Sports

Red Cedar Shooters Black Squad earns 3rd place finish at State Championships

Third at State: Curtis Geiger, Bryce Burroughs, Dalton Lebeda, Wyatt Lebeda, Drake Tilson         The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap shooting team capped its successful season with a third place finish at the Iowa High School Trap Shooting Championship...

Doug Laughridge gets first win at Benton County Speedway

Doug Laughridge Hobby Stock Winner      Winners at the Benton County Speedway Sunday evening included first-time winner Doug Laughridge, who took the checkered flag in the Hobby Stock feature Sunday, May 29, in his ho...

Play Ball! Vikings, Vikette start rain-delayed seasons with sweeps

Mackenzie Stueck connects for a hit, driving in two runs against Anamosa.     For the first time in the spring of 2001, the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball and softball teams hear the umpire yell "Play Ball." After rain delayed games scheduled earlier this...

4 x 100 team set school record at state

4 x 100 relay VSHS girls record: Erika Hammar, Ashley Boyer, Shelby Beyer, Cheyenne Barnes.      The Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team 4 x 100 relay members set a new school record for the event on Saturday, when they finished fifth at the State Track Meet. A plaque will b...

Views from the Grandstands

  Welcome to another round of Views from the Grandstands from the ¼-mile bullring we refer to as Benton County Speedway.  Severe weather in the area passed to the north and so...

Vinton Parks & Recreation Department hosting trip to see Chicago Cubs

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is once again hosting a chartered bus trip to catch a summer Chicago Cubs game at the historical Wrigley Field in Chicago. The beloved Cubbies will be ...

Area Youth take part in Annual Hershey Track Meet

    Area Youth take part in Annual Hershey Track Meet  Over 180 area youth ranging in ages from 5 to 14 years old participated in the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department ...

Brandon Banks among winners at Benton County Speedway May 22

Hobby Stock Winner Kyle Parizek       Brandon Banks won the Modified feature at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, May 22.       Other winners include:      Stock car: ...

Vikettes 4 x 100 places fifth at State Track; boys barely miss medal in 4 x 200

In the rain: Erika Hammar passes the baton to Shelby Beyer, who anchored the 4 x 100 team.       The Vinton-Shellsburg girls 4 x 100 relay team finished in fifth place Saturday in the 3A finals at the State Track Meet.      The team consisting of As...

Vinton-Shellsburg Trap Team has Record Setting Day on Way to 1st Place Finish

First place: L to R Curtis Geiger, Bryce Burroughs, Dalton Lebeda, Wyatt Lebeda, Drake Tilson      The Vinton-Shellsburg Trap team is peaking at just the right time as they prepare for the Iowa High School State Trap Meet June 4th in Cedar Falls.  Saturday they participa...