Sports

  Tyler Bruening and John Emerson joined elite company Saturday night. They joined very short lists by winning the first two features of the season in their respective divisions at Independence Motor Speedway.   Bruening chased pole-sitter Jon Passick at the drop of the green in the 25-lap IMCA Late Model feature. After cutting into Passick’s sizable lead, a lap five caution put Bruening on the leader’s rear bumper for the ensuing restart.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes played in very wet and windy conditions at the South Tama golf tournament on Saturday, May 11. V-S finished fourth in the six-team field. Coach's Report: South Tama Tourney May 11, 2013 Tama-Toledo Country Club Par 70 Weather conditions: cold and extremely windy; very wet   Team Scores: Grinnell 374 Nevada 391 Newton 405 Vinton-Shellsburg 411 South Tama 423 Benton 442   Individuals: Medalist: Paige Van Dyk, So.

Vinton-Shellsburg junior Nolan Sagan raced to victory in the 400M and 800M events Thursday during the District track meet, earning an automatic place in the State Track meet. Freshman Bristi Gerber finished second in the 800, also automatically qualifying for the State Meet. Other athletes for VS who qualified for the State meet (after all District meet times were compared) included: Boys: Ricky Jeray, 3200 M.

After cold weather and snow delayed the Vinton-Shellsburg track teams from their outside workouts (with the exception of the day the athletes had to shovel the track), the rainy weather cancelled a few other meets. Weather was no friend for VS track teams on Thursday, either. A heavy rain delayed the district track meet one hour. But before the running events could begin, coaches -- aided by equipment and manpower from McDowell's and owner Larry Druschel -- had to remove water from the track.

VINTON, Iowa (May 7) – Cayden Carter held off a succession of heavy-hitting veterans in winning Tuesday’s Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour presented by XSAN opener at Benton County Speedway. A week and a half shy of his 18th birthday, the second-year IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modified speedster started outside pole and was scored first on all but one of 30 circuits in the $1,000 to win main event.

The Vinton-Shellsburg golfers, led again by Erin Randall, won at the Jesup Golf Course during a make-up meet Tuesday. Coach's Report: Jesup Dual @ Jesup Golf Course May 7, 2013 Par 36 Sunny, warm, no breeze   Team Scores: Varsity             Vinton-Shellsburg         196             Jesup                            231 JV             V-S                              286             Don Bosco                   293   Medalist:             Erin Randall                  44 Runner-up             Mara Jessen                 48   It was an ideal night for a golf meet with perfect weather conditions.

The Vinton-Shellburg boys golf team hosted the WAMAC Super Meet at the Wildcat Golf Course in Shellsburg on Tuesday. The Vikings, led by Tyler Stueck's 77, finished in eighth place. Stueck was tied for 24th place and earned Honorable Mention.  See complete results HERE. Coach's Report: The weather was beautiful for the 16 teams who came to compete at Wildcat Golf Course in Shellsburg Monday.

Vikette golfers Natalie Ketchen (96), Erin Randall (100) and Cara Hach (103) received medals at the WAMAC Conference Super Meet on Tuesday.  All three V-S seniors placed in the top 25  in the 15-team, 18-hole meet. The Vikettes placed fourth as a team. Coach's report: Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf WAMAC Conference Super Meet (15 teams) 18 hole tournament May 6, 2013 Spring Brook Country Club, DeWitt Par 71 Weather conditions: sunny, 70s   Team Results: Western Dubuque 370 Independence 393 Williamsburg 402 Vinton-Shellsburg 405 (won by determining lower score of 5th player) Waterloo Columbus 405 Central DeWitt 408 Clear Creek-Amana 412 Dyersville Beckman 415 Anamosa 422 Solon 427 West Delaware 459 Benton Community 465 Maquoketa 490 Center Point-Urbana 491 Marion 517   Medalist: Mackenzie Black (Indee) 77 Runner-up: Brooke Klostermann 80 The West Division dominated in the first five places with only Western Dubuque finishing higher.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap team took home the 5th place trophy after a day of close competition at the Cedar Falls Gun Club's 28th Annual High School Trap Tournament Saturday. The Red Cedar Shooters Black Squad turned in a team score of 223/250 in the regular competition round, which was just 4 shots out of 1st place.  Tie-breaker shoot-off's for 2nd and 3rd place teams tied with 224/250, and a shoot-off for the Red Cedar Shooters for 4th and 5th place at 223/250 made for a day of very tight competition.

  Below are the results from Benton County Speedway on May 5.     RESULTS IMCA MODIFIED Feature: 1. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 2. 71 Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 3. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 4. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 5. 18 Jerry Luloff (Independence); 6. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 7. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 8.