While a host of Tigers look on, Bella Palmer tips the ball over the outstretched hands of a couple of Rockets.

High School volleyball roundup – Beardstown, PORTA/A-C, Triopia results

All three Cass County high school volleyball teams finished up their regular seasons last week and will be competing in regionals this week.  

   Beardstown wrapped up their season with two home matches. On Monday, the Tigers fell in a tough three set match to West Central 25-17, 19-25, 18-25. Against a talented Brown County team on Thursday in the Annual Volley for the Cure match, the Tigers treated a nice crowd to a good comeback in game two but fell in straight sets 15-25, 22-25. Beardstown, now 9-25 on the season and seeded 11th in the regional, was scheduled to take on the 5th seeded Macomb Bombers at their place on October 23 to open postseason play.

The Tigers look to have the option play set up well but a fast Calhoun defense closed quickly in Beardstown’s loss to the Warriors.

Warriors End Tigers’ Football Season – BHS Falls 41-0 to Calhoun

Just when it seemed like the Beardstown Tigers had built some momentum and had a chance to make a game of it with Calhoun, a familiar bugaboo came out to haunt the Tigers.  

    After falling behind 14 to 0 in the first quarter, the Tigers made a nice offensive drive taking the ball down to the six-yard line where they had it first in goal.  Unfortunately, as has happened several times this year, Beardstown could not push the ball across the goal line from in close, turning it over on downs.  The Warriors then took the ball the length of the field to score again and make it 21-0, then a flurry of second quarter touchdowns carried Calhoun to a 41-0 victory, ending the Tigers season.  BHS finished 4-5 and although one 4-5 squad did make the IHSA playoffs, it was not the Tigers.  The Warriors, under former Beardstown coach Aaron Elmore, finish 6-3, and entered the postseason on quite a run, having won their last four games by a combined score of 186-0.

Tanner Force and Cory Simpson

Chandlerville mayor removes fire department heads, resigns

An investigation into the burning of an abandoned building in Chandlerville has resulted in the removal of two fire department employees and the resignation of the mayor.

Former Chandlerville Mayor Tim Richard resigned his position at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 17 as the result of the Illinois Environment Protection Agency (IEPA) investigation regarding the burning without the proper permits. The burn was conducted on Wednesday, October 11.

Trick or Treat

Cass County Halloween Events & Trick or Treat times

Arenzville: October 31 - Town Trick or Treat, 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Ashland: October 29 -  Halloween Parade lineup starts at 3:00 p.m. and will go from Editor Street to the Fire House followed by Trunk or Treat on Yates Street in front of City Hall.

No co-op for A-C scholastic bowl

There will be no co-op between A-C Central and PORTA for scholastic bowl. A-C and PORTA co-op in athletics, but the board voted down a motion to extend the co-op to scholastic bowl. The teacher in charge of scholastic bowl, Jennifer Guillou, said A-C could only field a junior varsity team and PORTA could only field a varsity team this year. She said she was worried A-C’s JV players would be unable to compete with other varsity teams and the students would lose interest. The board members voting against the motion were President Todd Jokisch and Trustees Deb Petefish, Jason Smith, and Dan Cuba.

Police News

Beardstown Police News

Jennifer Burns, 54, Beardstown, was cited Oct. 10 for operating an uninsured motor vehicle, expired registration and failure to obey stop sign. Jesus Montoya-Rubalcava, 68, Beardstown, was cited Oct. 12  for failure to yield on private property.

Courthouse News

Cass County Courthouse News 

Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages:   NONE Divorces:   June Conner from Francis Ater.Property Transfers   Nancy L. Maurer, Quit Claim Deed to Carrie L. Erickson for Lands in Section 24 for T18R11.  

St. John’s Breadline sets Souper Friday Fall 2023 Fundraiser

The Souper Friday fundraiser benefitting Catholic Charities St. John’s Breadline will be serving up fresh soups to go. These made-from-scratch soups will be available on Friday, November 3rd at the Catholic Pastoral Center circle driveway, 1615 W. Washington Street, Springfield, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., or until sold out.

Chicken noodle soup, steak and vegetable, and chili will be offered. The suggested donation is $5 for 32 oz. of soup. All proceeds will benefit the St. John’s Breadline.

TAC to hold Trivia Night

Beardstown Tiger Athletic Club (TAC) will hold a Trivia Night beginning at 7:30 p.m., November 3rd at the El Pueblito Restaurant, 112 East 2nd Street, Beardstown.There will be a fee of $100 per team with a maximum of 10 people per team. This also includes chips, salsa and cheese bar. Soft drinks will be available for purchase. If adult beverages are preferred, they must bring them. Social Hour will start at 7:00 p.m.

Finnley Cook is shown performing a straddle jump in the beginning level on trampoline where she placed 1st at this meet and achieved the highest scoring pass at the meet. Finnley is a 3rd grader at Beardstown Christian Academy with proud parents, Gennah and Kyle Cook of Beardstown.

AADM Airborne Team competes in Woodhull

The AADM (All About Dance & More) Airborne Team attended an USTA Invitational meet at Alwood High School in Woodhull, on Oct. 22nd.  This meet was an open invitational meet hosting eight clubs.

    There were 32 athletes from the Airborne team that competed in 96 events total on tumbling, trampoline, and double mini.  66% of these athletes placed in the top three in their events, the team claimed 1st place overall in the team finals, and 110 event scores earned a 9.0 or higher in scoring (out of a 10).