Sports

Viking Michael Neal earns fifth place medal

Micheal Neal earned 5th place at the State Wrestling Tournament Saturday. Vinton-Shellsburg senior Michael Neal ended his high school wrestling career with a pin, and a fifth place finish in the Class 2A 152 wrestling event on Saturday.  Neal pinned Zach Br...

A perfect 10: Schedule announced for IMCA Haw­keye Dirt Tour

 The Hawkeye Dirt Tour takes its first green flag Tuesday, May 12 at the home track of IMCA Modifieds, Benton County Speedway in Vinton. In all, 10 dates are on the schedule for the sixth...

Viking boys prepare for first-ever State tournament appearance

New tradition: Ehlinger's welcomes VS bowlers to honor them for advancing to State event. A new tradition for Vinton-Shellsburg athletes who earn the right to compete at the State level in their sports has begun.  Ehlinger's Vinton Express and McDonald's welcomed the V-...

Steve Berry to join Iowa Bowling Hall of Fame

With 16 perfect games & many trophies, Steve Berry will join the Iowa Bowling Hall of Fame in March. Many people who walk into Berry’s Lanes in Vinton see Steve Berry first as the guy behind the counter at the bowling alley which his father started and he continues to run. But around Iowa, ...

Wood, Bunge take 2nd in district individual bowling event

On Saturday, Feb. 14, eight of the Vinton Shellsburg Varsity Bowlers competed in an Individual District Tournament. Cole Garwood (644) and Alyssa Bunge (584) were the top qualifiers overall. They w...

On to State: Wehage and Neal to wrestle Thursday

Max Wehage took second at Districts to earn a spot at State. When the 2015 State Wrestling Meet begins later this week, two Viking wrestlers will be in Des Moines, hoping for a shot at a state title Max Wehage (126) and Micheal Neal (152) both finished i...

Vikings fall to Independence at Regional Dual event

The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team advanced to the Regional Dual event for the first time, but faced a tough Independence opponent. Just three Vikings (Steve Henry, 285; Max Wehage, 216 and N...

VS bowlers do well at District Team event; prepare for individual competition

These bowlers represented VSHS at the first-ever district bowling competition. Last night the varsity Girls and Boys competed in the first Annual District Team Tournament.  With this being the first time for these teams to compete in an event this style, they did very w...

Five Vikes advance to District wrestling event

These five Viking wrestlers advanced to Districts; they will compete next weekend. Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers Michael Neal, Max Wehage, Steve Henry and Nick Hyland won first place in the sectional wrestling event on Saturday. They, along with second-place finisher Dylan...

From Vikette to Bear: Kathleen Steffen to play volleyball at DMACC

Kathleen Steffen with her new VB coach DMACC's Patty Harrison, and VS coach Coach Michelle Ruess. Vinton-Shellsburg senior Kathleen Steffen had been looking for an opportunity to play volleyball on the college level. DMACC coach Patty Harrison had been looking for scrappy setters whose inte...