Today's Sports

League standings (final)
Buckstop Archery, 15-3
Keck’s Marsh, 10-8
Boley Homes, 8-10
Montgomery Plumbing, 3-15

Results from July 21
Buckstop Archery 12
Montgomery Plumbing 5
Buckstop: Caleb Miller, double

Buckstop Archery 10
Montgomery Plumbing 5
Buckstop: Caleb Miller, double
Montgomery: Shawn Lotz, double
Keck’s Marsh 13
Boley Homes 6
Keck: Jon Lotz, home run, double

Keck’s Marsh 8
Boley Homes 6

More than 40 people participated in four running/walking events Saturday morning – the first events to be held at the new facility of the Family YMCA of Fayette County.
Among the events that were contested were the 10K run (men and women), 5K run (men and women), two-mile walk and a one-mile run.
In the 10K, Erin Schaub of Brownstown defeated all runners, finishing in 42:10. Runner-up on the women’s side was Allison Mueller of Neoga. For the men, Roger Hill was first in 51:27 and Rick Myers was second in 55:39.

After a doubleheader at Effingham was canceled last Wednesday, the twin bill was moved to Tuesday at Vandalia, in what would be an important night for the Post 95 Senior Legion team as it heads into the district tournament this weekend.

With a sweep of Effingham, Vandalia could find itself as the No. 1 seed going into the tournament.

Vandalia was able to hold up its end of the bargain, downing Effingham twice behind solid pitching from Caleb Randle, Kyle Hawkins and Andy Hosick.

Since football was reinstated at Vandalia High School in 1950, the Vandals have had 12 winning seasons. Of those 12, one season jumps out more than the others – the 1963 season, in which the Vandals went 9-0.

On June 17, Don Schnake, 82, the architect of the Vandalia's lone perfect season, died following a short battle with lung cancer.

Schnake spent eight years on the sidelines as head coach of the VCHS football team, compiling a record of 29-34. He had two winning seasons during his tenure, the perfect season of 1963 and an 8-1 mark in 1964.