Sports

V-S United Special Olympians bring home many medals from Winter Games

VSU boys celebrate their gold medal in the Winter Games basketball tourney. The Vinton-Shellsburg United Special Olympics basketball program put on a strong performance Saturday at the 2015 Iowa Winter Games the University of Iowa Fieldhouse in Iowa City.   I...

VS wrestlers and coach place in Corn Cob Nationals event

Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers, and even a couple of their coaches, competed in the Corn Cob Nationals at the Iowa State Fairgrounds this past weekend. Among the first place winners were Viki...

Vinton Aquatic Club Divers earn top honors; swimmers do well in meet

Members of the Vinton Aquatic Club have done well in the Senior Short Course Swimming Championship and very well in the 2015 Iowa Junior Spring Diving Championship events. On Feb. 19-22, three ...

MVP: VSHS student Tyler Stueck earns winter pool league top honor

MVP: Ty Stueck, with Dewey and Justine Ockenfels, was the winter pool league MVP. The Automatic Amusement Sunday's winter pool league wrap up was held on Sunday March 8th at The Ozone Bar and Grill in Urbana.  The league consisted of 10 teams made up of 3 individua...

Vikettes begin season with good showing at Dickinson Relays

The Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team began its season at the Dickinson Relays at UNI, where dozens of other schools of all sizes competed. Coach Heather Kalous was very pleased with the Viket...

Vote now: Viking bowler Nick Stein among KCRG Athlete of the Week nominees

Nick Stein: Bowler finished 4th at State; nominated as Athlete of Week by KCRG. Nick Stein (The V-S Senior Bowler who placed 4th at State and was on the State Runner-up bowling team) is one of three finalists for the KCRG “Athlete of the week”. Voting will conti...

Dinderman, Jordan earn Wamac honorable mention

Senior Derek Dinderman and junior Jordan Womochil earned honorable mention on the Wamac  West Conference All-Conference basketball team after coaches met to honor the league’s best play...

Griffifth unanimous choice for Wamac West All-Conference girls BB

Maci Griffith was an unanimous choice for the Wamac West All-Conference team. Congratulations to Maci Griffith for her unanimous selection to the Wamac West All Conference Girls Basketball team.  Two other Vikettes, Brea Burroughs and Chelsey Mier, earned honor...

10 VAC members qualify for 12 & U Swimming Championship; several place

Ten swimmers from the Vinton Aquatic Club qualified for the Iowa Swimming 12 and Under State Championship event, which took place Feb. 20-22 in Iowa City. The swimmers qualified by achieving a...

Sportsmanship rules for V-S Bowlers, says coach after successful season

Nick Stein and one of his several Strikes The crowded alleys and gallery full of spectators at the Plaza Lanes in Des Moines this week are evidence of how much bowling is catching on in high schools around Iowa. And Vinton-Shellsburg&r...