Sports

This EIU Indoor Invitational Meet had 59 teams from all classes (1A, 2A and 3A) competing in one class together. The girls competed on Friday and the boys on Saturday at Lantz Indoor Fieldhouse. Vandalia had just one top 5 finisher, coming from the girls side, as sophomore thrower Hannah Brown took fourth in the shot…

A night after defeating the No. 2 seed in the regional, the Vandalia Junior High seventh-graders lost to Pana, 26-28, 20-25, in the volleyball regional championship. Drew McDowell- 5 aces, 2 kills, 4 digs Piper Fickes- 4 aces, 2 digs Kennidee Yarbrough- 1 kill, 1 dig Briley Sefton- 2 aces, 3 kills Addey Cearlock- 1…

South Central Boys Basketball First Team JT Alexander, North Mac Ian Brantley, Southwestern Kaleb Gardner, Greenville Nathan Matoush, Hillsboro Victor McGill, Litchfield Tanner Robbins, Vandalia Second Team Cale Ackerman, Greenville Wade Brannon, Vandalia Ethan Hicks, Pana Keenan Powell, Litchfield AJ Odle, Litchfield Jace Stewart, Hillsboro Third Team Rocky Durr, Southwestern Nick Grull, Greenville Isiah Laux,…

  Twelve Vandalia Junior High School wrestlers will go to the mat this weekend to defend the school’s state title. The IESA state meet is being held on Friday and Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center. Wrestling for the Vandals are: • 65 pounds – Dayton Patterson, first place at sectional. • 70 pounds –…

The Vandalia Junior High School wrestling team will defend their state title after winning the IESA Vandalia Sectional on Saturday. Twelve Vandals will take to the mat as the Vandals compete in the IESA State Finals this weekend in DeKalb. The Vandals easily outdistanced second-place Gibson City Middle School, grabbing first place with a total…

TUESDAY NIGHT 2/13/2024 TEAM STANDINGS 1 IYA’S PURPLE STRIKERS 33-23 2 RICKEY’S WILDCATS 32-24 3 S & S URETHANE 31-25 4 MARIE’S GIRLS 16-40 TEAM SCRATCH GAME 633 S & S 612 MARIE’S 590 RICKEY’S TEAM SCRATCH SERIES 1724 MARIE’S 1658 S & S 1634 RICKEY’S INDIVIDUAL SCRATCH GAME 213 SUE WARDEN 180 KAILEY SASSE…

Vandalia Junior High School won a regional championship on Saturday. The Vandals totaled 425 points, 171 more than second-place finisher Jerseyville, and had 11 weight champions. Vandalia advanced to the sectional on Saturday in Vandalia. Dayton Patterson 1st Zander Pratt 1st Conrad Braun 2nd Kelby Knebel 3rd Riley Hinton 1st Aiden Evans 1st Hunter Berning…

  Vandalia junior Sophie Bowers rebounded from a year lost to injury in style, claiming a state championship in her first attempt. Bowers won four matches in Bloomington to become the first VCHS female wrestler to win an IHSA state title, claiming the championship with a 6-0 decision over Kinnley Smith of Canton. She is…