Sports

A couple Saturdays after rolling a perfect 300 in the Iowa youth bowling tournament, Cole Garwood achieved another perfect score in a different sport.  Garwood was the Top Shot for the Red Cedar Shooters last Saturday in their home meet vs. Delaware County.  It was another great day for the Red Cedar Shooters, with some outstanding individual performances too, said coach Jeff Tilson.

The Vinton Shellsburg girls soccer team upped its season record to 6-4 with a 5-1 win over the the Anamosa Raiders on Tuesday, May 13th in Anamosa. Lyndsey Cornell, Maci Griffith, Emily Reisch and Grace Milroy each scored a goal and one goal was scored from a deflection off a kick from Grace.  Ashley McKenna and Ellie Lane each had one assist and Grace Milroy had two.

The VS Vikettes, playing on a course which none of them had ever seen before, finished in 10th place in the Wamac Super Meet in Solon on May 12. Sophomores Kaiti Kilpatrick (91) and Lauren Tandy (93) led the Vikettes. Coach's Report: May 12, 2014 WAMAC Conference Super Meet Saddleback Golf Course, Solon  par 72 Weather conditions: warm, stormy   Team Scores: 1st Place: Dyersville Beckman Catholic                      358 10th Place:  Vinton-Shellsburg                                    394   Medalist: Brooke Klostermann               77 (Dyersville Beckman) Runner-up: Allison Vandemore                 80 (Maquoketa)   V-S individuals: Kaiti Kilpatrick           91 Lauren Tandy              93 Olivia Ketchen            104 Jessie Noren                106 Noncounters: Mara Jessen, Olivia Walker All-WAMAC Honorable Mention:   Kaiti Kilpatrick (tied for 15th) and Lauren Tandy (tied for 21st)  (Both are sophomores.

The VS boys golf team placed 6th at the WaMaC Super meet Monday in Manchester. The boys played at Pin Oak Links in tough conditions including about an hour rain delay. The tournament started in a drizzle then turned to a downpour causing the golfers to be pulled from the course to one of four safe shelters around the course. After the lightning was gone, the course was tough with winds and thick rough holding the fresh water.

The Viking golf team beat Anamosa Tuesday at Wildcat to improve their record to 25 wins. The meet was a little colder than expected but the team carded some very good scores. Tyler Stueck led the Vikings and was the medalist with 38. Bryce Shaw was the runner up medalist with 39. The Viking team shot 160 winning the dual meet over Anamosa who shot 168.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School seventh grade girls were big winners in their home Vikette Invitational Track Meet, finishing with 132 points, 26 more than second-place Center Point Urbana. Those placing for the 7th grade Vikettes included: Olivia Coder, second place, 100M and fifth place, long jump; Sarah Schminke, first place 200M and long jump; and third place, 400M; Libbie Timmerman, second place, 200M and sixth place, 400M; Grace Horst, first place, 800M second place, 1500M, and third place, high jump; Maddie Earhardt, first place, 100M hurdles and 200M hurdles and second place, high jump; Alissa Hendryx, third place, 100M hurdles; and Claire Smith, 6th place, discus.

  Over 110 area youth ranging in ages from 5 to 14 years old participated in the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department sponsored Hershey Track Meet on Saturday, May 10 at the Karr Athletic Complex. A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers that generously donated their time to help make this event a success!   All youth that participated received a certificate.

Led by Cole Garwood's perfect game, Vinton bowlers did very well in the Iowa State USBC Bowling tournament in Davenport.  Over 1400 youth bowlers competed in this state bowling competition, which took place over the past few weekends.    Complete results: Team #1:  Vinton Vikings - Division 2 Tea

Sophomore Lauren Tandy led the Vikettes to victory at Gardner Golf Course, as V-S defeated Marion by 11 strokes in a dual on Tuesday.  Coach's report May 6, 2014 Dual at Marion Gardner Golf Course, par 36 Weather: Extremely windy, 67 degrees   Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 215 Marion 226   Medalists: Lauren Tandy 52 (won on cardback) Kaiti Kilpatrick 52   Individual Scores: Lauren Tandy 52 Kaiti Kilpatrick 52 Mara Jessen 54 Alyssa Bunge 57 Noncounters: Olivia Ketchen, Olivia Walker   Low JV score: Jessie Noren 59   This was a good win for us, as the conditions were very challenging.

Sophomore Olivia Walker earned medalist honors for the first time in her career as the VS girls golf team endured a storm delay to win a home quadrangular Thursday evening Coach's Report: Quadrangular Meet Vinton Country Club, par 35 May 8, 2014 Weather: warm, stormy Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 191 Jesup 198 Center Point-Urbana 216 West Delaware 220   Co Medalists: (both Vinton-Shellsburg) Olivia Walker 46 Kaiti Kilpatrick 46   V-S Individual Scores: Olivia Walker 46 Kaiti Kilpatrick 46 Mara Jessen 49 Lauren Tandy 50 Noncounters: Olivia Ketchen, Jessie Noren This was an interesting night.