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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge presented several awards on April 6 during a meeting of the FOP Spoon River Valley Lodge # 427 in Canton.
Awards were presented to five Cass County law enforcement and emergency services personnel for their response to recent shootings in Ashland; a Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy for his actions at the scene of a serious accident; three Knox County Sheriff’s Deputies whose police work resulted in huge illegal drug seizures; and a Farmington pastor whose congregation has demonstrated outstanding support for local law enforcement.
Solor Eclispe on Monday, April 8, in Ashland. Photo by Mike Kloppenburg
Beardstown Fire and Ambulance were called for a single vehicle accident Sunday night at approximately 10:00 p.m., with a car being upside down in a ditch, in the vicinity of Chandlerville Road and Kuhlman Road. Personnel arrived on scene along with Cass County Sherriff Deputies and Beardstown Police to find a car upside down in water approximately 50 feet below the road surface. The driver of the vehicle was sitting on top of the car. The driver was medically assessed and packaged for transport. Using ropes and manpower, they were carried up the embankment to the awaiting ambulance and tranported to the hospital with minor injuries.