Sports

Record Year for track: Vikings break marks set as far back as 80 years

Tyler Bartz broke Howard Johnson's 80-year-old VS long jump record this year. As they celebrate last week’s win at the Wamac Conference meet (and the Wamac Coach of the Year Award for coach Aric Chvala), the Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team is preparing for t...

Wolf Creek Knights Rugby finishes regular season 12-0

The Wolf Creek Knights finished the regular season 12-0 with wins over Winterset 28-14, and Boone 35-0. The games were played on the road near Mason City.  Friday the Knights will play with an...

8th grade girls win Wamac West track meet; 7th graders 3rd

Vinton-Shellsburg hosted the Middle School girls Wamac West track meet on Friday in Vinton. The 8th graders won big, with 131 team points; Benton Community was 2nd with 95. In the 7th grade mee...

Vikettes set two school records; VS finishes 10th at Wamac

Lily & Grace Horst, Annika Schmidt and Bristi Gerber set school records at the Wamac meet. Led by a 2nd place finish by its 4 x 800M relay team, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team finished in 10th place at the Wamac Super Meet in Tiffin on Thursday.  The 4 X 800 team of Lily...

Wamac Champs! Viking boys win conference meet

Viking track team members celebrate with the Wamac Super Meet Trophy. The Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team won first place in Thursday's Wamac Conference Super Meet hosted by Clear Creek-Amana at Tiffin. The Vikings scored 99 team points; Mount Vernon was se...

Vikettes win dual at CPU; Tandy leads all golfers with 41

The Vikettes ended their dual season with a win at CPU. Senior Lauren Tandy led the V-S girls golf team to a dual victory at Center Point-Urbana on Tuesday. Coach's summary: May 3, 2016 Dual with Center Point-Urbana Wildcat Golf Cour...

Cummings, Noren, Bohnsack medal in West Divisional; Vikings 2nd

The Vikings shot a 159 Monday at Rolling Acres Golf Course to place second at the WaMaC West Divisional. Williamsburg placed first carding a 154. Other scores were: 3rd Marion 169, 4th Benton 172, ...

Senior Tandy wins Wamac West medal; Vikettes 2nd to Independence

Senior Lauren Tandy led all golfers as the V-S Vikettes hosted the Wamac West Divisional event at the Vinton Country Club. The Vikettes finished in 2nd place, 6 strokes behind Independence. Coa...

Vikings win at Center Point

The Viking went to Center Point-Urbana Friday to play in a Varsity and JV dual. The Vikings were led by medalist Tyler Stueck who carded a 38 and by runner-up medalist Austin Bohnsack recording a ...

Vikettes finish 3rd at home Invitational

LaDorshae Mull, center, won the 100M Dash; Sarah Schminke was 3rd for VS. Benton Community won the Vikette Invitational girls track meet in Vinton on Tuesday evening. V-S was third in team scoring. Vikette winners included: LaDorshae Mull: 100M Dash (12.95) a...