Sports

The V-S cross country season began in Williamsburg, where the boys finished fourth and the girls, fifth, on Tuesday. Next Tuesday, the teams travel to Grinnell for their second meet of the year. These photos are courtesy of Nancy Jorgensen. Vinton Today welcomes submission of photos of all events, including athletics, from parents and/or coaches, or anyone else.

(Pictured: Front(L-R) Remmington Scott, Matt Martin, Ben Donnelly, Paul Johnson, Rick Murphy. Back-Duane Randall, Chris Boddicker, Mark Wilberg, Steve Stulken, Mike LaGrange, Don Weideman, Chuck Peterson) On Sunday, August 29th, twelve qualifiers from Dysart, Vinton, Tara Hills,Shellsburg, LaPorte City and Belle Plaine golf courses took to the links at the Vinton Country Club in the annual Cedar Valley Ryder Cup Tournament.

Freshman Liz Fischer led the Vinton-Shellsburg girls with a 16th place finish in the Williamsburg varsity girls competition Tuesday evening. The Vikettes finished fifth overall. Benton Community, led by sophomore Madison Weekly's second-place performance, finished third in team scoring. Official results: PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS   1* MountVernon-Lisbon 40 1 3 9 10 17 21 28 2* Williamsburg 40 4 5 6 7 18 23 29 3 BentonCommunity 51 2 8 12 14 15 31 32 4 Mount Pleasant 127 13 24 26 30 34 36 38 5 Vinton-Shellsburg 133 16 22 27 33 35 37 40 6 Mid-Prairie 136 11 20 25 39 41 42 43 7 North Cedar 201 19 44 45 46 47 Incomplete Teams: Clear Creek Amana Individuals results for V-S and BC: 3.

Led by sophomore Ricky Jeray, who finished in ninth place, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys cross-country team finished fourth in the Williamsburgmeet Tuesday evening. Benton Community finished fifth.   Team Scores:   1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon     33   1   2   7  11  12  15  21     2 Mount Pleasant          77   6  10  14  17  30  34  42   3 Mid-Prairie             85   3   4   8  26  44  45  47    4 Vinton-Shellsburg       89   9  13  19 23  25  29  36    5 BentonCommunity       116   5  20  24 32  35  40  41   6 Clear Creek Amana      133  16  18  28  33  38  54       7 North Cedar            205  22  27  50  51  55  59  60    8 Williamsburg           208  31  37  43  48  49  52         9 Hlv                    251  39  46  53  56  57  58    Individual results for V-S and BC teams: 4.

Young racers begin to line up for the start of the first annual Bike Races at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, August 29, 2010. After pedaling one full lap to the checkered flag, each of the nearly 30 cyclists were awarded with a trophy and treat bags during Autism Awareness night at the Speedway.

Welcome to another episode of Brian’s Views from the Grandstands.  Tonight’s action on Autism Awareness night is brought to you by the fine folks at Stickfort Construction as well as kid’s bike races.  Hang on as here we go again. The first feature up tonight was the Hobby Stocks.  19 cars started the feature with Doug Laughridge taking the early lead.

Tonight the Vinton-Shellsburg cross-country teams travel to Williamsburg for their first meet. "It's not a large meet, but it will be a competive one," said Coach John Frazier. The team has a relatively new tradition -- a supper at the Nancy and Pat Jorgensen home the night before the first meet. They observed that custom Tuesday evening, sharing spaghetti, bread sticks, garlic bread and dessert bars.

It is really hard to believe that we are in September already. Where did the summer go? The good thing is we have a lot of fun programs and activities that are getting ready to start up for all ages. Also the Recreation Center has started longer hours for the month of September. This will hopefully help those that want to work out or play some basketball or racquetball get in here either before or after work or school.

IA vs Eastern IL on September 4 at 11 am IA vs ISU on September 11 at 2:30 pm IA vs Arizona at 9:30 pm on September 18 ISU vs UNI on September 25. There is no charge for football at the Palace Theatre! However, we do encourage fans to make a generous donation to our Chair Club fund! Imagine watching the big game in brand new s

Coach Patrick Farley begins his second year as the head footbal coach of the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings tonight. The Vikings host Benton Community. The sophores play first, then the varsity game will take place. The Vikings hope to reach the post season for a second straight year.