Sports
Union extends season; to host Maquoketa Monday in quarterfinal game
Union knocked off former State Champion Solon, 39-24 Monday night at Solon in high school football playoff action. The Knights will host Class 3A District 5 Champion Maquoketa next Monday, Oct. 7. The Cardinals had defeated Union 35-15 during the regular season.
Three fumble recoveries, an early interception, along with a 95-yard pass and a 54-yard run by QB Jay Scheel were big factors in the win over Solon, which has won a state title in either class 2A or 3A in the past four years.
Pickleball Champs
These are our physical education trimester one pickleball champions from each class:
Griffin Williams, Nolan Sagan
Alex Salger
Cheyenne Barnes, Gabe Burkhart
Elle Osborn, Jake Milroy
Max Griffith, Max Kearns
Kelyn Rickels, Lyons finishes 35th at State Cross Country meet
Of the eight freshmen or sophomores to finish in the top 50 in the boys State Cross Country meet on Saturday, two of them are from area schools.
Vinton-Shellsburg sophomore Wyatt Lyons finished 35th with a time of 16:42.64. Freshman Josh Yeager of Center Point-Urbana finished 42nd with a time of 16:47.
Wrestlers sold out: Fund-raising auction nets nearly $7,000
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School wrestling program (this year aided by the Little Vikings AAU wrestlers) held its second annual labor auction on Thursday, Oct. 27.
Duane Johnson called the auction as the wrestlers and coaches took their turn on the auction block.
The event raised funds to cover the cost of wrestling camp as well as reconditioning one of the mats. VS players named to All-District team
Several Vinton-Shellsburg football players were named to the All-District team for Class 3A District 5.
The honorees included:
First team: Gunner Tranel, Darrin Charlier, Luke Kearns
Second Team: Kelyn Rickels, Ryan Webster, Josh Yerkes, Zach L
Garage Sale & Bake Sale
Please come help support the
13U Gold USSSA Baseball team help raise money for their 2012 season
When: Saturday, October 29th
Where: US Bank Building in Vinton
When: 7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sickles to play at Mt. Mercy
Morgan Sickles, a senior at Center Point Urbana is shown signing a letter of intent to play Softball at Mount Mercy college. Viking runner Lyons advances to state Cross Country meet
Vinton-Shellsburg Sophomore runner Wyatt Lyons finished sixth at the state qualifying meet in Manchester, and will compete at the State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Oct. 29. He finished with a time of 17:03.
As a team, the VS boys took fifth place. The girls finished 9th. Emma Horst led the Vikettes, coming in 39th place at 17:52. HS FB: Union comes from behind vs. Washington, prepares for '10 champ Solon
By Cheyne Reiter
I'll save a majority of the adjectives for the post-game article, but I guess I'll give you one to put this game in perspective...UNBELIEVABLE. The Knights won tonight's first round contest over the Washington Demons by a 22-15 final in absolutely breath-taking fashion.
After Union took an early 7-0 on their opening possession, the Demons responded late in the second quarter with a touchdown of their own.
Vikettes end volleyball season with loss to S. Tama
South Tama beat Vinton-Shellsburg 3-0 in the first round of the Regional Tournament Monday night.
Scores were: 16-25; 18-25; and 20-25.