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Four Lady Eagles All Conference
The
Odin Lady Eagles softball team have been enjoying a good season due in
part to four players above who have been recognized with All-Conference
honors in the Egyptian Illini. Pictured L-R: Kelly Dagg-Second Team
All Conference, Stephanie Hodge and Amanda Burleyson-Honorable Mention,
and Mallorie Love-First Team All Conference. Love has struck out 216
batters in 120 innings pitched. She was also voted the MVP on the
Midland Trail Conference compiling an ERA of 2.49 through 19 games
pitched. The photo above was taken during the Egyptian Illini
Conference Tournament. The Lady Eagles are 12-7 overall. They are 6-1
in the Midland Trail Conference and 1-2 in the Egyptian Illini
Conference and finished in second place in the EI Conference
Tournament. Odin is one of the few area teams that participate in two
different athletic conferences.
Cross Runs Career Best Race
Caleb
Cross appears to be peaking at the right time. The MVTHS junior ran a
career best in the 1600 meter run at the Collinsville Invitational to
finish third overall with a time of 4:34.4 which is 10 seconds faster
than his best time this year and four seconds faster than his time in
the Sectional last year. It comes at a time when the season winds down
towards the conference meet next week. There were 22 teams that
competed at Collinsville. The Rams finished 14th overall. Cahokia was
the team champion. Other notable performances for Mt. Vernon included
Campbell Walters taking fourth in the 3200 meter run, Chicken Stuckey
was fifth in the long jump, and Chandler Kirsch was fifth in the high
jump. Sean Wiegel made the finals in both the shot put and the discus
but tweaked his back and bowed out to avoid injury. Photo courtesy of
Brian Lee
O'Fallon Captures Ram Relays
The
O'Fallon Panthers ran away with the Ram Relays scoring 239 points to
lead the field. Other team scores include Salem 152, Mt Vernon 112,
Marion 84, Centralia 72, and Carbondale 42.
Kirsch Clears Personal Best At 6'4"
Chandler
Kirsch of Mt Vernon cleared the bar at 6'4" for a new personal best
height in the high jump event during a rain-shortened track meet at
Marion. Fellow teammate Sean Weigel set a personal best mark in the
discus throw by tossing it 139' 4" in the same meet. Both competitors
are Juniors on the Rams track team.
Althoff Prevails Over The Rams
Josh
Sears of the Mt Vernon Rams leads off from first base as he carefully
watches Kyle Witte of Belleville Althoff prepare to fire a pitch
towards the plate during the sixth inning of their South-7 Conference
baseball game at Brennan Klein Field. Sears would reach third base in
the inning, but was stranded as the Rams fell to the Crusaders 4-1.
Witte threw a 4-hitter for Althoff and struck out eleven Mount Vernon
batters. The Rams are now 10-8 overall (4-2 in the conference) and
they will battle Marion next week. Photo by Randy Olson
Orphans vs Rams Alumni Game
It
was a fun night of alumni basketball and silent auction bidding at
Changnon Gym Saturday night in an effort to raise money for Project
Graduation, a drug-free and alcohol-free celebration for graduating
seniors at MVTHS. Eight former Centralia Orphan players and ten former
Mt. Vernon Ram players took the floor and played full court basketball
for 40 minutes (four 10-minute quarters). The Orphan alumni won the
game 94-90. They were led by Matt Shaw with 30 points and Caleb Edson
with 21. The Ram alumni were led in scoring by Glendale Moore with 21
and Brian Gamber with 16. Other players participating from Centralia
included Lance Marcum, Anthony Jones, Reid Shipley, Chad Knolhoff,
Andrew Walton, and Blake Freels. Other alumni players from Mount
Vernon included Scott Gamber, Doug Creel, Jared Sledge, Travis Irwin,
Cory McGee, Eric Hawthorne, Tommy Hayes, and David Spann. You can watch
the game in our Broadcast Archives. Photo by Randy Olson
Campbell Breaks School Record
During Lady Rams Quad Meet
On
a day set aside to honor the Senior Lady Ram track athletes, the Mt.
Vernon Girls Track Team placed first in their home quadrangular meet
with Nashville, Herrin, and Pinckneyville while watching one of their
own break a school record. Shelby Campbell broke the Lady Rams record in the discus throw. Read the complete story and results. Photo by Jacob Boone-AreaSports.net
Rend Lake Signs E.J. Randolph
E.J.
Randolph has always dreamed of playing college basketball since he was
a young fifth grade student. That dream will become reality for
Randolph after he inked a letter of intent to play college basketball
for coach Tim Wills at Rend Lake College. He will join two other
former Mt. Vernon Ram players on the Warriors, as Brian Gamber and
Glendale Moore both have one more year of eligibility at the Ina
campus. Randolph was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Mount
Vernon Rams this season and was named the MVP of the South-7
Conference. You can see and hear comments from Randolph in our yellow
TV screen at left. Photo by Jacob Boone-AreaSports.net
Orphan & Ram Players
Team Up For All-Star Victory
Carlton
Westbrook of Centralia (center) teamed up with E.J. Randolph and
Truvanty Badger of Mt. Vernon to lead the dark squad to a 128-98
victory over the light squad in the 21st Annual All-Star Basketball
Classic in Carbondale on Saturday night. Westbrook was named the MVP
of the game, netting 31 points. He also won the slam dunk contest
against seven other competitors. Randolph tallied 11 points and Badger
pumped in 17 points, including 4 straight three-pointers in four trips
down the floor during the second half. The dark team was coached by
former Centralia Orphan and SIU Saluki player, Matt Shaw. The annual
event is organized by Wendell Wheeler, who started the all-star game 21
years ago when he was at Patoka High School. You can see video
highlights and interviews from the game, including the slam dunk
contest during Episode #84 of "The Sports Couch." Photo by Randy Olson. You can also see additional photos from the event including a team shot of every player--just click here for photos.
Capps Continues To Improve
Sophomore
Joe Capps of Mt. Vernon ran a personal best time of 53.6 in the 400
meter dash during a nonscored quad meet at Centralia that also included
Carbondale and Marion. Capps was injured virtually all of last year.
The Centralia Orphan Relays will be held this Saturday. Photo courtesy
of Brian Lee
Lady Rams Edge Albion 5-4
Lexi
Cremeens pitched five innings of outstanding relief for Mount Vernon
during their 5-4 victory over Albion-Edwards County at Quality Time
Field. Hannah Weber homerd and doubled at the plate. The Lady Rams
improved to 6-2 on the season and are scheduled to play at Carmi on
Tuesday and host Marion on Thursday. Photo by Randy Olson
New Kaskaskia Soccer Recruits
Mallory
Johnston and Aynsley Murphy will be playing soccer beyond their high
school days at Mount Vernon. They have both committed to play soccer
next season at Kaskaskia College and be a part of the Blue Angels first
girls soccer team under coach Joe Basch. Johnston is also expected to
play basketball at KC for coach Zach Loll. Both girls received high
praise from their high school coach, Steve Harrison.
New RLC Hall Of Fame Members
Tim
Koch and Eric Baker were recently recognized with induction into the
Rend Lake College Hall of Fame as members of the 2001 National Champion
cross-country team at Rend Lake, which was coached by Brent McLain.
Individual inductees honored this year include former coach and
long-time fitness guru Wayne Arnold and former RLC golfer Elizabeth
Casey. You can see video coverage and interviews with Koch, Baker,
McLain, and Arnold, as well as Hall of Famer Mike McClure on Episode
#79 of "The Sports Couch" from a week ago. The show is viewable
anytime "on-demand" in our Broadcast Archives.
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