Sports

VS Viking alumni basketball game set for Dec. 21

The 1st Annual Vinton-Shellsburg Men’s Alumni Basketball Tournament is set for December 21, in the VSHS gym. Look for more information about teams and times on Vinton Today in the near future...

Vikings win in overtime!

Nolan Sagan: Viking senior's free throws tied, then won game vs. S. Tama on Monday. After a rough first week, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings basketball team won its first game of the season, defeating South Tama in overtime by one point, 57-56. Down by six at half-time and...

Home streak ends as Vikes lose to Williamsburg, 42-27

Nolan Sagan led Vikings with 13, but they lost to Williamsburg Friday in Vinton. The Viking basketball home winning streak is over. Six-foot-nine Williamsburg senior Matt Heitmann and the rest of the Raider defense made scoring tough all night -and virtually impossible in ...

\'The Barn\' now offers VS softball players year-round practice facility

Ellie Gloede Vinton-Shellsurg athletes are busy in December competing in the traditionally-named "winter" sports, basketball, wrestling and swimming. Now, however, softball is becoming a winter ac...

Shepherd earns first victory at Vinton as opposing coach

Ashley McKenna looks for room to drive to the basket. Harold Shepherd's basketball team won at Vinton on Tuesday, something that happened hundreds of times over three decades.   But Tuesday's win was Coach Shepherd's first in Vint...

New look as Vikings begin basketball season tonight

A year after the historic undefeated season and its first appearance at the state tournament since 1996, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys basketball team begins a season without most of the key players f...

Thankful for the Madorin’s Dream to build the Roller Skating Facility

Way back in 1982, Max and Marian Madorin opened the doors to Moose’s Rollarena on C Avenue to provide recreational skating for the community and surrounding area. This past week I met with fa...

Bowling season begins with varsity, JV wins

The VS boys bowling team won its first contest last week. Cole Garwood led the Vinton-Shellsburg boys bowling team to victory in its first meet on Nov. 26, at Berry's Lanes in Vinton.  Garwood had the high game and high series scores (23...

Harold Shepherd to make return to VS on Tuesday, as coach of WD girls

The Vikettes defeated Union by one on Tuesday. Long-time Vinton-Shellsburg girls basketball coach Harold Shepherd will make his first appearance in Vinton as the coach of the West Delaware girls basketball team when the Vikettes host the H...

Brooke Miller signs letter of intent

Drake head women's golf coach Leanne Smith has announced the signings of prep standouts Madison Glennie (Clearwater, Fla./Countryside) and Brooke Miller(...