Beecher Bobcats logo

Beecher Ends Season with Sectional Loss to Herscher

By Jim Piacentini The Beecher Bobcat Varsity Soccer Team had quite an impressive season, but it came to a close on Tuesday, October 24, in a Sectional loss to Herscher. The Bobcats came out ready to play and dominated the first 25 minutes of the game. Hersher then took a 1-0 lead, but Beecher fought…

Beecher Bobcats Stomp the Chargers in RVC Conference Play

On October 12th, Beecher came out swinging. Taking it in two sets; 25-13 and 25-10. Led by Elena Kvasnicka and Evelyn Jablonski with kills. Aylin Lagunas and Mallory Berry had a string of great serves to keep the Lady Bobcats ahead. Good digs from the Bobcats kept them on top. They played as a well-disciplined…

Sports logo

Area High School Sport Highlights

Golf Peotone: On Monday, October 2, Peotone High School golfers Joe Hasse and Jake Eaheart competed in the 2A Golf Sectional at Wedgewood Golf Course in Joliet. Both players were unable to advance to the state finals, as the cut line was 76, and both players shot an 87. Volleyball ILHS: On Friday, September 29,…

Bobcat Ethan Rydberg against Peotone. Photo by Jim Piacentini.

Bobcat Soccer Has Winning Week!

On Tuesday, October 3, the Bobcat soccer team traveled to play conference rival Momence, bringing home a 9-5 victory. It was never in doubt, as Beecher led at the half, 8-2, then added one more goal to three additional ones for Momence, but sealing the win. For the Bobcats, Wences Baumgartner had 3 goals and…

Beecher Bobcats logo

Bobcat Soccer Records Only Wins

On Tuesday, September 26, the Bobcats faced conference foe Clifton Central in front of the home fans. It was a rather quick victory for the Beecher soccer team, as they were leading 3-0 at the half, but the game was stopped at halftime because of weather. Scoring for the Bobcats were Wences Baumgartner with two…

Football Ball on Grass

Bobcat Soccer Highlights

On Saturday, September 16, the Bobcats faced non-conference foe Bishop Mac in Kankakee. After a scoreless first half, Beecher managed 4 goals in the second to bring home the 4-0 win. For the Bobcats, Wences Baumgartner had 2 goals, Nate Diachenko added 1 goal and 1 assist, Tyler Kramer also was credited with 1 goal,…

Bobcat Tyler Kramer against Gibson City. Photo by Jim Piacentini.

Gibson City Beats Beecher in Opening Round of Purple Pool Play

By Dennis Bowling Beecher Coach Dawn Compton knew when playing a downstate power, such as Gibson City, the Bobcats should have been able to raise their level of play, but they were not able to do that at all on September 20. Fisher (Gibson City) beat Beecher, 3-1, in the opening round of the Purple…

Panthers gave it a great effort but just couldn’t beat the Bobcats. Photo by Jim Piacentini.

Bobcats Rule Over Panthers

By Dennis Bowling Beecher Coach Dawn Compton was hoping to get off to a strong start against a very competitive Manteno team, and it all started with senior Nate Diachenko on September 13. A mere minute into the first half of the game, Diachenko scored a goal, which gave the Bobcats a momentum changing 1-0…

Football Ball on Grass

Great Week for Bobcat Soccer!

Monday through Thursday, September 11 – 14, the Beecher Bobcat Soccer Team managed to keep their opponents at zero points – yes, that’s ZERO goals, while scoring 26 goals for themselves during the four contests. On Monday, September 11, the Bobcats faced non-conference foe Reed-Custer and led at the half, 2-0. They then added 3…

Volleyball Logo.PEOTONE

ILHS, PHS Weekly Volleyball Highlights

ILHS: On Tuesday, September 12, Illinois Lutheran High School hosted Clifton Central in an RVC match. Clifton jumped out to an early lead in the first set to go up 14-8. The Chargers were able to get to within 3 at 19-22, but a Clifton side out and 2 straight points gave the set to…

Golf Logo.9

Weekly High School Golf Results

Peotone: On Tuesday, September 12, the Peotone Boys’ Golf Team had a conference match against Coal City at Cinder Ridge Golf Course. Coal City won with a tally of 168 to Peotone’s 178. Joe Hasse, from Peotone, was the Medalist carding a 39. The top three remaining scores for Peotone were Jake Eaheart – 43,…

Beecher beat Coal City 7-1. Photo by Jim Piacentini.

