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Beardstown School District will not sell Grand Avenue building

Beardstown School Board held a discussion on what to do with the Grand Avenue building. One decision was clear, it will not be sold. 

Superintendent Brent O’Daniell gave a spreadsheet to all board members showing the cost of several options for the building. Right before the move to the new building, a couple of the heating/cooling systems had quit working. So, a new HVAC system will need to be installed. Asbestos removal will also need to be done.

Pictured left to right, Pedro Banda, Niemann employee and BASA athlete, Warden, President Baer, and Phillip Baer, BASA athlete.  Photo by Jaime Chapman

BASA receives donation

Brian Warden, Save A Lot Manager, presents a check to Beardstown Area Special Athletes (BASA) President Jeff Baer from Niemann Foods Foundation.

Niemann Foods Foundation is a happy and proud supporter of such a great organization.

The 7th grade Tiger’s Ashten Guzman attempts the bounce pressure under heavy pressure from the PORTA defense.

Beardstown Junior High Hoops Season ends for 7th grade

The Beardstown 7th grade boys’ basketball team lost in the opening round of the regional to end their season last Saturday.  The eighth seeded Tigers fell to number one Pleasant Plains 48 to 13.  Both the seventh and eighth grade teams finished up regular season play last week with losses to PORTA and Waverly.

Cleon Djfalo wins the opening tip for the Tiger freshman against Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia.

Two tough losses for Tiger Boys

The schedule maker was not very kind to the Beardstown Tiger varsity boys’ basketball team last week sending them on the road to two very tough to win at venues.  Both games were conference games for the Tigers, who are the newest members of the West Central Conference, at Hamilton against West Hancock and at Quincy Notre Dame.  Both places are historically tough to win at and although Beardstown played tough, they could not pick up a win. 

Lady Tigers take home two wins

The Beardstown Lady Tigers won twice last week against familiar foes to improve to 11-12 on the season.  They knocked off Pleasant Hill for the second time this year last Thursday at home on senior night, 31 to 26, as both teams were as cold as the weather.  On Saturday they opened play in the Carrollton Lady Hawks Invitational with a convincing 65 to 38 pounding of Payson-Seymour, their third victory over the Indians this season.

Gunner Looker takes down a Lanphier Lion for the Tigers in high school wrestling action.

Big week for Tiger Wrestling

It was a very busy week for a Beardstown Tiger varsity wrestling team that is battling through a recent rash of illness and injury.  The Tigers took on Lanphier and Riverton in a make up contest held in the high school commons on Wednesday.  They were right back at it on Thursday, traveling to Auburn to battle the Trojans who are honorably mentioned in the state rankings along with Shelbyville and Hillsboro.  On Saturday, Beardstown was in Petersburg to take on the 8th ranked PORTA-AC Bluejays, Vandalia, and Monticello.

Beardstown City Hall

Beardstown updates various building codes 

Beardstown City Council met Tuesday, January 16th, to discuss amending various building codes.

Several members of the council questioned the section on mobile homes and wished to exclude it until they had discussed it further. They voted on the rest of the ordinance excluding section 7. All council members voted in favor except Dawn Seward, who voted against it.

The opening tip of off the Beardstown vs. Rushville-Industry JV game in the 1959 Gym.

BHS Tigers do former Couch Hembrough proud

The 2023-2024 version of the Beardstown Tigers did former Coach Bob Hembrough proud, pounding arch-rival Rushville-Industry in the newly minted Bob Hembrough Tiger Den Gymnasium.

Maddox Medrano gets really low as he prepares to attack for the Tigers in home wrestling action against Warrensburg-Latham.

BHS & BJHS Tiger Wrestling results

With the winter storm cancelling meets for both teams last Tuesday, the Beardstown High School and Junior High School wrestling teams each competed just once last week.

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Eighth Grade Tigers top Rebels

The Beardstown Tiger eighth grade basketball team picked up a much-needed win last week on the road at South Fulton. Beardstown held on to win a thriller 23 to 21. A rough start doomed the seventh grade Tigers in a 34 to 25 loss to the Rebels.