Sports

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...

'Inside the Huddle' - Knights roll past Marion Indians on Senior Night, 45-14

The Knights are starting to regain their rhythm. After a 35-15 defeat to 3A District 5 leaders in the Maquoketa Cardinals two weeks ago, the Knights pounced on the Bobcats of Western Dubuque, 42...

Horst, Gerber lead WAMAC MS girls cross country event; take 2nd,3rd at State

WAMAC's fastest: 8th graders Lily Horst and Bristi Gerber finish 1-2 in WAMAC 8th grade race.      For most of the year, Vinton-Shellsburg eighth grade students Lily Horst and Bristi Gerber have finished first and second in middle school cross country meets.    ...

VS varsity boys finish 5th at N. Linn meet

     Wyatt Lyons led the Vinton-Shellsburg boys to a 5th place finish in the North Linn Lynx Invite last week.          V-S results are below. See comple...

VS girls finish 12th at North Linn cross country meet‏

The Vinton-Shellsburg varsity girls finished 12th at the North Linn cross country meet last week. VS results are below:   Vinton-Shellsburg 328 53 64 66 69 76 78 83 18:22...