Sports

Benton County Speedway Alzheimer's Awareness Night‏ a Success

  After mother nature's win the past two weeks, the Benton County Speedway was able to return to racing action Sunday, August 26th. The twice postponed Alzheimer's Awareness night,...

Womochil era begins with big win on Benton\'s new turf

Max Kearns (24) leaps to intercept a pass in the end zone. The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings began the era of coach Jim Womochil with a big win on the kind of field he envisions for his home turf, and the kind of offense that includes “passing when we wa...

AYSO soccer team wraps us 12U season

The 12U AYSO V-S soccer team held its wrap-up recently at Tootsie's.   The Vinton-Shellsburg AYSO boys soccer team held their season wrap-up at Tootsie’s Ice Cream and More, where they often went after games. The U12 boys finished undefeated in pool ...

Freshman Lily Horst wins first high school cross country meet

Familiar sight: VSHS freshman Lily Horst won her first high school cross country race. For most of her middle school cross country career, Lily Horst has come in first when competing with runners in her grade level.  She won the WaMaC meets in both seventh and eighth grade, ...

Cross Country season begins with annual meal at Jorgensen\'s

Cross Country runners enjoyed a picnic the night before their first contest of the season. Tonight the Vinton-Shellsburg boys and girls cross country teams will travel to Mount Vernon to compete in the first cross country meet of the season. Last night, the team held its traditional ...

Soccer ball says thanks to VS school board, administration

Soccer players Marshall Mullinex & Cody Sojka presented a ball to Sue Gates and Supt. Hainstock. Two Vinton-Shellsburg High School  students made an unusual presentation during the VS School Board meeting Monday: A soccer ball. The members of the first VSHS boys soccer team signed the...

Blowout: Viking football players prepare; other teams introduced

A defender brings down a Viking runner. In just four days, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings get their first test of the Coach Jim Womochil era when they travel to Van Horne for the traditional V-S/Benton Community season opener.  T...

Benton County racers compete again this week at Indee Speedway

Although car counts traditionally drop at many tracks toward the end of the season, the highest count since opening night filled the pits Saturday at Independence Motor Speedway. It was the last S...

Union Football builds champions through football camp

The four day "We Build Champions" football camp took place this past week.    Here is a team photograph of all the campers who participated.     The camp&...

Softball Standings

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