The Beardstown Tiger soccer team will ride a six-game winning streak into the Regional Championship game scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at East Side Center in East Peoria.
Although it was not the final result that he had hoped for, Beardstown eighth grader Liam Hymes did the town proud with his finish at the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 2A Cross Country State Championship Meet last Saturday.
Liam Hymes is headed to the Illinois Elementary School Association State Cross Country Meet. He will run on Saturday, October 14 at Maxwell Park in Normal, Illinois.
Boasting an offensive and defensive line averaging around 230 pounds and sporting several backs and receivers at or over the 200-pound mark, the Mendon Unity Mustangs put their size and strength to good use in a dominating 35 to 0 win over Beardstown on homecoming.
A very young Beardstown High School boys’ soccer team rolled to three wins last week to push their season record to 10-4-3 with regional play set to begin this Friday, October 13 at East Side Center in East Peoria.
The Tiger defense is in hot pursuit of a Panther from Camp Point in the final junior high football game of the season.
The Beardstown Tiger football team had a great chance to finish off a stellar comeback last Friday night against Brown County at Mt. Sterling. In fact, BHS had a couple of great opportunities to score the winning points, but in the end some excellent goal line defense from the Hornets and too many Tiger mistakes sent Beardstown to a heartbreaking 24-22 loss. A plethora of penalties, bad snaps and fumbles allowed the Hornets to score the game’s first three touchdowns. Jack Anderson caught a 23-yard pass to give the Hornets a 6-0 lead in the first quarter then scored on an 11-yard run with 11:54 left in the second quarter and a 1-yard plunge with 5:36 left to make it 18-0 in favor of Brown County.
On Tuesday, September 26, the Beardstown Middle School Cross Country team traveled to Liberty to run in the Liberty invite. The boys’ team took fifth place and the girls’ team brought home tenth place. On the very tough Liberty course, several athletes were able to clinch a new personal best. Elsa DeWitt shaved thirteen seconds off her two-mile run. Jomary Rodriuez shaved 1:27 off her previous best. Liam Hymes finished his race 13 seconds faster than his best time, placing 14th and earning another medal. Oscar Cortes cut 27 seconds off his previous best race time. Santiago Quintana was 29 seconds faster, John Haverback shaved 12 seconds off his time, Uriel Torrijos-Gil was 42 seconds faster than his best time. According to Coach Kelly, “all in all, the athletes did a great job representing the Beardstown Tigers on a tough course.”
On Tuesday, September 26, the BHS boys’ soccer team faced Meridian High School of Macon and trounced the Hawks 10-1. Marcos Lopez and Memo Hernadez each scored three goals for the hat-trick. Michael Sevilla, Exauce Mulumba, Josh Severino and Luis de la Cruz, all chipped in with a goal in the rout. Luis Miguel had two assists and Diego Lopez, Sevilla, Anthony Ortiz, Cesar Rodriguez, and Luis Hernadez all had one helper.
On an absolutely beautiful fall evening, the play on the field may not have always been pretty, but in the end the Beardstown Tigers had to feel great about picking up their third win of the year while spoiling Triopia’s homecoming with a 38 to 12 victory.
In addition to bringing home the highly sought-after “Black and Blue Trophy,” the Tigers moved that much closer to the five wins needed for a playoff berth. A valiant Trojan team kept the game close through the first half, but the Beardstown defense shut them out in the second half and slowly pulled away.