Sports

Heckt becomes 1st of Union football team to commit to playing college football

  Senior co-captain Tanner Heckt  verbally committed to play football at Buena Vista University today.   Tanner, 6'5, 230lbs, is part of a senior class that won a 2...

Jan 18 VPRD volleyball standings

The Iron Shed/Hummel's volleyball team remains undefeated in the VPRD women's volleyball division after this week's action. See complete weekly results and standing here. ...

Viking wrestling: VS defeats Benton, Cascade

The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team continues to win; they defeated both Benton Community and Cascade in the past few days. Results are below: Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 41.0 Benton Community (BECO)...

Vikings make it 14 straight; win 69-51 as Griffith hits 8 3-point shots

Max Griffith hit 8 3-pointers to score 24 in Vikings' 14th win Friday in Vinton. Max Griffith helped propel the Viking to an early lead by connecting on his first four 3-point attempts in the first quarter of the Vikings' basketball game versus Clear Creek Amana. Griffith w...

VS wrestling: Vikings defeat Clear Creek-Amana

Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 40.0 Clear Creek-Amana (CCA) 13.0 106: Max Wehage, VISH, dec. Connor Murphy, CCA, 12-10. 113: Daniel Brechtel, CCA, maj. dec. Nolan Hendrickson, VISH, 10-0. 120: Navon Du...

\'Average\' victory for top-ranked, Vikings: Win, 73-53 at Indee

For a season that is already earning adjectives like "historic" and "exceptional," the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings' 73-53 win at Independence Tuesday was about average. As...

Vikettes rally falls short, lose 44-36

Down by 8 after a first quarter Independence rally, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes played the Mustangs even for the next three quarters, but could not overcome that early deficit. The Mustangs won,...

VS wrestling: Vikings win vs. Marion, CPU

Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 51.0 Marion (MARI) 30.0 106: Max Wehage, VISH, forf. . 113: Nolan Hendrickson, VISH, pinned Mason Hiler, MARI, 1:59. 120: Navon Dunlap, VISH, pinned Jared Almandinger, M...

VS wrestling: Vikings defeat Oelwein, lose to D-NH

Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 39.0 Oelwein (OELW) 36.0 195: Travis McMillan, OELW, forf. . 220: Seth Canfield, OELW, forf. . 285: Steve Henry, VISH, dec. Brandon Doty, OELW, 4-2. 106: Max Wehage, VIS...

Top-ranked Vikings lead Class 3A in scoring

With the best record (12-0) in Class 3A basketball teams in Iowa, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings are at the top of their class in many statistical categories. Nobody in Class 3A has a higher poi...