Sports
Vinton-Shellsburg 5th Grade Viking Boys Basketball team completes a great season
The Vinton-Shellsburg 5th Grade Viking Boys Basketball team completed a successful season this past month.
During the season, the team won two tournaments and finished se... Vinton-Shellsburg team places second at Independence tournament
The Vinton-Shellsburg middle school basketball team has had a successful season. Photos here are from the Independence Tournament, where they placed second.
&nbs... Vikette track team has early success at ISU Girls Classic
In their first event of the season, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team gave coach Heather Kalous reasons to look forward to a great year.
Competing ag...
Little Vikes wrestlers compete in District, PeeWee State events
The members of the Little Vikes Wrestling program coached under Joel Neve and Steve Johnson, Martin Halstead, Spencer Weeks, and Mikel –Jon Elwick wrestled in the K... Sign of spring: Baseball workouts
Ahh the beloved and much missed sights of spring. And its sounds.
The ping of a ball bouncing off a bat. The thud of a pitch landing in a catch... Stannard returns to IMCA; to serve as director of track relations
Jim Stannard has returned to the IMCA staff, as director of track relations.
His duties in the newly-created post include visiting IMCA tracks across th... 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...