By Jason Brockschmidt Sports Editor The week started with a loss but ended with two wins for the Triopia-Virginia-Meredosia-Chambersburg (TVMC) Lady Trojan varsity volleyball squad,… Login to continue reading Login…
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After blasting eighteen hits and scoring eighteen runs in an opening round win in the IESA Class 2A baseball regionals, the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia middle school baseball team’s bats fell relatively silent in a semi-final loss to Athens. The Redbirds scored three runs in the first two innings but did not score again and the Warriors pulled away for a 13 to 3 win to end the season for VTM. In the opening round game, the Redbirds put Illini Central away early, exploding for fifteen runs in the bottom of the first and cruising to an 18 to 3 win. They added three in the bottom of the third to end it early. Graycen Embley, Natha Ayres, Cosmo Browning, Charlie Roegge, Avery Neathery and Nate Strubbe, all banged out two hits in the win. Ryker Howe, Ben Meyer, Chase VanMeter, Austin Thurman, Parker Kinstle and Carson Nergenah, all chipped in with one base knock.
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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.
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.
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.
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.