Sports

Vikettes win soccer opener vs. Mount Vernon in OT, 3-2

Senior Ashley McKenna pursues the ball vs. Mount Vernon. Every year, says VS girls soccer coach Dave Cornell, the team will have a new look. That’s because every year, more underclassmen will have had one more year of pre-high school soccer exp...

Red Cedar Shooters place 5th in openers; home trap meet Saturday

The Vinton-Shellsburg High School "Red Cedar Shooters" trap shooting team kicked off their 2014 competition season by taking 5th place overall in 2 separate trap invitationals h...

Weather delays early VSHS athletic events

The continued cold has caused delays in some of the first Vinton-Shellsburg athletic contests of the season.  Boys and girls golf openers vs. Center Point-Urbana, originally scheduled for ...

Second-year racer Leah Wroten hopes to make more history in 2014

Leah Wroten celebrates her first feature win on July 2, 2013, in Independence. Last year, Leah Wroten became the first woman to win a feature race since 1971 at the Independence Motor Speedway, and came close to becoming the second woman to ever win a feature against male com...

Car show unites dirt track race drivers, fans

Although cold wet weather delayed this weekend's scheduled Frostbuster at the Benton County Speedway, the sun was shining Sunday afternoon when several of the drivers brought their machines to ...

Local bowlers compete in C.R. youth USBC tournament

2nd Place - Hammer Heads In March, some of our local league bowlers traveled to Cedar Rapids to participate in the USBC City tournament.  The bowlers compete against many bowlers from the Cedar Rapids area in many dif...

Jr/Sr Jets wrap up season

The Gutter Cleaners failed to live up to their name; they won the league championship. The Gutter Cleaners (Kyle Jorgensen, Bryce Meyers, Hunter Martin, Nick Schneider) failed to live up (or down?) to their name this season in the Jr/Sr. Jets Bowling League at Berry's Lanes. ...

Vikings learn 2014/15 football schedules; both seasons to begin vs. Benton

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings learned their 2014 and 2015 football schedules earlier this month when the Iowa High School Athletic Association announced them.  The Vikings will have five ...

Adult Volleyball League Champions

Coed VPRD Volleyball Champs: Paul’s Seeds. We have now concluded our 2013-14 season of Adult Volleyball League and I would like to send along to you the final results and standings as well as pictures of the league champions.   ...

Viking Nolan Sagan named to All--State Academic Team

Viking basketball player Nolan Sagan, a team leader in scoring and former KCRG-TV Athlete of the Week, will be recognized tonight for his academic achievements. Sagan is among the players ...