The Beardstown High School track teams had two meets last week with the first being the Fresh-Soph Invite at Lewistown last Monday. The Tiger boys finished fourth out of fifteen teams and the girls finished seventh out of fourteen teams.
Improved offensive play helped the Beardstown Lady Tiger soccer team pick up two ties against one loss last week to move to 1-8-2 on the season. After only scoring one goal in their previous seven games, all losses, the Tigers scored four goals in three games last week.
An inability to put the ball in the goal has led to a tough stretch for the Beardstown High School girls’ soccer team. The Lady Tigers went 0-3-1 last week to fall to 1-7-1 on the season.
The PORTA-AC Central Track team participated in two meets last week with both the boys’ and girls’ teams placing second out of five teams at Williamsville last Tuesday.
Three West Central Conference wins highlighted a 3-1 week for the Beardstown varsity baseball team as they moved to 6-0 in the conference and 6-3 overall. The Tigers beat West Hancock and Liberty at home, Augusta Southeastern on the road and lost to Pittsfield at home.
Both the Virginia-Triopia High School and Junior High School track teams had two meets last week with both junior high events getting cut short due to the weather. The high school teams placed seventh out of seven teams at both the girls’ and boys’ meet last Tuesday at Rushville with the girls taking third and the boys placing seventh out of ten teams on Wednesday at Pittsfield.
The PORTA-AC Central softball team lost their first two games of last week before rebounding to get a good 10 to 7 home win over the Macomb Bombers on Saturday. The Lady Bluejays lost to Maroa Forsyth 8 to 2 on Tuesday and fell to Quincy High School 14 to 10 on Friday.
The Beardstown softball team hosted the annual Lady Tiger Showcase last weekend and an onslaught of quality teams saw BHS go just 1-3 on the weekend. Two earlier wins in a hectic, six game week gave the Tigers a 3-3 overall record for the week making them 7-6 on the season.
It was another successful week for the Beardstown Junior High School track teams with several champions and medal winners over two meets last week. At home last Monday, the seventh-grade boys placed second out of nine teams, the eighth-grade boys placed third out of eight teams, the seventh- grade girls placed fourth out of eight teams, and the eighth-grade girls placed second out of nine teams.
The PORTA-AC Central softball team lost their first two games of last week before rebounding to get a good 10 to 7 home win over the Macomb Bombers on Saturday. The Lady Bluejays lost to Maroa Forsyth 8 to 2 on Tuesday and fell to Quincy High School 14 to 10 on Friday.