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

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TRACK The Vandalia boys tallied thirty-two points to take second place in the county track meet held at Brownstown this year. Some outstanding boys at the meet were Bill Staff, first in the one-hundred yard dash and two-hundred twenty yard dash, and Paul Thomas, first in the shot-put. At the track meet With St. Elmo Norman Bass broke the Vandalia High School record for the shot-put With a heave of forty-three feet eight and a half inches, thus bettering the old record by one foot and nine inches. Vandalia's strong arm team had four boysYNorman Bass, Paul Davidson, Bill Harner, and Paul Thomas-who could throw the shot over forty-one feet, which is a school record. Other outstanding performers of this year's track team Were the Staff brothers, lim and Bill, in the hurdles, Eddie Chappelear and Bob Blunt in the half mile run, Paul Davidson in the broad jump, Benton Kains and Bill Harner in the quarter mile, and Laverne Crawford and Paul Thomas in the high jump. Top Row: Coach Drenckpohl, R. Purnmill, L. Ellicott, W. Dale, D. Spencer, T. McAndrew, R. Withers, K. Caraker, B. Baldwin, L. Ewart, S. Carroll, Asst Coach Mills. Sitting: D. Hamby, B. Staff, L. Crawford, E. Steinhauer, P. Davidson, L. Taylor, P. Thomas, B. Hamer, B. Chandler, I. Staff, E. Chappelear, B. Kains. Bottom Row: R. Murphy, B. Blunt, B. Withers, S. Broughton, M. Beeter, D. Cox. 6402

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Basketball at V.C.H.c. As we look back upon the basketball season of 1947-48, we see our Vandals waging one of their most successful campaigns in recent years. Among their twentyfone victories out of a total of thirty-one games were wins over such fore midable teams as Clinton, Harrisburg, Free' port, and Springfield. ln addition to these suc cesses the Vandals finished second in the Mid- State Conference, and captured third place laurels in the Centralia Holiday Tourney. A major factor in the Vandal wins was the magnificent support provided by the local cage fans who journeyed over the highways in all weather conditions to see the boys put up a stiff fight against all competition. Leading the crowd in their cheering were four of the best cheerleaders that we have witnessed in action --A-Anna Lou Spinner, foyce Pumiiiill, lane Stomn baugh, and Billye Brooks. After the Vandals had captured the regional crown at St. Elmo by defeating a surprised Altamont five in the title game by the score of 4322, they were assigned to the Hillsboro sectional where they were pitted against a strong Pana team. Although the Vandals held the lead until the final minute of the first half, they cooled off on their shooting in the last part of the game and were defeated by the score of 5088. Ori March 22, following the conclusion of the basketball season, the basketball teaiii and the cheerleaders were honored at the yearly banquet sponsored by the Rotary and Lions clubs. At this time the free throw trophy was awarded to both lim and Bill Staff because their free throw percentages were the same, 44 39:9

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BASEBALL The Vandalia Vandals' baseball team ended the 1947 baseball season with a record unsurpassed by any other V.C'.H.S. team. Superior fielding, Thomas' fine pitching, and Iim Staff's home run in the final game at Greenville cinched an undefeated season for the Vandals. There were several exceptional individual records compiled during the season. Among these were Thomas' allowing the opposition only 18 hits and striking out 58 batters during the 42 innings he pitched. The fact that seven individuals completed the season with a batting average of over .300 is also an outstanding record. lndividual batting averages were as follows: B. Staff .......... ...,.. . 476 P. Thomas ............... .316 I. Staff ..,.,.... .... . 471 G. Stombaugh .... . . N214 T. McAndrew ..... .... . 369 B. Duff ..,...... . , .200 B. l-larner '.... . . ..... 350 D. Hamby .... .... . 176 B. Chandler ............. 333 I. McDaniel .....,........ .143 S. Carroll .........,..... .333 This year's team consisted completely of members from last years squad. These veterans won over the following: Farina 1 ............ V.C.H.S. 20 Farina 2 ....... ....... V ,C.H.S. 16 Mulberry Grove 0 .,... V.C.H.S. 7 Mulberry Grove 4 ...., V.C.H.S. 10 Greenville 3 .......... V.C.H.S. 8 Greenville 3 ........,. V.C.l-l.S. 4 Standing: Coach Drenckpohl, B. Chandler, B. Hamer, B. Thoman, D. Hamby, Mr. Mills. Second Row: P. Thomas, B. Duff. I. Kidd, S. Carroll, B. Staff. Third Row: R. Smith, T. McAndrew, I. McDaniel, I. Staff, G. Stombaugh. 441i