Sports

Scooter Dulin earns first track championship of his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car career

Scooter Dulin (right) earned the first track championship of his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car career this season at Benton County Speedway. Pictured with IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root, the...

Nathan Chandler tops points standing at West Liberty Raceway

Nathan Chandler (right) topped Mach-1 Sport Compact point standings at West Liberty Raceway this season. The Norway driver, pictured with IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root, won 17 featu...

Merv Chandler wins Championship and Iowa state title

Merv Chandler (right) of Vinton raced to both the Mach-1 Sport Compact championship at Benton County Speedway and the Allstar Performance Iowa State title in 2011. The winner of nine feature event...

VPRD Volleyball League Standings for 12/3/11

  Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings December 3, 2011   This Week's Results   Coed Division Farew...

Vinton Aquatic Club Makes a Splash at CRAA Invitational

VAC Assistant Coach Mike Dominick presents a first-place trophy to Clarissa Carolan.   Vinton Aquatic Club members made an impressive showing at the recent Cedar Rapids Aquatic Association Harvest Invitational Swim Meet.  Club members competed against twelve other...

V-S Men\'s Swim Team begins season with third place finish

  The Vinton-Shellsburg men’s swim team team kicked off the 2011/12 season with a number of new faces Tuesday night at CoeCollegeas they battled large, talented squads from...

From a Vikette to a Spartan: VS senior strong to play volleyball for SWCC

Ashley Strong signs her Letter of Intent to play volleyball for SWCC as her mom, Teresa, watches.        After an All-Conference season in which she led the Vinton-Shellsburg volleyball team in kills, 2011 Vikette volleyball MVP Ashley Strong has accepted an offer to become ...

Viking Tranel among area All-State honorees

       Wes Burnside of Union has been named the captain of the Iowa Newspaper Association's Class 3A All-State Football Team.      Joining Burns...

Adult Volleyball Standings for 11/25/11

  Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings November 25, 2011   This Week's Results     Coed Divis...

State Champs! Union defeats Decorah to bring home 3A trophy

Union QB Jay Scheel and Knight fans celebrate the team's first Class 3A State Championship.     The Union Knights brought home their first State Championship trophy Saturday evening, winning the class 3A title with a 21-14 defeat of Decorah.        Senior...