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Trojan Boys crush Eagles

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojans dropped a tough WIVC game at arch-rival Routt to open last week then came back to blast the Liberty Eagles on Friday at home.  

At the Routt dome, the Rockets slowly pulled away from the Trojans to pick up a 43 to 32 victory.  Routt led 13 to 7 after a quarter and 23 to 13 at the half.  They made it 37 to 25 after three quarters then took the air out of the ball in the fourth, allowing the Trojans to cut into the lead by just a single digit in the low

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Cougars claw Lady Trojans

There was only one game on the docket last week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans.  Unfortunately, it ended in a loss 44 to 28 loss to West Central in an important Western Illinois Valley Conference game.

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Young Trojans stop OSS – Triopia Jr High Basketball results

Both the seventh and eighth grade Triopia boys’ basketball teams picked up wins last week against Our Savior School of Jacksonville.  

The seventh-grade boys were in a dogfight until the second half when they turned up the defense and marched to a 34 to 17 win.  It was 9 to 6 in favor of the Trojans after one and jus

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Trojans crush Rockets

It was a good week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojan high school boys’ basketball team as they completely dismantled the Rushville-Industry Rockets on the road to start the week, winning 61 to 35.  And although some say there is no such thing as a good loss, Coach Rich Thompson had to be happy with his team’s performance, except their free throw shooting, in a close 36 to 29 loss to a highly regarded Camp Point team at home on Saturday.

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Lady Trojans win twice

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans continued their winning ways with two victories last week to move to 5-2 on the season.   On the road on Monday, the Trojans rallied in the second half to defeat Greenfield-Northwestern 39 to 33. Triopia jumped out to a 9 to 4 lead after a quarter, but the Tigers came back to tie it up at thirteen at the half. The Trojans would win both the third and fourth quarters, t

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.

The Triopia Lady Trojans are pictured with the Fourth Place plaque from the Waverly Tournament.

Lady Trojans Fourth at Waverly

Following wins over South County and Carrollton to open the Waverly Tournament, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans lost to South Fork and North Mac to finish in Fourth Place and fall to 3-2 on the year.

KJ Beck (left) and Caleb Carpenter, All-Tournament selections for Triopia at the Gene Bergschneider Turkey Tournament in New Berlin.

Trojans place fourth at New Berlin

The Triopia Trojan boys’ basketball team went 1-3 in the opening week of the season, losing three close games, to claim Fourth Place in the Gene Bergschneider Turkey Tournament in New Berlin.

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Virginia-Triopia Junior High girls basketball

The Virginia-Triopia Junior High girls basketball teams wrapped up their regular seasons with three games last week.  The season ended entirely for the seventh graders when they lost in the opening round of the Class 2A regional 25 to 14 to Mendon Unity at Mt. Sterling. 

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Triopia Junior High boys in tourney action

    It was off to Scott County for four days of basketball in the Junior High School version of the Winchester Tournament for the Triopia Trojan junior high boys’ basketball team last week.  When the smoke cleared, both the seventh and the eighth-grade teams had won two games and lost two games.  Both teams handled Carrollton and North Greene rather easily and lost to West Central and Brown County with the seventh graders dropping two thrillers.