Scooter Dulin (right) earned the first track championship of his IMCA Sunoco Stock Car career this season at Benton County Speedway. Pictured with IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root, the Cedar Rapids speedster won two features at Vinton in 2011.

Nathan Chandler (right) topped Mach-1 Sport Compact point standings at West Liberty Raceway this season. The Norway driver, pictured with IMCA Vice President of Operations Brett Root, won 17 features, as well as the inaugural main event for the 4-cylinder class during the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Cenex in 2011.

Merv Chandler (right) of Vinton raced to both the Mach-1 Sport Compact championship at Benton County Speedway and the Allstar Performance Iowa State title in 2011.

  Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings December 3, 2011   This Week's Results   Coed Division Fareway / Tharp Design 17--1 Ron-Da-Voo 15--6 PHHF 11--7 Dominant Dingoes 10--8 Diggers 9--9 Hummel's / Iron Shed 8--7 Team Truax 8--10 Coots Materials 3--15 Meet The Robinsons 0--18   Sunday, November 27   No Games Scheduled Thanksgiving Weekend     Men's Division Ron-Da-Voo 15--3 Blockheads 10--8 Neve's PFC 8--10 Terry's Gutter Service 3--15   Monday, November 28   Blockheads 21--21--25 vs Terry's Gutter Service 25--25--17 Neve's P.

  Vinton Aquatic Club members made an impressive showing at the recent Cedar Rapids Aquatic Association Harvest Invitational Swim Meet.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg men’s swim team team kicked off the 2011/12 season with a number of new faces Tuesday night at CoeCollegeas they battled large, talented squads from Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

       After an All-Conference season in which she led the Vinton-Shellsburg volleyball team in kills, 2011 Vikette volleyball MVP Ashley Strong has accepted an offer to become a Spartan.

       Wes Burnside of Union has been named the captain of the Iowa Newspaper Association's Class 3A All-State Football Team.

  Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2011-12 Adult Volleyball Standings November 25, 2011   This Week's Results     Coed Division Fareway / Tharp Design 17--1 Ron-Da-Voo 15--6 PHHF 11--7 Dominant Dingoes 10--8 Diggers 9--9 Hummel's / Iron Shed 8--7 Team Truax 8--10 Coots Materials 3--15 Meet The Robinsons 0--18   Sunday, November 20 Coots Materials 23--8--23 vs Team Truax 25--25--25 Ron-Da-Voo 25--25--25 vs Meet The Robinson's 6--14--12 Diggers 18--19--21 vs Fareway / Tharp Design 25--25--25 Hummel's / Iron Shed 25--25--18 vs Dominant Dingoes 14--18--25   Bye Week:  PHHF     Men's Division Ron-Da-Voo 12--3 Neve's PFC 8--7 Blockheads 9--6 Terry's Gutter Service 1--14   Monday, November 21   Neve's P.

    The Union Knights brought home their first State Championship trophy Saturday evening, winning the class 3A title with a 21-14 defeat of Decorah.