Sports
Viking alumni, coaches excited about rematch at CPU
For the third year in a row, Vinton-Shellsburg alumni football players will put on their pads and helmets, hoping for a win against Center Point-Urbana in an Alumni USA Football game.&nbs... 'Glow Ball Mini-Golf' this Friday at Skate Center
This Friday, June 7th, VPRD will be hosting its annual 'Glow Ball Mini-Golf' at the at the Vinton Skate & Activity Center Miniature Golf Course. The event will begin at approximately 9...
501 wins: Vikings honor Coach Struve for milestone, then split with Raiders
The Vinton-Shellsburg baseball fans honored coach Jim Struve (who also played high school b baseball as a Viking) for his 500th win as a coach on Monday evening.
Coach Struve reached that miles... Joel Neve chosen as VSHS head wrestling coach
A former Viking wrestler who says he initially hung around the mats after graduating so he could help a teammate has been chosen to be the next head wrestling coach at Vinton-Shellsburg.
Joel ... Alumni Football game Friday at Center Point; silent auction of UI helmet planned
Former Iowa Hawkeye and NFL player Tim Dwight will be an honorary captain for CPU during the Alumni USA Football game between Vinton-Shellsburg and Center Point-Urbana alumni teams in Center Point ... Justin Stander wins Hobby Stock feature at Independence Motor Speedway
INDEPENDENCE – Justin Stander of Shellsburg, an employee of Tharp Design (one of his sponsors) won the Hobby Stock feature race in Independence to begin the month of June on area dirt tracks.... Red Cedar Shooters finish 7th in the State
The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters remain in the top ten Trap Shooting teams in the State for a third consecutive year after a 7th Place finish at the Iowa High School Trap Shooting Champion... Day 2 of Girls Individual Meet canceled: VS golfers among top 21
With three-time state champioin Jessica Sindlinger of Charles City leading the field at 8-under par, the rest of the Class 4A field in the girls golf meet remained above par after Day 1 of the Stat... Vinton bowler joins area Hall of Fame
A Vinton man who was still a teenager when he bowled his first perfect game is now a member of the Greater Cedar Valley USBC Bowling Association Hall of Fame.
Darrin Lindsey was inducted May 15... 500 wins! Vikings sweep two double-headers to earn milestone for Coach Struve
After losing a one-point game at home against South Tama to start the 2013 season, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings won their next four, giving Coach Jim Struve his 500th win as a high school coach.
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