The Triopia Junior High boys’ basketball program picked up three wins out of four games last week to open their season the right way. Things started in ultra-exciting fashion as the 7th grade squad pulled out a one-point victory on the road at South County, snake biting the Vipers 27 to 26. Howe poured through 18 points to lead the Trojans to the win. Werries added six points and Sager chipped in with three.
The Beardstown Junior High boys’ basketball teams got off to a busy start playing three games each last week in the annual season opening Rushville-Industry Tournament. It was a tough start for the Tigers as neither the seventh nor eighth grade teams were able to come away with a win.
Three wins last week for the Virginia-Triopia seventh grade girls basketball team pushed their record to over .500 for the season at 10-8. A couple of tough losses for the eighth-grade squad dropped their record to 10-7 on the year.
Beardstown Grade School Basketball photos
It was a good week for the Virginia-Triopia Junior High Girls’ Basketball team as they picked up three wins out of four games between the seventh and eighth grade teams. The younger Birds knocked off Griggsville-Perry 36-21 and lost to Brown County 32-11 to bring their record to 7-8 on the year.
The Beardstown Middle School girls’ basketball season is underway with both the 7th and 8th grade Tiger teams off to a rough start with neither team able to pick up a victory over the first two weeks of the season.
The 7th grade lost to Virginia 23-10 with Ola Quigley scoring four points for the Tigers to open the season. They then lost to West Prairie 13-9, AC Central 24-7, Brown County 28-6 and Lewistown 35-4. Most recently they fell to West Central 45-14 as Quigley scored 10 of the 14 Tiger points.
The Virginia-Triopia Lady Redbird junior high basketball teams hosted their own tournament last week with both the 7th and 8th grade winning one game and losing two.
Congratulations go out to Hallie Clement and Kenzie Meyer for winning awards at the tournament. Hallie was selected to the six-person 7th grade All-Tournament Team and Kenzie was selected for the 8th grade Defensive/Team Leader award.
It was a tough week for the Virginia-Triopia Lady Redbird Junior High basketball team as they were only able to pick up one win out of four games between the 7th and 8th grade teams.
With a 21 to 20 win over the host Pretzels, the Virginia Lady Redbird 8th grade girls’ basketball team won the New Berlin Tournament. The win brought the 8th grade squad’s record to 7 and 1 on the season.
Yes folks, that thump, thump thump you have been hearing at the local schools is the sound of basketballs bouncing in the gym as the sports first season, junior high girls, has officially gotten started. For the Virginia-Triopia Redbirds that meant a busy start to the season with three games in the opening week. The 7th grade girls got off to a 1-2 start losing to Winchester 36-4 and AC Central 35-15 before righting the ship and knocking off Jacksonville 30-21. Scoring leaders in the three games were A. Petefish with 14 total points, M. York with nine, A. Wessler with seven, N. Wessler with five, K. Hardwick and S. Wells with four, and H. Clement and P. Angelo with two points each.