"We swam great, but lost 47-46," said VS boys swimming coach Rob Levis of the team's meet in Vinton Thursday. The Vikings competed against Waterloo East in the Iowa Braille School pool, where all home meets take place.

Jordan Schoettmer, with a high game (226) and high two-game series (399), led the Vinton-Shellsburg bowlers to victory over Independence Friday, in Vinton.

Only three girls basketball coaches in Iowa history have led their teams to more wins than Harold Shepherd. The Vinton resident and long-time Vinton and Vinton-Shellsburg coach earned his 750th career win on Friday night with his current team.

Today, Berry's Lanes hosted the 13th Annual Zippy Midget-Jr/Sr Jet 8-9 Pin Bowling Tournament sponsored by Coots Material.  Thirty-four bowlers participated in the bowling tournament.

Both Vinton-Shellsburg varsity basketball teams are 2-3 on the season after last night's games vs. Independence. The Vikings built an early lead vs.

HS 2 - Brayden Laton's place is 2nd and has scored 12.00 team points. Round 1 - Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Colton Bittner (West Marshall) (Fall 1:53) Round 2 - Collin Fischels (Independence) won by fall over Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 3:31) Round 3 - Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Kalob Vandersee (Linn-Mar) (Fall 1:01) Round 5 - Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Blade Jackson (West Marshall) (Fall 0:45) HS 4 - Bryce Rasmussen's place is 4th and has scored 0.

Four games into the new season, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes have already doubled their win total from last year. V-S is 2-2 heading into tonight's game at Independence.

In October, many youth bowlers along with one of their parents participated in a local competition to advance to the USBC District Family Double competition.

Three of the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes' first four basketball games have been decided by three points or less. That includes Friday's 64-61 overtime victory at Dyersville Beckman.

Bowling for the JV team, Vinton-Shellsburg’s Bryce Meyer rolled the high game (233) and high two-game series (400) during Friday’s home three-team meet against Denver and North Iowa, as the Viking boys won both the varsity and JV contests.