Sports

    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.   Squad by Squad results were: Vinton-Shellsburg Black Squad  206/250 Cedar Rapids Prairie Black Squad 189/250   Vinton-Shellsburg Gold Squad 161/250 Cedar Rapids Prairie Orange Squad 144/250   The high scoring shooter for Vinton-Shellsburg’s Red Cedar Shooter’s was veteran Senior Bryce Burroughs, with a score of 47/50 for the day.

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 Vikings finished second to Solon at Solon on Tuesday evening. Solon had 135 team points to 116 for VS. Viking winners included: Kelyn Rickels, high jump Wyatt Lyons, 1600M Nolan Sagan, 800 M (Lyons was second) See complete stats HERE.

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 Amana  189 V-S Individuals Dylan Rippel  41 Daniel Janssen  43 Daniel Ervin  46 Seth Inman 45 Trevor Brown  45 Drew Pearson 47 Medalist:  Chris Stauffer, Regina, 39 Runner Up:  Dylan Rippel, VS, 41 "I was really happy with the results considering the weather conditions that we played in," said coach Scott Tandy.

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 league, please be sure to turn in your registration form by Friday, April 20th. There is a $30 deposit at the time of registration and league fees will be determined at the Captain's Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th.

  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 Club. V-S Girls Golf Results April 17, 2012 Vinton Country Club Quadrangular   Team Scores:             Oelwein                                    192             V-S                                          196             Waterloo Columbus                  197             Don Bosco                               235   Medalist:             Tessa Swaker               Columbus     40   V-S Individuals: Erin Randall                  48 Natalie Ketchen            48 Katie Lovell                  49 Cara Hach and Liz Moen:  51 Mara Jessen                 52   Wow! Our six varsity members shot within four strokes of each other.

  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, Kelyn Rickels, Chase Overton Darrin Charlier) Wyatt Lyons, 1600M and 800M 110 M Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Nolan Edwards, Ryan Webster, Darrin Charlier, David Richter)   "It was another tough night for conditions," said coach Aric Chvala.

  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 qualified for the State competition in Ames, to be held in May. Out of 37 events, the athletes earned 34- 1st place ribbons, 7- 2nd place ribbons, and 5- 3rd place ribbons.

  Vinton-Shellsburg High School Football Coach Pat Farley has announced his resignation. Farley told Vinton Today on Friday that he will become the head coach at East Marshall High School. While also resigning his teaching position for the coming school year, Farley said he would like to retain his job as a summer school teacher this year.

The Vinton-Shellsburg boys golf team, led by Dylan Rippel's 44, took third place at the Clear Creek-Amana quadrangular meet April 12. Team results: Waterloo Columbus 163 Marion 181 V-S 188 Clear Creek Amana 216 VS Individual Score Dylan Rippel  44 Daniel Ervin  52 Trevor Brown 52 Daniel Janssen  47

With just a few first place finishes, but many medalists, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys won another track meet on Tuesday, winning the Ruth Ahrens Invitational at Iowa Valley. The Vikings scored 128.5 points, one more than second-place Solon. "It was another great win for the guys," said Coach Aric Chvala. "A lot of the time people think that you have to win every event to win a track meet but I guess we are proving that theory wrong -- we don't win many events but we we place in most of them.