Sports
Area girls play in Girls State Jr. Golf Tournament; Lauren Tandy earns 2nd place
Lauren Tandy and Erin Randall played in the Girls State Junior Tournament last week at the Ottumwa Country Club. It is a two day 36 hole tournament with elite Iowa participants; the tourney is spon... Area golfers do well at Twin Pines event
Vinton golfers Tyler Stueck, Katie Kilpatrick, Grant Noren, Austin Carolous, and Daniel Janssen golfed at Twin Pines golf course on Monday. Stueck shot a 71 a 1 under par and took 1st place i... Free Youth Soccer Camp
Free Youth Soccer Camp offered again this year sponsored by First Baptist Church of Vinton. Open to ages 4-12. July 15-18, 6-8 pm.
All youth must have a registration form signed by a parent...
Hershey\'s Track Meet: Sarah Schminke wins state long jump event
Two of the Vinton winners of the Hershey's Track Meet also won first place in their events at the State event last weekend.
Sarah Schminke won in the standing long jump event. Timothy... Viking golfer Stueck finishes ninth at Iowa PGA Jr. Tour
Tyler Stueck, a freshman at Vinton-Shellsburg High School, played in the PGA Junior Tour at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course this past weekend. There were over 200 participants. Stueck tied for 9th place... Alumni Football: Viking rally falls short; CPU wins 21-12
The Vinton-Shellsburg alumni football went to Center Point, hoping to reverse the first two years of their participation in Alumni USA football.
But a 21-0 first half lead was too much for the ... Vikettes down five, rally to win 11-10, split with W. Dubuque
After losing their first game against Western Dubuque, 2-1 after a seventh inning Bobcat run broke a 1-1 tie, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes got off to a horrible start in Game 2, falling behi... Independence Motor Speedway cancels June 6 special
Due to wet track and pit area conditions, the Thursday, June 6, Entry Level Extravaganza at Independence Motor Speedway has been canceled.
Although the special event for IMCA SportMods, Hobby...
Four VS golfers compete at State Coed meet; Rippel, Randall 14th
Four V-S students participated in the State Coed Golf Tournament at Bos Landen Golf Course in Pella on Tuesday. This is a very challenging course that is difficult to walk; it is lengthy and ... VSHS Softball: Vikettes improve to 6-2
Sophomore Brea Burroughs has pitched 10 consecutive shut-out innings and senior pitcher Maddie Cornwell has struck out 27 batters in 29 innings to help lead the Vinton-Shellsburg softball team...