Sports

\'The Barn\' now offers VS softball players year-round practice facility

Ellie Gloede Vinton-Shellsurg athletes are busy in December competing in the traditionally-named "winter" sports, basketball, wrestling and swimming. Now, however, softball is becoming a winter ac...

Shepherd earns first victory at Vinton as opposing coach

Ashley McKenna looks for room to drive to the basket. Harold Shepherd's basketball team won at Vinton on Tuesday, something that happened hundreds of times over three decades.   But Tuesday's win was Coach Shepherd's first in Vint...

New look as Vikings begin basketball season tonight

A year after the historic undefeated season and its first appearance at the state tournament since 1996, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team begins a season without most of the key players f...

Thankful for the Madorin’s Dream to build the Roller Skating Facility

Way back in 1982, Max and Marian Madorin opened the doors to Moose’s Rollarena on C Avenue to provide recreational skating for the community and surrounding area. This past week I met with fa...

Bowling season begins with varsity, JV wins

The VS boys bowling team won its first contest last week. Cole Garwood led the Vinton-Shellsburg boys bowling team to victory in its first meet on Nov. 26, at Berry's Lanes in Vinton.  Garwood had the high game and high series scores (23...

Harold Shepherd to make return to VS on Tuesday, as coach of WD girls

The Vikettes defeated Union by one on Tuesday. Long-time Vinton-Shellsburg girls basketball coach Harold Shepherd will make his first appearance in Vinton as the coach of the West Delaware girls basketball team when the Vikettes host the H...

Brooke Miller signs letter of intent

Drake head women's golf coach Leanne Smith has announced the signings of prep standouts Madison Glennie (Clearwater, Fla./Countryside) and Brooke Miller(...

VS Bowling Team begins season today

The Vinton-Shellsburg bowling team holds its first home meet today, at Berry's Lanes, at 4 p.m. against AGWSR.  The Vinton-Shellsburg Bowling team also presented Steve and Ca...

Special Olympics Bowling: VS athlete Zach Kramer wins; Josh White 2nd

VS Special Olympics Bowling: Zach Kramer, left was first in his division; Josh White was second. Vinton-Shellsburg-Union was represented well at the State Special Olympics Bowling event on Saturday.  Zach Kramer finished first in his division; Josh White finished second. They had...

Vikettes scrimmage vs. Dunkerton; to begin season Tuesday

Point Guard Maci Griffith takes the ball up court. High school basketball fans had their first taste of the sport Saturday evening when the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes hosted Dunkerton in a pre-season scrimmage. The VS JV won 55-50, but the varsity ...