Sports

VS Middle School runners do well at home meet

The VSMS girls prepare for their race to begin. 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

Kyle Jorgensen & Kyle Henkle 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

Fundamentals: Viking linemen's blocking and tackling is key to their success. 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 nearly 1 minute ahead of the second-place runner in the VS CC meet. 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

Josh Kauten 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

Jacob Bunge carries the ball as the VS CC runners circle the track. 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

Chase Overton hands the ball to Nick Hyland. 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...