It was a tough finishing schedule for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Trojans as they faced highly regarded Griggsville-Perry and South County to close the season last week. Two encouragingly close battles ensued with the Trojans falling to the Tornadoes 53 to 45 and to the Vipers 35 to 31.
For the second straight year, the season of a very good Triopia Trojan eighth grade basketball team was ended by a very good Pawnee eighth grade basketball team.
After a second-round win over a pesky Springfield Little Flower team, the young Trojans lost to Pawnee 39 to 32 in the Regional Championship game held at Springfield Blessed Sacrament last Thursday.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia varsity basketball team went 2-2 to bring home fifth place in their own tournament last week. The Trojans lost to Beardstown, beat South Fulton then lost to Carrollton in pool play before taking out Rushville-Industry in the fifth-place crossover game.
The Triopia 7th grade boys’ basketball team's season ended in the first round of the regional with a heartbreaking 33 to 31 loss to Springfield Blessed Sacrament last Saturday. They had won their final regular season game of the year over Griggsville-Perry 42 to 19 last Thursday. The 8th grade Trojans lost to the Tornadoes 41 to 35 to fall to 17-5 on the season.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys basketball team split a pair of Western Illinois Valley Conference games last week, winning over rival Brown County and falling to highly ranked West Central. The Trojans move to 8-10 overall and 3-2 in the conference heading into their own Varsity/JV tournament this week.
Following their opening round win, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys basketball team lost two straight at the Winchester Invitational Tournament to bow out with a 1-2 mark. In round two, the Trojans were swept away by the pressure defense of the Griggsville-Perry Tornadoes. An elimination game against Cass County neighbor PORTA-A-C Central followed with the Trojans falling in a close contest.
The Triopia Junior High basketball teams continued to stack wins onto an already impressive season resume last week. The seventh grade Trojans beat A-C Central badly and lost a heartbreaker to South Fulton to move to 14-7 on the season. The eighth graders rolled to victory over both the Knights and the Rebels to improve to a stellar 17-4 on the year.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia basketball programs picked up some much-needed rest following the Lady Tiger Classic and the Waverly Holiday Tournament as the girls played just one game last week and the boys played two, waiting until Thursday to get back into action. The girls suffered a disappointing loss on the road at Rushville/Industry on Tuesday. The boys squeezed in a WIVC win over Pleasant Hill before an opening round win over Carlinville in the Winchester Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
The Triopia Junior High Basketball teams continued to add to an already impressive resume with five wins out of six games last week. The eighth grade swept all three of their games while the seventh grade lost to Hardin Calhoun but defeated North Mac and Carrollton St. Johns.
The Triopia Trojan boys’ basketball team picked up a win in the first round of the Waverly Tournament then ran up against two tough WIVC Conference foes to bow out with a 1-2 record. The Trojans used a huge third quarter in the opener to pull away from Tri-City and win 59 to 46. A poor third quarter hurt the Trojans in their 58 to 30 second round loss to West Central. The final quarter was the difference in their tourney ending 44 to 32 loss to Greenfield-Northwestern.