Over the first few months of 2024, two members of Troop 125 have traveled to Jacksonville to appear before their respective boards of review to be evaluated to determine whether or not they would receive the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 125 is elated to report that Connor DeFord (Chandlerville) passed his Board of Review on January 17 and Evan Bell (Virginia) passed his Board of Review on March 6.
Three wins in four games last week pushed the PORTA-AC Central softball team’s record to 5-1 for the season. The Lady Bluejays trounced Jacksonville Routt and Springfield Lanphier and snuck by North Mac before the season opening win streak was rudely snapped by Springfield High School.
The PORTA-AC Central Baseball Team got off the schneid after losing their first two games of the season, winning twice last week over Havana and Payson Seymour before falling to North Boone to move to 2-3 on the season.
Chandlerville will be having an electronics clean up from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 22nd and from 8 a.m. to 11a.m. March 23rd.
They will also be having an Easter parade at 9 a.m. and an Egg event at 10 a.m. on March 23rd. Then starting at 4 p.m. the same day, the Guns and Hoses 6.0 Banquet Fundraiser begins at Daugherty’s Pub. There will be a prime rib dinner served from 5 to 8 p.m., and a live public auction at 6:30 p.m. Cory Simpson, Fire Chief, asked the board members to please push sales of both raffle tickets and meal tickets at the meeting held Wednesday, March 13.
It was a hot start to the season for the PORTA-AC Central softball team as they won a thrilling nine-inning battle on the road at Lincoln and trounced Beardstown at home to start the season with two wins.
The Jays made a huge, late comeback to win the opener over the Railers scoring four runs in the top of the seventh to tie the score at eight and send it to extra innings. After neither team scored in the eighth the Bluejays got two in the ninth and Gabbie Branson closed the door on Lincoln in the bottom half to preserve a 10 to 8 victory. Control was the key on the mound for Branson as she walked no one in nine innings, scattering 16 hits and striking out seven. She also got it done at the plate going four for five with two RBIs. Megan Miller had three hits and two RBIs, Greta Butler had two hits and two RBIs, Karlie Hoke had two hits and one RBI and Hailey Brown had one hit and one RBI for the Jays. Bailey Dahmer added a hit and scored, and Aubrey Vogel drew a walk and scored.
It was a slow start to the season for the PORTA-AC Central baseball team as they lost twice on the road last week. They dropped a tough one in the opener, losing 5 to 3 to Litchfield, then got doubled up 11 to 5 by Lewistown-Valley-Cuba with one bad inning costing them dearly.
The AC-Central seventh grade volleyball team’s postseason march took them all the way to the State Championship game. Only a junior high sports juggernaut, West Lincoln-Broadwell, prevented the Lady Knights from becoming state champs. A second-place finish in the state of Illinois in Class 1A is quite an accomplishment and the future is obviously bright for this group of young ladies.
Congratulations go out to three members of the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejay basketball team for receiving statewide recognition of their efforts following their outstanding 30-2 season.
Congratulations to the AC Central 6th grade girls volleyball team on winning the Virginia Tournament held February 17th. - Congratulations to the AC Central 7th Grade girls volleyball team on their 1A Regional Championship victory over Springfield Calvary.
The AC Central seventh grade volleyball team are the 1A Regional Champions. The Knights, seeded #1 in their own regional, followed an opening round bye with a regional semifinal win over fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes 25-16, 25-9. In the Championship game last Thursday, the Knights took down #2 seed Springfield Calvary in a thriller, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22, to win the title and advance to Sectionals. They were scheduled to play undefeated Carrollton St. John’s at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4 in Virginia. The eighth-grade team was the number four seed in the Calvary Regional and were eliminated from post season play in the opening round by Jacksonville Our Savior by scores of 25-20, 25-16.