Sports

The members of the Vinton-Shellsburg High School girls golf team celebrated two consecutive victories in the past few days. On Thursday, the girls wore their bright yellow shirts for their home meet vs. Independence, which they won by 20 strokes. Then on Saturday, they donned purple and black and finished first among the five teams competing in the Benton Invite, edging Benton Community by one for a 379-380 victory in their first 18-hole outing of the years.

April 16, 2015 Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf Vinton Country Club: par 35 Dual meet with Independence Weather: sunny and warm   Team scores: V-S 191 Independence 211   JV Team Score: V-S 215 Independence 274   Medalist: Lauren Tandy 45 V-S Runner-up: Olivia Walker 48 V-S   Individuals” V-S Varsity: Lauren Tandy 45 Olivia Walker 48 Kaiti Kilpatrick 49 Rachel Tandy 49 Non-counters: Olivia Ketchen, Jessie Noren   V-S JV: Lindsey Miller 52 Brandi Gerber 53 Mikayla Howard 54 Abbe Wilson 56 Brittany Grendler 56 Alex Maynard 56 JV medalist: Lindsey Miller Our varsity players accomplished 4 in the 40s for the first time this season! And they weren’t satisfied with their scores; we are looking to continue to improve, especially in putting.

The Viking boy’s golf team went to Gardner Golf Course in Marion Tuesday to compete against Marion and South Tama.  The conditions were the best of the year with little wind and the temperatures were around 68 degrees.  The team won the meet shooting 163, Marion was second with 177, and South Tama was third with 193. Austin Bohnsack won the medalist for the first time in his career with a 39 edging out Daniel Janssen who also shot 39 but was the runner-up medalist due to a card back for the hardest handicapped hole.

Lauren Tandy led the Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team to victory over South Tama on Monday at the par 35 Wildcat Golf Course. Coach's report: Weather: in the 60s and breezy with sunshine Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 190 South Tama 251   Medalist: Lauren Tandy V-S 44 Runner-up Medalists: Kaiti Kilpatrick V-S 45 Olivia Walker V-S 45   Varsity: Lauren Tandy 44 Kaiti Kilpatrick 45 Olivia Walker 45 Lindsey Miller 56 Non counters: Jessie Noren and Olivia Ketchen   V-S JV: Rachel Tandy 51 Brandi Gerber 57 Brittany Grendler 57 Abbe Wilson 58 Noncounters: Mikalay Howard and Alex Maynard I’m very pleased with the varsity team shooting a 190.

The Viking boy’s golf team went to Gardner Golf Course in Marion Tuesday to compete against Marion and South Tama. The conditions were the best of the year with little wind and the temperatures were around 68 degrees. The team won the meet shooting 163, Marion was second with 177, and South Tama was third with 193. Austin Bohnsack won the medalist for the first time in his career with a 39 edging out Daniel Janssen who also shot 39 but was the runner-up medalist due to a card back for the hardest handicapped hole.

The Vikings traveled to Tama Monday to compete in a JV/Varsity golf meet with South Tama. The course was in good shape and the temperatures were good though the golfers did have to compete with the gusty winds. The varsity won their meet shooting 161 beating South Tama who shot 187. The junior varsity also won their part of the meet shooting 173 while South Tama shot 288.

The Vikings went to Tara Hills in Van Horne for their first competition of the 2015 year Saturday. The conditions were windy and chilly to start the day on the course but the temperatures did improve while the wind stayed gusty. The Vikings placed third shooting a 330. Bryce Shaw and Tyler Stueck medaled for the Vikings tying for tenth both shooting 81.

As he had done eight times in 14 previous seasons, IMCA Stock Car driver Damon Murty took home the checkers on opening night at Benton County Speedway.    Murty started inside of row two and stole the lead from pole-sitter Scooter Dulin by the completion of the first lap to drive away to victory in the 18-lapper.

The weather was less-than-ideal for the Vinton-Shellsburg boys soccer team in its opening game on Tuesday.  The Vikings hosted Western Dubuque to begin the last soccer season on "The Hill", the land north of the high school that was converted into a soccer field. Next season, the teams expect to play on the new all-purpose field turf at the Karr complex, where football and track and field competitions take place.

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is now taking registrations for adult softball league. If you or if you know of someone that is wanting to get a team together for the summer league, please be sure to turn in your registration form by Friday, April 24th.  Registration forms can be found at the Vinton Recreation Center or online at vprdzone.