The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team saw their six-game winning streak snapped last week, dropping two tough contests to quality opponents. The Lady Trojans fell 11 to 6 to a sixteen-win Hardin Calhoun team on Monday then fell to a ten-win Pittsfield squad 4 to 2 on Friday. Triopia is now 8-5 on the season.
Evan Bell hit a double to drive in Brock York and Grant Fricke in the third inning and propel the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team past the Calhoun Warriors 2 to 1 in a Western Illinois Valley Conference game. The weather limited the Trojans to just one game last week and the win improved their record to 5-12 on the season.
Three wins out of five games last week improved the PORTA-AC Central baseball team’s record to 10-8 on the season. An 8 to 2 road win over Midwest Central on Monday kicked things off for the Jays. They led just 3 to 2 after five innings before pushing across five runs in the sixth to put the game on ice. Jett Karrick gave up seven hits in seven innings and had three RBIs on offense. Levi Hoagland had a triple and an RBI, Barrett Morse had a double and an RBI and Brady Kinney and Drew Marr each had a single and an RBI. Kendall Davis added a double while Hunter Roberts and Kolin Johnson added singles.
The Beardstown Lady Tiger softball team sandwiched a good win between a couple of tough losses last week. They fell at home to Rushville-Industry 14 to 11 then knocked off the South Fulton Rebels 12 to 0 at their place before falling at home to Western 6 to 4. Errors continued to plague the Lady Tigers in their losses as they had seven in each of the defeats and only one in their victory.
Although the Lady Tiger Soccer game did not turn out as it was hoped, the improvements at the Beardstown Park District soccer fields are certainly living up to expectations.
On Tuesday, April 9, the Beardstown Park District hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly minted JBS Soccer Complex. The soccer fields underwent a major revitalization beginning in the summer of 2023 through a $446,000 donation at the end of 2020 by JBS as part of their Hometown Proud Initiative.
The PORTA-AC Central Track Teams swept to victory in the boys and girls meet at the PORTA Co-Ed Invitational last week. Jacob Vogel won the 100 and 200 meter dash, Daxton Trueblood won the 800 meters and Justin Zimmerman placed second, Kade Parker won the 1600, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 110 and the 300 hurdles and the long jump, and Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and the triple jump. Alanna Sparks was second in the 1600, Maggie Zimmerman was second in the 3200, Lauren Harrison won the 100 hurdles and was second in the 300 hurdles, Tristan Shaub was second in the shot put and the discus and Summer Perman won the high jump.
It was a frustrating week for the PORTA-AC Central softball team as they went 2-2 with both losses coming in rivalry games. The Lady Jays beat Midwest Central then lost to Athens and Pleasant Plains before knocking off Jacksonville to end the week.
The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia High School track teams competed in two meets last week. On Monday the boys placed eighth out of nine teams and the girls placed third out of eight teams at the Tom Johnson Invitational at Pittsfield. Jack Parlier placed fourth in the high jump, Brady Seymour took sixth in the high jump and seventh in the shot put, Braden Hutson was sixth in the long jump and Cristian Provo placed seventh in the triple jump. Ta’Shia Allen was second in the 100 meters, Faith Wingert was third in the 100 and second in the 200, Ava Petefish was first in the triple jump, third in the long jump and second in the 400 meters, Payten Petefish was fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump and the 200 meters, Ashton Stanberry placed third in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the 100 hurdles and Kaylee Beck was third in the 3200 and sixth in the 1600. The 4x100 relay team of Wingert, Stanberry, Ava Petefish and Allen won their race.
All three components of the Beardstown Track and Field system were in action once last week as the Junior High team traveled to Rushville and the Freshmen/Sophomores and Varsity each went to Havana on different days.In the four-team junior high meet last Monday, the Tiger boys finished first in the eighth grade and second in the seventh grade to win the combined meet championship.
The girls fell to a very athletic Auburn team 6 to 1 as the Trojans spoiled that part of the evening. Earlier in the week the Tigers defeated Springfield Southeast 2 to 0 behind goals from Jocelyn Ojeda and Ashley Gil and an assist by Xixi Marquez. On Thursday the girls shot down the Bombers at Macomb 2 to 0. Marquez had both goals and Ojeda had an assist. The Lady Tigers improved to 8-2-2 on the season.