For some, summer officially begins with Memorial Day and for some it officially begins with the Vandals Summer Shootouts—that get underway this Thursday. 10 teams will be in town on Thursday and Friday for the first of the summer shootouts. Some of the area teams include Patoka, Dieterich, Raymond Lincolnwood and Staunton while some of the further travelers for this first shootout include Benton and Murphysboro. The summer shootout will get underway Thursday morning at 10 am, with most of the games at the High School and Junior High gymnasiums—the tourney phase of this first shootout will get underway about 12:30 in the afternoon on Friday.