Sports

VS Alumni Football: 2012 players prepare for June 16 game

VS Alumni Football: Players prepare for June 16 rematch in Vinton vs. CPU alumni players. The Vinton-Shellsburg Alumni Football team has 40 members on its roster, and would welcome more.  We had a great turnout for our Sunday practice, and we can still add more to the roster. &...

Vikette 8th grade track team sets five new records; wins five meets

Anna Sagan On the desk of coach Don Lyle are six reminders of the successful 8th grade girls track team 2012 season. Five of those are trophies or plaques the team won at tournaments this year. The si...

State Track Meet: Rickels places 8th

Payton Leonard runs the 400M at the State Track Meet. Kelyn Rickels led the Vinton-Shellsburg track athletes with an 8th place finish in the high jump at the Iowa High School State Track Meet. V-S results: Boys High Jump: Kelyn Rickels, 8th, 6...

Vikings, Vikettes in Des Moines for State Track Meet

Mike Timmermans congratulates Ryan Webster while offering good luck to the hurdlers. The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings and Vikettes who earned a spot in the 2012 State Track Meet left Vinton Wednesday for Des Moines, where both Vikings and Vikettes will compete in five events at the St...

Granddaughter of Vinton couple earns First-Team Big 12 honors for ISU softball

Erica Miller, the grandddaughter of Dave and Marcia Hite, earned First Team Big 12 honors.   AMES -- Iowa State first baseman Erica Miller has been named to the First Team All-Big 12, the league office announced Tuesday. The honor is Miller's second conference nod after bein...

Vikette golfers finish 4th at Districts

The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished fourth at Districts. Meet Summary from Coach Woodhouse: May 14, 2012 District Tournament Ames Country Club par 73 Weather: sunny a...

Viking 14U team wins home tourney

Local champs: Viking 14U team wins home tourney Vinton Vikes 14U Black team took 1st place in the May 5 and 6th Corn Shucker Challenge Tourney. It was held at the Marvin Lindsey Complex in Vinton. The Vikes beat Iowa City Trojan Green ...

Viking alum Miller wins Iowa Conference shot put event

Former Viking Phil Miller won the Iowa Conference shot put event on Friday for Central College. PELLA -- Phil Miller, a 2008 Vinton-Shellsburg graduate and a senior member of the Central College track team, has won the shot put event in the Iowa  Conference Outdoor meet. The shot put com...

Benton County Speedway May 13 winners: Murty, Olson, Pippert, Gustin & Chandler

Kyle Olson Winners at the Benton County Speedway Sunday included: Stock Car: Damon Murty Sports Mod: Kyle Olson Hobby Stock: Scott Pippert Modifieds: Richie Gustin Sports compact:Nathan Ch...

Vikette golfers compete today in Districts; finish 4th at S. Tama

  The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes traveled to Ames Sunday night, where they stayed overnight in a hotel to prepare f...