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Murdock leads VS girls to state with 442 series at Regional contest

These bowlers will represent VS at the State meet on Monday: Brianna Lundvall, Taylor Berry, Erin Wood, Korey Murdock, Jillian White, Connie Upmeyer and Madison Ripple. By VS Bowling Coach Amb...

Berry ties for first; VS teams 2nd at WaMaC bowling contest

Taylor Berry, right, tied for first among WaMaC girls with a 440; Korey Murdock tied for 6th. Junior Taylor Berry rolled six strikes in the first of her two games, ending up with a 256/184/440 sco...

Vikings Weeks, Betterton earn trip State Wrestling Meet

Vinton-Shellsburg junior Carter Weeks (left) stalks an opponent on his way to a Sectional championship last week at LaPorte City. Saturday, Weeks finished second at 106 at the District meet at Decora...

VS Bowlers defeat Central DeWitt on Senior Night

By Amber Pattee We celebrated 4 seniors, Jordan Schoettmer, Josh staab, Keegan McKibben and Kailie Berry,last night at our last home meet of the season. It was a bitter sweet day for the team becau...

Varsity Boys Team defeats Waverly-Shell Rock; Berry leads Vikettes

The Vinton-ShellsburegVarsity Boys Bowling Team competed against undefeated Waverly Shell Rock at their home alley and stuck together to become victorious. After individual games, we were down by 10 p...

Officially a Wildcat: Viking senior Wiley signs with K-State

VS coach Jim Womochil and former Viking line coach Andrew May celebrated with Drew Wiley his signing with Kansas State on Wednesday. Drew Wiley made official on Wednesday morning, the first day of...

Yessak signs with Wartburg for track, cross country

Jane Hrabak earned 2nd place in the Novice division in the State Fair concrete painting contest with this tribute to Belle Plaine's Post 39. Parents Jason and Anita watch as Jordan Yessak signs his Letter of Intent for Wartburg, where he will be on the track and cross country teams. Vinton native Jordan Yessak has signed with Wartburg ...

Several Vikings wrestlers place 2nd at WaMaC tourney

Carter Weeks (106), Luke Radeke (120) and Kort Johnson (170) placed second in last weekend's WaMaC conference wrestling tournament, and several others earned team points. The Vikings will compete i...

Trophy Tour: Area residents continue Cubs World Series celebration

Aaron Henderson was among the Vinton natives who had a chance to pose for a photo with the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Trophy during its Iowa tour. Aaron Henderson was among the Vinton natives who had a chance to pose for a photo with the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Trophy during its Iowa tour. Ashley and Nate Hesson waited in line to see...

VS bowlers victorious again; boys set season team-high

Last night, the Vinton-Shellsburg High School bowlers competed against Waterloo Columbus and were victorious. Coach Amber Pattee provided the following summary: Below are the great scores we shot....