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Sports Changes for Thursday, August 29 — Updated 2:40pm
Vandalia Jr. High Softball at T-Town on Thursday has been CANCELED. Vandalia High School Soccer at Trenton Wesclin today is CANCELED. Vandalia and Ramsey High School Boys & Girls Golf at Vandalia for today is being RESCHEDULED to another date. Vandalia HS Freshman Football at the Greenville Jamboree is being...
Vandals host Pana tonight to open 2024 Football Season—Game on WKRV
The Vandals will open their 2024 football season tonight at home as they will host the Pana Panthers. This is the 4th straight year the two rivals have opened the season against one another. Vandals Coach Jason Clay says, outside of Quarterback, they are a pretty experienced offensive unit. And,...
SEB Beats Vandalia in Two Set Match
St. Elmo-Brownstown won their third match in a row, while Vandalia fell in their season opener as the Eagles topped the Vandals in two sets 25-17, 25-18 on Thursday night. St. Elmo-Brownstown is off to a 3-0 start to the season with the win and will have a week off before returning to action on Thursday, September 5 at South Central. Vandalia starts the season off at 0-1 and will have their home opener n Tuesday when they host Pana.
Football Comets Beat Staunton In Opener
The Greenville Comets started the 2024 football season with a home victory Friday night. The Comets defeated Staunton 36-7 in a South Central Conference contest. It was a rough start for the Comets with two turnovers, on an interception and a fumble, in the early minutes of the game. Staunton took advantage after the interception, scoring on a 3-yard run for a 7-0 lead with only a minute and 11 seconds played.
GHS football home opener set for Friday night
It will be the 67th season opener for Comet football on Friday night as they take on Staunton at Don Stout Field. Greenville returns a good deal of their offensive skill players from last year’s undefeated South Central Conference champions. However the Comets graduated a great deal of their linemen from a season ago.
Lady Vandals Tennis Falls to Greenville
The Lady Vandals hosted the Greenville Comets on Thursday afternoon. The Comets took the meet 6-3. However, the Lady Vandals had lots of firsts as Kaylee Tompkins got her first singles win at the #3 spot, 6-4, 6-1, freshman Bella Walk got her first singles victory 6-4, 4-6, 10-4, and followed it up with a doubles win with Carlie Graumenz, 8-4, in No. 2 doubles. The Lady Vandals will be back in action at Staunton on Thursday, September 5. Vandalia – 3, Greenville – 6 Singles: No. 1 – Eden Kapp, Greenville def. Carlie Graumenz, Vandalia, 6-4 , 7-6 No....
Aces drop first two baseball games
The fall season for the Mulberry Grove Aces got off to a rough start as they squared off with perennial state-ranked squads in Effingham (St. Anthony) and Farina (South Central). St. A loss. MG opened up on August 21 with a 14-2 home loss in five innings to St. Anthony.
Robart takes over as GHS cross country coach
Logan Robart, a 2015 Greenville High School graduate, has officially been hired as the new boys and girls cross country coach at his alma mater for this fall. He replaces last season’s coach Ruth Hanebrink for the Comets. “It’s been a little bit of a whirlwind but it’s good,...
Patrick’s No Hitter Leads Selmaville Over Raccoon….SC Lady Falcons Improve To 10-2 With Win Over Patoka….Field 7-4 After Big Win Over Casey Middle School
Patrick’s No Hitter Leads Selmaville Over Raccoon. The Selmaville Lady Rockets earned their 12th win of the season. Allie Patrick recorded her 7th win by no hitting Raccoon. She struck out 9 and walked just 2. The Lady Rocket hitters also received 14 walks and 4 hit by pitches. Selmaville is 12-3 on the year. Patrick is 7-1 with 3 saves. They return to action Tuesday when they host Carlyle.
Comets soccer has 16 upperclassmen for 2024 season
When we last saw the Greenville High School Comets boys soccer team, they had just fallen in a regional championship shootout to eventual sectional finalist Teutopolis. While the ending a season ago was disappointing for Comet fans the squad still compiled a 13-9 overall record including a 6-2 SCC record which put them in third place in the conference behind conference champion Litchfield and runner-up Hillsboro.
Panther men’s soccer looks for another postseason berth
While the end of last season wasn’t perhaps the way the Greenville University men’s soccer team wanted it, a SLIAC championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III tourney certainly was a great way to finish the season. GU went 11-8-4 last year but found themselves at...
BSE Held to One Run in Loss to Wayne City
Brownstown-St. Elmo baseball gave up six runs in the fourth inning and was held to a single run as they fell to Wayne City 12-1 at home on Thursday. Wayne City took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, adding on another three in the third inning for a 4-0 lead over the Bombers. A six-run fourth inning would further boost the Wayne Coty lead as BSE found themselves in a 10-0 hole. Another two runs in the fifth inning made it a 12-0 ballgame before the Bombers were able to put their first and only run on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning. That run was not enough to extend the game as BSE fell 12-1 in five innings. The Bombers are now 2-2 on the season and are right back in action at home today as they welcome South Central to Bob Page Field.
Lady Comets tennis season gets underway
The Greenville High School girls tennis squad got their season start on Saturday at the annual Andy Simpson Doubles Invite in the Alton Riverbend area. Due to the forecasted heat and heat indexes, the tournament ended at noon for most of the doubles teams after getting in their opening two matches.
Lady Comets golf season underway
After only being able to have a few girls compete in the past few years for the Lady Comets golf program, this year five girls are out for golf at Greenville High School which will allow them to register a team score at their events. Their last match was on...
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