Pet of the Week

Buddy is a 56-pound, English pointer who spent his life hunting and is now retired. He is 13 and still has a lot of energy.

Tough loss for Tri-County 11/12 Little League Baseball

A tough 1 to 0 loss to Rushville eliminated the Tri-County Little League 11/12 year old baseball team from District play. They won their first game of the tourney 10 to 7 over Brown County, then fell to Beardstown 12 to 2 before the Rockets ended their postseason run.

Pony League All Stars selected

The local Pony League has made their All-Star selections for the 2025 season with players from Beardstown, Triopia and Rushville representing the area. This year’s squad will be composed of DeWade Gaffney, Jack Dewitt, Tucker Sorrells, Liam Skinner, Ashten Guzman, Jonah Behymer and Landon Yost of Beardstown; Lane Fricke, Tate York, and Ben Meyer of Triopia; and Jenson Demoss and Ashten Gomez of Rushville.

Pony League Baseball roundup

There were just two games on the local docket for Pony League last week with two Beardstown teams, Fischer Mowing and Prestige World Travel playing a doubleheader last Wednesday. Prestige got the sweep to move to 10-2 on the year while Fischer’s fell to 4-7.

Rushville eliminates Tiger Softball

Two losses to arch-rival Rushville ended the Beardstown 11/12 year old Little League Softball All-Star team’s tournament in district play in Rushville. The Tigers opened with an 11 to 10 win over Pike County before falling to Rushville 6 to 5.

BASA competes at State Track

Beardstown Area Special Athletes (BASA) competed this past weekend in Bloomington/Normal at the Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games 2025 with four competitors bringing home gold medals. Winning gold for BASA in the 400-meter walk (division 4) was Matthew Bradbury and Christopher Evans (division 5).

Virginia Masons support Virginia Day Care

Virginia Masonic Lodge Past Master Billy Reynolds recently presented donations totaling $1,200 to Amy Fritsche, director of the Virginia Community Day Care. The donations were funded by the Masonic Lodge Cook-Out of June 14 and the Illinois Masonic Children’s Assistance Program.

Queens crowned

Cass County Junior Show Queen for 2025 is Kenzie Meyer of Arenzville. The 2025 Miss Cass County Fair Queen is Kaylee Beck of Arenzville.