Bread of Love January 1-5
Monday - Holiday. Tuesday - Ham, scalloped potatoes, peas & carrots, cinnamon apples, bread, milk. Wednesday - Seasoned chicken breast, squash, brussel spouts, brown rice, tropical fruit, bread, milk
Area schools receive library grants
Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias is awarding more than $1.4 million to qualifying public school districts to the benefit of 2,713 school libraries throughout Illinois.
BJHS Wrestling team is the 2023 Dawson Duals Champions!
The 2023 Dawson Duals Champions, the Beardstown Middle School Tigers! Beardstown swept to the title, defeating Warrensburg Latham 46-42, Stephen Decatur 71-24, Lincoln 60-45, and Seneca 66-42. The young Tiger grapplers are now 6-2 on the season
Saukees bring down Trojans
In their only contest last week, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys’ basketball team lost at home to the Pittsfield Saukees. The loss broke a three-game winning streak and dropped the Trojans to 5-6 on the season.
BHS boys continue to win
The second halves of games last week were very, very good to the Beardstown boys’ basketball team. The first halves, well, not so much.
Beardstown trailed Abingdon-Avon (A-Town) 31 to 25 at the half and came roaring back to win 64 to 45 at home on Tuesday.
Redbirds split with Lewistown
The Virginia Redbird junior high basketball teams split a pair of games with Lewistown last week, losing a heartbreaker in the seventh-grade contest.
Virginia was in command of the opener until the final frame, taking a 6 to 1 lead after one quarter and a 17 to 7 lead at the half. An eight all tie in the third quarter left the lead at ten at 25 to 15 going into the fourth. That’s when the wheels came off for the Redbirds and the Indians rallied to outscore them 14 to 3 to win 29 to 28. Paxton P. had nine points, Tylan C., and Cooper L. each had six, Dace M. had five and David B. had two in the very tough loss.
Panthers claw young Tigers
In their final game before a long Christmas break, the Beardstown Junior High boys’ basketball teams dropped a pair of games to Camp Point Central.
Lady Bluejays are on fire
The PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays stayed red hot and moved to 14-0 on the season with three wins in the Riverton Christmas Tournament last week. PORTA-AC destroyed Litchfield and Pana then defeated North Mac by twelve points, their closest game in a month.
Triopia Junior High hoops
A couple of tough losses on the road at Mendon were quickly put in the rearview mirror by the Triopia Junior High basketball team with two resounding home wins over Havana.
Against Unity in the seventh-grade game, the Colts jumped out of the gate and took a 13 to 0 lead after a quarter. It was 23 to 7 at the half in favor of Mendon. The Colts continued to stretch the lead in the second half and cruised to a 38 to 17 win. Werries scored four, while Howe, Seymour and Lomelino all scored three and Crews added two points in the loss.
Lady Trojans bring home two wins
Two wins for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia girls basketball team last week over Payson-Seymour and Liberty pushed their record to 7-4 as they prep for this week’s Lady Tiger Classic. The Lady Trojans made a second half push to defeat the Indians 48 to 29 and held on in the fourth to beat the Eagles 40 to 36.