Sports

The Vandalia Vandals baseball team held its postseason awards banquet last Tuesday evening at Howie's on Main. Pictured above, from left to right, are: Matthew Wells, lowest ERA among pitchers, 3.37; Garrett Austin, Breakout Player of the Year; Cameron Gelsinger, Senior Award; Nathan Casey, co-MVP with .481 batting average, six home runs, 32 runs batted in and .978 fielding percentage, and Senior Award; Marcus Zimmerman, most runs scored (35) and Senior Award; Mitchell Casey, Rookie of the Year with .365 batting average, 17 runs batted in and 18 runs; and Garett McNary, Most Improved, co-MVP with .432 batting average, three home runs, 36 RBI and 23 runs, and Senior Award.