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Mia Simpson blasts a double to right center for the Lady Tigers against Midwest Central.

Rough patch for Lady Tiger Softball

Coinciding with the loss of starting catcher, lead off hitter and resident spark plug, Ola Quigley, due to an injury, the Beardstown Middle School...

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Jr High Tiger Softball Starts July 29

Practice for the 2024 Beardstown Lady Tiger Junior High softball team will begin on Monday, July 29.  

The team is for Beardstown students in grades six through eight. The first game is scheduled for August 7...

The Beardstown Middle School contingent of (L/R) Kellen Brown, DeWade Gaffney, Ashten Guzman and Ola Quigley are pictured after the "Walk of Champions" before they left for the IESA State Track and Field Championships.

Brown places fifth at State finals

Beardstown’s Kellen Brown finished fifth in the state at the eighth-grade level in the pole vault at the IESA State Track and Field Championships held last Saturday in East Peoria.  

Junior High Tigers host relay

The weather turned out beautifully last Wednesday for the annual Beardstown Junior High Tiger Relays. With seven teams making up a very competitive field, Beardstown finished in fourth place as a team in both the boys’ and girls’ contests.  

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Beardstown Junior High Track action

The Beardstown Tiger Junior High team was on the track competing twice last week.  

On Monday they were at Rushville for the six-team Big 5 Conference meet with the seventh-grade boys placing second and the eighth graders taking third. The seventh and eighth grade girls’ teams both placed fifth. Thursday the Tigers traveled to Williamsville for a four team meet with the boys bringing home second place as a team on both levels and the girls taking second in the eighth grade and fourth in the seventh grade.

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Tigers Junior High and High School Track action

The Beardstown Junior High School Track team was on the road last week going to Williamsville on Friday for the BeeBee Invite. In the big, twelve team meet, the boys placed fifth on the eighth-grade level and eighth on the seventh-grade level.

For the girls, the seventh graders placed eighth and the eighth graders tied for ninth.

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BJHS and BHS Track action

All three components of the Beardstown Track and Field system were in action once last week as the Junior High team traveled to Rushville and the Freshmen/Sophomores and Varsity each went to Havana on different days.In the four-team junior high meet last Monday, the Tiger boys finished first in the eighth grade and second in the seventh grade to win the combined meet championship.

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Beardstown HS/MS 3rd quarter honor roll

High Honor Roll with Distinction - 5th Grade: Natalie B. Caraballo.  9th Grade: Hayden R. Dotzert, Levi Kunz, Zachary A. Meyer, Julien Mpopo Embo Kiekie, Stella R. Petersen. 10th Grade: Layla M. Garcia, Hilario Gil Diaz, Gerardo Ruiz Gonzalez. 11th Grade: Luis David De la Cruz, Shelby R. Goodrich, Wen Zhi Lin, Marcos Lopez, Dafne A. Mariscal, Monserrath Montoya-Ibarra, Christian M. Mpopo, Izabella M. Palmer. 12th Grade: Abbigail Y. Boice, Grace M. Boice, Josie M. Buress, Corinna M. Crews, Connor A. Ellis, Amy Flores, Kyndall L. Kearns, Purav A. Patel.

The Tigers Ola Quigley just clears the bar in the pole vault for the Tiger Junior High Track Team.

Beardstown Middle School Track results

The Beardstown Middle School Track team hosted a meet last week with good team finishes on the 7th and 8th grade level for both the boys and the girls. The Tigers had a handful of meet champions and numerous medal winners. The 7th grade and 8th grade boys each finished in fifth place and in fifth place combined. The 8th grade girls placed third, the 7th grade girls placed fourth and the girls finished in fifth place combined.

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Tiger Middle School Track

The Beardstown Middle School Track team hit the road to Canton for their first meet of the season competing in a triangular with the host Little Giants and the Ducks of Havana.  The Tigers had a handful of first place finishers and a slew of medal winners.