Two more dominating wins by the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays has pushed their season record to 11-0 and landed them a # 3 ranking in the latest IHSA Class 2A poll. The Jays held both Midwest Central-Delavan and Auburn to less than 20 points and shut them out for an entire quarter in run-away wins last week.
There was only one game on the docket last week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans. Unfortunately, it ended in a loss 44 to 28 loss to West Central in an important Western Illinois Valley Conference game.
The beat goes on for the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejay basketball team as they picked up four more wins last week to move to 9-0 on the season. The girls knocked off Pittsfield and North Fulton on the road before winning twice on Saturday over Carlinville and Sullivan in the Red Kettle Showcase at Lincoln Land College.
The Beardstown Lady Tiger basketball team split a pair of games last week, winning on the road at South Fulton then falling at home to Camp Point Central-Southeastern as part of a girl-boy double header against the Panthers. Beardstown now has a record of 8-5 on the season.
The Spartans were absolutely no match for the Tigers last week. On the other hand, the Warriors were ready to come out and play proved too much for the big cats on the hardwood. In other words, the Beardstown Lady Tigers blasted both the Bushnell Prairie City and North Greene Spartans last week, putting running clocks on both, while the Athens Warriors came to town and knocked off Beardstown in an exciting game.
It took an exciting overtime victory over Deer Creek Mackinaw in game two, but the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays are the 2023 Clinton Turkey Tussle Champions. An opening game win over Decatur St. Teresa and a Saturday victory over Stanford Olympia gave the Bluejays the title and a 3-0 start.
It was a crazy busy first week for the Beardstown Lady Tiger basketball team with five games including the double dip on Saturday in the Brown County Tournament. The Tigers are off to a 3-2 start with wins over Rushville-Industry, Payson-Seymour and Liberty and losses to Triopia-Virginia and Mendon-Unity.
One week and three games into the season and the Triopia-Virginia Lady Trojan basketball team already has more than half as many wins as they had all last season. A 3-0 start means the Trojans need only two more wins to match last season’s total of five. Triopia picked up a road win over Beardstown to start the year then added two more victories in the Waverly Tournament over South County and Carrollton.
Ashley Gil launches a three-pointer in front of an excited Tiger bench. | Kylynn Maltby pressures the inbounds pass while Brandy Mendoza breaks to make the steal for the Tigers.
By Jason Brockschmidt Following a senior night win, the Beardstown Lady Tiger basketball team ended their season with a three-game losing streak, including an opening… Login to continue reading Login…