Tigers

Luis De La Cruz of the Tigers and a West Hancock Titan prepare to tangle!

Beardstown Wrestling results

The Beardstown High School Wrestling team traveled to Petersburg last Saturday to compete in the Rex Avery PORTA Invite. 

At 138 pounds, Maddox Medrano scored three team points.  He won by major decision 22-13 to start things then lost by fall at 1:10 and by fall at 2:42.  Luis De La Cruz placed 6th and scored 13.5 team points at 144 pounds.  He won by fall at 0:53 and 1:16 before losing by fall at 0:39.  He then won by technical fall before losing the 5th Place Match by fall at 2:35.

Lady Tigers

Tough week for Junior High Tigers

The Beardstown Junior High School boys’ basketball teams had a tough week, losing both games resoundingly to Pleasant Plains at home then dropping two tough ones on the road at Havana.  The seventh grade lost 54 to 17 to Plains and 26 to 20 to Havana while the eighth grade fell 44 to 9 to the Cardinals and 32 to 13 to the Ducks.

Elizah Thomas moves the ball for the Tigers against the North Fulton zone defense.

Wildcats no match for Tigers

Two teams from completely different directions from Beardstown, but both with North in their name, were no match for the Beardstown boys’ basketball team last week.  On Tuesday, North Fulton made the trip south and the Tigers sent the Wildcats home with a 56 to 46 loss. On Friday, BHS traveled south to White Hall and defeated the Spartans of North Greene High School 48 to 38.

Sportsmanship! Caleb Hobrock shakes hands with his opponent prior to their match.

BHS Wrestling results

It was a busy week for the Beardstown Tiger Wrestling team with meets last Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. On Tuesday at Deer Creek the Tigers defeated Dee-Mack 36 to 27.  Winning for the Tigers were Efren Guijosa at 138 pounds, Luis De La Cruz at 144 pounds, Ryder Hamlin at 215 pounds, and Chunk Dailey at 285 pounds. 

Ryder Hamlin gets a quick pin for the Tigers.

BHS Wrestling opens season

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

The Beardstown Tigers placed second in their own season opening tournament.

Tigers are runner up in Turkey Tourney

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.

Junior High Basketball Action – B’town, Triopia & Virginia Results

Due to the holiday, each of the area Junior High basketball teams played only one game last week.  Beardstown Tigers: Beardstown played on the road at Rushville on Monday with both teams dropping a tough one. The 7th graders trailed 8 to 7 after a quarter and 13 to 9 at the half before cutting the deficit to just one at 17 to 16 after three quarters. The Rockets would outscore the young Tigers 6 to 2 in the final frame to take the win 23 to 18.

West Central Conference Academic All Conference for Cross Country from BHS (L/R): Karim Gomez, Joel Sosa, Diana Huerta, Ashely Gil, Junior Gil, Emma Ford-DeWitt (not pictured), Georgia Brown (not pictured)

BHS Cross Country awards

Cross Country Coach Jacki Kelly recently handed out awards for the 2023 Beardstown High School Cross Country team.  

She was particularly proud of her team’s academic performance, noting that 100% of the team who were eligible for Academic All-Conference in the West Central Conference, were named to the team.  The only athletes who did not get recognized were the freshmen who are not eligible since they do not have a GPA established.

Beardstown Basketball Team pictured from left to right, Back row: Gavin Epping, Deyvi Javier Mena, Chris Tchaklizo, Exauce Mulumba, Rylan Alhorn, Tannar Riddell, Christy Domitien, Isaiah Thomas. Front Row: Ethan Heller, Zach DeSollar, Elizah Thomas, Isaac Brockschmidt, Jordy Kanda, Parker McCoy.

BHS Tiger Boys Basketball are senior laden

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

Beardstown Wrestling Team pictured from left to right, Front row: Adan Munoz, Gunner Looker, Joshua Severino, Carter Davis, Diego Lopez, Gavin Hopkins, Aksil Avila, Alex Armenta, Andrea Esquivel, Daisy Gil. Back Row: Caleb Hobrock, Shadrach Mafhina, Chunk Dailey, Ryder Hamlin, Maddox Medrano, Bradley Locklear, Luis De la Cruz, Alejandro Rivera.

BHS Grapplers eager to hit the mat

The Beardstown High School Wrestling team has a lot to replace from last year’s team but there is no better way to do it than to strap on a singlet and some head gear and hit the mat.  Coach Joe Kolb, entering his seventh year as head coach and eight overall in Beardstown has a deep and eager group of athletes working hard to improve.  Last year’s team went 19-15 and four key wrestlers who combined for 125 individual wins will need to be replaced.  Replacing state fourth place winner Owen O’Hara, Blake Davis, Bryan Gil, and Jonny Marquez, will be hard to do, but trying will be the exciting part.