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Vikette Softball team gives formal salute to five seniors
At the end of each sports season, it is traditional for Vinton-Shellsburg programs to honor the senior members of their teams. Thursday night, the Vikette softball team gave a formal salute to five seniors whose accomplishments as a group are as historic as they are remarkable.
When Ashley Boyer, Sydney Etten, Paige Kreutner, Jena Relf and Kaley Womochil finally put away their bats and gloves for the last time, sometime later this month, they will leave behind a legacy of accomplishment that will be a new standard for each senior class to reach for.
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Vinton-Shellsburg alumni continue to practice for contest against CPU July 8
The first of what organizers hope will be many Alumni Football games for former Vinton and Vinton-Shellsburg players will take place July 8. Organizer Randy Scheel and the coaches and players continue to work on their drills and plays during weekend practices.
Like they did while in high school, the players posed for a photo on the bleachers during their Sunday practice. Hogan, other familiar names return to Victory Lane
Winners of the feature races at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, June 26 include:
Hobby Stock: Scott Pippert
Stock Car: Justin Temeyer
Modifieds: Scott Hogan
Sports Mod: Danny Dvorak
Sport Compact: Bill Whalen, Jr.
Sunday race winners at BCS include Chandler, Temeyer, Stander
Winners June 19 at the Benton County Speedway include:
Sport Compact: Nate Chandler
Hobby Stock: Justin Stander
Stock Car: Justin Temeyer
Sports Mod: Kyle Brown
Modifieds: Jerry Dedrick
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Photos by Scott Tjabring - Action Track Photography
www. Two-out homer in 7th by Ashley Strong gives Vikettes N. Butler Tourney title
It's every ball player's dream. Last inning. Two outs. A chance to win the game.
For Vinton-Shellsburg junior shortstop Ashley Strong, that dream came true Saturday during the North Butler softball tournament. Strong and her Vikette teammates had won two relatively easy games, 12-0 over Clarksville and 8-4 over Lakesville. Basketball camps fill VSHS gym
More than 70 boys attended V-S Basketball Camp last week, while the girls attended Tuesday and Thursday fundamentals sessions with coach Deb Hanneman.
Boys coach Joe Johnson is very happy with the participation and says he believes it will translate into higher numbers for the high school teams.
Girls can still sign up for camp, says Hanneman. Vikettes win home tourney, then split with Williamsburg
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 big victories, defeating Dunkerton, 12-0 and South Tama, 9-1.
On Monday, the Vikettes hosted Williamsburg. The Raiders came back from a 4-2 deficit with a 3-run rally in the seventh to defeat the Vikettes 5-4. 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 of Vinton, a long-time Iowabasketball fan, has been following the Primte Time League for several years.
He said a few years ago, he became interested in sponsoring a team, and finding out how much it would cost.