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Benton County Speedway “Frostbuster” Cancelled
Vinton, Iowa: The “Frostbuster” Stock Car Racing event scheduled for Thursday, April 2nd at the Benton County Speedway has been cancelled. Citing concerns for the safety and well being of the...
IBA Recognizes Four Iowa High School Boys’ State Basketball Tournament Players
Four Iowa High School Boys’ Basketball Tournament players were [SEL]ed to receive a 2020 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award, and they will be presented with the award at thei...
(East & West) Wamac All Conference Boys Basketball Selections for 2019-2020
2019-20 WaMaC WEST All-Conference Boys Basketball Teams* Unanimous Selection1st Team:* Kole Tupa Sr Center Point-Urbana* Christian Withrow Jr Clear Creek-Amana* Tyler Schrepfer Sr Clear Creek-Amana* D...
Beyer signs to play football at Waldorf
With the stroke of pen Wednesday, Luke Beyer transitioned from a Viking to a Warrior. Beyer, a 5-9, 195-pound senior hard-hitting linebacker for the last two seasons for the Vinton-Shellsburg Vik... 2019-20 Girls Basketball All-WaMaC Conference selections
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Last-second drama puts Ortner in the consolation semis!
Brady Ortner scored a last-second reversal and near-fall to defeat Harlan's Ethan Lemon, 14-13 to advance to Saturday's 126-pound consolation semifinals. Ortner (44-7) led Lemon 10-9 with 30 seco...
Ortner advances, clinches medal with dramatic win
Vinton-Shellsburg's Brady Ortner has defeated freshman Ethan DeLeon of Sioux City Heelan, 1-0 in the second round of the Class 2A consolation bracket.With the victory Ortner (43-7) advances to tonight...
Ortner advances with a fall, will wrestle in Friday's 2nd round
Viking sophomore Brady Ortner pinned Jack Ites of Iowa Falls-Alden in Thursday's first round of consolations to advance to Friday's second-round. Ortner pinned Ites in 1:57 of the first period. H...
Ortner falls 3-2 in State opener, consolations shortly
Vinton-Shellsburg wrestler Brady Ortner dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to Brock Beck of Grinnell (ranked No. 2 in the State at 126) in the first round of the State tournament this afternoon in D...
Promoter’s post is latest Benton County Speedway first for Dripps
The track where Corey Dripps started his racing career nearly 30 years ago is the same track he’ll promote in 2020.Dripps and his father Rick, partners in Specialty Racing Promotions Inc., will be i...