Sports
On to State: Viking wrestlings Hyland, Wehage and Neal advance
Three of the four Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers who advanced to the District wrestling match earned a spot in the Class 2A Individual State Wrestling Tournament by finishing first or second during district competition in Marion on Saturday.
Nick Hyland (132) and Michael Neal (152) finished first. Max Wehage (113) came in second. Heavyweight Steve Henry finished fourth. VPRD Volleyball Standings
Vinton Parks and Recreation Department
2013-14 Adult Volleyball Standings
February 14, 2014
Coed Division
Sunday, February 9
Team Truax 17—25—25 vs Coots Materials 25--10--20
Ehlinger’s Vinton Express ‘66’ 10--18--20 vs
Fareway / Tharp Design 25—25--25
Natural Disasters 4—14--16 vs Ron-Da-Voo 25--25--25
Paul’s Seeds 25--25--25 vs John’s Qwik Stop 19—22--15
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Vikette basketball team honors three players on Senior Night
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes honored three basketball players, one senior manager, and their parents at the recent Senior Night.
The players are Sara Jorgensen, Ashley McKenna and Bethany Stainbrook; the senior manager is Kaitlyn Booth.
Viking swimmers set many personal bests at season-ending District Meet
Facing Mason City, Decorah and five Mississippi Valley Conference schools we finished eight, not too far behind Waterloo East and Cedar Falls. The boys capped a good season with another strong performance marked by continued, significant improvement. Out of the 26 swims on the day we registered 18 new personal best times. The 200 Medley Relay team of Senior Matt Lash, Freshman Ryan Levis, Junior Anthony Dickerson and Junior Jordan Evans medaled with a 6th place finish.
Four Viking wrestlers advance to Districts
Four Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers placed first or second at the ectional Wrestling Meet at Union High School on Saturday, February 8.
They included first place winners Nick Hyland (132 pounds) and Michael Neal (152); and second-place winners Max Wehage (113) and Stevie Henry (heavyweight).
All four qualified for the District Wrestling Meet at Marion this Saturday, February 15. Senior Night: VS bowlers win all three contests vs. Waterloo Columbus
Jacob Gosse ended his last game with a turkey – three strikes in a row, for those of you unfamiliar with bowling terminology – and scored a team high 203 during Friday’s final home contest of the season.
Gosse and Nick Stein (198/367) led the Vinton-Shellsburg varsity boys with a 203 game/400 series as the Vikings continued their winning ways, defeating Waterloo Columbus, 2871-2447
The Viking JV team also won, 2345-1983. Hawkeye Dirt Tour schedule announced; Vinton event May 13
The fifth annual XSAN Hawkeye Dirt Tour takes the best Modified drivers from in and around Iowa to 11 different tracks this season.
IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds race for a minimum of $1,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to start each night. The champion also earns a $600 share of the $3,000 point fund, a portion of which is provided by new series title sponsor XSAN.
Three-pointers, turnovers doom Vikings in 46-42 loss to Benton
With a minute and ten seconds left to go in the third quarter, the Vinton-Shellsburg basketball team held its biggest lead of the night: 6 points.
Ten seconds later, they were behind by one.
A three-point shot followed by two stolen passes and quick Bobcat buckets set the tone for the end of the game, which included a few more stolen passes leading to quick baskets. Nolan Sagan named KCRG Athlete of the Week
Nolan Sagan, the Viking leading scorer who is also near the top of the Wamac West scoring statistics, is this week's KCRG Athletes of the Week
The station will feature Nolan during its 10 p.m. broadcast tonight.
Nolan averages 15.2 points per game, and has made several key shots to help the Vikings win this year. Now a senior, he was the only junior starter on last year's team which advanced to the State Tournament last year. CPU edges Vikings in final seconds, 38-35
The Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team continued its trend of last-second games on Friday, but this time they came up short.
For the second time this year, the Vikings lost by 3 to Center Point-Urbana. Free throws in the final seconds gave the Stormin' Pointers the final edge.
The Vikings are 4-9 on the season. They lost one game in overtime, and five other losses were by four points or less.