Tri County Sports

FJNs Athletes of the Year

Published by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 1:17pm

Uher Leaving T.C., Hestermann Takes Over As Diller-Odell VB Coach

Published by admin on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 9:29am
By Nathan Heuer
After 11 of years of being the activities director and 13 years of being the high school principal at Tri County in DeWitt, Matt Uher will now be the activities director at Lincoln Northeast High School starting on July 1.
This past week the hire became official for the Fairbury native, who graduated as a Jeff in 1992.
Uher will finish out his duties as the Trojans activities director and principal through June 30 before taking to his new role in Lincoln.

FJN All Area Basketball Teams Named

Published by admin on Tue, 03/10/2020 - 1:25pm
Fairbury Journal-News All-Area Boys Basketball Teams
1st Team
Cole Siems, Jr., Tri County – Team Captain
5-foot-11, Guard

FJN All-Area Wrestling Team

Published by gordonhopkins on Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:19am
106: Pedro Hernandez, Wilber-Clatonia
Record: 28-10, State Qualifier
Hernandez is the all-area team’s lone freshman and he made the list by punching his ticket to state his first season competing at the high school level at 106 pounds. The underclassman placed second at the districts and tallied a 1-2 record at state in Class C. Hernandez had a strong finish to the 2019-2020 campaign with top-three finishes at five tournaments leading up to the state tourney.
113: Miguel Jaimes, Wilber-Clatonia
Record: 32-15, State Qualifier

Tri County, Diller-Odell Boys Seasons End In Subdistrict Finals

Published by gordonhopkins on Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:19am
By Nathan Heuer
The Tri County and Diller-Odell boys basketball teams both saw their seasons come to an end on Thursday in subdistrict championship games against formidable competition.
Diller-Odell faced Class D-2 top-ranked Falls City Sacred Heart for the second time this season in the Subdistrict D2-1 finals and were defeated 55-23 at Pawnee City High School – an improvement from their first meeting where the Griffins lost by 51 points.

Wolverines, Trojans Seasons Come To Conclusion

Published by gordonhopkins on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:50pm
On Monday the Wilber-Clatonia girls basketball team saw their season come to an end with a 50-18 loss in the first round of the Subdistrict C1-6 tournament at Beatrice High School.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines fell behind 15-3 after one quarter of play and that separation continued in the second half as the fourth-seeded Tigers outscored Wilber-Clatonia 25-5.
Megan Tinsley led the Wolverines with eight points. Nevaeh Honea and Abby Renzy scored three points apiece.

Trojans Move Up In Class Has No Impact On District Results

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:46pm
By Nathan Heuer
Inevitably, moving up in classification likely means a drop in performance due to tougher competition when the postseason rolls around.
That wasn’t the case for the Tri County wrestling team this past Friday and Saturday at the District C-1 tournament at Malcolm High School.
Jerod Spahr’s squad moved up to Class C from Class D for the 2019-2020 season after missing the cutoff enrollment number between the classes by four male students.

Girls Basketball Roundup: Trojans Score Season-High But Fall

Published by admin on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 1:47pm
Thayer Central 42 Doniphan-Trumbull 27
The Titans improved their season record (13-7) to the second-highest win percentage in the Fairbury Journal-News coverage area for girls basketball teams on Tuesday with a 15-point win on the road against the Cardinals. Thayer Central outscored Doniphan-Trumbull 15-6 in the first quarter and 12-5 in the fourth quarter. 
HTRS 55 Tri County 48

Boys Basketball Roundup: Wolverines Close Gap On Mustangs

Published by admin on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 1:47pm
Tri County 57 HTRS 50
The Trojans got back on the winning track on Tuesday in a road game after losing two straight games to end the Pioneer Conference Tournament a week ago. The meeting between the Class C-2 teams was the first this season. Tri County improved their record to 14-8 with the win. HTRS fell to 6-14 with the loss.
Sutton 41 Wilber-Clatonia 38 (OT)

Lady Griffins, Trojans Place Fourth

Published by admin on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 2:04pm
By Nathan Heuer
The Diller-Odell girls basketball team and the Tri County boys basketball team each placed fourth at the Pioneer Conference basketball tournament this past week over the course of three games.
The Diller-Odell boys tallied a 1-2 record at the event while the Tri County girls accumulated a 1-1 record.

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