The Community R-VI School District celebrated its athletes and coaches with its annual Athletic Banquet held on Friday, May 10. Senior Justin Durham was this year’s recipient of the Mr. Trojan Award while Paige Curtis won the Lady Trojan Award. The Sandra Schutte Award was given to Sean Wilson and Amelia Knipfel. The George M. Dameron Award was given to Paige Harris and Cameron Foreman. This year’s Booster Club Award
Entering their final regular season game of the season without a victory, Van-Far’s seniors made sure they went out with a victory after defeating Madison 7-6 in extra innings. Ethan Gooch picked up the win on the mound in relief after tossing the final two innings and allowing no runs. Lucas Robinson started the game, tossing six innings while allowing four earned runs. “Was nice to win,” said Van-Far head
Community R-VI’s three track and field sectional qualifiers each scored team points but were unable to advance past last weekend sectional meet held Saturday, May 11 at Principia High School. In the boys long jump, seniors Nick Jensen and Cameron Foreman each made a push for a top-four state qualifying finish. Jensen took fifth after leaping 19’5.5”. Foreman finished sixth to help the Trojans score seven total team points. He
Four Community R-VI players earned EMO All-Conference honors after coaches recently made their first and second team selections. Sophomore Clay Thebeau was named to the first-team in the outfield while junior Kaleb Harris was named as a utility first-team player. Seniors Justin Durham and Jacob Eastwood both earned second team honors. No Van-Far players received conference honors First-Team Pitcher-Austin Meine, Wright City; Justin Murphy, North Callaway; Tyler Tuepker, Wright City
Three Community R-VI track and field athletes advanced to sectionals this past weekend after earning top-four finishes at the Class 1, District 1 at Principia High School. Emmalee McCoskey placed third in the high jump after clearing 4’4”. Nick Jensen finished third with a leap of 18’1.5” and Cameron Foreman took fourth with a leap of 18’.50” in the long jump. “I am extremely proud of all my athletes and
None of the four area golfers were able to advance to the Class 1 state championships after competing in the Class 1, Section 2 match held at Heritage Hills Golf Course. All three Community R-VI golfers were unable to qualify for state. Caleb Bertels missed advancing by just one spot in the standings. He was two strokes from qualifying after shooting a 96. Sean Wilson finished the 18-hole course with
The Community R-VI Trojans baseball team played their way into a No. 2 seed in districts this past week after winning four of their five games. Their stretch included two big wins over EMO Conference foes Bowling Green and Silex in a Monday night doubleheader. The Trojans started by knocking off the host Bobcats 4-3 behind a solid pitching performance from Jacob Eastwood. Eastwood tossed a complete game and struck
Before press time, the Community R-VI golf team had three golfers earn all-district honors while team finished third in the Class 1, District 3 meet held Monday, August 29 at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton. The Trojans beat Father Tolton, Glasgow, Harrisburg, New Bloomfield, Paris, Sturgeon, and Van-Far. Louisiana won the district title with a 333 while Fayette also qualified with a 394. Caleb Bertels led the Trojans after shooting
Van-Far’s Brandon Otis continued the season for another week after he earned all-district honors in the Class 1, District 3 meet held Monday, April 29 at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton. Otis shot a 102 to finish in a tie for 14th place. Louisiana’s Dylan Smith won the district title with an 82. Van-Far finished ninth out of 10 teams with a 605. Louisiana won the district title with a
The Community R-VI School District celebrated its athletes and coaches with its
Entering their final regular season game of the season without a victory,
After nearly 25 years of serving in the Vandalia Police Department, Elsie
The Van-Far Teachers Association (VFTA) held a Retirement Tea on Monday, May
The Community R-VI School District celebrated its athletes and coaches with its
Entering their final regular season game of the season without a victory,
On May 17-18, the V.F.W. Auxillary Post No. 2173 will be passing
The VFW Post No. 2173 will be hosting their Annual Memorial Day