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

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VAR ITY l 1. L XCTIO Standing: Coach Drenckpohl, Bill Staff, Paul Davidson, Bill Harrier, Paul Thomas Dale llamhy, Bob Chandler, lim Staff, lchn Lester, Miller Reeler, Assistant Coach Mills Sitiing: Norman Bass, Manager.

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Second Basketball Squad Farina Sandoval Nokomis . Champaign Hillsboro . Pana .... Litchfield . Centralia . Greenville Paris .... Pana .... Springfield Taylorville Gillespie . Second Row: L. Ellicott, N. Hagy, L. Ewart, R. Voris, B. Baldwin, B. Cox, K. Caraker, L. Taylor, E. Steinhauer, B. Duff, l. Metzger, S. Smith. First Row: W. Dale, E. Chappelear, B. Withers, S. Braughton, M. Reeter, D. Hamby, R. Withers, C. Carrol, B. Blunt, K. Taylor. The l948-47 Vandals have completed another season of rough and hard fought basketball. The Vandals played twenty-nine games during the season and have a percentage of .448. ln eight or more of the games played, the Vandals lost by six or less points. The Vandals entered the St. Elmo Regional with high hopes of winning but were defeated by Altamont's strong five. The scoring department was led by lim Staff, followed by Paul Thomas, lohn Lester, and Bob Chandler. lohn Lester led the free throw department with a .708 average. The Vandals will have six of the regular team back next yearg Lester, Davidson, and Blunt graduate in lune. The basketball banquet, sponsored by the Lions and Rotarians, was held on March 25. The guest speaker was Mr. Howard V. Millard, the sports editor on the Decatur Herald. On behalf of the Vandalois and the School, we wish Coach Drenckpohl and next year's Vandalia team the best of luck. BASKETBALL SCORES We They Place Shelbyville . . . .... 48 38 Here , . . . . 3l 27 Here Centralia . . . . 29 38 Here . . . . . . 29 24 There Greenville . . . . . . . 80 50 Here . . . . . . . . 87 34 There Mattoon . , . . . . . 40 45 Here . . . . . . 25 52 Here Litchfield ..... .... 3 7 41 Here . . . . . . 30 l8 There Effingham .... . , . 54 43 There . . . . . 25 27 Here Kincaid .... .... 3 2 41 There . . . . . 40 48 There Clinton .................. 38 37 Here . , . . . 29 45 There Effingham ........ ..,. 5 7 39 Here .. .. . 49 37 There CENTRALIA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT . . . . . 40 48 Here Alton .................. . 49 38 . . . . . . 32 4l There Centralia ............ , . . 31 41 . . . , . 27 35 There REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT ST. ELMO . . . . . 45 47 There Coffeen ............... , 74 3l , . . . , 33 34 There Brownstown .......... . 83 33 . . . . . 4l 28 Here Altamont . . . . . , 35 37 Hillsboro

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CROSS COUNTRY B. Blunt, C. Graf, G. Bone, C. Carruthers, S. Braughton. L. Ellicott, Ewart, B Row Two: M. Reeter, D. Cox, K. Caraker, D. Voris, E. Steinhauer, C. Carruthers, B. Stringer, E. Tessman, L. Taylor. Row One: D. Brown, I. Lester, P. Thomas, I. Staff, B. garner, B. Chandler, R. Yarbrough, P. Davidson, F. taft. l TRACK A D CROS COUNTRY With the Annual going to press before the track season gets underway, we cannot esti- mate how successful this years team will be. Beturning lettermen are Paul Davidson, Bill Harner, fohn Lester, Paul Thomas, Bob Chand- ler, lim Staff, Ernie Tessman and Cloide Car- ruthers. However, we will give you a brief summary of the success of last years team. The Vandals won second place in the coun- ty meet between Brownstown, St. Elmo, and Vandalia. They also participated in the Mid- Q54b State Conference meet held at Taylorville. Teams in the meet were Kincaid, Hillsboro, Pana, Litchfield, Nokomis, Greenville, Taylor- ville, Shelbyville, and Vandalia. Vandalia won the relay trophy. A new sport which was introduced at V.C.H.S. this year was crosscountry running. This years team consisting of Gene Bone, Stanley Braughton, Bob Blunt, Cloide Carruth- ers, and Carl Graf competed in the meet held at Belleville in which Gene Bone took ninth place.