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Spring/Summer Athletics Achieve Academic Recognition @ V-S HS!

  Spring/Summer Athletics Achieve Academic Recognition @ V-S HS! July 12, 2010:During each activity season in Iowa, high school students are not only recognized for their accomplishme...

Scott Hogan wins Memorial race that honors his parents

Scott Hogan holds the check after winning the Memorial Race that honors his parents Sunday at BCS. For a fourth time, a Hogan family reunion was held in and all around victory lane. Scott Hogan won Sunday’s Hogan Memorial IMCA Modified feature at Benton County Speedway. His name is alr...

Racing results from BCS, July 10

Stock Car Winner Damon Murty Scott Tjabring of Action Track Photography provided these photos of the winners of Sunday's feature races at the Benton County Speedway. ...

Brian's View from the Grandstand: July 10 race in Vinton

Welcome to another episode of Brian's Views from the Grandstands.  It's been a few weeks since I got back into the habit of being at the birthplace of the IMCA Modified.  L...

Done too soon…Vikettes fall in Regional opener to BC, 6-2

VAN HORNE – A season of ups and downs for the Vinton-Shellsburg softball team ended on a down Saturday night, as the Vikettes dropped a 6-2 decision to Benton Community in the first round of ...

Vikings sweep Knights on new Union baseball field, 11-0 and 14-6

Sophomore Bryce Burroughs started Game 2 for the Vikings at Union. Sophomore Gunner Tranel pitched a complete game, five-inning shutout as the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings defeated Union 11-0 in Game 1 of a double-header in La Porte City. The Vikings also won th...

Sophomore Edwards' first HR gives Vikings Game 1 win; team splits with Central

Starting pitcher Carson Struve checks the runner against DeWitt Central in Game 1. 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

Taylor Leyden homered twice and pitched 9 innings in Game 1 win for Vikings. 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

Ashley Strong stands at second base after her two-run single in the sixth inning. 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

Mother Nature took its toll on area diamonds again, as rain postponed many games. 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...