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Vandals take second in final track meet

The Vandals placed second out of four teams in a home meet last Thursday, posting three first-place finishes in the last regular meet of the season.

Junior Colton Woolsey won the shot put with a personal-best throw of 40 feet, 11 inches, sophomore Ben Strobel won the 3,200-meter run in 10:02.3 and senior Wade Cowger won the 1,600-meter run in 4:58.3.

Strobel’s time was just 1½ seconds away from setting a school record, and is under the automatic state-qualifying time.

Crop predictions

The Illinois field office of NASS this week released the USDA’s May Crop Report. Highlights of the report include:
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Legion seasons begin Tuesday

Vandalia’s Legion baseball teams will both open the summer season next Tuesday.

The Jr. Legion and the Sr. Legion teams will be in action throughout July, with the Jr. Legion team hosting eight games, and the Sr. Legion team hosting 10 games at Vandalia Mutual Field.

The teams are made up of players from several schools in the area.

Schedules for each team follow, with all games not in a tournament being a doubleheader unless otherwise noted.

The Way We Were

15 Years Ago

1998 – Eight Vandalia wrestlers advanced to the state wrestling tournament – Ty Kidd, Louis Smith, Adam Lape, Anthony Lach, Scott Street, Matt Emerick and Jason Clay.

Vandalia/Carlinville suspended after 11 innings in regional quarterfinals

CARLINVILLE  — Because there are no lights at Carlinville's high school baseball field, the regional quarterfinal game between Vandalia and Carlinville was suspended after 11 innings on Monday due to impending darkness.

Tied at 4-4, the game will resume at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon in Carlinville, with the winner facing No. 1 seed Litchfield in the regional semifinals at Vandalia on Wednesday.

Calendar

Thursday, May 16

✔ TOPS IL 2490 will meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is from 9-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Dovie Heaton-Bergin at 283-1729.
✔ TOPS IL 1872, Ramsey, will meet at the Christian Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is at 6:20 p.m., and the meeting is at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 17

✔ A bake sale to benefit Fayette County Relay for Life will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Family Video on Gallatin Street in Vandalia.

News Briefs

VCHS class of '93 planning reunion

The Vandalia Community High School class of 1993 is holding its 20-year reunion on Saturday, June 29, at the Vandalia Country and Golf Club.
It will include a golf scramble from 8 a.m.-noon, family swimming from noon-3 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
Organizers have tried to contact fellow classmates by email or on Facebook. Those who graduated in 1993 and have not received an evite may contact Julie Withers at 283-8727 for details.

Seniors alerted of medical scam

Vandals fall short in 12-inning regional battle

CARLINVILLE – A day after returning to Carlinville to resume a regional quarterfinal game in the 12th inning, the Vandals got right to work.

Unfortunately for them, Carlinville was just as ready to play.

Junior Carson Smith doubled and scored on an error in the top of the 12th inning, but a Vandalia error in the bottom of the inning allowed the winning run to score in a 6-5 loss.

Sloan Marie Durbin

Sloan Marie Durbin
Chris and Amanda Durbin of Fillmore are the parents of a girl born at 12:05 p.m. on March 26, 2013, at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.

Birthdays

Chris Henry
An open house to celebrate the 80th birthday of Chris Henry will be held Sunday afternoon at the Jaycees Pavilion in the Vandalia Lake campgrounds.
Friends and family members are invited to stop by from 2-4 p.m.

Bobbie Payne
An open house to celebrate the 80th birthday of Bobbie Payne will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Monday, May 27, in the Fellowship Hall at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Vandalia.

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