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Brown places fifth at State finals
Beardstown’s Kellen Brown finished fifth in the state at the eighth-grade level in the pole vault at the IESA State Track and Field Championships held last Saturday in East Peoria.
Tracy heading to State
Mylee Tracy will represent the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Redbird girls track and field team in two events at the IHSA State Finals starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University. Tracy placed second in the 400 meters and third in the 200 meters while beating the qualifying time at the Class 1
Tigers Huerta and Kanda qualify for State
Two Beardstown Lady Tiger high school tracksters have qualified for the IHSA State Track and Field Championships to be held starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.
The Lady Tigers traveled to Metamora last Wednesday for the Class 2A sectional and finally lucked out with some good weather. Against some very tough competition, the Lady Tigers did a great job of representing Beardstown in their first appearance in Class 2A track.
Bluejays sweeps last chance track meet
The PORTA-AC Central track and field teams wrapped up their regular season competitions by sweeping to team victories in both the boys and girls meets at their own PORTA Last Chance Meet last Monday.
For the boys, Jacob Vogel won the 100 and placed second in the 200, Noah Hardy placed second in the 400, Daxton Trueblood won the 800, Justin Zimmerman finished third in the 800, Kade Parker won the 1600, Logan Baker was second in the 110 hurdles, Avery Jockisch was third in the 110 hurdles, Bryson Schachtsiek won the 300 hurdles and the long jump, Owen Gilbert placed third in the discus, and Isaac Rennecker won the high jump and the triple jump. The 4x200 relay team of Hunter Stroupe, Schachtsiek, Rennecker and Jacob Vogel, the 4x400 relay team of Stroupe, Quincy Stuhmer, Cael Cotner and Trueblood and the 4x800 relay team of Justin Zimmerman, Stuhmer, Parker and Trueblood all won first place in their races.
Several Redbirds are WIVC champs
Led by a first-place finish from the 4x100 and 4x200 relay team and Mylee Tracy in the 400-meter dash, the Virginia-Merdosia-Triopia girls track team placed second in the Western Illinois Valley Conference Track Meet.
Conference track results for Tigers
The Beardstown Tiger Track team had a nice showing in their first adventure in the West Central Conference Championships including conference champions in Marcos Laurencio, Georgia Brown and Laetitia Kanda. As a team the girls finished fourth and the boys finished fifth out of seven teams.
Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Jr/Sr High School Track results
High School Track
It was a busy week for the Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia high school track team with three meets last week.
On Monday the Redbirds hosted North Greene and Carrolton in a triangular with the girls winning the meet and the boys placing third. Faith Wingert placed second in the 100 and the 200 and fourth in the high jump, TaShia Allen was third in the 100 and second in the shot put, Payten Petefish was third in the 200 and second in the triple jump, Keylie Degroot won the 400 and the 800, Kaylee Beck won the 1600 and the 3200, Adelea Anderson was second in the 1600 and the 300 hurdles, Ashton Stanberry won the 110 and the 300 hurdles, Olivia Hughes placed second in the 110 hurdles, Olivia Lutrell was third in the discus and fourth in the shot put, Marilyn Behrends was second in the high jump, and Ava Petefish won the long jump and the triple jump.
Redbird Junior High and High School Track results
The Virginia-Meredosia-Triopia high school girls’ track team won a four-team meet in Jacksonville last week while the boys’ team finished fifth out of five teams.
The girls’ team dominated the sprints with Mylee Tracy, Faith Wingert, and Ta’Shia Allen going 1, 2, 3 in the 100-meters and Ava Petefish getting sixth. In the 200 meters, Wingert placed first, Tracy was second, Payten Petefish was fourth, Allen was fifth and Sophya Ogden was sixth. The 4x100 relay team of Wingert, Ava Petefish, Stanberry and Allen placed first and the team of Adelea Anderson, Olivia Hughes, Payten Petefish, and Shariya Randall placed third.
Bats are hot for Bluejay Baseball
Following a five-game gauntlet in four days last week, the PORTA-AC baseball team has fought their way back to the .500 mark at 5-5 for the season. Outstanding offense has been the key so far with the team batting .362 and averaging eleven hits and six runs per game. The week did not start out very well, with winnable games turning into losses at both North Mac and Springfield Southeast. The Jays bounced back by winning at Canton on Friday and then winning twice on Saturday in the Jacksonville High School Jamboree.