Sports

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...

Vinton-Shellsburg 10U Baseball Team were crowned champions

The 10U Vinton-Shellsburg 10U Baseball Team were crowned champions of the Boys of Summer USSSA Baseball Tournament this past weekend.  The team went 4-1 in winning the tournament.  The t...

Third place trophy for VS 11 and under boys

The VS 11 and under baseball team won third place in a Des Moines tournament this weekend.       The Vinton-Shellsburg 11U Black baseball team took 3rd place in the Silver Division this weekend in Des Moines.    Pictured are (Back row):  Coach To...

Fish, other familiar faces return to Victory Lane

Mike Burbridge won the Modifieds Feature Sunday, June 5.        Drew Fish won his second consecutive Sports Mod feature at the Benton County Speedway in a night that saw a lot of familiar faces returning to Victory Lane. Other wi...

Red Cedar Shooters Black Squad earns 3rd place finish at State Championships

Third at State: Curtis Geiger, Bryce Burroughs, Dalton Lebeda, Wyatt Lebeda, Drake Tilson         The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap shooting team capped its successful season with a third place finish at the Iowa High School Trap Shooting Championship...

Doug Laughridge gets first win at Benton County Speedway

Doug Laughridge Hobby Stock Winner      Winners at the Benton County Speedway Sunday evening included first-time winner Doug Laughridge, who took the checkered flag in the Hobby Stock feature Sunday, May 29, in his ho...

Play Ball! Vikings, Vikette start rain-delayed seasons with sweeps

Mackenzie Stueck connects for a hit, driving in two runs against Anamosa.     For the first time in the spring of 2001, the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball and softball teams hear the umpire yell "Play Ball." After rain delayed games scheduled earlier this...