It was a very solid start for the Beardstown boys’ basketball team with a 3-1 record and a second-place finish in their own season opening Tiger Classic tournament. With learning to win close games high on Coach Eric Anderson’s team syllabus this year, close wins over Augusta Southeastern and Brown County and a good effort in the title game against West Central should pay future dividends.
Cross Country Coach Jacki Kelly recently handed out awards for the 2023 Beardstown High School Cross Country team.
She was particularly proud of her team’s academic performance, noting that 100% of the team who were eligible for Academic All-Conference in the West Central Conference, were named to the team. The only athletes who did not get recognized were the freshmen who are not eligible since they do not have a GPA established.
It was a crazy busy first week for the Beardstown Lady Tiger basketball team with five games including the double dip on Saturday in the Brown County Tournament. The Tigers are off to a 3-2 start with wins over Rushville-Industry, Payson-Seymour and Liberty and losses to Triopia-Virginia and Mendon-Unity.
Ashley Gil launches a three-pointer in front of an excited Tiger bench. | Kylynn Maltby pressures the inbounds pass while Brandy Mendoza breaks to make the steal for the Tigers.
“Finding Nemo Jr.” will be presented at Beardstown High School at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11th, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12th.
The charming 60-minute musical, designed for middle school-aged performers, is based on the beloved 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo. The cast includes over 200 students from grades Kindergarten to 12th grade, led by director and teacher, Allison Skinner.
A young Beardstown volleyball team ended a rough season with an opening round loss in regional play. The Tigers lost to tourney host Macomb by scores of 25-5, 25-9. The Bombers would knock off Monmouth-Roseville in the next round then take down defending state champion Quincy Notre Dame to claim the regional crown.
The Beardstown High School Girls’ Cross Country team ended a nice season last Saturday in the Sectional Meet at Elmwood. The Tigers placed 18th as a team under some tough running conditions and will
The Beardstown High School Cross Country Teams had a busy week as they finished off their regular season with two meets and ran in regional competition.
On October 16, they traveled to Emiquon to run in the Havana meet. Diana Huerta and Rosalba Quintana each ran a new personal best and brought home a medal with Diana placing 4th and Rosalba placing 10th. Ashley Gil also ran a season best to finish 13th, Emma Ford-Dewitt finished 15th and Emely Martinez ran a new personal best for the season.
All three Cass County high school volleyball teams finished up their regular seasons last week and will be competing in regionals this week.
Beardstown wrapped up their season with two home matches. On Monday, the Tigers fell in a tough three set match to West Central 25-17, 19-25, 18-25. Against a talented Brown County team on Thursday in the Annual Volley for the Cure match, the Tigers treated a nice crowd to a good comeback in game two but fell in straight sets 15-25, 22-25. Beardstown, now 9-25 on the season and seeded 11th in the regional, was scheduled to take on the 5th seeded Macomb Bombers at their place on October 23 to open postseason play.
Just when it seemed like the Beardstown Tigers had built some momentum and had a chance to make a game of it with Calhoun, a familiar bugaboo came out to haunt the Tigers.
After falling behind 14 to 0 in the first quarter, the Tigers made a nice offensive drive taking the ball down to the six-yard line where they had it first in goal. Unfortunately, as has happened several times this year, Beardstown could not push the ball across the goal line from in close, turning it over on downs. The Warriors then took the ball the length of the field to score again and make it 21-0, then a flurry of second quarter touchdowns carried Calhoun to a 41-0 victory, ending the Tigers season. BHS finished 4-5 and although one 4-5 squad did make the IHSA playoffs, it was not the Tigers. The Warriors, under former Beardstown coach Aaron Elmore, finish 6-3, and entered the postseason on quite a run, having won their last four games by a combined score of 186-0.