Sports
Comeback bid fails as Vikings lose to Monticello 11-8 at Veterans Stadium
The Vinton-Shellburg baseball team came up short in its attempt for another come-from-behind win on Friday night.
In a varsity game against Monticello, the Vikings were down 11-8 going i... Kositzky gets first career feature win in Vinton
Rainy weather held off long enough for the races to continue in Vinton Sunday, June 6.
Bill Whalen won the Sport Compact Feature.
Austin Kaplin was one Sport Modified Feature winner. Kent K... Vikettes slay Knights, 6-0; get back to .500 mark
LA PORTE CITY – The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes put together another solid performance Saturday night, getting back to the .500 mark on the season with a 6-0 victory over the Union Knights... Vikette bats back freshman pitcher Maddie Cornell, batter Anamosa, 3-1
ANAMOSA – It wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t bad.
Coach Bari Parrott’s Vinton-Shellsburg softball team ended a three-game losing streak, downing Anamosa, 3-1 in a WaMaC C... Viking boys come from behind again, sweep Anamosa 4-2 and 10-9
All the players on the V-S Vikings baseball team members were born after the original "Cardiac Kids," the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, which won the World Series by managing ... Vikettes fight back, but lose to W Dubuque in extra innings, 11-5
VINTON – For a single WaMaC Conference softball game last night, the battle at Thole Field between Coach Bari Parrott’s Vikettes (2-4, 1-4 in the WaMaC), and Western Dubuque was actual...
Vikings win two the hard way; come from behind twice to sweep Benton
The Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team improved its record to 6-1 Monday night with a sweep of Benton Community in Vinton.
But the Vikings did it the hard way, falling behind in both games.
Th... TOUGH NIGHT AT THOLE FIELD – VIKETTES DROP PAIR TO BOBCATS
VINTON – Well, it certainly wasn’t the home opener the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes were looking for Monday night.
The Vikettes were stunned by a winless Benton Community squad at Tho... May 30 racing at BCS: Bucholz, Murty, Gustin, Hogan, Chandler in Victory Lane
The winners of the May 30 feature races at the Benton County Speedway in Vinton were:
Damon Murty, Stock Car.
Richie Gustin, Mod
Kurt Hogan, sport mod.
Nate Chandler, spor... Brian's view from the Grandstand; Bucholz back in Victory Lane in Vinton
Welcome to another episode of Views from the Grandstands. Before I get started I would like to thank all of the past and present military personnel and their families for the sacri...