Sports

Pitching coach Kauten's team returning to D-II National Championships

  A year after helping coach Heartland Community College of Normal, Illinois, to third place in the 2012 D-II National Championships, Vinton native Josh Kauten and the coaching staff and ...

Soccer, VS end season with 3-1 loss at Independence

Will Hancock attempted to score a goal with this header. The second season of Vinton-Shellsburg boys soccer ended Monday night with a first-round Sub-State loss at Independence, 3-1.  The Vikings and Mustangs remained scoreless until halfway thr...

VS at State Track: Personal best leads Sagan to 8th in 800

Payton Leonard competed in the 200 and 400 M dashe at State for VS. Nolan Sagan shaved nearly 5 seconds off his first-place finishing time in the District 800M dash during the State Track Meet finals on Saturday, finishing second in his heat and 8th overall in Clas...

Vikettes edge Benton at Tara Hills, 190-193

The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team defeated Benton Community by only three strokes on the Bobcats' lowest-scoring outing of the season. Coach's report: May 16, 2013 Benton &n...

Des Moines bound! Track teams leave VSHS; to compete this evening, tomorrow

Coach Heather Kalous speaks during the pep rally for VSHS State Track athletes. The eight Vinton-Shellsburg athletes who qualified for the State Track Meet loaded into school vans this morning after a pep assembly. They will compete tonight and/or tomorrow in Des Moines. ...

Hershey track meet winners earn right to advance to State event

Gracie Horst runs the 1600 during the Hershey Track Meet Tuesday. The Vinton Parks and Recreation held its annual Hershey Track Meet on Tuesday afternoon. Winners in each age/gender group earn the right to advance to the State eventl  Click HERE for ...

Granddaughter of Vinton residents is 2-time All Big 12 infielder

Emily Miller (10) has enjoyed success as an ISU shortstop. (Photos courtesy ISU sports information) Erica Miller, the grandaughter of Dave and Marcia Hite of Vinton, has enjoyed much success at first base for Iowa State University, especially in the past two seasons. Miller, an ISU senior, wa...

Wind, WD defense too much for Vikings on soccer field

Alex Lyons The wind was again a factor on the soccer field as the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings played against a strong south wind for the first half of their game vs. West Delaware. The Hawks took advantage of t...

Viking goalie among state leaders -- in just his sixth week of playing soccer

Logan Davis vs. Trevor Moyer of Vinton: Viking Goalie prepares to defend the goal. Just 40 days ago, Logan Davis put on the gloves and stood guard over a soccer net for the very first time. The Viking junior had never played soccer his entire life until deciding this spring t...

Vikings 4th at golf sectionals; already looking forward to 2014

The Viking boys golf team finished in 4th place at sectionals in Manchester. It was a cold and windy day, which made scoring difficult at Pin Oak Golf Course. Dylan Rippel and Bryce Shaw, who carde...