Sports

The first baseman leaps high for the throw as the runner bares down on him in minor league action.

Little League Baseball results

In boy’s Little League 9- and 10-year-old action on Monday, May 20th, Beardstown’s AC Jones Trucking Red Sox beat the Brown County Wolfpack 8 to 4.  

For the Red Sox, Jrue Gaffney pitched two innings and gave up one hit and one run while striking out six.  Rawlings Colwell and Acen Schaver combined to finish the last three innings, allowing three runs while striking out four Wolves each.  Gaffney went 2 for 2 at the plate with a double, a triple, a walk, and an RBI.  Trance Savage, Miguel Montoya, and Isaiah Hernandez all added hits for the Red Sox who improved to 6-0.

The batter takes a big swing at this one!

Little League Softball

This one is fouled off by the batter in coach-pitch softball action. | The pitcher fields a high chopper in coach-pitch softball action. | A Rushville player slides safely into home.

The 2024 BHS Track and Field award winners from left to right are, Diana Huerta, Emma Ford-Dewitt, Marcos Laurencio, Gerardo Ruiz-Gonzales, and Joel Sosa.

BHS Track and Field Awards

The Beardstown girls’ and boys’ track and field teams recognized several athletes at the season ending awards banquet.

According to girls’ coach Jacki Kelly, “this season the girls track team finished with 14 athletes. The girls had a great season, with individuals bringing home hardware from every medal meet we competed in. Although we were bumped to 2A, the girls tied for 10th place out of 16 teams at sectionals. They were a team of fourteen girls competing with schools that had rosters with up to seventy-five athletes.”

Track

PORTA/A-C State Track results

A great track and field season ended at the IHSA State Championships for the PORTA-AC Central Bluejays boys team with some great finishes.  Bryson Schachtsiek placed sixth in the 300 hurdles finishing in a time of 41.18.  He placed 28th in the long jump with a leap of 5.96 meters.  Isaac Rennecker finished ninth in the triple jump, bounding 12.83 meters and fifteenth in the high jump, clearing 1.8 meters.  Daxton Trueblood finished 18th in the 800 meters running a time of 2:02.56.  Jacob Vogel ended in 26th place in the 200 meter dash, sprinting a time of 23.25.  

Lady Tigers to host summer Hoops League

Coach Jimmy Maltby and the improving Beardstown Lady Tiger varsity basketball team will be hosting a June summer league on Tuesdays at the Tiger Den. Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia and PORTA-AC Central will join the hosts and Rushville, Brown County (BC) and West Central in the league.

Play opens June 4th with Beardstown playing Rushville at 4:45 and West Central at 7:00.  Triopia takes on Brown County  at 4:00 and PORTA-AC at 6:15.  The Lady Bluejays play West Central at 7:45.

The 2024 BHS Softball Award Winners from left to right are, Bella Palmer, Vanessa Nunez, Kylynn Maltby and Cami Coats.

Lady Tiger Soccer and Softball award winners

The Beardstown Lady Tigers concluded their soccer season with the spring sports banquet last week.  

According to assistant coach Eduardo Rios, “in soccer, individual awards recognize exceptional performances within the team context. They highlight standout players’ contributions to their team’s success.  The student-athletes who receive these awards showed dedication, hard work, and positive attitudes throughout the season.”

Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia’s Mylee Tracy and coach Megan Werner are pictured at the IHSA State Track and Field Finals. Tracy, also a standout player on the Trojan softball team, competed in the 200 and 400 meters at State.

Mylee Tracy at girls state

The track and field season ended for the Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia track teams last week.  

For the girls, Mylee Tracy represented Redbird nation very well at the Class 1A IHSA State Track and Field Championships. Tracy qualified in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters and traveled to Charleston for preliminaries last Thursday.  The top nine finishers in the prelims advanced to the finals and ninth place came in with a time of 26.12 in the 200 meters.  Tracy’s time of 26.6 was good enough for 15th place. In the 400 meters, ninth place had a time of 59.24. Mylee’s time of 103.78 put her in 24th place.

The Beardstown Middle School contingent of (L/R) Kellen Brown, DeWade Gaffney, Ashten Guzman and Ola Quigley are pictured after the "Walk of Champions" before they left for the IESA State Track and Field Championships.

Brown places fifth at State finals

Beardstown’s Kellen Brown finished fifth in the state at the eighth-grade level in the pole vault at the IESA State Track and Field Championships held last Saturday in East Peoria.  

One busy lady! Mylee Tracy set the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Softball single season strikeout record one day after competing in the 200 and 400 meters at the IHSA State Track Meet.

Ducks stun Lady Trojans

It looked like the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team had Havana right where they wanted them and would get sweet revenge for a post season loss to the Ducks last year. Unfortunately, a five-run seventh inning by the Ducks stunned the Trojans and gave Havana a 5 to 2 Regional Championship victory last Friday night.

Track

Numerous Bluejays are State bound

A very successful boy’s track and field season continued for PORTA-AC Central as the Bluejays placed second as a team in the Class 1A Rushville Sectional and will be sending a host of athletes to the IHSA State Finals starting Thursday, May 23 at Eastern Illinois University.