Sports

 Windy conditions and forecasts calling for falling temperatures at race time have resulted in postponement of tonight’s IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener at Benton County Speedway. A new date for the IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified series in Vinton is to be announced.  The first Hawkeye Dirt Tour event of the season will be on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at I-35 Speed­way in Mason City.

     Over 100 area youth ranging in ages from 5 to 14 years old participated in the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department sponsored Live Healthy Iowa Kids Track Meet on Saturday, May 9 at the Karr Athletic Complex. A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers that generously donated their time to help make this event a success!      All youth that participated received a certificate.

The State USBC bowling tournament wrapped up with Berry's Bowler finishing well in all divisions.  Berry's Lanes league bowlers had four teams and six individual bowlers competing in many different divisions.  An individual bowler can bowl up to 3 times in the state competition:   Team (Team of four bowlers)  Doubles (Team up with a fellow USBC bowler) Singles  They can also register to compete in all events, where their competition scores are added up and you are ranked by your total overall score.

Lauren Tandy's 45 led all golfers during the VS girls golf team's final home meet on Thursday. Olivia Walker earned the silver medal with a 47 as the Vikettes won the four-way event. Coach's report: May 7, 2015 Girls quadrangular at VintonCountry Club, par 35 Clear Creek-Amana, Jesup, Don Bosco Catholic, Vinton-Shellsburg Weather: 70s and sunny   Team Scores: V-S 198 Jesup 203 Don Bosco 218 CC-Amana 231   Medalist: Lauren Tandy, V-S 45 Runner up Olivia Walker, V-S 47   V-S: Lauren Tandy 45 Olivia Walker 47 Kaiti Kilpatrick 53 Jessie Noren 53 Varsity non counters: Rachel Tandy, Lindsey Miller   We had a storm roll through so the meet delayed starting until 5 o’clock.

Nolan Haisman set a new school record in the 1600M, breaking the 5-minute mark with a time of 4:58.97; Axl Hoepner threw the discus well enough (137 feet, 11 inches) to have placed second in the most recent high school track meet; he also won the shot put and finished a close second in the 100M dash. Will Dudley won both the 100M and 200M hurdles events.

The home track of the IMCA Modified division hosts the first event of the 2015 Hawkeye Dirt Tour next Tuesday, May 12. IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds following the sixth annual series race for $1,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to start the lidlifter at Benton County Speedway. The main event is a qualifier for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot.

The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished in fourth place in the Wamac West tournament. Lauren Tandy led the Vikettes with a score of 49 (tied for sixth overall). Team Results: Williamsburg 191 Benton 199

The Viking boys played the Amana Golf Course Friday in a quad with Clear Creek Amana, South Tama, and Washington. Tyler Stueck led the way carding a two over 38 to be the medalist. The Vikings won the meet shooing 165, Washington was second with 168, Clear Creek Amana was third with 169, and South Tama was fourth with 213.  Other scores were: Daniel Janssen 41, Mike DeLong 42, Bryce Shaw 44, Austin Carolus 45, and Austin Bohnsack, 48.

Ryan and Brandon Maitland made it a memorable night Sunday at Benton County Speedway. The brothers each reached victory lane in their respective divisions on an exciting night on the quarter-mile. Ryan, in his first full season in the Cassill Motors IMCA Modified division, raced into the lead at the drop of the green with Joe Docekal in tow.

VPRD Program Alert: We are in need of 1 more Women's softball team to round out our summer league. If you know of some ladies that would like to form a team we would love to help you out. Contact Matt at the VPRD office. 319-472-4164 or vprdboggess@vintoniowa.net