Both the 7th and 8th grade Triopia boys’ basketball teams swept their way to three wins in three games last week. The young Trojans beat Pleasant Hill, Beardstown, and Rushville/Industry. The 7th grade is now 9-4 on the year while the 8th grade sits at 11-3 for the season.
Facing two tough teams last week, the Beardstown junior high boys’ basketball teams lost all four contests.
On Monday at Macomb, the Bomber seventh grade squad knocked off the Tigers 44 to 24. Beardstown fell behind early, 12 to 3 after a quarter and fought hard to stay in the game in the second quarter as the lead was 22 to 11 at the half. A tough third quarter put the Tigers down 32 to 13 heading to the final frame. Beardstown did get six guys in the scoring column with DeWade Gaffney netting seven, Ashten Guzman scoring six, Brayden Piotrowski and Tucker Sorrells each notching four, Oliver Davis getting two and Uriel Gil hitting a free throw for one. Individual scoring was not available for the eighth-grade game, but the Tigers took it on the chin by a score of 39 to 13.
The Beardstown Tiger wrestling team hosted a triangular meet last Thursday and lost two close matches to Pittsfield and Macomb.
Against the Saukees, Pittsfield prevailed over the Tigers by a score of 40 to 30. Winning Beardstown wrestlers were Luis De La Cruz by fall at 0:43 at 138 pounds and Maddox Medrano by fall at 1:19 at 144 pounds.
The Virginia Redbirds’ junior high basketball team made the most of their one opportunity on the hardwood last week, sweeping to a pair of victories over the North Greene Spartans.
It was a light load for both the Beardstown Lady Tiger and the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojan basketball teams with just one game each last week. Beardstown hosted North Fulton on Monday. Triopia, who went on the road to Carrollton on Monday, was scheduled to play Calhoun on Thursday but the contest was postponed.
Two more dominating wins by the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays has pushed their season record to 11-0 and landed them a # 3 ranking in the latest IHSA Class 2A poll. The Jays held both Midwest Central-Delavan and Auburn to less than 20 points and shut them out for an entire quarter in run-away wins last week.
The Beardstown Tigers took to the road last week to play a couple of West Central Conference games and picked up two victories over Liberty and Brown County. The wins give the hometown hoopsters a conference record of 2-1 and an overall mark of 8-2.
They were two starkly different contests last week but they both resulted in victory for the Triopia Trojan basketball team. On Tuesday, the Trojans turned on their afterburners and raced to a 72 to 41 win over the Payson-Seymour Indians on the road. At home on Friday, the Trojans ground out a low scoring 41 to 30 victory over the Carrollton Hawks.
Certain sights and sounds are ingrained in the holiday season, from twinkling lights to carols piping over retailers' sound systems. Amid the shelves of holiday wares and delicacies, fruitcake makes its annual appearance.
The First Congregational Church of Beardstown, 119 W. Third Street, will have its Christmas Eve Service beginning at 11 am in the Sanctuary on Sunday, December 24. This is a daylight service, designed for those who have other plans later. It especially works well for families with small children.