Sports

Garage Sale & Bake Sale

  Please come help support the 13U Gold USSSA Baseball team help raise money for their 2012 season   When: Saturday, October 29th Where: US Bank Building in Vinton W...

Sickles to play at Mt. Mercy

  Morgan Sickles, a senior at Center Point Urbana is shown signing a letter of intent to play Softball at Mount Mercy college....

Viking runner Lyons advances to state Cross Country meet

Sophomore Wyatt Lyons will compete in the State Cross Country Meet this weekend.      Vinton-Shellsburg Sophomore runner Wyatt Lyons finished sixth at the state qualifying meet in Manchester, and will compete at the State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Oct. 29. ...

HS FB: Union comes from behind vs. Washington, prepares for \'10 champ Solon

By Cheyne Reiter      I'll save a majority of the adjectives for the post-game article, but I guess I'll give you one to put this game in perspective...UNBELIEVABLE. T...

Vikettes end volleyball season with loss to S. Tama

     South Tama beat Vinton-Shellsburg 3-0 in the first round of the Regional Tournament Monday night.     Scores were: 16-25; 18-25; and 20-25. ...

Viking/Knight matchup featured leading rusher, tackler

Gunner Tranel, the Class 3A leading tackler, helps stop Union's Wes Burnside Friday.       The matchup between Vinton-Shellsburg and Union Friday night in Vinton featured the leading tackler in Class 3A, as well as its leading rusher for the past two years.  ...

Rapid Recap: Knights overpower Vikings, 51-0

Defensive POW: Cole Hinders, Trev Hadachek, and Dylan McLaughlin Def Scout POW: scout offense unit Special Teams POW: Kickoff Coverage team Offensive POW: Reid Monroe, Logan Sallee, Brad Gall...

Baseball history echoes with Pujols homers

       On my first visit to the old Busch Stadium in 2002, I was walking around before the game, observing all of the pre-game rituals: The grounds crew. The fans. The historica...

High School football playoffs: Union, CPU advance

       Center Point-Urbana joined Union among the area football teams that qualified for post-season play with a win Friday night, while a win by Benton Community was not quite ...

The triumph of apathy: 'Don't Care' wins VPRD flag football championship

The 'Don't Care' team with the VPRD Flag Football League trophy.   The Vinton Parks and Rec Department Adult Flag Football League championship game recently took place.      The winning team, "Don't Care," had a 5-1 recor...