Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of November 7 is the Altamont Cross Country freshman Reagan Winter. Winter became Altamont cross country's first state qualifier since 2012 and the first female qualifier for the school since 2010. Winter finished in 13th place at the Lake Land 1A Sectional hosted by Cumber...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of October 31 is the South Central Lady Cougars volleyball team. The Lady Cougars have been a dominant team since September 24 going 14-2 in that time frame culminating in a run through the Oblong 1A Regional this week that saw South Central get three straight clean sweep w...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of October 24 are the Vandalia 5th and 7th Grade JFL teams. The Vandalia 5th Grade JFL team became the first ever South Central Conference Junior Football League "Super Bowl" Champions last weekend with a 12-0 win over Hillsboro. The Vandalia 7th Grade JFL team ma...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of October 17 is Vandalia girls tennis player Emma Bauer. Bauer, a junior exchange student for the Lady Vandals, is making the most of her time in Vandalia seeing a good amount of success on the tennis courts. Bauer has played in the #1 Singles spot for most of the season, ...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of October 10 is Vandalia football senior quarterback Qwentyn Stombaugh. Stombaugh, the senior quarterback, continues to rewrite history for the Vandals having broken two more records in the last two weeks. In the October 2 game at Staunton, Stombaugh racked up a combined 3...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of October 3 are the Vandalia Jr. High Baseball team and SEB volleyball setter Addison Koonce The VJHS baseball team beat Mt. Zion 9-4 in the IESA 3A Mt. Zion Sectional to make it to the State Tournament for the first time in program history. The Vandals made the trip to St...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of September 26 are Vandalia football quarterback Qwentyn Stombaugh, the Vandalia Jr. High Baseball team, the Altamont Lutheran Interparish School baseball team and CHBC volleyball middle hitter/blocker Allison Shields. Vandalia quarterback Stombaugh overcame a rough go at ...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of September 19 are the Vandalia Jr. High softball team, the South Central Middle School softball team and SEB volleyball junior Peyton Barker. Vandalia Jr. High softball claimed the first ever Regional Championship in program history when they beat the home team Meridian H...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of September 12 are the SEB Lady Eagles volleyball team and Vandalia football senior Cole Yarbrough. The SEB Lady Eagles are off to an 8-1 start this season. After winning their first three matches, SEB's one loss came to 14-0-1 Nokomis in a tight two set battle. The Lady E...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of September 5 are Vandalia soccer senior Nic Jackson, South Central baseball sophomore Aiden Strobel and Vandalia senior quarterback Qwentyn Stombaugh. Vandalia soccer picked up its first win of the season on Wednesday and did so on the back of senior Nic Jackson who bust ...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of August 29 is the Altamont Indians soccer team. Altamont soccer had a busy week and made sure it was also a big week as they went 3-1 to open the season including going 3-0 in the first annual Altamont Tournament. After a tough loss to open the season to Hillsboro, the In...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of August 22 are Vandalia football senior quarterback Qwentyn Stombaugh, the Vandalia Jr. High Baseball team and the Vandalia Jr. High Softball team. VCHS quarterback Qwentyn Stombaugh ran for three touchdowns, threw for three more and also connected a pass for a 2-point c...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of May 23 is the South Central softball team. The South Central Lady Cougars captured their fifth straight Regional Championship on Friday evening and did so in dominating fashion, beating Hutsonville-Palestine 10-0 at Webster Park. The Lady Cougars had five players with m...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of May 16 are Vandalia track and field's Hannah Brown and Altamont track and field's Kara Bauer and Baileigh Starnes. Vandalia senior thrower Hannah Brown has qualified for the IHSA 1A State Track Meet for the fourth straight year after taking the top spot in the Shot Put ...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of May 9 are Altamont softball's Haley Arend and Vandalia baseball's Andrew Casey. Arend, a sophomore outfielder for the Lady Indians, had probably her best offensive series of three games on the season this last week going 5 for 7 at the plate. Her best game came in an 11...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of May 2 are Vandalia track senior Kohnor Depew and Altamont track senior Jacob Veteto. Depew has already solidified his spot in the VCHS track record books with his name on four records but has further raised the bar on his individual records in two sprint events. In his ...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of April 25 are the SEB softball freshman Kadence Speagle, Altamont baseball senior Kade Milleville Vandalia softball sophomore Bella Walk and Vandalia baseball sophomore Drew Jones. Speagle put together a solid week at the plate for the Lady Eagles especially on Wednesday...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of April 18 are the Altamont High School baseball team and Ramsey freshman pitcher Anna Benhoff. The Altamont baseball team has went 7-1 in the last two weeks and are on a big 7-game winning streak. During the win streak, the Indians pitching staff has tossed five shutouts...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of March 28 are Vandalia baseball senior centerfielder Kohnor Depew and South Central softball pitcher Maddie Peddicord and freshman first baseman/catcher Emmie Ruholl. Depew had a very strong week for the Vandals during their 3-0 run with wins against Hillsboro, Greenvill...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of March 21 are Brownstown St. Elmo junior basketball players Dayana Haslett and Madi Miller, Altamont senior basketball player Kade Milleville and South Central softball senior pitcher Lauren Johnson. Three of the area's top basketball players saw the accolades come rolli...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of March 14 is the Vandalia Jr. Wrestling Club. For the past three and a half months, the athletes who make up the Vandalia Jr. Wrestling Club have been competing all across the state in the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation with older kids in grades 6-8 focusing on compet...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of March 7 is the Vandalia High School Wrestling team. Three weeks after the Vandals earned their trip the Dual Team State Tournament in Bloomington, they stormed into the quarterfinals and grabbed a 44-26 win over Chicago Hope Academy to advance to the semifinals and guara...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of February 22 are Vandalia wrestlers Dade Kleinik, Ross Miller, Preston Waughtel, Max Philpot and Dillon Hinton. The Vandals had 5 athletes reach the podium at the IHSA 1A Individual Wrestling State Finals with three of them capturing Championships. Dade Kleinik is a first...

Our Pro Wire Athlete of the Week for the week of February 7 is BSE girls basketball guard Dayana Haslett. Haslett, a junior for the Lady Bombers, became the all-time leading scorer in BSE girls basketball program history, surpassing 2020 graduate Claire (Wilhour) Warchol at the top of the list. With 4:46 left to go in ...

Our Pro Wire Athletes of the Week for the week of January 31 is the Vandalia Jr. High Seventh Grade Boys Basketball Team. The 7th Grade Jr. Vandals picked up a 56-47 win over East St. Louis Lincoln on Wednesday to capture the Litchfield 7-3A Sectional Championship. The win earned the Vandals a trip to the IESA 7-3A Sta...