Today's Sports

A former all-state athlete and a charter member of the Vandalia Community High School Athletic Hall of Fame has died.

William “Beeb” Staff, 82, died last Friday at his home in Carbondale.

Staff – along with his brothers Jim and Floyd, and three other individuals and two teams – was inducted to the VCHS Hall of Fame in 1994, being remembered as one of the finest basketball players to play for the Vandals.

VANDALIA – It was only the first inning, but it was a significant turning point in the game.

After South Central scored five runs in the top of the first inning, Vandalia responded by loading the bases with the first three batters in the bottom of the frame.

Senior Kyle Bray recovered, however, striking out the next three hitters to end the inning and help propel the Cougars to an 11-3 victory.

KINMUNDY – The Cougars finished 1-1 at their own Wooden Bat Invitational on Saturday, defeating Casey-Westfield in game one and losing to North Clay in game two.

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KINMUNDY – South Central used a consistent offensive effort to back a complete game for Shawn Meyer to defeat Casey-Westfield in the opening game of the South Central Wooden Bat Invitational.

Those wood bats didn’t slow down the Cougars, who pounded out 11 hits in the 8-2 victory.

The Lady Rams went 2-1 to win their own invitational on Saturday.

Ramsey opened with a 5-2 win against Arthur-Lovington, and that proved to be the difference-maker, as the teams each finished the event at 2-1 and the game was used as the tie-breaker.

Senior Shaunna Rainey had two triples in the game and drove home two runs, and freshman Megan Kimberlin hit her first home run in the fourth inning.

Taylor Knisley, a senior, pitched seven strong innings to earn the win.