Sports

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...

Soph Rippel leads Viking golfers at WaMaC Super Meet

Dylan Rippel made second-team all conference with a 79 (14th place), leading the Vinton-Shellsburg boys golf team at the WaMaC Super Meet Monday at Solon "I am very proud of him.  He ...

Vikette 8th graders win home track meet

Chloe Osborne carries the baton for the first-place 8th grade Vikette 4 x 800 team. The Vinton-Shellburg Middle School 8th grade girls won their home meet, the Little Vikette Invitational, on Tuesday evening. The Vikettes scored 136 team points, 37 more than second-place Monticell...

Illinois driver Waterman wins Dirt Tour main event in Vinton

  VINTON – The first out-of-state driver to win a JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour main event was the winner when the IMCA Modified series opened Tuesday night at Benton County Spee...

\'85 grad Jim Womochil gives up opportunity at ISU to lead VS football team

Jim Womochil has been working for Paul Rhoads at Iowa State University since December. But the 1985 Vinton graduate and former Viking and UNI Panther football player is giving up the college coachi...