Sports

Three-pointers, turnovers doom Vikings in 46-42 loss to Benton

Chase Overton drives to the basket. With a minute and ten seconds left to go in the third quarter, the Vinton-Shellsburg basketball team held its biggest lead of the night: 6 points. Ten seconds later, they were behind by on...

Nolan Sagan named KCRG Athlete of the Week

Athlete of the Week nominee: V-S Viking Nolan Sagan leads his team and conference in scoring. Nolan Sagan, the Viking leading scorer who is also near the top of the Wamac West scoring statistics, is this week's KCRG Athletes of the Week  The station will feature Nolan duri...

CPU edges Vikings in final seconds, 38-35

Grif Williams attempts a shot at CPU on Friday. The Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team continued its trend of last-second games on Friday, but this time they came up short.  For the second time this year, the Vikings lost by 3 ...

Vikings improving weekly after rough start, defeat No. 4 Solon

Opposing boys basketball teams may look at the Vinton-Shellsburg record (4 wins, 8 losses) and stat sheet (no conference leaders in any major category) and think that this year's team could...

Benton County Speedway to be part of 2014 IMCA Late Model Series

A dozen dates at three different tracks comprise the inaugural IMCA Late Model Sunday Series. Benton County Speedway in Vinton, I-35 Speedway in Mason City and Stuart Speedway each host four e...

Viking wrestling results; VS defeats Cascade, CCA and Marion

The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team won three of four contests recently. The Vikes defeated Clear Creek-Amana, Marion and Cascade, but lost to CPU. Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 45.0 Cascade (CASC) 30...

Area Special Olympians to compete Saturday in Coralville

On Saturday morning, seven athletes from the Vinton Shellsburg United Special Olympics team will compete in regional competition in Coralville. Team members Zach Kramer, Mikey Malmgren, Sage Holme...

VS bowlers set new season high scores during Friday\'s contest vs. Marion

Sierra Goodell Four of the six Vinton-Shellsburg boys varsity bowlers rolled a 200+ game during Friday's home contest vs. Marion.  Led by Cole Garwood's 201/244 and Daniel Janssen's 234/204,...

Viking swimmers set 27 personal bests against three big schools

We finished fourth but had a solid night swimming against some big schools and tough competition.  Both West and City High return several state qualifiers.  As a team, our 10 guys totale...

Viking swimmers compete at Wahawk Relays

Last week, the Vinton-Shellsburg swimming team traveled to Waterloo for the Wahawk Invitational and also competed against Waterloo East. See results below: Waterloo East/VS dual W...