Bluejay on a hot streak
The PORTA-AC Central baseball team won four straight games last week to push their winning streak to six games overall. Wins over Auburn, Beardstown, Williamsville, and Pawnee moved the Bluejays’ season record to 16-9.
Sports
Sangamo Conference track meet results
Track season is wrapping up and that means conference championship meets. The PORTA-AC Central Bluejays traveled to Pleasant Plains last week for the Sangamo Conference Championship Meet with the boys placing fifth and the girls taking seventh as a team.
Lady Tigers smack down Hornets
It was a good week for the Beardstown Softball Team as they played better ball and picked up a win over Brown County and lost in close games to Camp Point and Quincy Notre Dame. The Lady Tigers now sit at 4-17 on the year.
Three wins for Lady Trojan Softball
Three wins and one loss for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team last week improved their season record to 11-6. The Lady Trojans got home wins over Routt and Greenfield, a road win over North Greene and lost at home to a very good Pleasant Hill team.
Bluejay Baseball wins twice
The PORTA-AC Central baseball team rebounded from an ugly loss to pick up two wins last week and move to 12-9 on the season.
On Monday the Jays managed just one hit in a 12 to 1 loss to New Berlin. The Pretzels scored five in the first, four in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth of the ten-run rule win. Drew Atwater had the only Bluejay hit.
Tigers split with Quincy Teams
Two trips to the Gem City were on the schedule for Tiger Baseball last week as Beardstown traveled to Quincy to take on the Quincy High Blue Devils on Monday and the Raiders of Quincy Notre Dame on Wednesday. The Tigers surprised the Devils, getting a dramatic 7 to 6 come from behind victory. A late charge was not enough against the Raiders as Beardstown fell 5 to 3 to fall to 8-9 on the year.
Trojans slay Wolves
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team shut out the Pleasant Hill Wolves but lost to the Routt Rockets last week to move their season record to 6-13.
On Monday at home, the Trojans scored a run in the bottom of the first against Jacksonville Routt but did not score again in a 7 to 1 loss. The Rockets took the lead for good with four in the second and added three in the seventh to sew it up. The big blue had just five hits with Jacob Cook and Gameli White having two each and Cooper Parrish having one and driving in the only run. Brock York walked and scored for the Trojans.
Tiger Track Seniors honored
Beardstown High School recognized their senior track athletes at a home meet last week.
Christy Domitien, Gavin Epping, CJ Evans, Emma Ford-DeWitt, Karim Gomez, Deyvi Javier, Delma Salazar, and Chris Tchaklizo were all thanked for their contribution to Tiger Track.
Two losses for Lady Bluejays
It was a tough week on the field for the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays as they lost on a walk off in the seventh inning to New Berlin and were no hit in a loss to Stanford Olympia. The Lady Jays are now 11-7 on the year.It was a back-and-forth battle early on Monday at New Berlin as PORTA-AC scored two in the first and three in the second only to have the Pretzels score three in the first and two in the second making it 5 to 5 after two innings.
Beardstown Junior High Track action
The Beardstown Tiger Junior High team was on the track competing twice last week.
On Monday they were at Rushville for the six-team Big 5 Conference meet with the seventh-grade boys placing second and the eighth graders taking third. The seventh and eighth grade girls’ teams both placed fifth. Thursday the Tigers traveled to Williamsville for a four team meet with the boys bringing home second place as a team on both levels and the girls taking second in the eighth grade and fourth in the seventh grade.