Sports

VS sophomores begin football season with 2-1 record

  The Vinton-Shellsburg Viking sophomores begin their season with a 2-1 record. Coach Dave Boisen shared the following summary with Vinton Today: Week 1: VS 36, BC 0 The B...

Vikings third, Vikettes sixth at Bobcat Invitational Cross Country meet.

 Danisha Pladssen runs for V-S at Bobcat Invite. The V-S boys cross-country team finished third place at the Bobcat Invitational Saturday, while the V-S girls finished in sixth place. Liz Fischer finished 25th for V-S, while Karley Kenney fi...

Second place finish for both V-S boys, girls at South Tama

Sara Jorgensen and Edee Vogt run at Trojan Invitational. Both of Coach John Fraziers V-S varsity teams finished second at Trojan Invitational cross country meet Monday in Toledo. The Vikettes came in second behind Grinnell, as five V-S girls finishe...

Annual golfer Josh Geiger wins golf cart with Ace at IFA Convention

Ariane & Josh Geiger celebrate Josh's prize-winning hole-in-one at IFA Convention. Vinton firefighter Josh Geiger only gets out his golf clubs and heads for the fareways and greens once a year. Last Friday, his annual golf game brought a “one in a million” sh...

Sophomores come from behind, seal win with end zone interception

The sophomore begin to disperse as the ringing echoes throughout the stadium. The Vinton-Shellsburg sophomores came from behind against Maquoketa on Friday, winning 8-7, in Vinton. The visiting Cardinals had a chance to win the game in the final minute, but Viking Max Gr...

Vikings give '59 Wamac champs reason to cheer, win 38-35

Logan Williams (10) carries the ball for the Vikings in their 38-35 win at home. As the Vinton Viking football players of 1959 gathered near the field before Friday's game between Vinton-Shellsburg and Maquoketa, someone asked one of the players from that te...

Vikettes win in another close sweep, 3-0 vs. Benton

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes won another match of an area team, winning three close games. The Vikettes beat Benton, 3-0, Thursday night in Van Horne. The scores were: 25-23 25-20 ...

Vikette volleyball team sweeps CPU with wins in close matches

The Vinton-Shellsburg varsity volleyball team swept Center Point-Urbana at Vinton Tuesday evening. The Vikettes won the first and third games of the match by the minimum two points, 26-24 and 25-23...

Williams TD, late defensive stand give Vikings 26-21 win at S. Tama

Going up against the KCRG-TV Athlete of the Week -- quarterback Brandon Horbach --  the V-S Vikings traveled to South Tama High School on Friday, looking to rebound from their 21-7 opening los...

Vikettes host volleyball tournament; West Delaware takes title

The West Delaware volleyball team won the Vikette tournament Saturday in Vinton, in the 8-team contest. Below are the results:   Vinton-Shellsburg “Vikette” Volleyball...