Former Beardstown Tiger Baseball standout William Davidsmeier was one of four Illinois Wesleyan Titan baseball players announced as College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees on Tuesday, June 4.
Davidsmeier, a sophomore, joined seniors Louis Perona and Jacbo Cyrus and sophomore Tommy Willard in being honored for Illinois Wesleyan.
A large contingent of PORTA-AC Central athletes were recently named to the Sangamo Conference All-Conference teams in baseball and softball.
Senior Drew Atwater was named to the First Team Sangamo Conference Baseball Team. Fellow senior Trace Donnan was named Second Team All-Conference. Junior Kendall Davis and senior Hunter Roberts were each named All Conference Honorable Mention.
The Beardstown Baseball-Softball Association has announced the selection of the 2024 Softball All Star Teams for the 9 and 10 year-old and the 11 and 12 year-old levels.
Named to the 9 and 10 year-old team were Rose Paul, Charlea Stoneking, Angelica Hernandez, Paisley Frank, Zoey Crabtree, Ainara Munoz, Ava Hoffman, Serena Graham-Martinez, Maya De La Cruz, Samantha Atriano, Emma Surratt and Yoselin Molina.
Four Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia Lady Redbird track and field athletes were named to the Western Illinois Valley Conference All-Conference Team.
Freshman Ava Petefish was recognized for her efforts in the 4x100 and 4x200 relay. Junior Ashton Stanberry was named in honor of her performance in the 4x200 relay. Sophomore Faith Wingert was recognized for the 4x100 relay. Lastly, junior Mylee Tracy was recognized for her efforts in both the 400-meter dash and the 4x100 relay. Way to go ladies!
After a long weekend off to celebrate Memorial Day, Beardstown Little League Baseball was back in action on Tuesday May 28th.
In 12U play, the Brown County Gunslingers snuck by the Tri County Plumbing Twins 4 to 2. Fischer Alloway struck out four Gunslingers, Luke Pherigo struck out five and Scooter Cruz struck out one on the mound. Case Turner doubled and Jennrick Martinez singled for the Twins who fell to 1-5-1 on the year.
Coach Rich Thompson has announced the date for the Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia high school baseball and basketball teams. The event will be held on Saturday June 22 at the Jacksonville Links Golf Course with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. It will be a 4-person scramble format. To reserve a team, purchase a hole sponsorship or for any other questions contact coach Thompson at (217) 370-9086. All proceeds will benefit the Trojan boys’ baseball and basketball programs.
Following an outstanding season, the Virginia-Triopia Redbird Junior High Track team held their awards night on Tuesday, May 28th. Letters and pins were awarded to all team members.
The Redbird Spirit Award was given to Anala Massie (7th grade girls), Esme Anderson (8th grade girls), Ryker Howe (7th grade boys) and Graycen Embley (8th grade boys).
Four Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia athletes were recently named All-Conference performers by the Western Illinois Valley Conference.
Mylee Tracy and Addison Rohn were both named to the ten-person First Team All-Conference softball team. The Lady Trojan’s Lucie Dion was one of ten named Second Team All-Conference. All three girls are juniors.
For the boys, sophomore Grant Fricke was named to the nine-person Second Team All-Conference baseball squad.
The West Central Conference recently named their 2024 All Conference Selections for baseball and softball and several Beardstown Tigers made the grade in their first year in the conference.
Tiger senior Gustavo Cortes was one of twelve unanimous selections on the eighteen-man First Team All-Conference Baseball team. Freshman Colby DeSollar was one of nine who received Honorable Mention recognition.
The right fielder cuts one off that was headed for the corner during Beardstown Little League Softball play. | The ball comes loose as the first baseman tries to make the tag on a hard charging runner.