Sports

Pee Wee Mini Sports helps young players learn the basics

Cash Peterson and Jade Pohlmann learn how to kick soccer ball to the goal. Several area youngsters are learning the basics of basketball, soccer and baseball each Monday through the Vinton Parks and Recreation Department Pee Wee Mini-Sports program. Brad Barker coache...

Pickleball season at VS

1st hour is Courtney Roster, Erica Engbretson Shown are the winners of the Pickleball tournament at VS. (Pickleball is a fun game that is played on a badminton court with the net lowered to 34 inches at the center. It is played with a perf...

Work nearly complete on Lions field; teams asked to use Kiwanis diamonds for now

Spring fever is in the air and to the delight of many, that means that softball season is right around the corner! The Vinton Parks and Recreation Department made major renovations to Lions Field ...

Hoop wrap-up: Vikings celebrate success of 2012; look forward to 2013

Coach Johnson with the framed poster commemorating the 2011-12 season.   The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings began the 2011-12 basketball season with no returning starters, only one senior (who had struggled through several injuries during his junior year) and six ...

Strong, Milroy to represent VSHS in WaMaC Senior Shootout, March 17

Vinton-Shellsburg senior basketball players Ashley Strong and Jake Milroy will compete in the WaMaC Senior Shootout this Saturday, March 17. The girls play at 5 p.m.; the boys at 6:30, at the Bento...

Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings

League champs Fareway/Tharp Design Lana Elwick, Dennis Bramow, Jessica Meyer, Sara Barron,Mike Allen   Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings   March 9, 2012       This Week's Results Sunday, March 4th    ...

Zumba class will be offered at the Vinton Skate & Activity Center

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department will soon begin offering a Zumba class at the Vinton Skate & Activity Center! This cardio-sculpt, calorie-burning, Latin-inspired dance-f...

Vikings Youth Wrestling season wrapping up

Carter Lamont   The Vikings Youth Wrestling season is coming to an end.  Here is how things finished out for some of the local boys.   Kindergarten Carter Lamont 50lbs 3rd pla...

Wrestling Wrap-up: Merchant named Viking Most Valuable Wrestler

Coach Johnson, Ryan Webster, Nathan Merchant, Brant Corcran, Riley Hopkins, Austin G-H.   The Vinton-Shellsburg Viking wrestling team and coach Steve Johnson held their season wrap-up Tuesday at the high school. Junior Nathan Merchant was named the Most Valuable Wrestler. Se...

VS Coach Don Lyle nominated for National Coach of the Year

Long-time Vinton-Shellsburg teacher and coach Don Lyle is a finalist for one of the National Coach of the Year Awards from the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Lyle was nomina...