Sports

VSHS Soccer: Vikings get first team win

Goalie Kyle McAbee stops a shot against Independence. The Vinton-Shellsburg High School boys soccer team, one of the first-year teams in Iowa this year, is celebrating its first win. The Vikings defeated Independence Tuesday evening in Vinton. The...

Former Vikette Shelby Beyer places in three events for UNI

4 x 100 handoff: VS alum Shelby Beyer receives the baton from a teammate. UNI freshman and 2011 VS graduate Shelby Beyer enjoyed success throughout her freshman year on the UNI track team. Shelby's mom, Dawn, reports that Shelby's last track meet was at the M...

WaMaC girls golf: Vikettes sixth, Natalie Ketchen earns honorable mention

The V-S Girls Golf team finished in sixth place in the WAMAC conference Super Meet at Gardner Golf Course (par 72), on May 7. Team Results: Dyersville Beckman 348 Western D...

Flanagan among winners at Benton County Speedway, May 6

Nathan Ballard Patrick Flanagan won the Modified feature by a bumper, edging past Joe Docekal at the checkered flag Sunday in Vinton. The winners of the feature races Sunday at the Benton County Speedway inc...

WaMaC Super Meet: Vikings finish 9th, Vikettes 14th

Cheyenne Barnes runs the 100 M dash during the WaMaC meet in Vinton. The first-ever coed WaMaC Super conference track meet took place in Vinton on Thursday evening. Both boys and girls teams competed, with more than 800 athletes signed up for track and field events....

Vikettes earn some career bests, defeat Benton at Wildcat, 186-196

  Benton Community's girls golf team played its best round of the season, but the Vinton-Shellsburg girls were 10 shots better than that Thursday, as the Vikettes defeated the Bobcats,...

Dirt Tour event set for May 8 at BC Speedway; top prize set at $1250

  VINTON  – The winner of next Tuesday’s JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener at Benton County Speedway will have 250 more reasons to celebrate. The first place sh...

Vikette golfers take second at WaMaC West meet

  The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team led by Erin Randall, came in second in the WaMaC West divisional golf meet Monday.  Williamsburg won ...

VSMS 7th grade boys team takes second in Little Viking track meet

The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School 7th grade boys track team took secnd place in the Little Viking Invitational in Vinton on Tuesday. The 8th grade team finished in sixth place. See complete resu...

Williamsburg edges Vikettes on windy day at Stone Creek Golf Course

  Erin Randall led the Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team with a 46 in difficult conditions, as the Vikettes lost a dual at Williamsburg. Meet details: V-S Girls Golf Dual at S...