Sports

Wehage earns 100th win as Vikes wrestle at Anamosa

Max Wehage earned his 100th win (and another pin) at the Anamosa duals. The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team competed at the Anamosa Duals on Saturday, where they won 55-24 over Cascade, but lost 48-27 to Waterloo Columbus.  A highlight of the weekend was the...

Parents Night: Viking wrestlers host Maquoketa, Solon and Marion

Clint Hill competes against a Maquoketa JV wrestler at 106 pounds. The VS wrestling team honored parents and seniors during Thursday's dual event which included Marion, Solon and Maquoketa. The Vikings defeated Maquoketa, 42-39, but lost to Solon, 43-30.&...

Slow start, Mustang 3s doom Vikings in 65-56 loss

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings played well enough over three quarters to defeat Independence in an away game on Tuesday.  But a dreadfully poor start by the Vikes and spectacular 3-point sh...

Hyland scores 100th win at Starmont Duals

Viking Nick Hyland celebrated his 100th wrestling win Saturday at Starmont. Junior Viking wrestler Nick Hyland earned his 100th high school career win on Saturday, as he wrestled with the Vikings at the Starmont Duals event. Hyland wrestles this year at 138 lbs. During...

Baseball/Softball registration set for Sunday at Tilford

2015 registration for VSBC/Marv Lindsey Softball and Baseball will be this Sunday at Tilford Elementary.  3rd/4th/5th/6th grade softball will be held at 4:00 pm, 10U/9U baseball at 4:45 pm and...

Central Clinton edges Viking varsity wrestlers, 33-32

Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers competed vs. Central Clinton on 01/15/2015. Results are below: Varsity: Central Clinton (CCLN) 33.00 Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 32.00 106: Tyler Bossom (CCLN) over Ca...

Viking swimmers win big on Senior Night

Kyle Schmemmel nears the last lap of his 500-yard Freestyle event. A standing room only crowd, senior night and a tight, competitive meet.  Thursday night the fans of Viking swimming were treated to a great show as Vinton-Shellsburg faced Waterloo East at the...

Big night propels Viking swimmers to dual meet split; Senior Night meet today

There must be something in the water in Grinnell.  For the second time in the past month the Viking swimmers had a hugely successful performance at the Grinnell College pool.  Facing host...

JV wrestlers compete at CPU invitational; Betteron, Wroblewski earn 1st place

John Betterton and Austin Wroblewski each earned first-place honors at the Center Point-Urbana JV Invitational wrestling meet recently. Several other Vikings also placed. See results belo...

VS bowling teams sweep Tripoli

All four Vinton-Shellsburg High School bowling teams were successful in beating Tripoli on Friday, Jan. 9.   "The scores are reflecting the skill level and the depth of good bowl...