School Sports

ALTAMONT – Sixteen top-three finishes, including seven first-place marks, helped the Vandals place second at Altamont on Tuesday.

The boys track team would have had an opportunity to win the meet had it been able to field a team in the 4X400-meter relay, but all but two of its athletes had already participated in the maximum of four events.

That isn’t typical for most track teams from schools the size of Vandalia, but with only 11 members, every athlete’s efforts, and points, count.

A bid for the construction of an all-weather track at Vandalia Community High School was approved by the school board on Monday.

The bid, which came from National Erectors in Highland, was $502,500, slightly higher than the $500,000 the school received in funding.

It had been higher, but the school opted to cut out some less important features, including paving the walkway between the high school and junior high school, asphalting the gravel area near the ticket window and some of the reworked fencing.

The high expectations bestowed on the St. Elmo High School softball team before the season are coming to fruition, as the Lady Eagles are off to a 4-4 start, a good beginning toward their goal of winning 20 games.

St. Elmo vs. Vandalia
The Lady Eagles were no-hit by Vandalia on Tuesday during a 6-0 loss.

Four Lady Eagles reached base in the game, however.

Senior Brooke Maxey made it the farthest, reaching second on an error in the fourth and advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt by senior Morgan Myers.