School Sports

The Vandalia fifth- and sixth-grade student councils hosted a local competition in the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center’s Homers for Health home run derby.

All entrants hit whiffle balls off of a tee, and received up to four points, depending on how far their hit traveled.

The boys and girls winners in each grade division advance to the championship round in Forest Park on May 10, and will also get to meet St. Louis Cardinals players David Freese, Matt Holliday and Allen Craig.

All proceeds go to the hospital.

The St. Elmo baseball game scheduled for Monday against Beecher City has been canceled.

Another school in Fayette County has been forced to make budget cuts, and those cuts will affect athletics.

South Central District 403’s board of education last Wednesday approved budget cuts for next school year, and those cuts included several in the area of athletics.

In addition to the cuts, a fee of $40 will be applied to students who play one sport and $60 for students who play two or more sports.

VANDALIA – The Lady Vandals weren’t playing their best softball early in Monday’s game against Litchfield, but they were playing well enough to stay in the game.

Unfortunately, the third out in the second inning proved difficult to get, as Litchfield pounded out four two-run hits with two outs to break open the game on the way to an 18-5 South Central Conference victory.