Triopia falls short in sectional, Glenwood and Pleasant Plains advance

Triopia came one run from the state softball tournament, falling 4-3 to Okawville at the Athens super-sectional on Monday, June 1. The loss ended a record-setting 30-2 season for the Trojans in the IHSA Class 1A bracket, a finish that left them just short of another trip deeper into May and June softball.

The same postseason round sent Chatham Glenwood forward in Class 3A. Glenwood beat Washington 11-1 in the super-sectional, a result that pushed the Titans into the state semifinals in Peoria on Friday, June 5. The Class 3A bracket shows Glenwood continuing toward the final weekend, with the tournament’s semifinals split across June 4 and June 5 and the championship games set for Saturday, June 6.

Pleasant Plains also kept its season alive with a 2-0 win over Rockford Alleman, advancing to the Class 1A state tournament. That shutout added another late-spring postseason result for Morgan County-area fans tracking multiple schools at once, with Plains now among the final teams still standing in its class.

The local picture had already been building before the super-sectional round. Earlier WLDS coverage showed Triopia rolling past Liberty 11-0 in the softball postseason, while Pleasant Plains shut out Mount Zion 7-0 in soccer at Rochester. Those results underscored how many area teams were still playing meaningful games as the calendar moved into June, with each win narrowing the field and each loss ending a long run.

For Triopia, the 4-3 defeat at Athens carried the sting of a season that kept its promise deep into the bracket. For Glenwood and Pleasant Plains, the next step was already clear: one school headed to Peoria for a Class 3A semifinal, and the other moving on in Class 1A with a chance to keep chasing a state title.