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

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Thinclads rewrite record books VARSITY TRACK SCORES Opp. Van. Opp. Van. Altamont Sec. Shelbyville First Highland Tie Salem Invitational Ninth Woodriver First Pana First Hillsboro First Greenville First Effingham Sec. County Meet First Pana Open - Conference Meet Sec. Taylorville First Litchfield Sec. With six returning lettermen and a little depth by the sopho- mores, Coach Robinson com- piled his best record in thirteen years. The Thinclads were only beaten by two conference teams in dual meets. Effingham beat them with quantity, and Litch- field beat them with quality. At the Conference meet, held at Vandalia, they took second place behind Litchfield. VARSITY TRACK TEAM: FRONT ROW: Scott McAllister, Frank Street, Gail Dugan, Andy Caldwell, Charley Frier, Joe McAlpin, Roger Schaller, Bob Culbertson, Tom Diekroeger, John Collier, Coach Robinson. BACK ROW, Stan Cuppy, Bill Hewitt, Jim Littleford, Terry Osborne, Jon Phillps, Ed Holman Randy Edwards, Stan Smith, Bob Bow- en, Bruce Miller, and Jeff Kidd. I t .- Q f . i Wm, Q if f ' iff ' , ' lu' . V , VV i e , VNV .,,, V V ' V' -f ,gig T ,.,f',, ,s' V T '::v fr . I 5 Q ' A 39' ' f u J ,V 5 ' ' . V' Vi' 1 js VA VV V ij I .it 2 rr ' W5 ' H VV V ' xxx VM ,f i f, I ' V- R' .. ,sgft-...M .,, 1,1 1 , .fw- ' ' fi W' H Q' D' I I , ,v V! 4 W., V-5 I . DX, A ' A f V' QQ: I firy I-Ti, ' I I' fu T ,., ' Q V,V .1 VV . ,,.,,., Wi. V V ' . . I' . I JJ , 63 ..., , .eit . is J, Q wt, ' Eli H W , VV., . E 1 ' V, ff as ra ' M K s H terrs , ., rfr 'tt Q ' f ,, 5 tie- I A 3 if V 1 .- ' I 5 , . . ,V V , V ,,, V ,LL A A 5' V' , I as I. -mu. if 4? .lui Roger Schaller Terry Osborne Jeff Kidd 880 YARD RELAY TEAM: STANDING, Two Mile 100 8: 220 High Jump Randy Edwards, Jim Littleford, Bob Culbert' son, Terry Osborne. 78

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Tennis team has tough season Inexperience afflicate the suc- cess of the i972 tennis team. Coach Bill LaDage went from an undefeated season to a season which held no victories. Despite the fact the team held a bad rec- ord, the boys did gain plenty of valuable experience for next year. lt was very unusual in- deed that no boy had played in a single tennis match before the '72 season. The entire team will be back to show what they learned during this season. Heading the team next year will be co-captions Lynnie Jones and Kevin Straub. followed by Ron Schaller, Cloyce Martin, Randy Shroyer, Steve Walton, Gary Blurton, and Mike Tessman. Better luck next year boys. 3 Q VARSITY TENNIS FRONT ROW: Steve Walton, Gary Blurton, Mike Tess- Ron Schaller, Cloyce Martin, Kevin man. Coach LaDage is not pictured, Straub, Lynnie Jones, Randy Shroyer, 77 S i Y I pkg, I , Cloyce Martin awaits his match eagerly .V sy Ron Schaller returns with a backhand. Kevin Straub is sold on concentration.

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VARSITY BASEBALL BACK ROW Tom VValtOn. MIDDLE ROVV2 Bruce ROW Phil CocaLY1C Tim Wllllfl Kim Coach Leidner Ken Roberts Scott Miller. Dennis Ehrat, Mike Reeter Izdgar Rick Depevt Dennis Pyle The Kringer Brad Etcheson Iohn Cearlock Dave Fogler, Gene Cearlock, FRONT lCdmCHCl6ClvlIl1 J W 9fLLOl'Ll The VCHS Varsity Baseball team started a rough season with rough workouts in the gym. Rough is the definition for this season. Nothing seemed to go right for the diamond men. When the team scored, the opposition scored more f when the pitcher held the opponents the guys just could not get their bats to rattle. With a 5-9 record the varsity team was lead by eight returning lettermen and backed by good juniors and sophomores. Coach Leidner has high hopes for next year's team. Bad weather, often resulting in calling off badly need- ed practices, plagued the team throughout the season. Pitcher Tim White was voted Most Valu- able Player. Tim's records includ- ed a batting average of 268, RBI f- 12, pitching record 3-5, and an ERA of 980. all team lacks potent offense 79