Sports

Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ track team at Class3A State track meet in Des Moines

 Ashley Boyer takes the handoff from Erika Hammar going into the third leg of the 4x200 relay DES MOINES – There no medals but some solid performances over the weekend for the Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ track team at the Class3A State track meet in Des Moines.  The Vikett...

Boys' track results

 Shot-putter Grant Wittmer with a throw of 48'11.75 DES MOINES – There was one medal-winning performance and some other solid performance for the Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ track team over the weekend at the Class 3A State track meet at Dra...

Vikettes Open Softball Season Wednesday

VINTON – The hot weather this week can mean only one thing: Summer is here and with it the start of the summer sports season. Coming off of five straight 20-plus win seasons, Coach Bari P...

Brian's Veiws from the Grandstands 5/24/10

Welcome to another episode of Brian's Veiws from the Grandstands.  It was a warm and windy night with 99 cars on hand to battle in the 5 IMCA classes. The first feature was the IMCA Spor...

State Track Meet: V-S athletes competed in several events

 Vikette Allison Emrich fires of a throw in the shot put during action at Friday's State Track Meet DES MOINES -- Through the early competition at the State track meet Friday, Vinton-Shellsburg's Allison Emrich and Taylor Leyden were among the first local athletes to compete.   E...

Vinton boys take second place in local 12 and under baseball tournament

Vinton 12 & Under Boys team members pose after winning second place in local tournament May 16. The Vinton 12 and under boys baseball team won second place in their home tournament this past weekend. More than 30 teams competed in Vinton and Shellsburg during the two-day event. Games took...

Brian’s Views From the Grandstands – Vinton 5/16/10

  Welcome to another issue of Views from the Grandstands from the Benton County Speedway.  Auto Source sponsored the night’s festivities and it was definitely a wild one to sa...

Boys Track Team wins 5 events

TAMA – “Now the celebrating is done, and we have to get back to work for one more week.” Those were the words of Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ track coach Aric Chvala Monday m...

Two Hogan winners at BCS; Scott, Kurt take checkered flags in Vinton May 16

Jeremy Wheeler had a wild ride in the sports compact race Sunday in Vinton. Two Hogans won checkered flags during the IMCA races in Vinton, on Sunday May 16.  Scott Hogan won for the third time this year in Vinton in the modifieds. Kurt Hogan won in the sports mod...

Girls Track taking 8 events to State

TAMA – In her wildest dreams, Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ track coach Heather Kalous never thought that by the time the weekend ended she would be talking about this: Eight events in the S...