Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages: None Divorces: Katherine M. Hagerdorn from Corey A. Hagerdorn.Pamela A. Bauser from Jeffrey T. Bauser. Property Transfers: Neal and Dianna Hart, Warranty Deed to Jill A. Roegge for Lot D in Original Town of Arenzville.Beverly A. Myers, Quit Claim Deed to John W. and Beverly A. Myers for Lots 19 & 20 in Ravenswood, Beardstown,
Four more Beardstown Tiger wrestlers have qualified for State Tournament action. Two high school freshman/sophomores and two junior high wrestlers placed in the top four in the Sectional Tournament to advance. The Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association sponsors the Fresh/Soph State Tournament and Beardstown’s Alex Armenta, and Maddox and Alcantar Medrano all qualified for the Sectional held at Granite City. Armenta, wrestling at 106 pounds, lost by technical fall to the number one seed from Cahokia in round one and fell again by tech fall in round two to bow out of the tourney.
Congratulations to the Beardstown Tiger 6th grade basketball team and coaches for their 2nd Place finish in the Havana tournament.
The AC Central seventh grade volleyball team are the 1A Regional Champions. The Knights, seeded #1 in their own regional, followed an opening round bye with a regional semifinal win over fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes 25-16, 25-9. In the Championship game last Thursday, the Knights took down #2 seed Springfield Calvary in a thriller, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22, to win the title and advance to Sectionals. They were scheduled to play undefeated Carrollton St. John’s at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4 in Virginia. The eighth-grade team was the number four seed in the Calvary Regional and were eliminated from post season play in the opening round by Jacksonville Our Savior by scores of 25-20, 25-16.
Dates, rosters, and coaches have been announced for two central Illinois boys’ basketball All-Star Games with Cass County well represented. The Country Financial West Central Illinois All Star Classic will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 15 at the Jacksonville Bowl. This is the 44th edition of the all-star game. Rich Thompson of Triopia will coach the North Squad and Bryon Graven of South County will lead the South Squad.
The Beardstown High School Winter Sports Banquet was held last week at the Elk’s Club. Following a delicious spaghetti dinner provided by the club, the cheerleading, dance, boys and girls basketball and wrestling teams recognized all participants and announced their season award winners. Each coach specifically thanked the Elks Club for the evening and Athletic Director Elliot Craig for his dedication to the sports programs and his never-ending willingness to help the coaches.
A poor start, red hot free throw shooting by the opponent, a failure to defensive rebound and a missed call by the referees, all combined to contribute to the season ending loss in the first round of the regional by the Beardstown Tiger varsity basketball team. On the road at Illini West, the Tigers fought back from a cold start and had a late lead but could not hold on to it in losing a heartbreaker 46 to 45 to the Chargers.
Three frames of police patches is shown above that Beardstown Police Department has been collecting for several years. For a long time they were displayed on a red background with no border. Holding them are students from Illinois School of the Deaf (ISD) who constructed new frames, background and arranged the patches under the supervision of JC Hatfield, who is the instructor of the ISD woodshop program.Police Chief Martin Coad said he had 17 more to add to the big one which displays patches from all over the United States, city and county law enforcement agencies.
Beardstown Police Department has issued a “scam alert” for Beardstown citizens. Police Chief Martin Coad explained that someone is calling area residents claiming he is Agent Baker and posing as a Beardstown Police Officer. He is soliciting cash or gift cards over the phone.“We do not have an Officer Baker working for our department. Beardstown Police Dept. will not solicit for money or gift cards
The Ashland Fire Protection District continued its consideration of body armor for the firefighters at last week’s meeting. Matt Krembs, representing Armor Express based in North Carolina, attended and brought along several items to demonstrate to the board. These included the vests, called “plate carriers” because the vests are not themselves armored but carry pouches into which the armor plates are inserted. The armor itself comes in two categories: a softer, more flexible option that allows the wearer more flexibility and hard plates which has more resistance to incoming bullets. He also brought helmets to the meeting. In his presentation, Krembs urged the board not to purchase armor with vibrant colors.