Sports

With just a few first place finishes, but many medalists, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys won another track meet on Tuesday, winning the Ruth Ahrens Invitational at Iowa Valley. The Vikings scored 128.5 points, one more than second-place Solon. "It was another great win for the guys," said Coach Aric Chvala. "A lot of the time people think that you have to win every event to win a track meet but I guess we are proving that theory wrong -- we don't win many events but we we place in most of them.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikette golfers won a home quadrangular meet on Thursday, April 12. Below is the meet summary:   V-S Girls Golf Quadrangular at Vinton Country Club (par 35) April 12, 2012   Team Scores: V-S                                          189 Waterloo Columbus                  199 Clear Creek-Amana                 205 Marion                                     218   Medalist: Gabi Scarma                        39 Clear Creek-Amana Runner-up: Cassidy Boe                       41 Waterloo Columbus   V-S scores: Erin Randall                              45 Natalie Ketchen                        46 Cara Hack                               47 Katie Lovell                              51 Noncounters: Mara Jessen and Liz Moen Samantha Jorgensen What a difference a couple of days make!  Home course and better weather conditions were contributors.

  On a day not ideal for golf, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys defeated Independence by four, 175-179. Daniel Janssen led all golfers with a 40.   Below is the summary from Coach Scott Tandy:     V-S Individuals:  Daniel Janssen 40, Dylan Rippel 43, Seth Inman 45, Daniel Ervin 48, Trevor Brown 47, Drew Pearson 47   Medalist:  Daniel Janssen 40 Runners Up:  Dylan Rippel 43, Kurtis Christensen 44 (Indee)   "While neither team played spectacular golf, I am very happy with the outcome.

  The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department has begun accepting registrations for the upcoming Adult Softball League season! Teams will have a chance to enjoy the recent renovations made to Lions Field as they compete in either the Men's divisions or the Women's division. Get your team together and be sure to turn in your registration form by Friday, April 20th.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg and Independence girls golf teams met in Independence on Tuesday, in cool and very windy contitions. The Mustangs defeated the Vikettes, 217-234.   Here is the complete summary: V-S Girls Golf Dual @ Independence Three Elms Golf Course (Par 35), April 10, 2012 Conditions:  very windy, low 50s, sunny Team Scores:             Independence   `           217             V-S                              234 Medalist:  Mackenzie Black(Indee)                   41 Runner-up medalist;      Cara Hach(V-S)           49 V-S scores:             Cara Hach                    49             Natalie Ketchen            58             Erin Randall                  60             Liz Moen                      67 Noncounters: Katie Lovell and Mara Jessen Not a good night for the Vikettes; except Cara Hach shot very well.

Dylan Rippel led all golfers with a 41 during the April 5 meet between Vinton-Shellsburg and CPU boys in Center Point. Daniel Ervin was second overall with a 42. The Vikings defeated the Stormin' Pointers, 172-175.     Varsity Team Score   Vinton 172 Center Point 175   VS Varsity Individua

  VINTON, Iowa – This Sunday, April 15, Benton County Speedway will hold a 50/50 raffle in support of the North Benton Ambulance Service during the track’s season points opener. The ambulance crew has provided its services at the speedway on race nights for many years. Proceeds from the raffle will go toward purchase of a Lucas Device, a piece of equipment that provides automatic CPR and greatly assists medics when working with individuals in crisis.

  The final Frostbuster feature of the week for IMCA Modifieds was also the fastest, as J.D. Auringer led flag-to-flag in Sunday’s caution-free show at Benton County Speed­way.    Auringer started on the pole, ran ahead of Richie Gustin most of the 25-lapper and took the $1,000 checkers a car length ahead of Dan Ratajczak.

  The top Solon shooters defeated the top Vinton-Shellsburg shooters during the first meet of the season Saturday. The VS team, called the Red Cedar Shooters,  did outscore the Solon squad overall.    Individual Squad Results:    V-S Red Cedar Black Squad 189 (2nd), Solon Spartans Black Squad 206 (1st)   V-S Red Cedar Gold Squad 168 (3rd), Solon Spartans Orange Squad 151 (4th)   V-S Red Cedar Red Squad 141 (5th), Solon Spartans White Squad 89 (6th)   Overall results:   The Red Cedar Shooters 3 full squads scored a total of 498 broken targets, with the Solon Spartans scoring a total of 446 broken targets.

Last week, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team won two meets it had never won before, says their coach. They followed their first place finish at Williamsburg with another one at Hudson. First place finishers for the Vikings at Hudson included Nolan Edwards in the 110 M high hurdles, Kelyn Rickels in the high jump; and Wyatt Lyons, 1600M. "We just seem to keep getting big contributions from all over the place," says Coach Aric Chvala.