Sports
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey team visits VPRD
Six players from the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey team visited VPRD's floor hockey league participants on Tuesday, March 1st. Not only did the players provide an informative... The rules of Granny Basketball
There are, perhaps, two words that best define the difference between Granny Basketball and the game the players enjoyed 50 or 60 years ago:
"Granny... Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics Athletes Compete at Regionals
Members of the V-S Special Olympics Basketball teams competed in the regional competition held at Jefferson high school in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 19th. They joined over 200 athletes from the Ea... Overtime loss ends season for Vikings
The ball bounced in. It rolled around. Then it bounced out.
The 3-point shot from Jake Dyson would have won the game. Instead, the ball exited the... The not-so-wide world of sports
Remember that old commercial from the 1970s, telling us to watch sports on the ABC Wide World of Sports?
"The thrill of victory! The agony of defeat!&...
Viking swimmers wrap up successful season
This past Saturday evening the swimmers and family members of the 2010-11 Boys’ Swim Team gathered at the Pizza Ranch to wrap up the season. More than 40...
Viking Troy Hallberg to become a Tiger; signs with Iowa Wesleyan
On Tuesday Feb. 15, Vinton-Shellsburg 2011 graduate and 2010 first-team All-District lineman Troy Hallberg attended a the Signing Day celebration for the football program at Iowa Wesleyan College i... Double overtime: Union girls defeat Vikettes, 51-46
Less than a week after defeating Union by seven points at home, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes traveled to Union for first round regional action Wednesday night. This time, the...
‘Vinton Community Night’ at the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, March 12
The annual ‘Vinton Community Night’ at the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey game is now less than a month away and tickets for the event are now on sale at two convenient Vin...
Vikings defeat Oelwein, 61-47; to face them Monday in district action
Viinton-Shellburg defeated Oelwein Tuesday night in their regular season finale. Logan Williams and Grant Sagan led the Vikings with 16 points each. Senior Matt Blake began the ...