Beecher Soccer Adds Another Win to Record

By Dennis Bowling Beecher senior Ethan Rydberg, who is an outstanding defenseman, was quite pleased with the play of his Bobcat teammates on September 6, as Beecher beat Coal City, 7-1, in a non-conference contest in Coal City. With the win, Beecher is 6-2 overall and have won an impressive four games in a row. The…

Volleyball Logo.BEECHER

Bobcats Volleyball Routs Donovan

By Dennis Bowling Beecher senior Katie Jones is a very good floor leader, an outstanding hitter, and her serves were in top form on September 7. Jones, a team captain, in the first game of the match, served nine straight service points and had four kills, to help Beecher rout Donovan 25-4, 25-10 in a…

Football Ball on Grass

Beecher Coach’s Soccer Highlights

On August 31, in front of the hometown fans, the Bobcats faced conference foe Illinois Lutheran. The Bobcats led at the half, 7-1, then scored 3 more goals in the second for the 10-1 win. For Beecher, Wences Baumgartner recorded 3 goals and 2 assists, Logan Wilkins added 2 goals and 1 assist, Nate Diachenko…

Volleyball Logo.3

Volleyball Highlights for the Week

Beecher: Thursday, August 31, in an away conference match against Grant Park, the Bobcat Varsity Volleyball Team came home with a decisive victory for the day, 25-16, 25-16. Emily Avelar was dominant at the net with 13 kills on the night, while Evelyn Jablonski came in support with 9 kills. The impressive hitting happened because…

[tribe_events_list category="beecher_bobcats" limit="35" tribe-bar="false"]

VEDETTE SPORTS REPORT

By Jeff Vorva Manteno’s girls basketball team has some “guarded” optimism after opening the Chicago Christian Knight Tournament with two big wins. If the guards start leading the charge for the Panthers, they will be hard to beat. The Panthers opened the tournament on Dec. 26 scoring a season high in points with a 61-31…
Read More

Vedette Sports Report

By Jeff Vorva Even though the holiday tournaments have not gotten into full swing for boys and girls basketball yet, it’s not too soon to think about the postseason. The Illinois High School Association released its assignments for the playoffs, which begin in February. Beecher, which is off to the best start in program history…
Read More

VEDETTE SPORTS REPORT

By Jeff Vorva Old gym? New gym? It doesn’t seem to matter. The results are still the same. Beecher’s boys basketball team played in its old gym for a throwback game December 8 and came away with a lopsided 81-36 River Valley Conference win over Donovan. The Bobcats wore jerseys from 2012-13, and fans were…
Read More

Lady Bobcats Kept Tri-Point on Point

By Jim Piacentini On Thursday, November 30, the Lady Bobcat varsity girls basketball team held conference foe Tri-Point close but, in the end, the difference was 4 points, favoring Tri-Point, 47-43. Both teams were shooting three pointers but, in the paint, Tri-Point had more rebounds, though not by much. At one point, Tri-Point had a…
Read More

VEDETTE SPORTS REPORT

CRETE – Crete-Monee celebrates its IESA sectional championship on Nov. 29. Photo from Crete Monee School District 201-U By Jeff Vorva A furious fourth-quarter rally by the Crete-Monee Middle School’s seventh grade girls team fell short. The Warriors made it to the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 4A quarterfinals but suffered a 29-25 setback to…
Read More

Beecher Basketball

By Jim Piacentini The Bobcats played Gardner-South Wilmington in a home conference game on Tuesday, November 28. The first quarter started off with the teams trading baskets, but towards the end of that first quarter, Adyn McGinley took charge – scoring 11 points. From then on the Bobcats were in control with 11 points from…
Read More