Community Sports

Vandalia Jr. Legion coach TK Kinkead is hopeful that at least one of his hitters will get hot soon. Post 95 has had trouble getting into a groove on offense, and Kinkead said that if one player gets going, the rest of the team may follow. Then, nights like Tuesday against Teutopolis might not end in 11-4 and 8-3 losses. “That’s the natural thing with a summer team of guys who know each other,” he said. “It would be huge, but right now, we aren’t getting the consistent play from anyone.”

The Fayette County Family YMCA is offering four youth sports programs on Wednesdays and Saturdays this July. Sports offered for children in grades K-8 are: dodgeball, kickball, flag football and sand volleyball. Registration is $20 for members and $40 for non-members, and includes a free T-shirt. For those interested in participating on individual days, the registration cost is $10 per day, but no T-shirt is included.

A towering home run from Brady Huber and a three-run seventh inning pushed the Vandalia Sr. Legion squad to victory against Aviston last Thursday. Huber, a 2012 Greenville graduate, blasted a solo home run more than 360 feet in the fourth to tie the game at two, and Post 95 used a timely hit and aggressive base running in the seventh to put away the 6-2 win. “That’s the way we want to play,” said coach Andy Rincker. “We want to be aggressive and force the issue.”

The East-Central Illinois Liberty recently placed second at the Central Illinois Rampage Memorial Day 13U Tournament at Rochester. In game one, ECI beat Jacksonville, 5-4, with Andrew Herpstreith picking up the win. In game two, ECI lost to Springfield, 6-5, with Alec Schroeder taking the loss. In game three, ECI beat Pawnee, 8-3, with Adam Miller earning the win. In the championship semifinals, ECI beat Central Illinois, 9-5, with Richie Well notching the win, and in the title game, ECI lost to the Jacksonville Lightning, 17-7, with Well taking the loss.