Sports

Sophomore hurlers lead Vikings to season opening win at South Tama

Sophomore Darrin Charlier earned the win for Vikings in season opener at S. Tama Two sophomore pitchers led the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team to a season-opening win at South Tama Tuesday night.  Darrin Charlier started the game for the Vikings, whose offense gave h...

Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympians Do Well At State

 Kenny Boer placed 3rd in the Shotput            There were two Statewide competitions in the Des Moines area last weekend.  While the one in Des Moines may have gotten more attent...

Red Cedar Shooters Place 3rd Twice

Dalton Lebeda,  Logan Merchant, Tony Zimmerman, Bryce Burroughs, Curtis Geiger Red Cedar Shooters Place 3rd Twice on Saturday at meets held at Otter Creek in Cedar Rapids. Xavier Meet Hel d in the morning Red Cedar V-S Squad A  placed 3rdwith a record high team score...

Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ track team at Class3A State track meet in Des Moines

 Ashley Boyer takes the handoff from Erika Hammar going into the third leg of the 4x200 relay DES MOINES – There no medals but some solid performances over the weekend for the Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ track team at the Class3A State track meet in Des Moines.  The Vikett...

Boys' track results

 Shot-putter Grant Wittmer with a throw of 48'11.75 DES MOINES – There was one medal-winning performance and some other solid performance for the Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ track team over the weekend at the Class 3A State track meet at Dra...

Vikettes Open Softball Season Wednesday

VINTON – The hot weather this week can mean only one thing: Summer is here and with it the start of the summer sports season. Coming off of five straight 20-plus win seasons, Coach Bari P...

Brian's Veiws from the Grandstands 5/24/10

Welcome to another episode of Brian's Veiws from the Grandstands.  It was a warm and windy night with 99 cars on hand to battle in the 5 IMCA classes. The first feature was the IMCA Spor...

State Track Meet: V-S athletes competed in several events

 Vikette Allison Emrich fires of a throw in the shot put during action at Friday's State Track Meet DES MOINES -- Through the early competition at the State track meet Friday, Vinton-Shellsburg's Allison Emrich and Taylor Leyden were among the first local athletes to compete.   E...

Vinton boys take second place in local 12 and under baseball tournament

Vinton 12 & Under Boys team members pose after winning second place in local tournament May 16. The Vinton 12 and under boys baseball team won second place in their home tournament this past weekend. More than 30 teams competed in Vinton and Shellsburg during the two-day event. Games took...

Brian’s Views From the Grandstands – Vinton 5/16/10

  Welcome to another issue of Views from the Grandstands from the Benton County Speedway.  Auto Source sponsored the night’s festivities and it was definitely a wild one to sa...