Nea and Sally at the Nelson Ice Center

Bits & Pieces – The frozen Grandma and unfair word play

The “Soundtrack of Spotlight” was a huge success last weekend at the Nelson Ice Center in Springfield. 

It was everything and more! The costumes were beautiful, the music was fantastic and the ice skaters were awesome. And they were right; you couldn’t help but tap your feet and wiggling with the rythmn. There’s just something about “Jailhouse Rock,” “Yellow Submarine,” and of course, “Dancing Queen” that stirs up a lot of happy memories of days gone by. It definitely was a fun show.

“Up Easy;” Coach Brian Dour tells Zach DeSollar as he heads to third base in the Tigers baseball opener.

Tiger Baseball drops opener

The Beardstown Tiger baseball team opened the 2024 season with a 6 to 2 home loss to Canton.  

Each team could manage just three hits, but two walks and two hit-batters in the Little Giant’s second inning let them push across five runs while Beardstown did not get on the board until single tallies in the fifth and seventh. Canton added an insurance run in the sixth.

Boy Scout of America Logo

Boy Scout Troop 125

Over the first few months of 2024, two members of Troop 125 have traveled to Jacksonville to appear before their respective boards of review to be evaluated to determine whether or not they would receive the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 125 is elated to report that Connor DeFord (Chandlerville) passed his Board of Review on January 17 and Evan Bell (Virginia) passed his Board of Review on March 6.

Softball

Lady Bluejays stay hot

Three wins in four games last week pushed the PORTA-AC Central softball team’s record to 5-1 for the season.  The Lady Bluejays trounced Jacksonville Routt and Springfield Lanphier and snuck by North Mac before the season opening win streak was rudely snapped by Springfield High School.

Baseball

Trojans drop Warriors

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team picked up a tight win over the Hardin Calhoun Warriors last week before falling to West Central and to East Dubuque. The Trojans record moves to 1-2 on the season.

Track

BHS Tiger Track wins meet

The Beardstown High School track team won first place in a boys only home meet last week featuring five teams.

The Tigers 106 points easily outdistanced second place Havana’s 87 points and third place Brown County’s 84 points.  Jacksonville Routt finished fourth and Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia came in fifth.

Lady Trojans Softball

Lady Trojans stop Crimsons

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Softball Team played in two, ten-run rule shortened five inning games last week, losing to Hardin-Calhoun 10 to 0 and beating Jacksonville High School 12 to 2.  The Lady Trojans are now 2-2 on the young season.

Track

Tiger Middle School Track

The Beardstown Middle School Track team hit the road to Canton for their first meet of the season competing in a triangular with the host Little Giants and the Ducks of Havana.  The Tigers had a handful of first place finishers and a slew of medal winners.

Baseball

Two wins for Bluejay Baseball

The PORTA-AC Central Baseball Team got off the schneid after losing their first two games of the season, winning twice last week over Havana and Payson Seymour before falling to North Boone to move to 2-3 on the season.  

Track

Virginia-Triopia Track results

The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia High School Track Team opened their season on the road last week at Beardstown with a five-team, boys only meet.  Although the Redbirds placed fifth as a team, they did have several promising individual finishes. Brady Seymour placed third in the shot put, fourth in the 110 hurdles and tied for fifth with Jack Parlier in the high jump. Parlier added a seven