They were two starkly different contests last week but they both resulted in victory for the Triopia Trojan basketball team. On Tuesday, the Trojans turned on their afterburners and raced to a 72 to 41 win over the Payson-Seymour Indians on the road. At home on Friday, the Trojans ground out a low scoring 41 to 30 victory over the Carrollton Hawks.
In a Cass County rivalry game last Tuesday, it was the Beardstown Tigers going on the road to Ashland to defeat PORTA-AC Central 53 to 45, giving coach Eric Anderson his first career victory over the Bluejays.
On Thursday, the Tigers hosted Camp Point in a girl-boy double dip and lost to the highly regarded Panthers 52 to 39, the exact same score as Beardstown’s only other loss this year to West Central. BHS is now 6-2 on the season.
PORTA-AC Central’s boys varsity basketball team had a rough go of it last week, losing both games on the schedule.
On Tuesday, the Bluejays fell to Cass County rival Beardstown at home in a closely contested game, 53 to 45. The very next day the Jays had to travel to Franklin and take on South County, falling 45 to 30 to the Vipers.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojans dropped a tough WIVC game at arch-rival Routt to open last week then came back to blast the Liberty Eagles on Friday at home.
At the Routt dome, the Rockets slowly pulled away from the Trojans to pick up a 43 to 32 victory. Routt led 13 to 7 after a quarter and 23 to 13 at the half. They made it 37 to 25 after three quarters then took the air out of the ball in the fourth, allowing the Trojans to cut into the lead by just a single digit in the low
Both the seventh and eighth grade Triopia boys’ basketball teams picked up wins last week against Our Savior School of Jacksonville.
The seventh-grade boys were in a dogfight until the second half when they turned up the defense and marched to a 34 to 17 win. It was 9 to 6 in favor of the Trojans after one and jus
The Beardstown Junior High School boys’ basketball teams had a tough week, losing both games resoundingly to Pleasant Plains at home then dropping two tough ones on the road at Havana. The seventh grade lost 54 to 17 to Plains and 26 to 20 to Havana while the eighth grade fell 44 to 9 to the Cardinals and 32 to 13 to the Ducks.
The Virginia Redbirds were able to outfly the Eagles of Liberty last week but were no match for the Cougars of Illini Central. The seventh grade Birds knocked off Liberty 44 to 19 while the eighth-grade squad won 35 to 19.
Mark your calendar for Friday, January 12, 2024! That is the date the 1959 Gymnasium at Beardstown High School, the site of an era of unmatched success for Beardstown High School basketball under Coach Bob Hembrough, will be dedicated to the Tigers’ former head mentor.
Two teams from completely different directions from Beardstown, but both with North in their name, were no match for the Beardstown boys’ basketball team last week. On Tuesday, North Fulton made the trip south and the Tigers sent the Wildcats home with a 56 to 46 loss. On Friday, BHS traveled south to White Hall and defeated the Spartans of North Greene High School 48 to 38.
It was a good week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojan high school boys’ basketball team as they completely dismantled the Rushville-Industry Rockets on the road to start the week, winning 61 to 35. And although some say there is no such thing as a good loss, Coach Rich Thompson had to be happy with his team’s performance, except their free throw shooting, in a close 36 to 29 loss to a highly regarded Camp Point team at home on Saturday.