Sports

Tony Olson’s dream season continued Sunday night at Benton County Speedway. In just 35 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod starts in 2015, Olson earned his 18th feature win, his seventh on the Vinton quarter-mile. Kurt Hogan took the lead from Jake Salisbury following a lap one caution while Olson worked through the pack from a fifth row start.

For the past several years, the Iowa High School Athletic Association has used a 32-team football play-off, which allowed approximately one-half of the more than 20,000 players to be on a play-off team each season. But a review of scheduling issues and concern for athlete safety has motivated the IHSAA to change the play-off system for the 2016 season.

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Down 3-0 after five innings, the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team extended its season at least one more game by scoring once in the 6th inning and rallying for three runs in the 7th, when a walk-off single by catcher Aaron Henderson gave them a 4-3 win.    "I'm really proud of the guys on how they continued to believe they were going to win and performed their best when it mattered most," said Coach Jim Struve.

Iowa high school baseball teams begin their post-season this week. The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings will compete in the Class 3A, District 10 grouping, which includes Benton Community, South Tama and Union. The Vikings and Bobcats play at 5 p.m. on Friday; the Trojans and Knights play at around 7 p.m.  The winners will play for the district title at 7 p.

Click to view this week's standings.

The annual Viking Youth Football Camp begins Aug. 3, for players entering grades 1-8. VS coach Jim Womochil has shared the official registration form, with specifications and costs. Click HERE to see that form. 

[VIDEO] (Video courtesy of Brendan Turner, Aerial Advantage) J.D. Auringer raced his way into some rare company Sunday night at Benton County Speedway.  Auringer won the Hogan Memorial main event for Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds for the third time in his career, and joined Scott Hogan as the only two drivers to have now accomplished the feat in back-to-back years.

Vinton Country Club held the 2nd annual Firecracker Tournament over the Fourth of July weekend. The format was a 4-person best shot, 18-hole tournament. Teams played any time Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Tee times were not required and the tournament was open to the public. The results of the Firecracker Tournament were: Championship Flight 1st: Matt Martin, Mike Martin, Okee Walker, Olivia Walker 2nd: Shane Scott, Chris Boddicker, Shawn Voss, Will Ketchen 3rd: Brad Trask, Jason Boisen, Jodie Chalupa, Scott Fish First Flight 1st: Rick Murphy, Paula Murphy, Aaron Murphy, Brian Kipp 2nd: Chuck Peterson, Connie Peterson, Ted Mann, Jeanne Mann 3rd: Alan Woodhouse, Matt Woodhouse, Chad Siebels, David Jones Second Flight 1st: Ben Murphy, Mike Reifenstahl, Blake Henkle, Matt Howe 2nd: Okee Walker, Jr.

The 3rd annual V-S Alumni Softball game is scheduled for Saturday, August 8th at 6pm.   This game is a slow-pitch game for all Vinton-Shellsburg alumni softball players. Player fee is $20 and that includes your alumni t-shirt.   Cost at the Gate will be charged as $5 per adult and $3 per student. All proceeds go to the Vinton-Shellsburg softball program.