Virginia

Shown above is a photo from the St. Louis Post Dispatch that was printed on July 6, 1952. This photo was taken when the bandstand on the Cass County Courthouse lawn held weekly concerts during the summer. Above is a 45-piece of Virginia’s school band under the direction of Anton Cerveny, music supervisor of public schools. At Monday night’s Virginia City Council meeting, it was announced that fundraisers will be held to do much needed repairs to the 111-year old bandstand.

Beautification committee will oversee bandstand revitalization

Members of the Virginia Beautification Committee attended the Monday night council meeting to report that their recent bingo fundraiser was very successful. They’ve planned for proceeds from their last two fundraisers to go toward doing much needed maintenance and repair on the 111-year-old courthouse lawn bandstand. They also have word that their project will be recipient of a popular annual benefit called “The Virginia Open” scheduled for April 20.

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Lady Trojans advance

The third time was the charm for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojan basketball team as they beat South Fork for the first time in three tries to win in the opening round of their own regional.  

In a process that is yet to make sense to me, the Lady Trojans traveled to the better seeded Ponies home floor in the opening game even though Triopia is the Regional host. Nevertheless, Triopia got the win, roping and tying the Ponies in 43 to 38 victory, moving to 14-14 on the season. Prior to regional action, the Trojans knocked off North Greene and lost to Pawnee.

Congratulations to Cole Gourley, Raeagan Masters, Lindy Parlier (back row L-R) Mia Brunk-Minor, Devin Cave, Ellie Dambacher, & Natalie Force (front row L-R) who all participated at the academic challenge on the LLCC campus.

Congrats Virginia Students!

Virginia Jr/Sr High School Principal Jake Stewart also expressed appreciation to the Virginia PTO & the Virginia Masonic Lodge for sponsoring the cost of entering our students into this challenge. We appreciate the support of our students!

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Season ends for Redbirds

The Virginia Redbird eighth grade boys’ basketball season ended with a second-round regional loss to the top seeded hosts, Augusta Southeastern.  

It was an ominous start for the Birds as they failed to score in the opening quarter but found themselves only down by five.  A 14 to 6 second frame gave the Suns a 19 to 6 halftime lead.  They would stretch the margin to 26 to 9 after three quarters.  The Redbirds won the fourth period 10 to 5 but it was too little too late in the season ending 31 to 19 loss.

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Lady Trojans win on Senior Night

The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans honored lone senior Lilly Pate prior to last Monday’s game then sent her off in style with a 31 to 22 win over Pleasant Hill.  Triopia jumped out to a 12 to 2 lead after one quarter but failed to score in the second as the Wolves cut the deficit to 12 to 6. A six all third period made it 18 to 12 going into the last quarter and the Trojans held on for the victory hitting 11 out of 12 free throws on the evening. Lucie Dion and Addison Rohn each had eight points for Triopia. Mylee Tracy added six, Pate had five and Gabby Myers knocked down four.

Courthouse News

Courthouse News

Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, IL. Marriages: NONE Divorces: Jeffrey Miles, from Marilyn Sue Miles. Property Transfers: Neal and Dianna Hart,

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Preschool Developmental Screening in Virginia

Virginia Elementary School will hold a Preschool Developmental Screening from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.on Thursday, March 7 at the Virginia Elementary School, 651 S. Morgan Street. This screening will be done by appointments only.

Members of the Triopia Tournament All Tournament Team (L/R): from Griggsville-Perry: Wyatt Lipcaman, Michael Myers, Lane Lipcaman. From Triopia: K.J. Beck and Caleb Carpenter. From Carrollton: Konnor Campbell. From Beardstown: Isaac Brockschmidt and Elizah Thomas.

Trojans win twice at Tourney

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.

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Junior High Basketball action – B’town, Triopia & Virginia results

With the junior high boys’ basketball season well into postseason play, only a couple of local teams remain in the mix while a couple of squads bowed out last week. 

The Beardstown eighth grade team finished off their season in the first round of the Pittsfield Regional with a 46 to 9 loss to top seeded Athens. The Warriors bolted to a 19 to 0 first quarter lead in the easy win.  It was 28 to 2 at the half and 31 to 9 after three quarters.  Brandon Figueroa had six points, Carter Ross scored two and Erick Mejia notched one in the season ending loss for the Tigers.

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Lady Trojans sustain two losses

The letters S and F spelled bad news last week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia girls basketball team as the Trojans lost to South Fulton and South Fork to fall to 11-12 on the year.

 The week started with a disappointing 54 to 48 loss to a 5-19 South Fulton team at home.  The Rebels led all the way, but the second quarter was the difference in the game.  It was 15 to 13 in favor of South Fulton after one quarter which they expanded to a 37 to 23 lead at the half. The Lady Trojans cut the deficit to 48 to 37 after three quarters and fought hard in the fourth but fell just a little short. One high note for Triopia was nine players getting on the scoreboard. Mylee Tracy led the way with eleven.  Ava Petefish had nine, Gabby Myers had seven, Addison Rohn had six, Lucie Dion had five, Eve Crawford had four and Raye Greenstreet and Lilly Pate each had two.