Bread of Love – February 19-23
Monday: Holiday. Tuesday: Meatloaf with beef gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, pineapple tidbits, bread, milk. Wednesday: Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, apricots, bread, milk.
Sweeney named to QU Dean’s List
Quincy University named Raven Sweeney, Beardstown, to its Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. Honorees must earn a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) to be included in the biannual Dean’s List. In total, 407 students received the honor during the Fall 2023 semester.
Community Calendar
Beardstown Emblem Club will hold its annual Chicken & Noodle Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, February 18 at the Beardstown Elks Lodge, 205 East 2nd Street. The menu includes chicken and homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, roll and butter, dessert and a drink (tea or coffee). Prices will be for adults and children 4 to 12. Children 3 and under are free. Carry-outs will be available by calling 217-323-1000. The dinner is opened to the public.
MCS offers scholarships
MCS Community Services is offering scholarships of $2,000 to income eligible students of Morgan, Cass and Scott counties, who are already attending or are planning to attend an accredited Illinois university, college, technical or vocational school. The scholarships are provided by Community Services Block Grant, a program funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
WIU students on Dean’s List
A total of 1,183 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List. The total includes 107 students at the WIU-Quad Cities Campus.
To receive this award, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average on a scale of 4.0, which equals an A in a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded courses; pass-fail hours are not counted (e.g., student teaching, internships).
Tigers take down Ducks
The Beardstown Tigers salvaged a rough week by blasting the Havana Ducks 71 to 44 on Senior Night last Friday.
A hearty pot of Duck soup is just what the Tigers needed after road losses to Payson-Seymour and Pittsfield. Beardstown ended the week with a 19-9 record including 4-4 in the West Central Conference
Black Attack places First in BASA District Basketball Tournament
The Beardstown Area Special Athletes had a very successful district basketball tournament with the Beardstown Blitz placing 3rd, the Orange Crush placing 2nd and the Black Attack (pictured with coaches) bringing home 1st Place. The Black Attack will compete in the State Tournament in March.
Dailey is State bound – BHS and BJHS Wrestling Results
Beardstown junior wrestler Garrett “Chunk” Dailey will join an impressive list of Tiger grapplers who have earned the right to wrestle on the grandest of stages, the Illinois High School State Wrestling Tournament.
Dailey placed fourth in the Olympia Sectional at 285 to punch his ticket to the big dance at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois starting Thursday, February 15.
Jays drop two Conference Games
A tough stretch for the PORTA-AC Central boys basketball team got even tougher as the Jays dropped two tight conference games to good teams last week to push their losing streak to five games. PORTA-AC has lost eight of their last nine to fall to 12-16 on the year and 1-6 in the Sangamo Conference.
Season ends for Lady Tigers
The best season in twenty years for the BHS girls’ basketball team came to an end in the first round of regional play on the road at West Hancock.
The Lady Tigers finished the year with a record of 12-19 which is the most wins in a season since they won 17 in 2003-2004. After winning a maximum of seven games for six years running, Beardstown has won twelve, nine and eleven the last three and Coach Jimmy Maltby will return a very solid core of players for next year. Having joined the West Central Conference, BHS was obligated to make up a snowed-out game against West Hancock, meaning they would face the Titans twice in the final week of the season. A loss to West Central in the middle meant a three-game skid to end the season.