Sports

It was a tough day to score for many Monday at Pin Oak Golf Course as the winds and course conditions made the golfers really focus on managing the course.  The Vikings placed third carding 328 using a fifth score to beat Williamsburg who finished fourth also with 328.  West Delaware won the meet in Manchester carding a 320 led by the medalist Clayton Larson who shot a 2 over 73.

The Vikings were at South Tama this weekend and carded a 314 to win the Invitational at Tama-Toledo Country Club. Benton Community was second coming in with a 320. Columbus Catholic was third with 327 while Grinnell carded a 336 to take fourth place. South Tama placed fifth shooting 385 and HLV finished sixth coming in with a 410. Ankeny Christian Academy was also there but did not field enough golfers for a team score.

As they celebrate last week’s win at the Wamac Conference meet (and the Wamac Coach of the Year Award for coach Aric Chvala), the Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team is preparing for this week’s state qualifying meet in Charles City. Already, this year has seen many new records set by Viking athletes – some of them as old as the Great Depression.

The Wolf Creek Knights finished the regular season 12-0 with wins over Winterset 28-14, and Boone 35-0. The games were played on the road near Mason City.  Friday the Knights will play with an opportunity to bring home a state title in the clubs second year of existence.   ---- Don't forget that Vinton Today is still acception donations to help with the news website.

Vinton-Shellsburg hosted the Middle School girls Wamac West track meet on Friday in Vinton. The 8th graders won big, with 131 team points; Benton Community was 2nd with 95. In the 7th grade meet, VS was third, with 80 points. Clear Creek-Amana won with 136 total points All of the VS winners on Friday were 8th graders. First place finishers include: Lauren Upmeyer, shot put (32 feet, 2 inches) 4 x 100 relay team (57.

Led by a 2nd place finish by its 4 x 800M relay team, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team finished in 10th place at the Wamac Super Meet in Tiffin on Thursday.  The 4 X 800 team of Lily Horst, Grace Horst, Annika Schmidt and Bristi Gerber set a new VS school record with a time of 9:45.11. Freshman Grace Horst also set a new VS record for the 1500M run with a time of 5:01.

The Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team won first place in Thursday's Wamac Conference Super Meet hosted by Clear Creek-Amana at Tiffin. The Vikings scored 99 team points; Mount Vernon was second with 95. V-S won two events. Tyler Bartz was first in the long jump (21 feet, 6 inches) and the 4 x 400 relay team (Nick Hyland, Tyler Bartz, Blake Bohnsack, Joel Barnes) finished first with a time of 3:24.

Senior Lauren Tandy led the V-S girls golf team to a dual victory at Center Point-Urbana on Tuesday. Coach's summary: May 3, 2016 Dual with Center Point-Urbana Wildcat Golf Course, Shellsburg par 35 Weather conditions: cool, breezy, mostly cloudy   Team Results: Vinton-Shellsburg 183 CP-Urbana 212   Medalist: Lauren Tandy, V-S 41 Runner-up Medalist: Rachel Tandy, V-S 43   Individual Scores: Lauren Tandy 41 Rachel Tandy 43 Olivia Walker 46 Brandi Gerber 53 non counters: Alex Maynard, Halie Engler   JV Results: Vinton-Shellsburg 202 CPU 267   JV Medalist: Anna Sagan, V-S 49   Individual JV Scores: Anna Sagan 49 Abbe Wilson 50 Olivia Ketchen 52 Lindsey Miller 52 Emily Blake 55 It was a great night to close out our varsity/JV season; Wildcat was our girls' best friend! 2016 personal bests were shot by the Tandy sisters, Abbe Wilson, Lindsey Miller, Anna Sagan, and Emily Blake.

The Vikings shot a 159 Monday at Rolling Acres Golf Course to place second at the WaMaC West Divisional. Williamsburg placed first carding a 154. Other scores were: 3rd Marion 169, 4th Benton 172, 5th Independence 173, 6th Clear Creek-Amana 178, 7th Center Point-Urbana 179, 8th South Tama 187. Spencer Touro of Benton Community won the medalist honor in a playoff against Isaac Knock of Williamsburg both coming in with a 37.

Senior Lauren Tandy led all golfers as the V-S Vikettes hosted the Wamac West Divisional event at the Vinton Country Club. The Vikettes finished in 2nd place, 6 strokes behind Independence. Coach's summary: May 2, 2016 WAMAC West Girls Divisional Vinton Country Club, par 35 Weather conditions:  partly sunny, 60s   Team Results: Independence             189 V-S                              195 Benton                                    204 Williamsburg               205 CPU                            213 CC-Amana                  223 Marion                         224 So.