Sports

Horst wins VS cross country race; boys team places first; girls second

Lily Horst finished nearly 1 minute ahead of the second-place runner in the VS CC meet. Lily Horst finished the girls cross country course at Rodgers Park in her familiar first place again on Tuesday. This time she was nearly a minute faster than everyone else. Horst's time of...

Holschlag, Driscol carry Knights past Osage, 33-6 Union defense dominate

Holschlag, Driscol carry Knights past Osage, 33-6 Union defense dominate once again By Cheyne Reiter   The Union Knights 4-0 (2-0) remained unbeate...

VS adds several athletes, \'78 Vikettes BB team, to Hall of Fame

Josh Kauten After seeing a "district" football game, they gathered at the Vinton Country Club where someone had burned a DVD to use with a laptop computer so they could watch 6-on-6 basketball. ...

VS XC parents praise WD for participation in football-carrying tradition

Jacob Bunge carries the ball as the VS CC runners circle the track. Even before the ball arrived in Vinton from Western Dubuque High School in Epworth, VS cross country parents heard about the impressive way that WDHS personnel handled the VS tradition of carr...

Injury-plagued Vikings lead 18-13 but lose to W Dubuque in fourth quarter

Chase Overton hands the ball to Nick Hyland. Vinton-Shellsburg took an 18-13 lead into the final quarter of its Homecoming football game vs. Western Dubuque on Friday. But the Vikings, playing without running back Nick Hyland, gave up 22 poin...

Intro to Trap Shooting class offered, Oct. 12

The Red Cedar Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, in conjunction with the Prairie Creek Chapter of Pheasants Forever, will be hosting it's 2nd Annual "Intro to Trap Shooting&quo...

VPRD deadlines for Adult League volleyball, PP &K, adult lap swim

The Vinton Parks and Recreation announces some upcoming deadlines:   Adult Volleyball League - Final Call! Registrations are currently being accepted for the 2013-14 Adul...

Horst continues winning; Vikettes second at S. Tama Cross Country meet

 Middle school heading off to check out the course at ST. Vinton-Shellsburg sophomore Lily Horst continued her cross country winning streak finishing first at the South Tama meet on Monday evening. The VS girls finished second in team scoring while t...

Cross Country: Three VS girls place in top 10; boys 4th at BC

Sophomore Lily Horst won again, leading a trio of Vinton-Shellsburg girls in the top 10 finishers of the Benton Invitational on Saturday. Horst finished first with a time of 15:20; Bristi Gerbe...

Still perfect: VS freshmen rout Oelwein, 44-8

The Mercy Rule was in effect throughout the second half as the Vinton-Shellsburg freshman football team built a big lead early at Oelwein. The Vikings led by 36 at the half, 44-8. Under the Mercy R...