Sports
Vikings win at Union, play at Indepedence tonight
Bouncing back from a tough 5-point loss at Williamsburg on Tuesday, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings went to La Porte City on Thursday, where they defeated Union, 53-34.
Jake Dyson led the Vikings with 14 points, six of them on 3-point shots, while Logan Williams added nine.
The Vikings stay on the road, traveling to Independence tonight.
Latest VPRD volleyball standings
The team from Fareway/Tharp leads the co-ed division in the VPRD volleyball league. Ron-Da-Voo leads the men's division while Terry's Gutter service and Iron Shed/Hummel's lead the two women's divisions.
Click HERE to see the lastest Vinton Park and Recreation volleyball standings, as well as results from the latest contests.
Viking swim team finds more success
Once again the guys did a super job representing our school Tuesday night at Waterloo.
Despite some illnesses, we managed to hang in and beat Waterloo East 95-75 at their home pool. We fell to Decorah 109-61. We had three more event wins.
Our guys won two individual events with Brandon Tharp in the 100 Breast and John Levis in the 200 Free, and the 200 Free Relay team of Rico Carneiro, Levis, Josh Yerkes and Tharp also took home first place in their event.
Williamsburg rallies from 10 behind to defeat Vikettes, 43-41
Williamsburg only led for 11.4 seconds. But it was all they needed.
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes resumed their season after the Christmas break Tuesday night, meeting Williamsburg. The Vikettes led 19-15 at the half, and 35-26 at the end of the third quarter.
But Williamsburg pressured the VIkettes throughout the fourth quarter, slowly chipping away at the lead. Dodgeball champions crowned
The Vinton Parks and Recreation Department held its Youth Dodgeball Tournament at the Recreation Center. The team's members, as pictured left to right:
3rd & 4th Grade: Scott Betterton, Brock Radeke, Luke Radeke
5th & 6th Grade: Scott Wirth, Connor Bendull, Josh Staab, Conner Miracle
7th & 8th Grade:&nb A lament from a foul-weather Minnesota Vikings fan
I was never a real athlete, but my favorite childhood memories were of the winter, playing football with my brother and neighbors. I remember the ecstasy of tackling in my brother in the snow. I recall the day I dived for a pass and probably would have caught it. But I landed face first in a pile of snow; the shock made me drop the ball.
Vinton Parks and Rec Volleyball Standings
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Click to view! Vikes end December with big win at home, 69-36
Senior Brody Beatty stood for a moment outside the black half circle, with zeros on the scoredboard.
He took the shot.
Swish.
The three pointer was the first of many Tuesday night for the Vinton-Shellsburg varsity basketball team in its home win against South Tama. Viking swim team wins one, loses on at Decorah
We had a really good performance last night in Decorah. We won four of the eleven events and split our double dual. Decorah beat us 96 to 66 and we beat Waterloo East 106 to 62. Results are below:
200 Medley Relay A 2nd 1:55.
VSHS basketball: Boys cruise at home vs. Columbus; girls lose heartbreaker
The Vinton-Shellsburg boys won easily at home, defeating Waterloo Columbus, 68-43, Friday in Vinton. The Vikings took control of the game early, leading at the end of the first quarter, 19-9.
The Viketttes, however, had a tough time, falling behing by 10 in the first half, en route to losing to the Sailors in the final minute, 48-46.