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Community Sports

  • Three Jr. Vandals advance to IKWF state tourney
    Three Vandalia Jr. Club wrestlers advanced to this weekend's Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation novice and senior  state tournament at the Rockford MetroCentre in Rockford. Bobby Bradley (novice 130), and Dalton Blankenship (senior 130) both placed third, and Blake Cripe (senior 156) placed first at the Vandalia sectional on Saturday to advance. Fourteen other Jr. Club wrestlers participated at the sectional.
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  • Community Sports Briefs
    St. Elmo Hero wins 24th, then scratched St. Elmo Hero, the harness racing horse named after a late St. Elmo man, earned his 24th straight win at Balmoral Park near Chicago to tie the record for most consecutive wins to start a career. The horse was scheduled to race at the Cam Fella Stakes in Canada last weekend, but he was scratched because he is sick. The stakes would have been the richest prize of his career had he won. NWTF holding banquet on Saturday
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  • Community Sports Briefs
    Jr. Club wrestling results Most of the Vandalia Jr. wrestling club participated in an event in Troy on Feb. 13. Individual results are below:
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  • Three youngsters win free-throw shootout
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  • Jr. Club wrestling results (Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 5-6)
    The Vandalia Jr. Club wrestlers participated in three different events this past weekend. Saturday, Feb. 5 at O'Fallon, Mo. •Markus Isaiah got first place in the 65-pound division •Anthony Enlow got first place in the midget heavyweight division •Garret Stewart got sixth place in the 95-pound division •Jake Stewart got second place in the 125-pound division.
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  • Jr. Club wrestlers battle in Springfield
    The Vandalia Jr. Club wrestlers competed at the IKWF Jon Davis Memorial Open Tournament in Springfield on Sunday. Approximately 1,400 wrestlers competed during the tournament. The following individuals participated for Vandalia:
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  • Jr. Club wrestlers have success at two weekend tournaments
    Saturday, Jan. 8 at Murphysboro Tournament 6-and-under Second place – Logan Nance Third place – Derek Warren Fourth place –Eric McKinney 7- and 8-year-olds First place – Markus Isaiah First place – Kyle Miller Participated – Dawson McKinney 9- and 10-year-olds First place – Jarrett Paslay First place – Anthony Enlow Second place – Tanner Swain
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  • Jr. Club Wrestling (Jan. 2)
    Sunday, Jan. 2 at Belleville Beginner 6-and-under First place – Logan Nance First place – Derrick Warren Second place – Conner Ray Second place – Luke Thompson Second place – Bryant Willms Third place – Eric McKinney 7- and 8-year-olds First place – Dawson McKinney Second place – Gavin Mouser 9- and 10-year-olds First place – Austin Weischedel
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  • Vandalia softball champs inducted to HOF
    The Vandalia men's fast pitch softball teams that won Class A national championships in 2005 and 2007 will be inducted into the Illinois Amateur Softball Association's Hall of Fame in April. On April, 9, members of Vandalia Freight, along with seven individual players and four other teams from the state, will be honored at a ceremony at the Decatur Hotel and Convention Center.
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  • Jr. Club Wrestling (Dec. 26)
    Sunday, Dec. 26 at Granite City 6-and-under Connor Ray, Second Place 9- and 10-year-olds Garret Stewart, Fifth Place 11- and 12-year-olds Anthony Enlow, Fifth Place Chaston Womack, Fifth Place Kolten Kaiser, Sixth Place James Crawford, Sixth Place
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