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Superintendent explains grants

Beardstown Superintendent Brent O’Daniell reported to the Board of Education April 17th the situation of the grants received by the district. Some of the grant distributions run on the fiscal year ,January 1 through December 31st, while others run like the school year, June 1 through May 31st. He tried breaking these grants down to show what is left in each and where the money is going or is slotted for. He hopes to have a better spreadsheet developed soon to show this break down better in the near future. Superintendent O’Daniell also noted that different staff have control over different grants.

Nathan Theis

Theis new Gard School Principal

Beardstown School Board hired Nathan Theis as the new Gard Elementary Principal at its regular meeting held April 17. Current Principal Lori Young has accepted a position as a superintendent in another district.Theis started teaching in Beardstown several years ago as a Special Education teacher at Gard Elementary School for 3rd and 4th grade students. He said he fell in love with teaching here because of the staff, students, and community and the sense of belonging and family that exists.

Lady Tiger third baseman Cami Coats makes the tag on a Pittsfield Saukee.

Rough season for BHS Softball so far

A tough season got even rougher last week for the Beardstown softball team, as the Lady Tigers dropped three games to fall to 3-15 on the season. A road loss at Liberty was followed by home defeats at the hands of Pittsfield and Pleasant Hill.

Track

Tigers Junior High and High School Track action

The Beardstown Junior High School Track team was on the road last week going to Williamsville on Friday for the BeeBee Invite. In the big, twelve team meet, the boys placed fifth on the eighth-grade level and eighth on the seventh-grade level.

For the girls, the seventh graders placed eighth and the eighth graders tied for ninth.

Senior Gustavo Cortes fouls one off for the Tigers.

Tiger Baseball drops Panthers

The Beardstown Tiger baseball team went 1-3 last week, winning a one run game, losing a one run game, and getting short gamed twice. The Tigers are now 7-8 on the year.  

Beardstown opened the week on the road at Liberty, losing 10-0 while getting just one hit on the day.  Liberty, in getting the conference win, had a big inning in the second, scoring seven.  Tanner Riddell had the only Tiger hit, a double, while Ethan Heller walked twice and Colby and Zach DeSollar, Zach Meyer, and Park McCoy each walked once.

Shelby Goodrich digs hard for first base in Beardstown’s loss to Rushville/Industry.

Lady Tigers defeat Rebels

The Beardstown Lady Tiger softball team sandwiched a good win between a couple of tough losses last week. They fell at home to Rushville-Industry 14 to 11 then knocked off the South Fulton Rebels 12 to 0 at their place before falling at home to Western 6 to 4.  Errors continued to plague the Lady Tigers in their losses as they had seven in each of the defeats and only one in their victory.  

A two-vehicle crash on April 10 struck a utility pole which Ameren had to replace. According to a Beardstown Police report, Dillon McNeff, Beardstown, was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi northbound on Canal Street when he failed to yield right of way and struck a 1994 Ford pickup truck driven by Carlos E. Arrocha Borraz who was westbound on 9th Street. Both vehicles then slid into the utility pole. Both drivers were transported to the hospital. Photo Beardstown Volunteer Fire Department

A two-vehicle crash strikes utility pole

A two-vehicle crash on April 10 struck a utility pole which Ameren had to replace.According to a Beardstown Police report, Dillon McNeff, Beardstown, was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi northbound on Canal Street when he failed to yield right of way and struck a 1994 Ford pickup truck driven by Carlos E. Arrocha Borraz who was westbound on 9th Street. Both vehicles then slid into the utility pole. Both drivers were transported to the hospital.

Track

BJHS and BHS Track action

All three components of the Beardstown Track and Field system were in action once last week as the Junior High team traveled to Rushville and the Freshmen/Sophomores and Varsity each went to Havana on different days.In the four-team junior high meet last Monday, the Tiger boys finished first in the eighth grade and second in the seventh grade to win the combined meet championship.

Pictured above is Christagie Zambele of Beardstown battles an Auburn Trojan for the ball. The girls fell to a very athletic Auburn team 6 to 1 as the Trojans spoiled that part of the evening. Earlier in the week the Tigers defeated Springfield Southeast 2 to 0 behind goals from Jocelyn Ojeda and Ashley Gil and an assist by Xixi Marquez. On Thursday the girls shot down the Bombers at Macomb 2 to 0. Marquez had both goals and Ojeda had an assist. The Lady Tigers improved to 8-2-2 on the season.

Lady Tigers Soccer

The girls fell to a very athletic Auburn team 6 to 1 as the Trojans spoiled that part of the evening. Earlier in the week the Tigers defeated Springfield Southeast 2 to 0 behind goals from Jocelyn Ojeda and Ashley Gil and an assist by Xixi Marquez.  On Thursday the girls shot down the Bombers at Macomb 2 to 0.  Marquez had both goals and Ojeda had an assist. The Lady Tigers improved to 8-2-2 on the season.

Tanner Riddell delivers a strike for BHS in home baseball action.

Tigers take down Rushville

In a very busy week, the Beardstown baseball team went 2-3 but did pick up a win over their arch-rival Rushville-Industry. The Tigers lost on the road 8 to 6 to Havana, defeated the Rockets 11 to 5 at their place and beat Bushnell Prairie City 12 to 0 then lost to Altamont 8 to 0 and West Hancock 17 to 10 in the Tiger Showcase at Lewis and Jones Fields. Beardstown placed fourth in the six team showcase and are now 6-5 on the season.