Sports
VINTON TODAY - October 14th, 2013 12:29 pm
Going into the 2013 season, Vinton-Shellsburg Coach Jim Womochil predicted that Decorah and West Delaware would be the two best teams in the conference.
Their records (Decorah, 7-0 and WD, 6-1), as well as the scoreboard the last two Friday nights are convincing evidence of that.
West Delaware built a 35-0 lead en route to a 56-22 victory in Vinton.
VINTON TODAY - October 13th, 2013 10:18 pm
The Vinton-Shellsburg cross country runners faced a larger field than usual at the 18-team meet at North Linn on Saturday, but the individual outcome in the girl's event was the same: Vikette sophomore Lily Horst finished first.
Horst was first among 136 varsity runners, with a time of 14:36, 12 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.
VINTON TODAY - October 9th, 2013 11:39 am
Vinton-Shellsburg boys finished first in varsity team scoring there, as well.
Those two things have happened throughout the year.
But on Monday, VS had one more reason to celebrate.
Derek Dinderman, who has led VS runners throughout the season, finished in first place. The Viking junior completed the 5K course in 17:23.01, a little less than a second ahead of second-place Eric Douglas of Clear Creek-Amana.
VINTON TODAY - October 8th, 2013 7:15 pm
Facing a new style of offense they hadn't seen before, the Vinton-Shellsburg ninth grade football had to make some big adjustments and come from behind to win at West Delaware.
Coach Tony Stenberg shares the following report:
We defeated West Delaware 32-25 in come from behind fashion last night. Our first lead of the game came with 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter and we were able to hold on for the victory from there on out.
VINTON TODAY - October 7th, 2013 9:24 am
With the Vikings leading 16-6, the Decorah freshmen were attempting a fourth quarter rally when VS defensive back Lane Rowe added another interception to his 2013 stat sheet. He returned this one for a TD, putting the game out of reach. The Vikings won 22-6.
Coach Tony Stenberg summarized Friday's game, and the Vikings' 5-1 season:
We knew Decorah would have a good football team so we emphasized to our guys all week that we needed to out physical them and get off to a good start.
VINTON TODAY - October 7th, 2013 9:24 am
For more than 42 minutes, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings played the Decorah Vikings about just as close as anyone else has in the past two years. The VS Vikings held the other ones to just two touchdowns, while the VS offense twice entered the red zone.
But the first six minutes of Friday's game in Vinton left V-S down, 21-0 to the Decorah team that hasn't lost since the 2011 State Championship Game.
VINTON TODAY - October 7th, 2013 9:03 am
Girls
scores
VS 27
Mid Prar 69
Col Jct 112
CCA 114
Wat Est 117
EV 166
Varsity Boys
DUANE RANDALL, VINTON PARKS & RECREATION - October 2nd, 2013 10:30 am
The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department held its annual Two Person Best Shot this past weekend at the Vinton Country Club. 60 golfers took part in the event with nice weather for the early golfers but some rain on the afternoon group. This year’s champions were the team of Ryan Allsup and Jim Murray who shot a five under 65.
VINTON TODAY - October 1st, 2013 11:26 pm
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes defeated Benton Community, 3 games to 0, on Tuesday night, for their first WaMaC Conference win.
Each game was closer than the first; VS won by scores of 25-16, 25-20 and 25-22.
Coach Michelle Ruess said the key to success was consistent intensity.
The Vikettes travel to Waterloo Columbus this Saturday.
VINTON TODAY - September 30th, 2013 10:25 am
Injuries, turnovers and missed opportunities added up to defeat on Friday for the Vinton-Shellsburg football team.
The Vikings lost 23-8, Independence, allowing the Mustangs to celebrate their first Homecoming win in 11 years.
VS dominated the first quarter, driving deep into Mustang territory after the opening kickoff. But a missed field goal and another stalled drive in the red zone allowed the score to remain at zero at the end of the first quarter.