A tough season got even rougher last week for the Beardstown softball team, as the Lady Tigers dropped three games to fall to 3-15 on the season. A road loss at Liberty was followed by home defeats at the hands of Pittsfield and Pleasant Hill.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team saw their six-game winning streak snapped last week, dropping two tough contests to quality opponents. The Lady Trojans fell 11 to 6 to a sixteen-win Hardin Calhoun team on Monday then fell to a ten-win Pittsfield squad 4 to 2 on Friday. Triopia is now 8-5 on the season.
Evan Bell hit a double to drive in Brock York and Grant Fricke in the third inning and propel the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team past the Calhoun Warriors 2 to 1 in a Western Illinois Valley Conference game. The weather limited the Trojans to just one game last week and the win improved their record to 5-12 on the season.
As I write this on Tuesday, the forecast for the predicted storms headed our way sound pretty serious. High winds, hail, thunderstorms, hail and possibly tornadoes are all in the watch. The storms are supposed to hit later this afternoon.
I love storms. I always have, even as a child.
Three wins out of five games last week improved the PORTA-AC Central baseball team’s record to 10-8 on the season. An 8 to 2 road win over Midwest Central on Monday kicked things off for the Jays. They led just 3 to 2 after five innings before pushing across five runs in the sixth to put the game on ice. Jett Karrick gave up seven hits in seven innings and had three RBIs on offense. Levi Hoagland had a triple and an RBI, Barrett Morse had a double and an RBI and Brady Kinney and Drew Marr each had a single and an RBI. Kendall Davis added a double while Hunter Roberts and Kolin Johnson added singles.
The Beardstown Lady Tiger softball team sandwiched a good win between a couple of tough losses last week. They fell at home to Rushville-Industry 14 to 11 then knocked off the South Fulton Rebels 12 to 0 at their place before falling at home to Western 6 to 4. Errors continued to plague the Lady Tigers in their losses as they had seven in each of the defeats and only one in their victory.
Although the Lady Tiger Soccer game did not turn out as it was hoped, the improvements at the Beardstown Park District soccer fields are certainly living up to expectations.
On Tuesday, April 9, the Beardstown Park District hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly minted JBS Soccer Complex. The soccer fields underwent a major revitalization beginning in the summer of 2023 through a $446,000 donation at the end of 2020 by JBS as part of their Hometown Proud Initiative.
The Ashland Village Board discussed a major overhaul of the village’s water rate structure at last week’s meeting. As part of this, Mayor Kitty Mau stated her belief that water rates will have to go up.
“We’re going to have to raise water rates, probably considerably,” Mau said.
The Redbirds Junior High Scholastic Bowl team coached by Kristi Edwards was highlighted at the April 15th Virginia school board meeting.
The team has won 16 out of 22 competitions and has two tournament wins, the latest against Rushville/Industry last Saturday, April 13th. The Redbirds will be hosting Regionals at Virginia at 4 p.m. on April 24th. They have also been invited to attend the Morgan County Conference which is an honor due to the fact only so many teams are invited. The team is made up of Jamison Horton and Levi Watson, fifth grade, Jack Brockhouse, Sophia Horton, Sawyer Edwards, Maddie Whitehead, Matthew Bell, Addie Hughes and Shelby Long all in seventh grade. Coach Kristi Edwards commends the team on how they work very well together and are willing to let everyone participate.
Beardstown Police were kept busy Monday afternoon, April 15, following two crashes an hour apart.
The first one occured at 12:04 at 901 Canal Street when a vehicle driven by Alexandre Belizaire, 1013 Canal, crashed into a garage. He was driving a 2020 Toyota. The residence and garage was occupied by Eduardo Herrera-Lopez and the property was owned by Adan Hernandez, 1412 Clay Street. According to reports, the vehicle had to be extricated from the garage.