Community Calendar
The Kirsta Anderson Benefit will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 18th at the Round House Event Center in Beardstown. There is a small cover charge that includes a meal and kids’ activities.
Rough season for BHS Softball so far
A tough season got even rougher last week for the Beardstown softball team, as the Lady Tigers dropped three games to fall to 3-15 on the season. A road loss at Liberty was followed by home defeats at the hands of Pittsfield and Pleasant Hill.
Tiger Baseball drops Panthers
The Beardstown Tiger baseball team went 1-3 last week, winning a one run game, losing a one run game, and getting short gamed twice. The Tigers are now 7-8 on the year.
Beardstown opened the week on the road at Liberty, losing 10-0 while getting just one hit on the day. Liberty, in getting the conference win, had a big inning in the second, scoring seven. Tanner Riddell had the only Tiger hit, a double, while Ethan Heller walked twice and Colby and Zach DeSollar, Zach Meyer, and Park McCoy each walked once.
PORTA/A-C Central Sports – Softball and Track Results
With the PORTA-AC Central administration making the prudent and compassionate decision to cancel numerous activities last week following the tragic passing of an AC-Central student athlete, the Bluejays competed in just two sporting events last week.
Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia Track
The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia varsity track teams participated in the very competitive Rob Garcia Invitational last week at Rushville with the girls placing ninth out of fifteen teams and the boys finishing fourteenth out of fourteen.
Tigers Junior High and High School Track action
The Beardstown Junior High School Track team was on the road last week going to Williamsville on Friday for the BeeBee Invite. In the big, twelve team meet, the boys placed fifth on the eighth-grade level and eighth on the seventh-grade level.
For the girls, the seventh graders placed eighth and the eighth graders tied for ninth.
Enjoy the silence, Cicadas are coming
If you haven’t heard the buzz, you will soon. Billions of periodical cicadas are coming, and University of Illinois Extension is sharing information to help track their moves before emergence.
“Historically speaking, 2024 is a big year for periodical cicadas in Illinois,” says Ken Johnson, Extension horticulture educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott counties.
Periodical cicada broods XIII and XIX will be emerging throughout much of the state at the same time. Although exact times and locations will be varied, there will be cicadas.
Bell propels Trojans over Warriors
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.
Tough losses for Lady Trojans
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.
Bits & Pieces – Cows that predict the weather
As I write this on Tuesday, the forecast for the predicted storms headed our way sound pretty serious. High winds, hail, thunderstorms, hail and possibly tornadoes are all in the watch. The storms are supposed to hit later this afternoon.
I love storms. I always have, even as a child.