Sports

Details of Contingency Connection awards posted for area race car drivers

  We have been asked to pass along this information to our readers who follow racing and who compete. We will be running updates that may be helpful to you as well as updates on area event...

Benton County Speedway winners for 4/22/12

Danny Dvorak sportmod winner Winners of this weeks race included: Danny Dvorak sportmod winner Shawn Ryan mod winner‏ Scott Pippert hobby stock  Damon Murty‏ stock car winner  N...

Vikettes finish fourth at Benton girls golf tournament

  The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished fourth on Saturday in the Benton Invitational golf tournament, played at Tara Hills Golf Course, Van Horne  (par 37). Seven ...

Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters win home Dual

The target breaks in pieces after being hit by Curtis Geiger's shot Saturday.     The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap team hosted Cedar Rapids Prairie at the Red Cedar Izaak Walton League Trap range today, and finished the day in 1st place overall...

Best effort not quite enough for another Viking track win

The Vinton-Shellsburg Viking track team members put in their "best effort" of the year, said Coach Aric Chvala. But it was not quite enough to extend their meet win streak to five. The Vi...

Rippel leads Vikes to victory in home golf meet

The Vinton-Shellsburg boys golf team won a triangular home meet on Tuesday, defeating IC Regina and Clear Creek-Amana. Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 174 Iowa City Regina 178 Clear-Creek...

Last chance to register for VPRD softball leagues

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is making its final call for adult softball league registrations. If you or if you know of someone that is wanting to get a team together for summer lea...

Vikette golfers take second at home quad meet

Natalie Ketchen tees off Tuesday; she was among Vikette leaders.   Erin Randall and Natalie Ketchen (48) and Katie Lovell (49, a personal best) led the VS VIkette golfers to second place in a quadrangular meet on Tuesday afternoon at the Vinton Country...

Another W for Vikings; track team wins at Benton

The VS track team won its last four meets; they were honored with other spring sport teams Monday.   The Vinton-Shellsburg track team scored another team victory, winning at Benton Community on Friday. First-place winners for the Vikings included: 4x 200 M Relay (Gunner Tranel,&...

V-S Special Olympians qualify for State competition

  On Saturday, 17 athletes from Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics competed in the East Central Iowa Regional Spring Games at the Coe College campus in Cedar Rapids. All 17 Athletes qualif...