Cooper Sanders, the son of Jason and Angie Sanders, finished second in the USA Wrestling National Championships last weekend at UNI.  Cooper was the national runner-up in the Bantam division (7 & 8 year olds), at 50 pounds.

Dual with Independence at the Wildcat Golf Course, Shellsburg Par 35 Weather conditions: warm, no breeze  (Perfect!)   Team Scores:      V-S                  171      Independence    202     Medalist: Mackenzie Black, Indee     34 Runner-up medalist:  Erin Randall, V-S   39   Individual scores: Erin Randall       39 Natalie Ketchen  43 Cara Hach          44 Mara Jessen       45 Lauren Tandy      47 Kaiti Kilpatrick     51 (count the low four for team score)   What a night the Vinton-Shellsburg girls had! They really came ready to play.

Richie Gustin doesn’t start many of his races at Benton County Speedway at the front, but he has a knack for finishing them there. Gustin raced from 13th to win Sunday’s Frostbuster feature for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Vinton.

After visiting a few other Iowa colleges and thinking he had found at least one he liked, Vinton-Shellsburg senior basketball player Grant Sagan went to Grand View University in Des Moines and found "the match" for his collegiate hoops career.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters hosted AGWSR for their first Trap Shooting meet of the season today at the Red Cedar Chapter of the Izaak Walton League.

The varsity and JV won their meets last night against Center Point-Urbana.   Varsity won 177-193 JV won 201-203   Dylan Rippel was the first place medalist with 39; Tyler Stueck was the 2nd place medalist with a 44.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes won their first golf meet of the year, a dual vs Center Point-Urbana, at Rolling Acres Golf Course in Center Point.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap Team will host AGWSR for their first competition of the season this Saturday, April 6th at the Red Cedar Chapter Izaak Walton League.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings basketball players gathered with their families Monday night to reflect on their historic season, and to say thank you to all of those who in some way helped make the 2012-13 campaign a historic one.

The Vinton Softball/Baseball Corp is looking for 3-4 players to play on our 7 year old baseball team for this upcoming summer.  The team will practice 1-2 times a week and play a 12 game schedule during May and June.