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Today's Sports

  • Boys and girls track teams place...

    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.

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  • Field of Dreams donors honored;...
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  • Board approves bid for all-...

    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.

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  • Lady Aces get 3rd in own...

    MULBERRY GROVE – Playing without its top pitcher, the Mulberry Grove High School softball team went 1-1 to finish third at its own tournament on Saturday.

    Sophomore Becca Oldham was involved in a car accident on Saturday morning and was unable to pitch for the Lady Aces, but Megan Blankenship, a junior, filled in and pitched well, according to coach John Barnes.

    “She got some innings she normally wouldn’t have gotten,” Barnes said. “She showed that she could step up.”

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  • Lady Eagles meeting expectations

    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.

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  • Eagles at .500 after suffering...

    The St. Elmo High School baseball is at .500 after losing three games last week.

    The Eagles have a 6-6 record.

    St. Elmo at Cumberland
    St. Elmo lost its third straight game on Tuesday, falling to Cumberland, 14-4.

    Nine different Cumberland players had at least one hit, as the Pirates scored 13 runs in the first three innings.

    St. Elmo scored in the top of the first on a single by Woodsen Savage. Four others would have at least one hit, including two from Blaine Scholes.

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  • Above the bar
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  • Area High School Sports Roundup...

    South Central shuts out Brownstown

    The Cougars scored in every inning to defeat Brownstown, 10-0, last Thursday.

    Junior Colton Wilkins earned the win by pitching four innings, and at the plate, he was 2-for-3 with two RBI.

    Junior Colby Bushue paced the offense with a 3-for-3 effort. He, along with junior Cole Armstrong, also had two RBI.

    For Brownstown, senior Bryce Mason and freshman Jake Behrends both collected one of the team's two hits.

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  • Community Sports Briefs (April 7)

    Bushue to open season with Lexington on Thursday

    Houston Astros prospect and South Central High School graduate Tanner Bushue will open the 2011 season with the Class A Lexington Legends on Thursday.

    Lexington opens the season with eight straight home games, the first four against Charleston and the last four against Hagarstown. Bryce Harper, the No. 1 overall pick in last season's Major League draft, plays for Hagarstown.

    In 25 starts, Bushue was 7-8 with a 4.11 earned run average for the Legends last season.

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  • Local bowling team wins tourney
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