Sports

Carrying the ball: VS Cross country teams continue unique Homecoming tradition

XC/FB tradition: Jordan Evans hands the Homecoming game ball to Viking senior center Warren Rouse. In certain parts of eastern Iowa, on certain fall Friday afternoons, drivers have slowed down, to look at an unusual sight: Teenagers jogging along the shoulder of the road while carrying a footbal...

Mustangs spoil VS Homecoming, 29-12

Austin Bohnsack caught two passes late in the 2nd quarter and scored the Vikings' first TD. After playing a scoreless first quarter in its Homecoming game vs. Independence, Vinton-Shellsburg fell behind, 14-0 after two second quarter touchdowns by the Mustangs.  Late in the seco...

Meet VS Hall of Fame inductee Gary Tharp

VS Hall of Fame: Gary Tharp was among the first Viking wrestlers when the program began in 1958. Forty six winters ago Gary Tharp was a ninth-grader when he became one of the first-ever Vinton Viking wrestlers. During that season of 1958-59 and over the next three, he set several “firsts...

From Vikette guard to \'Library Lady:\' Hall of Fame honoree Wendy Heineman Ewoldt

Wendy Heineman Ewoldt was a starting guard (as a sophomore) on the 1978 Girls Basketball Team that placed 3rd in State (still at a time when there were no "classes" and the Vikettes compe...

Shellsburg athlete Brian White joins VS Hall of Fame

The Viking-Vikette Hall of Fame includes those who competed for their hometown schools of Shellsburg and Garrison before those schools merged with Vinton. One of the 2014 inductees is Brian White, ...

Viking Hall of Fame to add Kory Winsor

VS Hall of Fame: Kory Winsor played basketball, baseball and football for the Vikings. The Viking-Vikette Hall of Fame adds for new members this year, including Kory Winsor. Kory  was member of member of the 2000 Viking Football team to win the first District Championship an...

Senior Night: Vikettes sweep CPU in three close games

Caitlin Kruckenberg hits the ball during Tuesday Senior Night match vs. CPU. The Vinton-Shellsburg volleyball team honored seniors Payton Leonard, Chelsey Mier, Sydney Bartling, Caitlin Kruckenberg and Kathleen Steffen before the varsity volleyball match against Center Poin...

VS cross country runners win five of six events at Rodgers Park

Hannah Haisman led VS JV girls, finishing second. The Vinton-Shellsburg cross country teams did very well during Tuesday's VS invitational cross country race at Rodgers Park, where VS runners finished first in five of six events.  Gra...

Scott & Boddicker win VPRD 2-person tourney; Bohnsack & Blais win Coed title

Shane Scott and Chris Boddicker shot a seven under 63 to win the VPRD 2-person trophy. The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department held its annual Two Person Best Shot this past weekend at the Vinton Country Club.  68 golfers took part in the event with great weather all day fo...

Punt, Pass & Kick Results

Victoria Elwick kicks the ball during the annual Punt, Pass & Kick contest. Below are the results from this year’s NFL Punt, Pass & Kick event held at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School football field on Saturday, September 20. The total sum of their punts, passe...