Sports
Vikings, Vikettes qualify for State XC Meet; Dinderman first with personal best
Derek Dinderman went into Thursday's Regional cross country meet hoping to finish in 16 minutes and 30 seconds, which would have been a personal best, says his mother, Dana.
Derek di... Ranked Vikings, Vikettes aiming to qualify for State at Regional CC event
Derek Dinderman and Lily Horst are leading the Vinton-Shellsburg cross country teams as the runners prepare for the Regional contest Thursday at Hart Ridge Golf Course near Manchester. The Regiona... Vikings to participate in Waverly-Shell Rock Pink Night, Friday
The Waverly-Shell Rock and Vinton-Shellsburg football teams and coaches are teaming up in a national effort to fight cancer through the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program a...
Former Vikes help college teams to gridiron wins
Former Vinton-Shellsburg Viking Gunner Tranel sacked the University of Wisconsin-Stout quarterback, broke up a pass, and made a career-high 15 total tackles in Wartburg's 45-14 win on Sept. 20... Union Knights dominate at homecoming 49-0 over East Marshall
The Union Knight defense opened up with fumble recovery by senior Justin Carey on the first series of the game at La Porte City on Friday night and the offensive scored quickly when Tate Hadachek ...
Carrying the ball: VS Cross country teams continue unique Homecoming tradition
In certain parts of eastern Iowa, on certain fall Friday afternoons, drivers have slowed down, to look at an unusual sight: Teenagers jogging along the shoulder of the road while carrying a footbal... Mustangs spoil VS Homecoming, 29-12
After playing a scoreless first quarter in its Homecoming game vs. Independence, Vinton-Shellsburg fell behind, 14-0 after two second quarter touchdowns by the Mustangs.
Late in the seco... Meet VS Hall of Fame inductee Gary Tharp
Forty six winters ago Gary Tharp was a ninth-grader when he became one of the first-ever Vinton Viking wrestlers. During that season of 1958-59 and over the next three, he set several “firsts... From Vikette guard to \'Library Lady:\' Hall of Fame honoree Wendy Heineman Ewoldt
Wendy Heineman Ewoldt was a starting guard (as a sophomore) on the 1978 Girls Basketball Team that placed 3rd in State (still at a time when there were no "classes" and the Vikettes compe... Shellsburg athlete Brian White joins VS Hall of Fame
The Viking-Vikette Hall of Fame includes those who competed for their hometown schools of Shellsburg and Garrison before those schools merged with Vinton. One of the 2014 inductees is Brian White, ...