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South Central wins opener; Vandals, BSE open with losses
South Central opened the spring baseball season with a win, and Vandalia and Brownstown/St. Elmo fell in their openers. South Central pounded out nine hits and took advantage of three Sullivan errors in its 15-5 win. The Vandals were unable to overcome an early deficit in their 8-4 loss to Father McGivney. Brownstown/St. Elmo was…
Read MoreVandals Basketball Awards
The Vandalia Vandals basketball team awards were handed out at the recent postseason banquet. From left to right are: Preston Nestrick, Rebound Award and third team all-conference; Andrew Kelly, Most Assists Award, Defense Award and Co-Most Improved Award; Reid Well, James Littleford Award, Most Valuable Player Award, Highest Free-Throw Percentage Award and first team…
Read MoreNine Vandals are all-conference wrestlers
As could be expected, the Vandalia Vandals dominated the South Central Conference all-conference wrestling team. There are nine Vandals among the 14 first-team selections. First-team selections were: 106 pounds – Vinny Moore, Litchfield 113 pounds – Alex Powell, Litchfield 120 pounds – Pierson Wilkerson, Vandalia 126 pounds – Braxton Kieffer, Litchfield 132 pounds – Dillon…
Read MoreVJHS wins state title in first year in IESA
In its first year of competition in the Illinois Elementary School Association, the Vandalia Junior High School wrestling team finished its season with a state championship. The Vandals, who had 13 wrestlers competing at the Class A State Finals, defeated the second-place finisher, Coal City (who had 14 state entries), by 14.5 points, 164-149.…
Read MoreOn to State: VJHS wrestlers win sectional, advance 13
In its first year of competing in the Illinois Elementary School Association, the Vandalia Junior High School wrestling team has advanced to the state tournament. The Vandals amassed 276 points, topping second-place Gibson City MS (229) by 47 points in the 18-team field. In winning the sectional tournament on Saturday at Auburn, the Vandals have…
Read MoreThree area players given All-NTC honors
Three area players have received National Trail Conference all-conference honors. Aidan Dodson of South Central was named to the first team, Adam Atwood of St. Elmo/Brownstown was named to the second team, and Jarrett Pasley of St. Elmo/Brownstown was named honorable mention. First team – Logan Fleener of North Clay (MVP), Austin Wittenberg of Windsor/Stew-Stras,…
Read MoreFive Vandals named all-conference
Five Vandals have received all-conference honors. On the boys side, South Central Conference honorees included Reid Well on the first team, Matthew Hagy on the second team and Preston Nestrick on the third team. Lady Vandals receiving All-SCC honors are Anna Forbes on the first team and Bella Austin on the second team. Boys First…
Read MoreSEB wins in first round of regionals; Vandals, Cougars eliminated
St. Elmo/Brownstown cruised past Patoka/Odin on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Nokomis Regional. With the win, the eighth-seeded Eagles advance to face the regional host, No. 4 Nokomis, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Vandalia saw its season come to an end with an overtime loss to SCC foe Litchfield on Saturday afternoon.…
Read MoreMacy Jones places third at bowling state
Vandalia Community High School freshman Macy Jones placed third at the IHSA Girls State Bowling Tournament over the weekend. Jones finished the tournament with 2,610 pins at the tournament, held at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford. Because there is just one class for girls bowling, Jones was competing against girls at all Illinois high schools.…
Read MoreThree wrestlers bring home medals
Three Vandalia wrestlers continued the Vandals’ tradition of bringing home medals from the IHSA Individual State Wrestling Tournament. Freshman Dillon Hinton brought home a fifth-place medal at 132 pounds. Senior Owen Miller placed fourth at 138 pounds. Senior Eric McKinney placed fourth at 160 pounds. Also competing at the individual state wrestling tournament last week…
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