Virginia

Mia Brunk-Minor

Congratulations

Congratulations to Virginia Senior Mia Brunk-Minor on being awarded the National Recognition from the College Board. Mia is an exemplary student at Virginia, and is extremely deserving of this acknowledgement.

Trick or Treat

Virginia Spooktacular set Oct. 21

The Virginia Spooktacular will hold its Halloween Parade at 5:15 p.m. October 21 in Virginia. The parade will begin on Illini Street and go down Main Street. 

Anyone interested in being part of the parade should contact Billie Gardner at 217-204-5949 or fill out a registration link.

Trojans Volleyball

Lady Trojans continue winning ways

The entire Triopia-Virginia Lady Trojan volleyball program remained unbeaten  A  JV tie is the only blemish on the program’s record as the varsity ended last week with a 9-0 mark and the JV is 11-0-1.  A nice win over WIVC rival Brown County started things for the varsity Trojans as they won 25-23; 15-25; 25-18.  Chelsea Bell had one service point, one ace, 11 kills, four blocks and one dig, Lucie Dion had three points, two kills, two blocks, 12 assists, and 14 digs, Lindy Parlier had nine points, two aces, one kill, seven assists, and five digs, and Mylee Tracy had 19 points, five aces, five kills, one assist, and seven digs.

Baseball

Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia baseball

The Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia Middle School baseball team went 1-3 last week as the regular season winds to a close. The Redbirds started the week with a home loss to Athens 7 to 4.  Virginia scored a run in each of the first four innings despite getting only three hits on the day.  Athens scored four in the third, one in the fourth and one each in the sixth and seventh for the win.  Graycen Embley, Hunter Ballinger, and Charlie Roegge all had a hit for the Birds with Roegge slugging a triple.

football

BHS, Triopia, PORTA/A-C lose big

It was a week that is best quickly forgotten for area football fans as the three Cass County teams were beaten by a combined score of 156 to 6.  Beardstown traveled to Camp Point and were held to zero yards of offense in a 60 to 0 shellacking.  Central meanwhile racked up 343 yards of total offense.  It was 26 to 0 after one quarter and 46 to 0 at the half with Panther coach Brad Dixon taking a knee to end the half rather than run up the score.  Both teams played their JV squads almost exclusively in the second half with things not getting much better for the Tigers other than the swift ending due to the running clock.  The lone bright spot for BHS was the play of freshman Shadrach Mahfina who played good minutes in both halves and led the Tigers with seven solo tackles and six assists to serve notice that he will be a good varsity player sooner rather than later.  Beardstown, now 1-2 on the season, will look to get back on track at home this Friday night against 2-1 Routt Catholic.  The Rockets lost to Hardin Calhoun to open the season then beat North Greene and Triopia.

Softball

Lady Indians Season Ends

An excellent season for the Meredosia Chambersburg Triopia Virginia Lady Indians middle school softball team ended in disappointing fashion in the regional semifinals with an 8 to 4 loss to Pittsfield-Pikeland.  The Indians lost despite outhitting the Saukees nine to six.  MCTV opened regional play with an exciting 9 to 8 win over Camp Point.  

Official honorary fireman, Grayson Robinson, enjoying his 3rd birthday celebration with special thanks to Chandlerville and Virginia Firefighters. All photos submitted.

Grayson’s golden fight!

As little Grayson Robinson’s 3rd birthday approached, his great-great aunt Julie Hyde of Virginia wondered how she might connect him with what he loved most… firetrucks, big trucks, police cars, any kind of car, motorcycles, golf carts, tractors, etc.

(L/R) Mylee Tracy, Chelsea Bell and Lucie Dion of the Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia Lady Trojans are pictured with their All-Tournament plaques.

Lady Trojans win Meredosia Tourney

The varsity and JV volleyball teams for Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia-Chambersburg won first place at last week’s Meredosia tournament. The varsity finished the tournament undefeated at 5-0 and the JV finished 4-0-1, splitting with South County. Chelsea Bell, Lucie Dion, and Mylee Tracy were selected to the Varsity All-Tournament team from the Lady Trojans.

football

Trojans fall to Hawks

The Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia football team fell to 1-1 with a Saturday night loss to Carrollton. The Hawks scored on a 58-yard run in the first quarter and a three-yard run in the fourth and their defense did the rest in the 14-0 win over the Trojans in Carrollton.

BHS and Virginia-Triopia golf results

The Beardstown High School golf team continues to work hard and improve. On Monday August 28 at Shambolee Golf Course in Petersburg, sophomore Mary Escobar led BHS with a score of 62. Last Tuesday, the girls squad traveled to Rolling Greens in Mt. Sterling and brought home second place, led by senior Saray Chaparro. For the boy’s Cade Ross placed 5th individually, shooting a nice round of 42. Coach Riddle commented after the Brown County meet, “Both teams played well and are really making progress.” On Thursday the boys traveled to Plum Creek at Winchester where Grady O’Hara placed second, firing a 43 and Ross finished in the top five with a 45. On Friday at the K’s Creek Invite, playing 18 holes, Ross finished tied for 11th with an 83 and O’Hara was 19th overall with a 90.