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Area Junior High Volleyball

The AC Central seventh grade volleyball team are the 1A Regional Champions. The Knights, seeded #1 in their own regional, followed an opening round bye with a regional semifinal win over fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes 25-16, 25-9. In the Championship game last Thursday, the Knights took down #2 seed Springfield Calvary in a thriller, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22, to win the title and advance to Sectionals. They were scheduled to play undefeated Carrollton St. John’s at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4 in Virginia. The eighth-grade team was the number four seed in the Calvary Regional and were eliminated from post season play in the opening round by Jacksonville Our Savior by scores of 25-20, 25-16.  

Masonic Scholastic Bowl Class 1A Sectional held in Virgina 

The Masonic Scholastic Bowl started out in 1983 as a small project in northern Illinois. Decades later it has grown to be one the largest of its kind. It has over 330 registered schools to compete from all over the state of Illinois. This high-level academic competition has united thousands of students across this state in their pursuit of intellectual excellence. 

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Jake Stewart, Virginia Jr/Sr principal resigning 

It was with much regret that the Virginia School Board accepted the resignation of Jr/Sr High Principal Jake Stewart at its meeting on Monday, February 26th. 

Principal Stewart has been at Virginia CUSD #64 for two years. He will be going to PORTA  to be principal for third through sixth grade. It was a tough decision but one he made to be closer to family. He will miss the students, staff and community members of Virginia. The board thanked Principal Stewart for all his hard work.

Virginia Students of the Month!

Congratulations to our Virginia Sr and Jr High students of the month.  The students are Lindy Parlier, Cristian Provo, and Donnie Eveland.

Lindy is a Junior who is involved in volleyball, softball, student council, NHS, and FFA.  Her biggest accomplishment in school is making NHS as a sophomore.  Her goals for this year include making high honor roll in all quarters.  After High School she hopes to attend a four-year university and enter a pre-med program.

Vipers Strike Down Trojans

Playing for the second time in a week, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys basketball team lost again to the South County Vipers, this time ending the Trojan’s season in the regional semi-final game. The loss followed an opening round crushing of Brown County by the Trojans.

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Area Junior High Volleyball results – A-C, B’town, Triopia and Virginia

Three of the four Cass County seventh grade volleyball teams’ seasons ended last week in regional play.  

The only surviving team did not play, as AC Central is the #1 seed in their own regional and received a bye in Saturday’s opening round. They were scheduled to play in the regional semifinal on Tuesday, February 27 against fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes. The AC Central eighth grade team is the four seed in the Calvary Regional and open play on Saturday, March 2 at 9:00 a.m. against Jacksonville Our Savior. If they win, they play the host team later in the day at approximately 12:00 p.m.

Officer Koti Huffman

Full Time Female Police Officer in Virginia Police Department

Officer Koti Huffman, the new full time female police officer for Virginia Police Department. She moved to this area in 2018, is married and has one child. Before joining the department, she was the assistant manager/kitchen manager at the Virginia Casey’s. She enjoys racing and baking cakes. In fact, she had a cake business at one time and still enjoys baking when she can. 

Barn outside Bluff Springs.

Cass County Snow Day!

Snow began falling over Cass County in the early morning on Friday, February 16.

All photos sent in by Lauralee Gibson.

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Warriors knockout Lady Trojans

A young Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia girls basketball teams’ season ended at the hands of top seeded Hardin-Calhoun in a regional semifinal game last Tuesday. The Lady Trojans, who lose just one senior, finished the season with a record of 14-15 in Coach Kelley Wessler’s second year at the helm.

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Tornadoes & Vipers take down Trojans

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.