Vandalia Community High School - Vandalois Yearbook (Vandalia, IL)

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'Floydikd' Track With the Annual going to press before track season, we will venture to say that this year's track team will carry on the winning tradition of V. C. H. S. There are several letter men returning from last year, including Floyd Staff, Paul Branham, Iohn Lester, Bob Chandler, Paul Thomas, Bill Harner, Kenny Blunt, Wayne Deal, Don Brown, Iimmy Staff, and Mendell Bone. The track team of last year won the county meet between Browns- town, St. Elmo, and Vandalia. - They also won second place in the conference meet held at Taylorville, with Taylorville getting first. Other teams in the meet were Kincaid, Pana, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Shelbyville, Greenville, and Nokomis. This conference is known as the Mid-State Conference. 1stRow: C. Boyer, E. Chappelear, D, Burrus, E. Icnes, B. Smith, T. McAndrews, I. Metzger, P. Branham, K. Blunt, D. Brow ' it , 2nd Row: P. Thomas, W. Deal, I. tir, B. Lester, N. Bass, I. Staff, B. Chandler, F. Stall, B. Hamer. K Baseball The Vandals' baseball team ended the 1945 baseball season with a perfect record. They had four wins, two ties, and the last four games, from September 18 to October 3, were rained out. Floyd Gene Staff, with the aid of his brother catcher, lim, pitched two no-run, no-hit games while turning in other feats such as, allowing the opposition only two runs and five hits in six games and striking out 101 batters in 44 innings. The scores Were: Vandalia 21, Kinmundy lg Vandalia 8, Mulberry Grove U, Vandalia U, Kinmundy Og Vandalia 5, Altamont U, Vandalia 3, Farina Og Van- dalia 1, Brownstown l. lst Row: B. Stall, P. Branham, B. Mclwlealy, F. Staff, I. Staff, P. Davidson. 2nd Row: B. Duff, B. Hamer, P. Thomas, B. Graham, G. Stombaugh. 3rd Row: B. Blunt, Coach Vernon Drenchpohl. NAS. . The National Athletic Scholastic Society is composed of boys of high schools throughout the country who have earned a letter in varsity sports. To be a member -of this organization, a boy must have a scholastic rating above that of the school average. As this is a national organization, it is an honor to be a member. Norman Bass, Bob Chandler, Don Brown, Wayne Deal, Durwood Stringer, and Paul Thomas were the new members this year. Other members from previous years are Bob Graham, Paul Branham, Floyd Staff, Kenny Blunt, and Bill McNealy. , Lg? Front How: W. Deal, P. Thomas, B. Chandler, B. McNea1y, N. Bass. Buck Row: D. Brown, P. Branham, B. Graham, F. Staff, D. Stringer, K. Blunt. G4Ub '

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Basketball The 1945-46 basketball team enjoyed a very successful season, Winning 23 while losing only 6 games during the regular season. The team Won the first place consolation trophy at the Centralia Holiday Tournament. This year's team is composed of six seniors who will be hard to replace. Four of the boys have been playing together for five years and will end their basketball career this year. Although small, these boys make up for their lack of size in speed and their ability to hit the basket. The highlights of the season were our two victories over Centralia, consolation prize at the Centralia Holiday Tournament, and our victory over Collinsville. BASKETBALL SCORES . We They Place Sandoval .... , , 41 31 Here Farina .,,.. . . 68 43 There Pana ......,. . . 38 25 There Collinsville . . . . 36 28 Here Effingham . . . . . 32 31 There Hillsboro .... . . 43 21 Here Champaign .... . . 43 46 There Litchfield ,,.. . . 36 30 There Centralia .... . . 42 38 There Paris ...... . . 44 51 There Pana ................. 47 31 Here Hillsboro ..,......,... 38 30 There CENTRALIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT Anna lonesboro ...... 27 29 Olney .......,. . . 40 35 DuQuoin .... . . 43 38 Marion .... . . 46 36 Taylorville . There Nokomis .... . . , Here Effingham . Here Gillespie . . . . . . Here Shelbyville There Centralia ..... . . . Here Greenville .,.. . . . Here Mattoon . . . There Greenville .... . . . There Litchfield . . . . . . Here Kincaid . . . There Collinsville There Kincaid . , . Here REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT ST. ELMO Beecher City .......... 70 42 Brownstown .,....,... 42 28 Altamont ............. 44 31 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AT HILLSBORO Pana ......,,......... 32 47 Second quad lst Row: Manager, R. Yarbrough, D. Voris, B. Baldwin, R. Cheshier, D. Cox, K. Caraker, B. Duff, L. Taylor, S. Broughton, Coach V. Drenckpohl. 2nd Row: L. Ellicott, R. Smith, K. Taylor, B. Stall, M. Ritter, I. Greer, L. Ewart, E. Tessman, W. Dale, R. Dale, S. Smith. 44389