Sports
Jr./Sr. League/Zippy Midgets wrap up season with Total Pin Tourney
This year the Jr/Sr league bowlers wrapped up their season with Boy/Girl Total Pin tournament. The kids bowled three games and after they added in their handicap the bowler with the highest score w... V-S United Special Olympians bring home many medals from Winter Games
The Vinton-Shellsburg United Special Olympics basketball program put on a strong performance Saturday at the 2015 Iowa Winter Games the University of Iowa Fieldhouse in Iowa City.
I... VS wrestlers and coach place in Corn Cob Nationals event
Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers, and even a couple of their coaches, competed in the Corn Cob Nationals at the Iowa State Fairgrounds this past weekend.
Among the first place winners were Viki... Vinton Aquatic Club Divers earn top honors; swimmers do well in meet
Members of the Vinton Aquatic Club have done well in the Senior Short Course Swimming Championship and very well in the 2015 Iowa Junior Spring Diving Championship events.
On Feb. 19-22, three ...
MVP: VSHS student Tyler Stueck earns winter pool league top honor
The Automatic Amusement Sunday's winter pool league wrap up was held on Sunday March 8th at The Ozone Bar and Grill in Urbana. The league consisted of 10 teams made up of 3 individua... Vikettes begin season with good showing at Dickinson Relays
The Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team began its season at the Dickinson Relays at UNI, where dozens of other schools of all sizes competed.
Coach Heather Kalous was very pleased with the Viket...
Vote now: Viking bowler Nick Stein among KCRG Athlete of the Week nominees
Nick Stein (The V-S Senior Bowler who placed 4th at State and was on the State Runner-up bowling team) is one of three finalists for the KCRG “Athlete of the week”.
Voting will conti... Dinderman, Jordan earn Wamac honorable mention
Senior Derek Dinderman and junior Jordan Womochil earned honorable mention on the Wamac West Conference All-Conference basketball team after coaches met to honor the league’s best play...
Griffifth unanimous choice for Wamac West All-Conference girls BB
Congratulations to Maci Griffith for her unanimous selection to the Wamac West All Conference Girls Basketball team.
Two other Vikettes, Brea Burroughs and Chelsey Mier, earned honor... 10 VAC members qualify for 12 & U Swimming Championship; several place
Ten swimmers from the Vinton Aquatic Club qualified for the Iowa Swimming 12 and Under State Championship event, which took place Feb. 20-22 in Iowa City.
The swimmers qualified by achieving a...