LLCC Open House to be held Oct. 9
Prospective students interested in starting or restarting college or training for a new career are invited to visit Lincoln Land Community College for an open house 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Prospective students interested in starting or restarting college or training for a new career are invited to visit Lincoln Land Community College for an open house 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Franklin G. Bell, 80, died Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Walker Nursing Home in Virginia.
Jack E. DeWitt, 91, of Springfield, died at 2:40 a.m.
Sara Jane (Carter) Pilger, 73, of Carterville, Illinois, died on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at her home. Sara was born on June 16, 1950, in Chicago, to Paul L.
Dolores Kay Brown, 86 , Springfield and formerly of Beardstown, died Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at her home. She was born November 23, 1936 in Beardstown, the daughter of Fred Clifton “Tip” and Myrtle Ann Reynolds Cannon.
The varsity and JV volleyball teams for Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia-Chambersburg won first place at last week’s Meredosia tournament. The varsity finished the tournament undefeated at 5-0 and the JV finished 4-0-1, splitting with South County. Chelsea Bell, Lucie Dion, and Mylee Tracy were selected to the Varsity All-Tournament team from the Lady Trojans.
It certainly was not easy, but in the end the Beardstown Tiger football team came home from Pleasant Hill last Friday with a 34-14 win to move to one-one on the season. A relentless Christy Domitien, despite hobbling on a gimpy ankle late in the game, had a couple of great runs out of the QB position by Elizah Thomas and Ethan Heller and some timely turnovers keyed the Orange and Black victory.
The PORTA-AC Central Boys Golf Team headed west last Tuesday to Scripps Park Golf Course in Rushville for a meet with the host Rockets, the Virginia-Triopia Redbirds and the Havana Ducks. The host Rockets took the win with a team score of 159, led by medalist Reed Fretueg who shot a nifty 1 under 34. The Bluejays followed in 2nd place with a team score of 167. Leading the Jays was Brady Kinney and Griffin McClure who both carded 41 playing the front nine. They were followed by Trace Donnan with 42 and Brody Landon at 43. The JV Jays also played that afternoon and posted some very impressive early season scores. They were led by Kolin Johnson with a 52 and Landon Johnson with a 54. Nash Donnan fired a 55 and Drew Carter rounded out the scoring with a 64. Coach Neil Gurnsey had the following comments after the round. “Hats off to Rushville. They are a good team and Coach Wise is doing a great job with that program. They will make some noise in the postseason. We played well and had a couple guys step up for us today. That is something we will need on a regular basis as the season goes on. I was also very pleased with the scores from our JV team this afternoon. Those guys will be counted on a lot next year and are improving each and every day.” The team currently holds a record of 5 wins and 1 loss.
The BHS Volleyball squad spent last week driving to Augusta for the Southeastern Tournament and what started with a bang faded quickly with three straight losses to end the week. The Lady Tigers’ record now stands at 2-6 on the season.
The Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia football team fell to 1-1 with a Saturday night loss to Carrollton. The Hawks scored on a 58-yard run in the first quarter and a three-yard run in the fourth and their defense did the rest in the 14-0 win over the Trojans in Carrollton.