Sports
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 below:
CPU JV INVITE Results for Vinton-Shellsburg
HS 2 - Clint Hill's place is 2nd and has scored 4.00 team points.
Round 1 - Clint Hill (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Jacob Worthen (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:53)
Round 3 - Jack Streicher (Mount Vernon) won by decision over Clint Hill (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Dec 5-0)
HS 2 - Jacob Worthen's place is 3rd and has scored 0.
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 bowlers we have," says coach Amber Pattee.
The Varsity Boys team was led by Ben Wood with 233 and 247, followed by Jacob Gosse with 213 and 236.
Vikings come back from 20 down to defeat Bobcats at home
Down by 13 at halftime, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings fell behind even further in their game against Benton on Friday. But junior Tyler Rippel led the Vikings in a thrilling comeback, as VS scored 25 in the fourth quarter to defeat the Bobcats, 72-64.
Rippel scored 28 for the Vikings, who earned their second victory of the season.
See the Vikings stat page HERE. Vikings face Williamsburg, CCA on mat
The Vinton-Shellsburg Viking wrestling team recently completed against Clear-Creek Amana and Williamsburg. The Vikings lost to the Raiders, 49-18. The Clippers edged the Vikes, 40-35.
VS vs. Williamsburg:
Williamsburg (WILL) 49.00 Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 18.00
106: Grayson Kesterson (WILL) over Carter Weeks (VISH) (Fall 1:33) 113: Cole Lehn (WILL) over Wes Haefner (VISH) (Fall 0:56) 120: Brayden Laton (VISH) over (WILL) (For.
Gable discusses wins & losses, life & death with Viking wrestlers
Although high school wrestling should be about wins and losses, says Dan Gable, sometimes it becomes a matter of dealing with life and death.
Speaking in December to a Vinton-Shellsburg wrestling team still dealing with the death of coach Steve Johnson, Gable said throughout Iowa, the wrestling community is dealing with a series of untimely tragedies. The slightly-silver lining for Hawkeye and Cyclone football fans
Attention, Iowa and Iowa State fans: I have some good news.
Like you, I have been surprised and disappointed to see the struggles of the Cyclones and Hawkeyes over the past few years and the disappointing scoreboards of this past season. But today, I have some good news.
Remember how they changed the BCS championship system because they wanted to be fair, to let teams decide on the field who is best, rather than allow some computer geek on his mobile device come up with some formula that mulches and mixes stats and win-loss records to determine who is No.
Lack of snow turns sledding party into bowling party for Willing Workers
On Wednesday December 30, 28 members of the North Eden Willing Workers 4H Club spent a fun filled afternoon bowling at Berry lanes in Vinton before they head back to school next week. The 4H club was originally going to go sledding but with the lack of snow they went to plan "B." Fun was had by all.
34 bowlers compete in 10th Annual Coots 8/9 Pin Tourney
Last Saturday, Berry's Lanes hosted the 10th Annual 8/9 Pin Tournament sponsored by Coots Materials. This tournament was held for all youth bowlers that participate in the local leagues at Berry's Lanes. This year we had 34 youths joined in on the competition. Each bowler bowled three games and the individual bowling with the highest score won a trophy. Local Family Doubles winners advance to State event in Marshalltown
Family Double event participants competed at Berry's Lanes in Vinton on Dec. 5-6. Results have been finalized with many teams advancing to the state competition. This year's state competition will be held Jan. 10-11 at Totem Bowl in Marshalltown. Berry's Lanes sent many area bowlers down to Lancer Lanes to compete against many other district bowlers.
Viking swimmers set personal best times at Grinnell
On Saturday the Vinton-Shellsburg swimmers travelled to Grinnell to participate in the Tiger Invitational. Despite finishing sixth in the seven team field it was a great day across the board as the Vikings turned in their strongest single-meet performance in the past couple of years. Eight ranked Linn-Mar won the meet in dominating fashion, beating second place Des Moines East by nearly 200 points.