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 State as the smallest 3A school attending and faced the Tigers from much larger Frankfort Hickory Creek Middle School. Vandalia was unable to keep up with the Tigers and suffered a loss in the state quarterfinals. This 2026 VJHS Vandals ends the season at 18-2-1 having made history as the first ever State Qualifier in program history and also as the winningest team in program history having surpassed the previous season win mark of 15.
The junior setter Koonce had big shoes to fill following the graduation of last year’s senior setters and had had a solid year but has really stepped things up during the Lady Eagles current 7-game win streak. During that time, Koonce is averaging just over 20 assists a match. She has had games of 21, 21, 14, 21, 20, 25 and 19 assists with her season high mark sitting at 28 assists in a match against Cisne on September 21. With her season average of 17.6 assists a match, Koonce is on pace to break the 500 assists in a season mark as the Lady Eagles have at least 10 matches to go in the season.
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