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 Eagles bounced back from that loss and have won their last five straight to get to their current 8-1 record. They are 2-0 in the National Trail Conference and 2-0 in Egyptian Illini Conference and will have three conference matches coming at them next week playing Ramsey, Dieterich and Windsor/Stew-Stras.
The Vandals’ Yarbrough had a strong week on both sides of the ball in a big win at Southwestern. On the offensive side, Yarbrough had one rush for 8 yards and 4 receptions for 47 yards. On the defensive side, Yarbrough had 4 solo tackles, 2 tackle assists and 2 tackles for loss of -5 yards. Yarbrough’s biggest play of the night came at the 9:28 mark of the 4th quarter with the Vandals leading just 19-7 and the Piasa Birds driving down the field and looking to get into the red zone. Yarbrough picked off a Southwestern pass at the 13 yard line and after cutting and getting some space along the sideline, took it 87 yards for an interception return touchdown to put Vandalia on top 26-7 and stop any Southwestern momentum late in the game.
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