Sports

The second of three "Rivalry Week" series of the 2015-16 high school basketball season takes place over the next few days at the Garrison Fieldhouse, where the Vikings will host Benton Community on Friday and Center Point-Urbana on Tuesday. The Vikings lost at Benton on Jan. 12 and at CPU on Jan. 15. The three teams are contending for the Wamac West Title.

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The Viking swim team appears to be peaking at the right time.  On Saturday in Grinnell the young Viking squad turned in its best overall performance of the year in claiming sixth place at the North Central Swim Conference Meet in Grinnell. Hitting the pool for the first time since the season-ending injury to freshman standout Isaac Lindauer, the Vikings stepped up their performances across the line-up.

On Sunday, the top bowlers in our District competed in a tournament as individuals in Forest City. The tournament is comprised of the top 2 bowlers of each team and 6 at-large bids based on seasonal average.  There are a total of 24 boys and 24 girls competing in the tournament.  The VS Bowling Team is fortunate to have some of the highest averages and we as a team competed with 4 boys and 5 girls.

Another successful evening for the VS Bowling teams. Clean sweep for all 4 teams. This is a great time for VS bowling team as we are wrapping up our regular season in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we head to Forest CIty for our district Individual Tournament with 9 of our varsity bowlers. The Varisty boys team was led by senior Tyler Rasmussen with a 427 series.

Led by Nick Hyland’s first place finish, the Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team finished 10th in the Wamac Conference Tournament held in Vinton on Saturday. Hyland pinned his first three opponents to get to the championship round, then wrestled to a 1-1 tie over Cole Fritz of Solon. The match then went into the sudden victory round, where Hyland scored a takedown to win the match and the 145-pound title.

Tuesday night was a chance for the Viking swimmers to perform on a big stage against 13 other teams representing 9 schools in the MVC.  The Vikings rose to the occasion early before some unfortunate luck ended the evening on a mixed note.  Facing opposition from the likes of defending State Champion Iowa City West, 52-time consecutive district champion CR Washington as well as Waterloo, CR Kennedy, Jefferson, Linn-Mar and both Dubuque schools the Vikings finished a respectable 9th out of 14 squads.

The Vinton Shellsburg Bowling Teams competed at Waverly Bowl on Friday. Our bowlers fought to keep ahead of the Waverly Shellrock and three of our four teams that competed were victorious. The Varsity boys team was led by senior Tyler Rasmussen who has really pushed himself this year and become and intergral member of this team. The varsity team was victorious over Waverly 2826 vs 2615 Ben Wood 191 191 382 Josh Staab 153 222 375 Cole Garwood 155 179 334 Tyler Rasmussen 236 181 417 Nick Stein 191 189 380 Jordan Schoettmer 171 186 357 The varsity girls team was led by Sophomore Erin Wood whose consistent improvement shows every meet she participates in.

2016 registration for VSBC/Marv Lindsey Softball and Baseball will be this Saturday at Tilford Elementary.  10U/9U/8U/7U baseball will register at 10:00 am, 13U/12U/11U baseball at 11:00 am and 3rd/4th/5th/6th grade softball will be held at 12:00 pm.  More information regarding cost and paperwork needed can be found on our website - www.

Vinton-Shellsburg's Maci Griffith scored her 1,000 high school basketball point Tuesday night during the home game vs. Clear Creek-Amana. Maci received a signed basketball from her coach and teammates, and the fans and cheerleaders held up signs proclaiming the milestone, as the game was briefly interrupted to mark the occasion.   Along with her family, Maci's track, soccer and softball coaches were also on hand to celebrate the milestone.