Hint of Beardstown at State Tourneys

Although the Tigers were not directly represented at the recently completed IHSA State Basketball Tournaments, the road to glory did travel through Beardstown for three State Tourney teams.  

In the Class 1A State Tournament, as has happened many times in the past, a team that played in the Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic had a chance to win the State Title. The Illini Bluffs Tigers lost in the championship game of the LTC to Abingdon-Avon. They would get sweet revenge in the Sectional Championship game at Bushnell, knocking off the Tornadoes 44-37 to advance to the final eight. In the Brimfield Super-Sectional, the Lady Tigers outlasted number one ranked Galena 47-41 to move on to Bloomington-Normal and the state finals.  A 60-48 win over Altamont in the semi-finals put them one win away from a State Championship. In the title game they would face off against defending champion Okawville and the Lady Rockets would prove to be too much, winning 48-36, ending Illini Bluffs season with a record of 32-5.