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Blankenship leads three placers at state tournament

Vandalia junior Dalton Blankenship's fourth-place finish on Saturday led Vandalia's three placers at the Illinois High School Association individual state tournament.

Blankenship lost in the championship preliminaries to Jake Snow, the eventual champion at 145 pounds, but made an impressive run through the wrestle-backs at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois, winning three bouts before falling to Litchfield's Seth Newkirk by fall at 1:52 in the third-place bout.

Oberlink, Hill named All-NTC

Two seniors from Brownstown/St. Elmo have been named second-team all-conference in girls basketball by the National Trail Conference.

Bethany Oberlink (below at left) and Molly Hill each earned second-team honors after leading the Lady Bombers to third place in the standings, with a 4-2 record in conference play.

Vandals draw Dakota at state

A team with three individual state champions – including the nation’s No. 1 wrestler at 132 pounds – and seven other state medalists will give the Vandals a stiff challenge in the first round of Saturday’s dual team state tournament.

Vandalia was paired with defending champion Dakota during a blind draw in January, and will take on the Indians at 9 a.m. at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington.

Kistler-Holliday

Sue Ann Kistler and Jacob Louis Holliday, both of Vandalia were united in marriage in a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Vandalia American Legion Home, with the Rev. Carl Rhodes officiating.

Wasmuth-Fenton

Ashli Wasmuth and Kory Fenton, both of Vandalia, have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.

State wrestling: Day two preview

Two Vandals will for sure be wrestling on day two, and several more will await their fate.

Seniors C.J. Runkel (160) and Tyler Dagen (152) advanced to the championship quarterfinals after posting wins on Thursday, and the remaining six wrestlers will have to wait and see if they will advance to the consolation bracket.

If the wrestlers who beat them in the preliminaries wins in the quarterfinals, Vandalia's wrestlers will earn a spot in the wrestle-backs.

Jr. Vandals to host tournament

The Vandalia Sports Boosters will be hosting a fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball tournament on Friday and Saturday.

Vandalia’s sixth-graders (15-3) will play on Friday at 7 p.m. against Newton, and on Saturday at 11 a.m. against St. Joe and at 3:30 p.m. against Dieterich.

Vandalia’s fifth-graders (14-9) will play on Friday at 8 p.m. against Teutopolis, and on Saturday at 11 a.m. against St. Anthony and at 6:30 p.m. against Altamont Lutheran.

Area Prep Roundup (Feb. 27)

MULBERRY GROVE
Friday, Feb. 21
Ramsey 64
Mulberry Grove 55
M: 14-20-15-4—55
R: 13-10-12-29—64
Rams: Knisley, 19; Kelly, 14; Wesselman, 10; Lay, 5; Camez, 4; Thomas, 4; Hunt, 2; Casey, 1; Holland, 1.
Aces: Latham, 18; Crisman, 13; James, 8; Redfern, 7; Criner, 5; Gannon, 2; Sloan, 2.

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PHOTO: Jr. NTC Champs

The St. Elmo/Brownstown eighth-grade volleyball team earned the National Trail Conference Tournament championship last Saturday.

The Jr. Lady Eagles are 17-1 on the season, and defeated Sigel St. Michel, 21-25, 25-15, 25-16, in the title match.

Vandals season ends; Patoka to play for regional title

WOOD RIVER – The Vandalia boys basketball season came to a close on Wednesday night with a 62-42 loss to Roxana at the Wood River Regional.

The first four minutes of the game saw a steady pace and back-and-forth scoring leave Vandalia behind by just two, but from there, Roxana took control with several 3-pointers.

Three of those long-range shots came in the last two minutes of the first half, as the Shells amassed a 13-0 run to take a 20-point halftime lead.

That lead would stay steady in the second half, ending Vandalia's season at 8-20.