Lifelong village resident David Luttrell has been appointed village trustee, replacing Mark Lovekamp who resigned the position late last year. Luttrell is a brother of former Chapin Village President, the late Robert Luttrell.
We are only a few weeks into the new year and 2024 has already brought an actual winter! At least for now. In the prolonged cold of this past week, going outside has been, well painful. Being stuck inside I have gotten so much accomplished! We organized our storage totes, I got that window trim repaired. I even got to finish a puzzle! It’s been years since I’ve been able to finish a puzzle.
The Triopia 7th grade boys’ basketball team's season ended in the first round of the regional with a heartbreaking 33 to 31 loss to Springfield Blessed Sacrament last Saturday. They had won their final regular season game of the year over Griggsville-Perry 42 to 19 last Thursday. The 8th grade Trojans lost to the Tornadoes 41 to 35 to fall to 17-5 on the season.
The Beardstown 7th grade boys’ basketball team lost in the opening round of the regional to end their season last Saturday. The eighth seeded Tigers fell to number one Pleasant Plains 48 to 13. Both the seventh and eighth grade teams finished up regular season play last week with losses to PORTA and Waverly.
The schedule maker was not very kind to the Beardstown Tiger varsity boys’ basketball team last week sending them on the road to two very tough to win at venues. Both games were conference games for the Tigers, who are the newest members of the West Central Conference, at Hamilton against West Hancock and at Quincy Notre Dame. Both places are historically tough to win at and although Beardstown played tough, they could not pick up a win.
Prospective students interested in starting or restarting college or training for a new career are invited to visit Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) for a campus open house 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19. The free event will be held at LLCC’s Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Rd., and at Outreach Centers in Jacksonville (32 N. Central Park Plaza), Litchfield (1 Lincoln Land Dr.) and Taylorville (800 S. Spresser).
The Beardstown Lady Tigers won twice last week against familiar foes to improve to 11-12 on the season. They knocked off Pleasant Hill for the second time this year last Thursday at home on senior night, 31 to 26, as both teams were as cold as the weather. On Saturday they opened play in the Carrollton Lady Hawks Invitational with a convincing 65 to 38 pounding of Payson-Seymour, their third victory over the Indians this season.
It was a very busy week for a Beardstown Tiger varsity wrestling team that is battling through a recent rash of illness and injury. The Tigers took on Lanphier and Riverton in a make up contest held in the high school commons on Wednesday. They were right back at it on Thursday, traveling to Auburn to battle the Trojans who are honorably mentioned in the state rankings along with Shelbyville and Hillsboro. On Saturday, Beardstown was in Petersburg to take on the 8th ranked PORTA-AC Bluejays, Vandalia, and Monticello.
The beat goes on for the PORTA/A-C Central Lady Bluejays as they won their only game last week to improve to 23-1 on the year. The boys’ team meanwhile split a pair of home games to remain over .500 on the season at 11-9.
The Lady Trojans of Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia lost both games last week, including a conference game to fall to 1-4 in the WIVC and 11-10 overall on the season. In a strange twist of the schedule, the Lady Trojans faced the same two teams last week that they had played the week before in the North Greene Tournament, losing to Hardin Calhoun and home and falling to South County on the road.