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Coach Aric Chvala works on hand-off drills with youngsters during football camp.[/caption]
The Vinton-Shellsburg football players of all ages began football camp on Monday.
The youth camp will continue through Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 8 to 10 a.m. each morning.
The high school camp will continue through Friday, Aug. 3, with the athletes working with coaches from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each evening.
The high schoolers will continue another camp tradition Friday night: The overnight campout at the Womochil farm.
New district, class assignment for Vikings
This year, big changes are coming to many Iowa high schools, including Vinton-Shellsburg and its neighbor/rival to the south, Benton Community.
Both the Vikings and Bobcats have moved from Class 3A to Class 2A, where most of their schedule will include schools that are smaller than the opponents they have played in the past. The Iowa High School Athletic Association reduced the number of Class 4A teams to 42. That meant that former Class 4A teams became 3A teams, forcing 3A teams down to 2A. Vinton and Benton are among those teams.
Both the Vikings and Bobcats will play in Class 2A, District 7. That district includes one very familiar rival, La Porte City Union, and several schools that Viking athletes have never played, and towns many residents from Vinton have never seen. Along with the Vikings, Bobcats and Knights, the district includes Nevada, West Marshall (located in State Center) and Roland-Story (located in Story City).
Having only five games against district opponents means that teams will play four non-district games. For Vinton-Shellsburg, those non-district opponents for the next two seasons will include Alburnett, Tipton, Oelwein and Waterloo Columbus.
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Coach Jim Womochil demonstrates the way linemen should line up in the huddle during the first morning of football camp.[/caption]
2018 V-S football schedule (with opponents' 2017 record in parentheses):
08/24 Alburnett (7-2)
08/31 @Tipton (4-5)
09/07 Oelwein (0-9)
09/14 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo (1-8)
09/21 @ Nevada (5-4)
10/28 @ West Marshall, State Center (6-3)
10/5 Union, La Porte City (8-4)
10/12 Roland-Story, Story City (4-5)
10/19 @ Benton Community (6-3)
See more photos of Football Camp's first day
HERE.
Coach Aric Chvala works on hand-off drills with youngsters during football camp.[/caption]
The Vinton-Shellsburg football players of all ages began football camp on Monday.
The youth camp will continue through Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 8 to 10 a.m. each morning.
The high school camp will continue through Friday, Aug. 3, with the athletes working with coaches from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each evening.
The high schoolers will continue another camp tradition Friday night: The overnight campout at the Womochil farm.
New district, class assignment for Vikings
This year, big changes are coming to many Iowa high schools, including Vinton-Shellsburg and its neighbor/rival to the south, Benton Community.
Both the Vikings and Bobcats have moved from Class 3A to Class 2A, where most of their schedule will include schools that are smaller than the opponents they have played in the past. The Iowa High School Athletic Association reduced the number of Class 4A teams to 42. That meant that former Class 4A teams became 3A teams, forcing 3A teams down to 2A. Vinton and Benton are among those teams.
Both the Vikings and Bobcats will play in Class 2A, District 7. That district includes one very familiar rival, La Porte City Union, and several schools that Viking athletes have never played, and towns many residents from Vinton have never seen. Along with the Vikings, Bobcats and Knights, the district includes Nevada, West Marshall (located in State Center) and Roland-Story (located in Story City).
Having only five games against district opponents means that teams will play four non-district games. For Vinton-Shellsburg, those non-district opponents for the next two seasons will include Alburnett, Tipton, Oelwein and Waterloo Columbus.
[caption id="attachment_22801" align="alignleft" width="300"]
Coach Jim Womochil demonstrates the way linemen should line up in the huddle during the first morning of football camp.[/caption]
2018 V-S football schedule (with opponents' 2017 record in parentheses):
08/24 Alburnett (7-2)
08/31 @Tipton (4-5)
09/07 Oelwein (0-9)
09/14 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo (1-8)
09/21 @ Nevada (5-4)
10/28 @ West Marshall, State Center (6-3)
10/5 Union, La Porte City (8-4)
10/12 Roland-Story, Story City (4-5)
10/19 @ Benton Community (6-3)
See more photos of Football Camp's first day HERE.
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