Sports

Viking swimmers lose close home dual vs. Decorah

Alvin Long completes his leg and Andy Newcomb begins his during a relay vs. Decorah in Vinton.      With few high schools having swim teams, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings find themselves competing against the same swimmers several times throughout the season. Tuesday night, th...

Have you seen Granny playing basketball?

Forget the brightly colored jerseys, it's all in the socks! By Teresa Kuhn Give me G-R-A-N-N-I-E-S! Grannies??? These grannies aren't your ordinary grannies. These grannies come with hoops....and a basketball! While most teams have diffe...

Viking Wrestling Club takes second at Alburnett tourney

Viking Wrestling Club members pose with their 2nd place trophy at Alburnett, Friday.        The Vikings Wrestling Club K-8th grade, Coached by Joel Neve, and assistant coaches Martin Halstead, Spencer Weeks, Steve Johnson and Pat Hyland, won second plac...

Rough weekend for V-S basketball

The Vikettes score an early basket.      The Vinton-Shellsburg boys and girls basketball team faced tough opponents Friday, and the girls on Saturday.     The girls hosted DeWitt Central Friday eveni...

Viking swimmers defeat Waterloo East

The Viking swimmers completed a demanding four-day stretch with a dual meet split Thursday night at Waterloo against East Hig...

Vikettes, Lady Bobcats to play in Cedar Rapids 'Rivalry' Saturday

     The Seventh Annual Mercy Sports Care Rivalry Saturday will be held this weekend at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.  The first game will feature our very own Vint...

Viking Swimmers sprinted to a home victory over Waterloo

  Tuesday night yielded an impressively dominant victory the Viking Swimmers as they sprinted to a 58-35 home victory over Waterloo East that was even more one-sided than the score suggest...

CPU rallies to beat Vikings, 48-46

Brody Beatty drives toward the hoop in the first half vs. CPU.     Returning to the court for the first time since their dramatic victory over Marion, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings hosted Center Point Urbana Tuesday. The Vikings led early 12-4, ...

VPRD/Vinton Lions Club 2011 Little Viking Wrestling Tournament Results

Fathers and coaches helped the boys warm up and practice during Little Viking tournament.   On Sunday, January 16, the Annual Lions Club/VPRD wrestling tournament took place at the Vinton/Shellsburg High School in Vinton. 170 wrestlers participated in this Sunday after...

VPRD Volleyball League results, standings

Click HERE to see the latest results and team standings for the Vinton Parks and Recreation Department's Volleyball League. ...