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Beardstown Junior Cade Ross is pictured with his hole-in-one ball on the 18th hole of Deer Run Golf Course in Hamilton, Illinois. Congratulations Cade!

Cade Ross nails hole-in-one for BHS

According to Google, an amateur golfer has a .01 % chance of getting a hole-in-one.  Stated another way, the odds of an amateur golfer hitting a hole-in-one are 12,500 to one.  

So, when BHS golf coach Isaac Riddle sent in the news that during a meet at Hamilton last Wednesday, Tiger junior Cade Ross had hit “what could be described as the shot of the year…,” he was certainly understating the accomplishment.  For nearly all of the millions of golfers in the world, it never occurs, so it was certainly the shot of a lifetime for Cade.

Tigers Volleyball

Lady Tigers strike down Vipers

The Beardstown Lady Tiger volleyball team picked up a win last week, knocking off the Vipers of South County on the road in straight sets 25-22, 25-17 last Tuesday.  A great team effort led to an exciting win and brought the girls’ record to 4-12 on the season.  Vanessa Nunez had five aces, 13 assists, 11 digs and a block to lead the way home for BHS.  Shelby Goodrich had 16 digs and a block, Brandy Mendoza had eight kills and eight digs, Bella Palmer and Gracy Hamlin each had four kills, Ashley Salazar had nine digs and Alora Logan had four assists in the win.

Marty Turner on the first day of harvest 2023 for Turner Farms. Photo by Dena Turner

Farming is a good way of life, but a hard way to make a living 

Up before the sun, making sure he knows what everyone else is going to do and what he’s going to do for the day is how Marty Turner starts his day. Running a farm is a good way of life, but a hard way to make a living. 

His family has been farming for many years. It started with his great grandfather. Then later his grandfather moved to Beardstown in the late 1950’s. His father helped his father farm the land along with taking care of cattle. Marty followed in the family business. And that’s what it is now, a business Marty says. Many changes in farming have occurred in the last few decades to make farming more modern and business-like.

2023 Cass County Homecoming Courts

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The Beardstown Middle School softball team is all smiles and headed to the State Tourney after a 3 to 0 Sectional Championship win over Havana.

Lady Tigers are State bound! – Middle School Softball in final 8

The Beardstown Tiger Middle School softball team is advancing to the IESA Softball State Tournament.  

The Tigers won the Regional Championship with a 4 to 1 victory over Pikeland and captured the Sectional Title with a 3 to 0 win over Havana last Saturday.  They will be the opening game of the Class 2A State Tournament, playing against Princeton Logan at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 22 at Champions Field in Normal.  There will be a student fan bus going to the game with enough interest.  For information and for ticket purchase information go to the Beardstown CUSD # 15 Facebook page.

Tigers Volleyball

BHS Volleyball results

It was a rough week for the BHS Varsity Volleyball team as they lost all three matches in straight sets to fall to 3-11 on the season. At home last Monday against a very good Illini West team, the Tigers lost 25-11, 25-14.  Shelby Goodrich, Ashley Salazar and Gracy Hamlin all had a kill, Goodrich, Hamlin, and Brandy Mendoza each had an ace, Mendoza had a block, Alora Logan, Mendoza, and Mia Playan all had three digs and Vanessa Nunez had three digs and three assists.

Football

Tigers outlast Rockets – BHS over Routt 46-44 in a wild one!

In a tale of two halves, the BHS Tigers did just enough in the second half to survive a valiant comeback attempt by the Routt Rockets and pull out a wild 46 to 44 home win last Friday night.  The Tigers built a 30-6 lead in the second quarter and led 30-14 at the half but failed to cover two onside kicks and gave up three touchdowns in the first three minutes of the third quarter to fall behind 38-30.  BHS still trailed 44-38 going into the fourth quarter.  With 10:20 left in the game, however, Tiger QB Ethan Heller willed his way to a 34-yard touchdown run, breaking several tackles along the way and followed it up with the 2-point conversion run to give the orange and black a 46-44 lead.  Although the scoring ended there, the excitement did not.

A nice crowd fills the new bleachers in the background at the Park District soccer field as Luis Rios is on the attack for BHS.

BHS Soccer wins home opener

The opening game at the newly renovated BHS Varsity Soccer field at the Beardstown Park District could not have worked out much better for the Tigers.  A great crowd fit comfortably into the spacious new bleachers, they could readily see the score and time remaining on the brand-new scoreboard and were able to get refreshments nearby at the newly opened concession stand.  Only the bathrooms remain to be finished at the freshly upgraded, JBS financed facility.  

After two years of post-shutdown rebuilding, Beardstown Christian Academy (BCA) has once again put a high school volleyball team on the court. The focus on building up a new team over the last couple years have come to fruit. The BCA team will be traveling to and hosting several area schools, both public and private, to play a busy schedule. BCA Administrator, Jim Bormann stated, “This effort is all about the kids. Every child deserves to enjoy the extras in life.” Pictured from left to right, front row: Ajok Dahl, Abby Sisti, Cloe Campbell, Mila Capps and Jaci Shepherd. Back row: Emma Elliott, Katie Bucy, Samantha Surratt, Molly Hager, Alayna Capps and Rosario Sanchez.

Beardstown Christian Academy has a high school volleyball team again!

After two years of post-shutdown rebuilding, Beardstown Christian Academy (BCA) has once again put a high school volleyball team on the court. The focus on building up a new team over the last couple years have come to fruit. The BCA team will be traveling to and hosting several area schools, both public and private, to play a busy schedule. BCA Administrator, Jim Bormann stated, “This effort is all about the kids. Every child deserves to enjoy the extras in life.” Pictured from left to right, front row: Ajok Dahl, Abby Sisti, Cloe Campbell, Mila Capps and Jaci Shepherd. Back row: Emma Elliott, Katie Bucy, Samantha Surratt, Molly Hager, Alayna Capps and Rosario Sanchez.

The Beardstown Junior Varsity volleyball team and coaches are pictured with the Consolation Trophy from the Mendon JV Tournament.

BHS Volleyball JV Consolation Champs at Mendon Tournament

The Beardstown Lady Tiger Varsity Volleyball team split a pair of games last week while the Junior Varsity squad traveled to the Mendon JV Tournament last Saturday and came home as Consolation Champs.  The JV Lady Tigers lost to Augusta 7-25 and 15-25 to open the tournament but bounced back to beat Rushville-Industry 25-21 and 25-17 and then beat Brown County 25-19, 14-25, and 15-12.  Lauren Coats led the Tiger offense with nine kills on the day.  Alora Logan ran the offense and handed out 18 assists while Autumn Bowman and Mia Playan led the way defensively with 13 digs and 10 digs respectively.  Coach Emily Riddle summed up the day succinctly stating, “Great team effort on the day for the Lady Tigers!”