Sports

Jessen, Tandy lead Vikettes to 3rd place finish in Wamac West tournament

The VS girls finished in third place in the Wamac West golf event. Led by Lauren Tandy and Mara Jessen, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished third in the Wamac West tournament. Tandy (48) and Jessen (49) were among the medalists for the event. ...

Vikettes win at Union; boys finish close second

Payton Leonard led the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes at the Union track meet, scoring 18 points for her team, at the Union Invitational on Friday.  The girls won the meet with 89 points...

Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters take 4th place honors

CFGC 4th Place Black Squad The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters took 4th place honors at the 29th Annual Cedar Falls Gun Club High School Meet Saturday. ...

Janssen leads Vikes to win at Amana

The weather finally broke a little Thursday and the Vikings played well in sloppy conditions to win the triangular meet at the Amana Colonies Golf Course. The Vikings posted a 170 to defeat Marion...

Tandy earns medalist honors in Vikette home triangular win

It was a miserable night for golf on Thursday when cold (49 degrees), wet and windy weather canceled track meets throughout Iowa (including the planned V-S boys meet).  The Vikette golf te...

Horst breaks own VS school record in 3000M

Lily Horst (right) helps VS relay teams to victory and has set new school record in 3000M run. Vinton-Shellsburg sophomore long distance runner Lily Horst has broken her own school record.   At the Benton Relays last month, Lily ran a 11:16.01 in the 3000 meters.  That breaks h...

Vikings win, Vikettes very close second at VS track meet

Andrew Freeman finished fifth in the discus throw with this toss Tuesday. The weather finally -- and barely -- cooperated with the Vinton-Shellsburg home track meet schedule. A few weeks after the Early Bird event was delayed and then canceled, a few teams gathered in Vi...

Vikette golfers score best round of season at Williamsburg

The Vikettes celebrated their best round of the season at Williamsburg, Tueseday. Despite coming in behind their opponents on the tough course at Williamsburg, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team put in its best performance of the season Tuesday afternoon.  Coach'...

Perfect game!!!! Cole Garwood scores a 300 at State!

Count the Xs -- all 12 -- on the scoreboard for Cole Garwood's 300 game at the State Youth tourney. The Iowa State USBC Youth Association Tournament continues throughout next weekend in Davenport, where more than 1,300 youth bowlers from Iowa -- including several from Vinton -- are competing in i...

Red Cedar Shooters win home meet vs. CR Kennedy

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap Team competed against Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School's Trap Club at a home event Saturday at the Red Cedar Izaak Walton League trap ran...