Sports
Sophomore Edwards' first HR gives Vikings Game 1 win; team splits with Central
Nolan Edwards hit a two-run, seventh-inning home run to give the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings a wild 14-13 win against DeWitt Central Thursday evening in Vinton.
The Sabers came back to win ... Leyden pitches, homers Vikings to victory against CCA
Senior Taylor Leyden led off the game with a home one, and ended it the same way.
In between, he pitched all nine innings as the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings took Game 1 from Clear Creek-Am... Vikettes take dramatic 5-4 win over Jesup
Nothing like a little drama… The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes wrapped up their fifth-straight winning season and did it in dramatic fashion Tuesday night with a 5-4 win over Jesup in a no... Mother Nature wins again: ball games delayed again due to rain
Baseball diamonds around Iowa sat empty over the weekend and into Monday, as high school baseball and softball teams entered their final weeks of regular season play before beginning their hopeful... Benton County Speedway hosts Hogan Memorial on Sunday
VINTON, Iowa (July 5) – The winner of the Hogan Memorial can more than
double their money with a long run at the front of the IMCA Modified
feature field this Sunday, July 11...
Vikings swept by Solon at home; split at West-Delaware; play at home Monday
The Vinton-Shellburg baseball team lost two against Solon on Wednesday night, then traveled to Manchester, where the split a double-header with West Delaware.
At home Wednesday, the Vikin... Vikings hope for turnaround at home vs. Solon tonight
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings host Solon tonight in a varsity double-header after a difficult day in Waterloo on Monday, when they lost both games to Waterloo Columbus.
The Vikings made severa... Vikettes drop walk-off heartbreaker to North Tama
Traer -- All the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes needed in the seventh inning Tuesday night at North Tama was three outs. They only got two.
The Vikettes (16-13 overall for the year), dropped a tough...
Sixes and sevens, ties and the World Cup of illogical sports words
The Americans, said the sports announcer,were "at sixes and sevens" in the first half, but they made the match level in the second half.
Eh?
What?
Every time the World Cu...
V-S sweeps Columbus on softball field
The Vinton-Shellsburg softball team swept Waterloo Columbus, 3-2 and 3-0 in a doubleheader in Waterloo, Monday evening. ...