beardstown

Beardstown Junior/Senior High School

ISBE to visit Beardstown

At the Beardstown School Board meeting held Wednesday, February 21st, Superintendent Brent O’Daniell announced that the Illinois State Superintendent Dr. Tony Sanders along with Dr. Patterson and Director Clyde will tour Gard Elementary along with the Middle/High School and participate in some activities with the students and staff at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26th. They will also meet with the administrators, board of education members and the migrant staff for a time of questions.

volleyball

Area Junior High Volleyball results – A-C, B’town, Triopia and Virginia

Three of the four Cass County seventh grade volleyball teams’ seasons ended last week in regional play.  

The only surviving team did not play, as AC Central is the #1 seed in their own regional and received a bye in Saturday’s opening round. They were scheduled to play in the regional semifinal on Tuesday, February 27 against fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes. The AC Central eighth grade team is the four seed in the Calvary Regional and open play on Saturday, March 2 at 9:00 a.m. against Jacksonville Our Savior. If they win, they play the host team later in the day at approximately 12:00 p.m.

Alcantar Medrano gets the pin for BHS in the Fresh/Soph Regional Wrestling Tournament.

Tiger Wrestlers advance to Regionals

The Beardstown High School freshman-sophomore and the Beardstown Middle School wrestling teams competed in Regional Tournament action last week with a host of Tiger grapplers qualifying to move on to the Sectional Tournament. 

Flags in front of Beardstown's City Hall.

Zoning, water bill ordinances big topics at Beardstown City Council meeting 

Zoning Officer John Schnepper presented to the Beardstown city council meeting Tuesday, February 20, changes to the zoning ordinance regarding garages on lots and empty lots in Beardstown. The days of large machine sheds and pole barns are over. Garages will no longer be allowed to be taller than a person’s dwelling nor will it be allowed to have a second story.

Sally Weishaar

Sally’s Bistro making changes

A lot of changes are taking place at Sally’s 4th Street Bistro, 117 East 4th Street in Beardstown.Owner Sally Weishaar said she now has a business partner to help her make several changes in her restaurant which will include changing the menu, redecorating, and changing the name. Her new partner is Zebulon Bartlow.

Garrett “Chunk” Dailey gets a pin for the win at the IHSA State Wrestling Tournament. The Tiger junior finished up a great season but did not place, going 1-2 in the tournament.

Dailey wins one at State – Tiger Wrestling results

Beardstown’s Garrett “Chunk” Dailey picked up one win against two losses at last week’s IHSA State Tournament in Champaign.  

The burly junior, wrestling at 285 pounds, lost his first match by fall to David McCarthy of Chicago De LaSalle High School.  McCarthy would go on to place 5th overall in the state.  In the next day’s wrestle back bracket, Dailey won by fall in 1:39 over Jared Claunch of Bryon.  Just over an hour later Chunk’s season ended in a heartbreaker as he lost a 2-1 decision to Roy Phelps of Chicago Hope. Although the final defeat was a tough one to swallow, Dailey will be back on the mats for the Tigers next year.

All eyes are on the ball in a home volleyball game against Rushville-Industry.

BJHS Volleyball Action

All eyes are on the ball in a home volleyball game against Rushville-Industry.

The Tiger’s Rylan Alhorn goes up strong for two points in varsity basketball action against Augusta Southeastern.

Winning streak for Tigers – Most wins since 1996 for BHS Boys

The Beardstown boys’ basketball team closed the regular season on a four-game winning streak to push their record to 22-9 on the season, giving Coach Eric Anderson and the Tigers the most wins in a season since 1996.  The orange and black started last week with a West Central Conference home win over Augusta Southeastern. The win gave the Tigers a 5-4 mark in the conference and was the second victory this season over the Suns, following a Turkey Tourney win. Beardstown hit five of 10 three-pointers and shot 45% from the field overall in the win. It was 14 to 9 in favor of the Tigers after one quarter, and they led

The Tiger’s Parker McCoy looks to feed the ball inside to Ephrem Kayembe (#4).

Tigers take down Ducks

The Beardstown Tigers salvaged a rough week by blasting the Havana Ducks 71 to 44 on Senior Night last Friday.  

A hearty pot of Duck soup is just what the Tigers needed after road losses to Payson-Seymour and Pittsfield. Beardstown ended the week with a 19-9 record including 4-4 in the West Central Conference

Season ends for Lady Tigers

The best season in twenty years for the BHS girls’ basketball team came to an end in the first round of regional play on the road at West Hancock.  

The Lady Tigers finished the year with a record of 12-19 which is the most wins in a season since they won 17 in 2003-2004. After winning a maximum of seven games for six years running, Beardstown has won twelve, nine and eleven the last three and Coach Jimmy Maltby will return a very solid core of players for next year. Having joined the West Central Conference, BHS was obligated to make up a snowed-out game against West Hancock, meaning they would face the Titans twice in the final week of the season. A loss to West Central in the middle meant a three-game skid to end the season.