Sports
Vikings return home after tough road losses to Decorah, West Delaware
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings return home this for the final two football games of the 2012 regular season. The 3-4 Vikings faced tough road losses, 50-7 at Decorah and 34-0 at West Delaware. They play Williamsburg this Friday before ending the regular season by hosting Crestwood.
See complete game stats below:
VS vs. Decorah
VS vs.
Union Students assist others
Union High School did not have school on Friday so the varsity players volunteered by assisting the students in Waterloo at River Hills with bowling at Cadillac Lanes.
It was a great experience for all involved and has been an annual event for the Knight football team the last several years. Marion defeats Vikettes, 3-0
Marion's volleyball team beat Vinton-Shellsburg 3-0, Tuesday evening. Scores were:
12-25
19-25
18-25
The Vikettes are 10-18 on the season, and play Clear Creek-Amana at home Thursday. See complete stats HERE.
VPRD Adult Slow Pitch Softball Leagues Weekly Standings
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You will need to scroll to the bottom to find this results for this week!
Vikings among district leaders in many stats; travel to top-ranked Decorah
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings, 3-2 on the 2012 season, are also first or second in many categories of statistics among Class 3A District 5 teams. But the Vikings face their toughest test of the year when they travel to top-ranked Decorah tonight.
After the first five games, the Vikings are:
Second in touchdowns: 25
Second in total yards: 1706
First in passing percentage: 61 percent
First in QB rating: 147.
Vinton Parks and Recreation Department Adult Slow Pitch Softball Leagues
STANDINGS
COED Division
Grass Stains 5--0
Walker's Wildlife Reflections 5--0
Halstead Auto 4--1
Joe's Gym 3--2
Hospital Hitters 2--3
McDowells 2--3
Serv Pro 2--3
Ron-Da-Voo 1--4
Urbana Motors Wrecking Crew 1--4
Phat Alberts 0--5
Sunday's
'Inside the Huddle' - Knights spear Cougars in non-district battle, 45-14
Players of the Week:
Offense: WR-Trev Hadachek, OL-Tedd Schmitz
Off Scout of week: Jacob Clark
Defense: DL-Jacob Clark, LB-Jace Hadachek, DB-Trev Hadachek
Def Scout of week: Bo Bader
By Cheyne Reiter
Since the Knights opening week defeat to Center Point-Urbana, they have racked up leads by half that are insurmountable for their opponents.
VS Cross Country teams mark 25th year of carrying Homecoming game ball
After a quarter-century, the tradition of Vinton-Shellsburg cross country teams carrying the Homecoming football into the stadium continues as strong as ever.
More than a dozen Viking fans lined the bridge over the Cedar River as all of the boys and girls on the cross country team – with Ricky Jaray carrying the game ball – entered Vinton. Huge third quarter plays propel Vikes to 41-3 Homecoming rout
A long run, two long passes, and two early second-half turnovers helped the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings turn what had been a fairly close, low-scoring contest into a 41-3 victory over Independence.
Ahead 15-3 at halftime, the Vikings scored first in the third quarter on a 61-yard run by Kelyn Rickels. The Mustangs fumbled on their next possession and the Vikings recovered. Upcoming Events and Registration Deadlines for VPR
NFL Punt, Pass & Kick
The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department will be hosting a competition at the local level for the NFL-sponsored Punt, Pass & Kick event. Each participant ages 8-15 will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to achieve distance AND accuracy in each of these three skills. The event will take place at 9:00 AM on Saturday, September 22nd at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School football field.