BHS Cheerleaders, Flags & Dance Teams
The BHS Lady Tigers Cheerleading Team pictured from left to right, back row: Olivia Fundel, Estefania Juarez, Vanessa Sanchez, Aaliyah Montoya, Esther...
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BHS Cross Country is making strides
With fully loaded teams on both the boys' and girls' side, ninth year BHS Cross Country Coach Jacki Kelly can see good things happening this coming season...
BHS Varsity Soccer practice begins
It’s a race for the ball during the opening soccer practice of the year for the Beardstown Tigers. | A battle for the ball during varsity soccer...
Jr High Tiger Softball Starts July 29
Practice for the 2024 Beardstown Lady Tiger Junior High softball team will begin on Monday, July 29.
The team is for Beardstown students in grades six through eight. The first game is scheduled for August 7...
Tiger Baseball, Softball All-Conference Selections
The West Central Conference recently named their 2024 All Conference Selections for baseball and softball and several Beardstown Tigers made the grade in their first year in the conference.
Tiger senior Gustavo Cortes was one of twelve unanimous selections on the eighteen-man First Team All-Conference Baseball team. Freshman Colby DeSollar was one of nine who received Honorable Mention recognition.
BHS Track and Field Awards
The Beardstown girls’ and boys’ track and field teams recognized several athletes at the season ending awards banquet.
According to girls’ coach Jacki Kelly, “this season the girls track team finished with 14 athletes. The girls had a great season, with individuals bringing home hardware from every medal meet we competed in. Although we were bumped to 2A, the girls tied for 10th place out of 16 teams at sectionals. They were a team of fourteen girls competing with schools that had rosters with up to seventy-five athletes.”
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.
BHS College Signing Day
BHS recently held their college signing day with the athletes pictured all signing to continue their athletic careers in college. (L/R): Isaac Brockschmidt, Quincy College Basketball; Elizah Thomas, Culver Stockton Basketball; Christy Domitien, Western Illinois University Football; Exauce Mulumba, Illinois College Soccer; Delma Salazar, Lincoln Land Community College Basketball. Coaches in back (L/R) are BHS boy’s basketball, coach Eric Anderson, BHS Football coach, Elliott Craig, BHS soccer coach, Francisco Hernandez and BHS girl’s basketball, coach Jimmy Maltby.
Tigers drop three
It was not the way coach Brian Dour or Beardstown wanted to end the regular season as the Tigers dropped three straight games last week by ten plus runs each to end the regular season on a four-game losing streak. The losses, against three quality teams, dropped the Tigers to 9-14 on the season. They will look to rebound in regional play where they were scheduled to open at QND on Monday, May 13.
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.