For the first time in several years the Beardstown Tigers played on the fourth and final day of the Williamsville Holiday Tournament. The Tigers rebounded from a tough opening round loss to Delavan to beat Deer Creek Mackinaw and Illini Central and earn a birth in the Consolation Championship game. Beardstown ran completely out of gas in their fourth game in four days in the championship tilt and fell badly to Tremont.
The Triopia Trojan boys’ basketball team picked up a win in the first round of the Waverly Tournament then ran up against two tough WIVC Conference foes to bow out with a 1-2 record. The Trojans used a huge third quarter in the opener to pull away from Tri-City and win 59 to 46. A poor third quarter hurt the Trojans in their 58 to 30 second round loss to West Central. The final quarter was the difference in their tourney ending 44 to 32 loss to Greenfield-Northwestern.
The Beardstown High School Wrestling team opened their season last Monday by traveling to Petersburg to take on Bethalto Civic Memorial as well as getting in some junior varsity action against PORTA-AC Central.
Civic Memorial defeated the Tigers 60-18. Individually at 285 pounds Chunk Dailey lost by fall at 2:44. At 113 pounds, Alex Armenta lost by fall at 0:44. Alejandro Rivera lost by fall at 1:49 at 132 pounds. At 138, Josh Severino was defeated by fall at 1:33. At 144 pounds, the Tigers pick
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.
The Triopia Trojan boys’ basketball team went 1-3 in the opening week of the season, losing three close games, to claim Fourth Place in the Gene Bergschneider Turkey Tournament in New Berlin.
In a rarity in today’s small high school basketball arena, the Beardstown Tigers boast eight seniors on their roster, seven of whom return from last year. All are athletic and should contribute this year.
Coach Eric Anderson, entering his ninth-year as top cat for the Tigers, does have to replace three starters from last year’s 14-18 team. Gone are second leading scorer Owen Quigley (14ppg), defen
Although seniors K.J. Beck, Austin Strubbe and Evan Bell will be key contributors, the 2023-2024 edition of the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia varsity boys basketball team is counting heavily on a talented collection of juniors and sophomores.
With last year’s head mentor, Colin Arthalony, deciding to ride out on the coattails of his departing senior son (and who can blame him) and all stater Gavin, the PORTA-AC Central boys’ basketball will enter a new era. Steven Price, a 2017 Buffalo Tri-City graduate, will take over as head coach, comfortable in the fact that a winning environment is already in place at PORTA-AC, stating “if you have a culture, you can do some great things and I’m lucky I don’t really have to reinvent the culture,” Price said. “I just hope to add to it.”
It was a tough go for the Virginia Junior High boys’ basketball team with both the seventh and eighth grade going 1-3 in a busy last week. There was some consolation in the fact that the victory did come over Cass County rival Beardstown on Tuesday.
The Beardstown seventh and eighth grade boys’ basketball teams each picked up their first win of the season in an exciting night of basketball at home against AC-Central.
The younger boys jumped out to an early lead and cruised to the win. The Tigers led 10 to 3 after one an