Sports

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.  The Vikettes were down by four at half-time, and rallied to tie the game late in the fourth. They then outscored Beckman by three in overtime.  Sophomore Maci Griffith led the Vikettes with 23 points.

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. Jacob Bunge led the VS varsity with a 394 two-game series. In the girls’ event, the VS team finished second.

Vinton Parks and Recreation Department                                                                                                   2013-14 Adult Volleyball Standings                                                                                                   December 13, 2013                                                                                                                                                                                             Coed Division Sunday, December 13   Ehlinger's Vinton Express 66       12—12--22          vs            Hummel's / Iron Shed                    25--25--25   Team Truax                                        12--19--22           vs             Hummel's / Iron Shed                    25—25--25   Paul's Seeds                                       15—25--25          vs            Fareway / Tharp Design                                25--14--27   Neve’s P.

  Match Summary VISH SOLO 106 Conner Miracle (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) . 6.00 0 113 Max Wehage (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) . 6.00 0 120 Louis Gnida (Solon) won by pin over Bryce Rasmussen (Vinton-Shellsburg) 0:44.

  Match Summary VISH EWD 106 COLLIN KOERPERICH (Epworth, Western Dubuque) won by pin over Conner Miracle (Vinton-Shellsburg) 1:14. 0 6.00 113 Max Wehage (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by tech fall over Tyler Mensen (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 3:54 22-7.

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.

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 by four at the end of the third period Monday night on their home court, the Vikings rallied to even the score. Free throws by Nolan Sagan very late in the fourth period tied the game; another by Sagan sealed the win for the Vikings.

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 final nine minutes -- for the Vikings in their home opener.  Williamsburg led 27-25 with a minute to go in the third, and kept the Vikings to just 2 points for the rest of the game, defeating the Vikings 43-27.

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 activity for dozens of V-S girls, from fourth grade through high school. For the past few months, athletes have been going to "The Barn," an old, two-story, red farm building on the Cornell farm.

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 Vinton leading an opposing team. His West Delaware Hawks jumped to an early 14-2 lead and outscored the Vikettes 24-9 in the third quarter en route to a 67-37 win.