Sports
VS Middle School runners do well at home meet
Four of the top six runners in the girls Middle School race, and six of the top 10 boys in Tuesday's cross country meet were from Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School.
Cole Tharp led the bo... JV cross country: VSHS boys first, girls second
Kylie Miracle (5th) Sara Jorgensen (8th place) and Olivia Oltrogge (11th place) led the Vinton-Shellsburg JV girls to second place in team standings in their home meet on Tuesday at Rodgers Park.&n... Freshman again ring victory bell, rout Independence, 50-8
The Vinton-Shellsburg freshman football team recovered from its first setback, a 23-14 loss at Western Dubuque.
The 9th grade Vikings defeated Independence, 50-8.
The Vinton-Shellsbu... Horst wins VS cross country race; boys team places first; girls second
Lily Horst finished the girls cross country course at Rodgers Park in her familiar first place again on Tuesday. This time she was nearly a minute faster than everyone else.
Horst's time of... Holschlag, Driscol carry Knights past Osage, 33-6 Union defense dominate
Holschlag, Driscol carry Knights past Osage, 33-6
Union defense dominate once again
By Cheyne Reiter
The Union Knights 4-0 (2-0) remained unbeate...
VS adds several athletes, \'78 Vikettes BB team, to Hall of Fame
After seeing a "district" football game, they gathered at the Vinton Country Club where someone had burned a DVD to use with a laptop computer so they could watch 6-on-6 basketball. ... VS XC parents praise WD for participation in football-carrying tradition
Even before the ball arrived in Vinton from Western Dubuque High School in Epworth, VS cross country parents heard about the impressive way that WDHS personnel handled the VS tradition of carr... Injury-plagued Vikings lead 18-13 but lose to W Dubuque in fourth quarter
Vinton-Shellsburg took an 18-13 lead into the final quarter of its Homecoming football game vs. Western Dubuque on Friday. But the Vikings, playing without running back Nick Hyland, gave up 22 poin... Intro to Trap Shooting class offered, Oct. 12
The Red Cedar Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, in conjunction with the Prairie Creek Chapter of Pheasants Forever, will be hosting it's 2nd Annual "Intro to Trap Shooting&quo...
VPRD deadlines for Adult League volleyball, PP &K, adult lap swim
The Vinton Parks and Recreation announces some upcoming deadlines:
Adult Volleyball League - Final Call!
Registrations are currently being accepted for the 2013-14 Adul...