The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia baseball team picked up their second win of the season with an 11 to 0 win at Pleasant Hill last Thursday. The Trojans lost at Jacksonville Routt 12 to 4 on Monday and at Beardstown 9 to 5 on Tuesday, giving them a 2-16 record on the year.
The Virginia-Triopia Junior High Track teams competed in two meets last week, on Tuesday in a five-team meet at Pleasant Plains and on Saturday at the PORTA Junior High Invite featuring eight eighth grade teams and nine seventh grade teams. Individually at Plains, Drake Rhondes placed second in the 200 and fourth in the 100 and the high jump, Michael Breckenridge finished sixth in the 100, Corbin Beck placed second in the 800, the 1600, the 110 hurdles and fourth in the 400, Bentley Seymour finished second in the 400 and fourth in the 800, Jackson Crews was fourth in the 110 hurdles and the long jump, Riley Lovekamp placed fourth in the shotput, Mason Lomelino placed sixth in the discus, Kevin Hawk tied for fifth in the high jump, and Cooper Lane finished sixth in the long jump.
The Beardstown Area Special Athletes attended the Summer Games in Chatham last Sunday with several participants earning Gold in their event. The following athletes were the BASA Gold Medal Winners: Rajat Nijhawan, Standing, Long Jump and 200 Meter Run; Matthew Bradbury, Mini Javelin and 400 Meter Walk; Craig Winters, 50 Meter Run and Mini Javelin; Sarah Elliot, Softball Throw; Tisha Barnette, Softball Throw; Jenny Thurman, 400 Meter Walk; CJ Evans, 400 Meter Walk; Stephany Dirksmeyer, 50 Meter Run; Leah Mustard, 100 Meter Walk; Amber Crane, Tennis Ball Throw and 100 Meter Walk.
Judie was born in March of 2024. She is a shy girl who enjoys spending time in the catasaurus bed in Room 1.
Lincoln Land Community College is offering Introduction to Health Care Professions (HLT 110) free this summer and fall as part of the Connect 2 Health Care (C2HC) program for those 18-24 years old.
Patience seems to be running thin, tempers are short as long lines to cross the Beardstown bridge seems to bring the worse out of motorists.The worse times are early morning when people are going to work and late afternoon when people are getting off work. Repair work on the William Dietrich Bridge began early spring to complete bridge joint repairs, deck patching and structural steel repairs.
The Old Lincoln Courtroom and Museum will present Chris Vallillo in performance at the Beardstown Grand Opera House at 7 p.m.on Friday, May 10. This performance is part of the “Journey to Freedom: the Illinois Freedom Road,” an exhibit sponsored by Looking for Lincoln at the Old Lincoln Courtroom and Museum and is free and open to the public.
The Cass County Courthouse in Virginia will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.
Bella Palmer hit a walk off homerun leading off the eleventh inning to give the Beardstown High School softball team a big 6 to 5 conference win over Camp Point last Monday at home.
Monday - Chicken penn 7e pasta, buttered beets, three-bean salad, melon, garlic bread, milk Tuesday - Porky burger on bun, baked beans, tossed salad with dressing, tropical fruit, milk Wednesday - Bratwurst on bun, potato salad, sauerkraut, sugar free fruit, milk Thursday - Sweet & sour pork, brown rice, coleslaw, peaches, fortune cookie, bread, milk Friday- Roast chicken and gravy, garlic potatoes, corn, pineapple, dinner roll, milk Please call 217-323-1755 and leave a message if no answer for reservations. Reservations need to be made by noon on the day prior..