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.
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!”
The BHS Cross Country teams continue to rack up medals and personal bests on both the high school and junior high level. On August 28 the Middle School team traveled to Havana to run at Veterans Park. On a great night of running, all the athletes set new personal bests. The boys took 2nd place as a team and the girls finished 4th. Liam Hymes and Elsa DeWitt both earned medals.
As expected, the new regime of the Beardstown High School Soccer team under Head Coach Francisco Hernandez and Assistant Coach Saul Munoz is off to a good start. Although the season started with a defeat, the 3 to 1 loss to defending State Champion Quincy Notre Dame was nothing to be disappointed in.
It was a week that is best quickly forgotten for area football fans as the three Cass County teams were beaten by a combined score of 156 to 6. Beardstown traveled to Camp Point and were held to zero yards of offense in a 60 to 0 shellacking. Central meanwhile racked up 343 yards of total offense. It was 26 to 0 after one quarter and 46 to 0 at the half with Panther coach Brad Dixon taking a knee to end the half rather than run up the score. Both teams played their JV squads almost exclusively in the second half with things not getting much better for the Tigers other than the swift ending due to the running clock. The lone bright spot for BHS was the play of freshman Shadrach Mahfina who played good minutes in both halves and led the Tigers with seven solo tackles and six assists to serve notice that he will be a good varsity player sooner rather than later. Beardstown, now 1-2 on the season, will look to get back on track at home this Friday night against 2-1 Routt Catholic. The Rockets lost to Hardin Calhoun to open the season then beat North Greene and Triopia.
It certainly was not easy, but in the end the Beardstown Tiger football team came home from Pleasant Hill last Friday with a 34-14 win to move to one-one on the season. A relentless Christy Domitien, despite hobbling on a gimpy ankle late in the game, had a couple of great runs out of the QB position by Elizah Thomas and Ethan Heller and some timely turnovers keyed the Orange and Black victory.
The BHS Volleyball squad spent last week driving to Augusta for the Southeastern Tournament and what started with a bang faded quickly with three straight losses to end the week. The Lady Tigers’ record now stands at 2-6 on the season.
The Beardstown High School golf team continues to work hard and improve. On Monday August 28 at Shambolee Golf Course in Petersburg, sophomore Mary Escobar led BHS with a score of 62. Last Tuesday, the girls squad traveled to Rolling Greens in Mt. Sterling and brought home second place, led by senior Saray Chaparro. For the boy’s Cade Ross placed 5th individually, shooting a nice round of 42. Coach Riddle commented after the Brown County meet, “Both teams played well and are really making progress.” On Thursday the boys traveled to Plum Creek at Winchester where Grady O’Hara placed second, firing a 43 and Ross finished in the top five with a 45. On Friday at the K’s Creek Invite, playing 18 holes, Ross finished tied for 11th with an 83 and O’Hara was 19th overall with a 90.
By Jason Brockschmidt Sports Editor The Beardstown High School volleyball team had a busy week to start the season playing four games last… Login to continue reading Login…
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