Sports
Rivalry week: VS loses at Benton, travels to CPU on Friday
The Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team played Benton evenly for three quarters Tuesday night in Van Horne, but Benton outscored the Vikings 17-9 in the fourth for a 53-41 victory.
Tyler Stueck led the Vikings with 13. Senior Latham Cooper led Benton with 15.
The Vikings are now 8-4 on the season. They will travel to Center Point-Urbana this Friday.
How the Cyclones can claim to be No. 1
Cheer up, Cyclone fans. I’ve got some good news for you.
Sure, 75 percent of last season was as disappointing as the Rose Bowl was for Hawkeye fans, but I’ve got some news that should inspire Coach Campbell and the rest of the Crimson and Gold Nation for 2016 and beyond.
The next few lines may get monotonous, but then again you survived another long season, so you are probably prepared for motonony.
Hyland takes first at BC Invitational; Vikes 6th in team scoring
Nick Hyland continued his unbeaten wrestling season, winning the Benton Community Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational's 145-pound title on Saturday. Hyland was one of several Vikings to place in the tournament. The Vikes finished 6th in team scoring with 112 points in the 16-team contest.
Hyland is currently ranked 7th in the state, at 138 pounds. VAC swimmers do well at CRAA Winter Invite
Members of the Vinton Aquatic Club did well at the Cedar Rapids Aquatic Association Winter Invitational swim meet on Jan. 2-3, at Coe College.
The VAC members won five first place medals in relay events, and more than 25 individual first-place medals during the competition.
Seven-year-old Zoey Bresson scored 90 points to take second place in the 7-8 year-old girls division.
Wamac East leader Maquoketa ends Viking win streak
The VS boys basketball team was expecting a challenge when they hosted Maquoketa on Tuesday. The Cardinals lead the Wamac East and have lost just once this season, by five points to Class 4A Davenport West.
The Vikings built an early 13-4 lead, but the Cardinals quickly netted two 3-pointers and soon evened the score. The teams played close until the end. Volleyball standings: Tharp/Fareway team leads Co-Ed division
The Tharp Design/Fareway team leads the Co-Ed league standings in the Vinton Parks and Recreation Volleyball League.
Click HERE to see complete standings and recent scores.
Vinton-Shellsburg Bowling takes on Western Dubuque
Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Western Dubuque
12/22/15
The varsity girls lost this evening to a very talented W. Dubuque team. The score was VS 2538 and W. Dubuque 2752 but they shot over one hundred pins above average. The girls were led by senior, Sierra Goodell who had her personal best game of 229 and series of 409.
Erin Wood 171 160 331
Sierra Goodell 180 229 409
Taylor Berry 124 171 295
Isabel Dedrick 164 138 302
Connie Upmeyer 158 124 282
Alyssa Bunge 222 163 385
The varsity boys were victorious over W.
Vikings extend win streak to 6 with big home win over Dunkerton
An early three-pointer by senior Jordon Womochil gave the Vikings the lead for good against Dunkerton in a non-conference basketball game Tuesday in Vinton. Then after building a 25-10 lead, the Vikes outscored the raiders 20-5 in the last five minutes of the first half. Leading by 30 at the break, the Vikings continued to dominate and won 85-34. Queen of the Court: VS honors Diane Hesson for 25 years keeping stats
For 25 years, Diane Hesson kept score and statistics at home Vinton-Shellsburg basketball games, an estimated 700+ contests with more than 14,000 individual statistic lists.
Diane retired from that job at the end of last season, and on Tuesday evening, the VS community honored her for all those years of documenting shots taken and missed, fouls and points scored. Wrestling Results (West Delaware 52.00 Vinton-Shellsburg 27.00) - Varsity
Weight Summary West Delaware V-S
106 Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (For.) 0
6
113 Carter Weeks (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jeff Ilgen (West Delaware) (Fall 0:58) 0 6
120 Brad Rausch (West Delaware) over Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 4:36) 6 0
126 Jordan Rausch (West Delaware) over Wes Haefner (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:33) 6 0
132 Mitchel Mangold (West Delaware) over Unknown (For.