School Sports

RAMSEY – Among area players, Mulberry Grove center Allen Tompkins is basically a force of nature.

The 6-foot-4 senior has the biggest body in the area, and a recent performance against Ramsey prompted Rams coach Bill Eddy to draw comparisons between Tompkins and an actual part of nature.

“It’s like trying to move an oak tree,” he said.

Of opposing coaches, Eddy would know, as the Rams and Aces have already met three times this season, with at least one more meeting to come, and Tompkins has been very successful in those games.

Tonight's boys basketball game between Mulberry Grove and St. Elmo (at Mulberry Grove) has been canceled. The game will be played Feb. 3.

The Vandalia Junior High volleyball games at St. Elmo have been canceled.

The Vandalia fifth- and sixth-grade home girls basketball games have been canceled.

Tonight's Brownstown/Ramsey boys basketball game is canceled.

The Vandalia seventh-grade volleyball team opened its season by finishing seventh at the Edwardsville Lincoln Tournament on Saturday.

Vandalia was 0-3 in pool play, but defeated Southwestern in the seventh-place match, 19-25, 25-21, 15-10.

Its opponents in pool play were:

•Edwardsville Liberty: 16-25, 22-25
•St. Norbert: 15-25, 13-25
•Lovejoy: 13-25, 21-25

Mindy Ritchey paced the Vandals with 25 service points and six service aces. Faye Etcheson had nine service points and five service aces.