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Scott Betterton places 3rd in State Wrestling Tournament

3 Wrestlers from Vinton-Shellsburg represented the school at the IHSAA State Wrestling Championship This trip to Iowa's State Wrestling Tournament found three of Vinton Shellsburg's top wrestlers fighting for the medals. On his first trip to the state competition, Brock Radeke was a state quali...

Merle Roths to be Inducted into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame

Merle Roths will be inducted into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame tomorrow In an article from 2000, Merle Roths, one of those Vinton's small town celebrities, said that he dreamed of one day being elected to the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame.Saturday night that dream...

Three Vinton Wrestlers headed to State Meet

Scott Betterton Vinton-Shellsburg's Luke and Brock Radeke, as well as Scott Betterton, are headed to Des Moines to compete in the Class 2A Wrestling meet. The will be the first time that Brock has competed at th...

Luke Radeke Receives 150th Wrestling Win at Weekend Meet

Luke Radeke 1st place 138# Vinton Shellsburgs Luke Radeke had a landmark win with his 150th win at the wrestling match this weekend at Central Dewitt.Congratulations Luke! The following wrestlers placed as well: Brock Radek...

V-S Bowlers take on Waterloo Columbus

On Friday we competed against Waterloo Columbus and all teams were victorious.  The girl's high score for the Girls with Christina Harrelson with a 370 series and for the Boys Varsity was Cy...

Former V-S Baseball Player Desi Druschel Joins Yankees Coaching Staff

Former VS Viking, Desi Druschel Joins Yankees Coaching Staff While sportswriters are focusing on the Major League Baseball off-season and which uniforms well-known players like Bryce Harper and Manny Machado will wear next season, most teams are also more quiet...

Little Dunkers to Learn the basics of Basketball

  The Little Dunkers will hold 3 events at Tilford Elementary on February 25, 26, and 28, at 6-6:45 p.m. The Price for this event is $20.00 (Standard charge)This is coed event with 16 openin...

Swim-a-thon tonight for the Vinton Aquatic Club

 A few of the swimmers following the January 25th dual meet in Waterloo Tonight is the annual swim-a-thon by the Vinton Aquatic Club will be held tonight, The swimmers can be seen beginning at 6:00 p.m at the Braille School pool.If you haven't done so alrea...

Senior Night Vinton Shellsburg Bowling takes on Central DeWitt

Dylan Christy Friday night we finally were able to have a meet and it was our senior night. I have 9 seniors and the night went smoothly.  The kids as always are getting better and they were so excited to be compe...

Union Senior Silver Schmitz Commits to Wartburg

Congratulations to Union Senior - Silver Schmitz! Silver is the son of Mark and Krystal.  Schmitz has committed to Wartburg College where he plans to continue his education and football caree...
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