Boys

The Tiger’s Rylan Alhorn goes up strong for two points in varsity basketball action against Augusta Southeastern.

Winning streak for Tigers – Most wins since 1996 for BHS Boys

The Beardstown boys’ basketball team closed the regular season on a four-game winning streak to push their record to 22-9 on the season, giving Coach Eric Anderson and the Tigers the most wins in a season since 1996.  The orange and black started last week with a West Central Conference home win over Augusta Southeastern. The win gave the Tigers a 5-4 mark in the conference and was the second victory this season over the Suns, following a Turkey Tourney win. Beardstown hit five of 10 three-pointers and shot 45% from the field overall in the win. It was 14 to 9 in favor of the Tigers after one quarter, and they led

Porta Bluejays

Bad week for Bluejays

Two Sangamo Conference losses on the road ended the regular season for the PORTA-AC Central Bluejays dropping them to 1-8 in the conference and 12-18 overall in a rebuilding season. The Bluejays gave a very good Auburn team all they wanted for three quarters before falling 59 to 41 to start the week then dropped a disappointing decision to Standford Olympia 52 to 47.  

Trojans

Tornadoes & Vipers take down Trojans

It was a tough finishing schedule for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojans as they faced highly regarded Griggsville-Perry and South County to close the season last week.  Two encouragingly close battles ensued with the Trojans falling to the Tornadoes 53 to 45 and to the Vipers 35 to 31.

The Tiger’s Parker McCoy looks to feed the ball inside to Ephrem Kayembe (#4).

Tigers take down Ducks

The Beardstown Tigers salvaged a rough week by blasting the Havana Ducks 71 to 44 on Senior Night last Friday.  

A hearty pot of Duck soup is just what the Tigers needed after road losses to Payson-Seymour and Pittsfield. Beardstown ended the week with a 19-9 record including 4-4 in the West Central Conference

Porta Bluejays

Jays drop two Conference Games

A tough stretch for the PORTA-AC Central boys basketball team got even tougher as the Jays dropped two tight conference games to good teams last week to push their losing streak to five games. PORTA-AC has lost eight of their last nine to fall to 12-16 on the year and 1-6 in the Sangamo Conference.

Beardstown's Payton McCoy handles the ball under some extreme pressure in JV basketball action against Western.

Tigers tame Wildcats

A strategic defensive adjustment by coach Eric Anderson and an increase in intensity for the Beardstown boys’ basketball team turned a five-point halftime deficit into a 72 to 52 runaway home win over the Western Wildcats in the Tigers only game last week. 

Trojans

Pawnee drops young Trojans

For the second straight year, the season of a very good Triopia Trojan eighth grade basketball team was ended by a very good Pawnee eighth grade basketball team.  

After a second-round win over a pesky Springfield Little Flower team, the young Trojans lost to Pawnee 39 to 32 in the Regional Championship game held at Springfield Blessed Sacrament last Thursday.

Red Birds

Season ends for Redbirds

The Virginia Redbird eighth grade boys’ basketball season ended with a second-round regional loss to the top seeded hosts, Augusta Southeastern.  

It was an ominous start for the Birds as they failed to score in the opening quarter but found themselves only down by five.  A 14 to 6 second frame gave the Suns a 19 to 6 halftime lead.  They would stretch the margin to 26 to 9 after three quarters.  The Redbirds won the fourth period 10 to 5 but it was too little too late in the season ending 31 to 19 loss.

Four Tigers advance to Sectional

The Beardstown Tiger Varsity wrestling team will be sending four wrestlers on to the boys’ sectional meet at Olympia High School on February 9th and 10th. The top three finishers at each weight class in Regionals advance to the Sectional Meet.  

Beardstown’s Daisy Gil placed third in the inaugural Girls Wrestling Regional and will advance to Sectionals in Geneseo on February 9.

Tiger Wrestling results: Gil headed to Sectionals

Beardstown’s Daisy Gil is headed to the IHSA Girls Wrestling Sectionals. She qualified by going 4-1 and by placing third at 120 pounds in the first ever girls wrestling Regional Tournament.  For the last two years, the IHSA hosted separate sectionals and a state tournament for girls, but numbers have grown so dramatically that they had to put in regionals across the state this year.