Sports

Vikettes win home tourney, then split with Williamsburg

Coach Bari Parrott speaks to his infield during the Vikettes game Monday.      The Vinton-Shellsburg softball team played four games in three days, winning three of them.      The Vikettes won their home tournament on Saturday with two b...

Vinton Merchants again sponsor Prime Time League basketball team

     For the fourth year in a row, some of Iowa's best basketball players will join a team with the name "Vinton" in it.       Kent Stufflebeam ...

VS alumni football team continues preparing for July 8 game at CPU

  With a game set on Friday July 8 at 7 p.m. on Center Point's football field, the Vinton Shellsburg Alumni Football team continues to practice weekly as they gear up for a contest aga...

Seaton shuts out Raiders in VS baseball win

The ball bounces off the glove of the Raider catcher.      Senior pitcher Kody Seaton held the powerful Williamsburg baseball team scoreless, pitching a complete 7-inning game for a 3-0 victory Monday in Vinton.      ...

11U Boys Baseball Team takes 2nd Place

11U Boys Baseball Team The 11U boys baseball team took 2nd in the Lindsey Bash in Vinton this weekend.   (Front Row)  Mason Stainbrook, Jackson Meyer, Mitchell Bos, Blake Bohnsack, Justin Bartz, Carter...

13U Vikings win home tournament

Home tournament champs: The VS 13 and under team members pose with their trophy Sunday.      Pitching and defense helped the Vinton-Shellsburg 13U baseball team to win its home tournament.      This past weekend, the VS 13U Black team won their home t...

New faces join familiar ones in Victory Lane at BCS Sunday

Race Hullin returned to Victory Lane Sunday.      Winners of Sunday's feature races at the Benton County Speeday June 12 include:  Modifieds: Tony Olson Hobby Stock: Russell Damme, Jr. Stoc...

View from the Grandstands

Welcome to another Views from the Grandstand.  The only reason I was able to do this is because my little guy was sick so he didn't play t-ball tonight.  Tonight light rain hung out ...

Father\'s Day at the Benton County Speedway

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Two V-S duos compete in State Coed Golf Tournament

The two VSHS teams: Kelsey Mahood/Seth Inman and  Erin Randall/Dylan Rippel      Two teams from Vinton-Shellsburg participated in the State Coed Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 7 in Adel, Iowa,  at River Valley Golf Course.  Schools in Class 3A an...