Sports

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest announces winners

The annual Knights of Columbus free throw contest was held last Saturday at Tilford elementary.  Winners of the contest were: Kalli Burke, 9 Alyssa Griffith, 10 Curtis Eri...

VS bowlers defeat Denver on Senior Night

Senior night is always the hardest night for me as a coach.  It is great to see how these guys have grown even just over a years time.  They are all great kids and I have loved working w...

Stein, Bunge place in Sires bowling event

Nick Stein, first place Local bowlers enjoyed bowling a pins over average competition over the holiday break in Cedar Rapids.  The Sires Classic Holiday Youth tournament bowlers divides into multiple groups by the t...

Viking swimmers take on big schools at C.R. Washington

Nine schools, fourteen teams and nearly 200 swimmers.  Tuesday night at Cedar Rapids Washington the Vinton-Shellsburg swimmers had the opportunity to swim with the big schools and came up big....

Viking swimmers split with Decorah, Waterloo East

Another tight meet for the Viking swimmers resulted in another come from behind victory to secure a split Tuesday night in Waterloo against host Waterloo East and Decorah.  The Vikings edged t...

Wehage earns 100th win as Vikes wrestle at Anamosa

Max Wehage earned his 100th win (and another pin) at the Anamosa duals. The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team competed at the Anamosa Duals on Saturday, where they won 55-24 over Cascade, but lost 48-27 to Waterloo Columbus.  A highlight of the weekend was the...

Parents Night: Viking wrestlers host Maquoketa, Solon and Marion

Clint Hill competes against a Maquoketa JV wrestler at 106 pounds. The VS wrestling team honored parents and seniors during Thursday's dual event which included Marion, Solon and Maquoketa. The Vikings defeated Maquoketa, 42-39, but lost to Solon, 43-30.&...

Slow start, Mustang 3s doom Vikings in 65-56 loss

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings played well enough over three quarters to defeat Independence in an away game on Tuesday.  But a dreadfully poor start by the Vikes and spectacular 3-point sh...

Hyland scores 100th win at Starmont Duals

Viking Nick Hyland celebrated his 100th wrestling win Saturday at Starmont. Junior Viking wrestler Nick Hyland earned his 100th high school career win on Saturday, as he wrestled with the Vikings at the Starmont Duals event. Hyland wrestles this year at 138 lbs. During...

Baseball/Softball registration set for Sunday at Tilford

2015 registration for VSBC/Marv Lindsey Softball and Baseball will be this Sunday at Tilford Elementary.  3rd/4th/5th/6th grade softball will be held at 4:00 pm, 10U/9U baseball at 4:45 pm and...