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 Coach Rich Haisman's Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes moved to 5-1 in the WaMaC West and 8-5 overall Tuesday night with a 67-32 victory over South Tama in the STC Roundhouse. After a relatively tight first half that saw them up 28-21 at intermission, but a 21-2 run over the course of the third quarter propelled the Vikettes the blowout win.Kayla Griffith led the Vikettes with 10 points, Lucy Howes-Vonstein nine, Taryn Sutton eight, Alyssa Griffith and Brylee Bruce seven each, Davia Herger six, Ashlie Meyer five, Abby Davis and Kalinda Burke four each, Kaitlin Meyer and Sophia Kreutner three apiece and Keira Ott one.

A historic weekend for girls' wrestling in Iowa proved to be an even more historic weekend for a pair of Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers.Viking girls' wrestlers Amelia Birker and Bailey Weeks both competed in the second annual Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association's Girls' State wrestling tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock High School. After just over 90 entrants last year, over 300 wrestlers competed this year and this was the first time Vinton-Shellsburg had entrants in the tournament.

Coach Brian Sheston's Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers put on a solid performance Saturday at the North Tama Invitational.In all the Vikings crowned a pair of champions, two-more runners-up and added a third place finish while placing in the other weights they entered. Sophomore Brady Ortner copped the 132-pound title with five falls, capping his day off by pinning Sam Hackett of Waterloo Columbus in 5:48.

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   By Rob Levis, Head Swimming Coach    The Vinton-Shellsburg Stormin' Viking swimmers closed out their home season Monday with a dual meet win over Williamsburg Our guys swam really well,  On the evening we had 41 new personal best times led by Isaac Allsup and Bradyn Schlief with four each.  Elias Colsch, Logan Zearley and Jared Jacobs each had three new personal best times.

By Betty ThorsvigHot. Sweaty. Loud. Stinky. Not where this Grandma wants to be on a bitterly cold night.  But we have a great bunch of kids that love wrestling.Coach Neve runs them through drills and techniques over and over again.  There is NO slacking here; you better be prepared to come and learn.  I was amazed at all the parents that help out Coach Neve.

It was another heartbreaker for Coach Joe Johnson's Vinton-Shellsburg boys' basketball team Tuesday, as for the second night in a row the Vikings dropped an overtime toughie, falling this time to Clear Creek-Amana, 70-62 in a game that was truly a tale of two halves.V-S led 18-7 after one quarter and 33-16 at the half, but Clippers stormed back, cutting the margin to three after three at 41-38 before the contest went into OT tied at 55.

Photo courtesy of Angie BeckerVarsity BoysThis team is on fire.  They are working really well together as they continue their successes.  They are still undefeated and shot a great 3152.  They were led by junior, Ayden Bearbower shooting a phenomenal 298 and a 504 series.  Ayden has worked hard to get to where he is as he continues to be a strong force on the lanes.

The winning streak moved to four Monday night as Coach Rich Haisman's Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes rolled past Independence, 50-34 in a WaMaC West showdown at the Garrison Fieldhouse.After a tight first eight minutes, the Vikettes (7-4 overall and 4-0 in the West) rolled to a 32-18 lead at intermission and 43-24 going into the final eight minutes.Kayla Griffith paced the Vikettes with 14, with Lucy Howes-Vonstein adding 13 and Taryn Sutton 10 to give V-S three in double figures.

"It was a weird game...there was no flow to it."Those were the words of Vinton-Shellsburg boys' basketball coach Joe Johnson after his Vikings dropped a 44-40 decision to Williamsburg Tuesday night at the Garrison Fieldhouse.The Vikes trailed 11-9 after one period and were within one in the last minute of the half, but a pair of Raider treys upped the margin to eight at intermission, 25-17.