Sports

     The Vinton Shellsburg-Union Swim Team met last week to compete against Waterloo East. VSU won, 77-11.     Winners for VSU included the 160 medley team (Summer Stephenson, Mara Jessen, Jessie Dickerson, Kami Kirchner); Katie King in the 200 freestyle and 50 freestyle; Abby Getz in the 160 IM; Mara Jessen in the 60 freestyle; Karissa Davis in the 100 butterfly; Javannah Jensen in the 100 freesytle; the 160 freestyle relay (Karissa Davis, Abby Getz, Jessie Dickerson and Savannah Davis); Madison Elwick in the 100 backstroke; Abby Getz in the 100 breaststroke; and the 320 freestyle relay team of Kersten King, Savannah Jensen, Katie King and Madison Elwick.

          Danny Dvorak won the Sports Mod feature at the Benton County Speedway during the final night of the racing season. He is also the 2011 track points champion. Scott Pippert also won the Hobby Stock race and season track points title honors. Merv Chandler did the same in the Sports Compact feature.      Winners at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, Sept.

Players of the Week for Union: Offensive Line - Chase Hansen Offensive Back - Jay Scheel Offensive Receiver - Brady Petersen Offensive Scout of week - Austin Dengler   Special teams - Logan Sallee   Defenive Line - Brad Gallup Defensive LBer - Cole Hinders Defensivel Back - Brenden Kuhn Defensive Scout of week - Jon Porter The Union Knights 4-1 (2-1) rebounded from a tough loss last week to DeWitt with a high scoring 56-27 win over the Anamosa Blue Raiders 2-3 (0-3).

     After the first three weeks of the season, there are new leaders Class 3A, district 5.      Maquoketa and W. Dubuque are tied at 3-0 in district play, while Marion, Central Clinton and Union are tied at 2-1. Under the tie-breaking system, Marion and Union would be considered the third and fourth place teams.

     Vinton-Shellsburg senior Gunner Tranel was the Vikings' leading ball carrier last week, rushing for 145 yards and three of the team's four touchdowns in the loss vs. W. Dubuque.     Tranel has also led the team on defense. He is tied for 20th among all Iowa high schol football players, with 60 total tackles in four games, including 38 solo tackles and 22 assists.

     The Vinton-Shellsburg High School volleyball team defeated Benton Community, 3-1 on Thursday night. Scores were: 25-22 25-16 21-25 25-18

  Hall of Fame Induction- 2011   Please join us on Friday, September 30, 2011, for the 2011 Viking/Vikette Athletic Hall of Fame Induction.  The Freshman & Varsity football teams will be hosting Anamosa, starting at 5:15 p.m.  The induction ceremony will be held during halftime of the varsity game, approximately 8:30 p.

     At the recent Middle School cross country meet in Vinton, Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School had the top finishers among both boys and girls      Lily Horst continued leading the VS girls, finising first with a time of 6:07. Five of the top six finishers in the girls race were from VSMS.      In the boys race, Jonah Blix finished first for VSMS with a time of 6:06.

     The Vinton-Shellsburg eighth grade boys football teams won both their A and B games against Williamsburg Tuesday evening. Thanks to Pat Jorgensen for sharing these photos!

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is placing its last call for Adult Volleyball League registrations. The current league options available are the Mens division, the Womens Upper division, Womens Lower division and the Coed Division. Registration forms are available online at www.vprdzone.com or at the Vinton Recreation Center.