Sports

Softball

Perfect Week for Lady Trojans

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia softball team took full advantage of the good weather last week, by going a perfect 5 and 0 to run their season record to 8-3.  

They started things off by pounding Brown County in Mt. Sterling 18 to 2.  Mylee Tracy gave up just two hits and struck out nine in the five inning blow out. Addison Rohn had two hits and three RBIs and Gabby Myers had two hits and two RBIs.  Lindy Parlier, Rhianna Lovekamp, and Rilyn Waid all added a base hit in the win.

Tanner Riddell delivers a strike for BHS in home baseball action.

Tigers take down Rushville

In a very busy week, the Beardstown baseball team went 2-3 but did pick up a win over their arch-rival Rushville-Industry. The Tigers lost on the road 8 to 6 to Havana, defeated the Rockets 11 to 5 at their place and beat Bushnell Prairie City 12 to 0 then lost to Altamont 8 to 0 and West Hancock 17 to 10 in the Tiger Showcase at Lewis and Jones Fields. Beardstown placed fourth in the six team showcase and are now 6-5 on the season.  

Baseball

Tough losses for Trojan Baseball

It was a rough week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team as they suffered four losses against just one win.  Two of the losses were by one run, they were allowed just one hit in the third loss and had only two hits in the last one.  

Track

Redbird Jr High Track

The Virginia-Triopia Junior High Track teams had a very successful week placing first in the girls’ seventh grade, eighth grade and combined and first in the boys eighth grade and combined and second in seventh grade at Camp Point on Monday. On Tuesday, at the St. Agnes meet they placed second in all but the boys combined where they placed third.

The Tigers' Ashley Gil fights for the ball against Jerseyville in last Saturday’s home soccer contest.

Lady Tigers tangle with Panthers

Looking to prove who is queen of the area girls’ soccer jungle, the Beardstown Tigers took on two different Panther teams last week, getting a win and a tie.  On Friday, the girls were on the road to Virden to take on the Panthers of North Mac. The Lady Tigers doubled them up two to one in both halves to bring home a nice 4-2 win.  Xixi Marquez had two goals and an assist to lead Beardstown.  Brandy Mendoza and Ashley Gil each had a goal and an assist of their own in the victory.

Hallie Lawson fields the ball in left field for Beardstown during the Lady Tiger Showcase.

Errors haunt Lady Tiger Softball

A young Beardstown Tiger softball team continues to struggle to field the ball on defense with an avalanche of errors leading to four losses last weekend in their own Lady Tiger Showcase at Rice and Jones Fields at Roy Roberts Park.  

A joyous Tiger Junior High Track team proudly displays their ribbons from last Saturday’s Schuyler-Industry Meet.

Tiger Junior High Track results

The Beardstown Junior High Track team hit the road to Rushville on a beautiful morning last Saturday and had a very successful day in an eight-team meet.  The boys placed fifth in the seventh grade meet and fourth in the eighth grade meet for a fourth-place combined finish. The girls took fourth in the seventh-grade competition and fifth in the eighth grade for a fifth-place combined finish.  

Baseball

Two wins for Tiger Baseball

Two long road trips last week resulted in two wins for the Beardstown baseball team, pushing their record to 4-2 on the year. On Friday the boys pounded Pleasant Hill-Western 15 to 3 in five innings and on Saturday, the Tigers made a huge seventh inning comeback to knock off West Hancock 11 to 6.

Softball

Lady Trojans breeze by Tornadoes

With the spring weather wreaking havoc on the schedule, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virgnia softball team was only able to get one game in last week. Even that game was played through a tornado. 

The Griggsville-Perry Tornadoes that is, as the Trojans blew them out 12 to 1 to even their record at 3-3 on the season.  Triopia bolted to an early lead, scoring four in the first and five in the second before the Tornadoes scored their only run in the top of the third. Triopia added one in the third and two in the fourth to finish it off in five innings. Mylee Tracy went the distance on the hill giving up three hits, walking

Baseball

Trojans beat Griggsville-Perry

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team started last week with a home win over Griggsville-Perry then dropped both ends of a Saturday doubleheader at home to Greenfield-Northwestern and PORTA-AC Central. The Trojans are now 3-8 on the season.