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Curtis Glover raced to the first track championship of his IMCA Late Model career this season at Benton County Speedway. From Runnells, Glover is pictured with Division Director Joe Hayes, at left, and IMCA President Brett Root, at right, during the IMCA national awards banquet Nov. 30 in Lincoln, Neb. (Photo by Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photograp

VINTON — A slow start led to a big finish Friday night for the Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ basketball team, as Coach Joe Johnson's Vikings fought off the Solon Spartans for a 58-56 WaMaC Conference victory at the Garrison Fieldhouse. The Vikes (2-1, 1-1 in conference play), trailed 11-5 after one period and were still down one at halftime, 17-16, but once they came back from the half, Asgaard smote Sparta.

Coach Brian Sheston’s Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers got off the 2019-20 season to a fast start over the weekend with a pair of solid performances, highlighted by Saturday’s showing at the Monticello’s Guilford Invitational The Vikings crowned a pair of champs, two runner-up finishes and three thirds on the way to a fourth-place finish in the meet.

By JEFF HOLMESVINTON -- First-year head coach Rich Haisman got a Thanksgiving treat from his Vinton-Shellsburg girls' basketball team Tuesday night.The Vikette presented their new coach with a season-opening 46-30 WaMaC Conference victory over West Delaware before big crowd in the Garrison FIeldhouse. V-S trailed once in the game, 2-0, before scoring 11 straight and putting the game away early.

VINTON — CJ Rickels's 22 points coupled with a tenacious defense by the home team led the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings to a 57-38 victory over the Union Knights Thursday night in the Garrison Fieldhouse.Coach Joe Johnson’s Vikings (1-1) led 17-8 after one period, then blew the game open in the second quarter to take a 34-15 into the locker room at the half.

VINTON — The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes blew open a tight game in the first half to pull away and down Union, 41-28 in a non-conference battle Thursday night at the Garrison Fieldhouse.The Vikettes (2-1 overall) were only up 6-5 after one period and 13-12 at intermission, but from then it was not the Knights’ night. Lucy Howes-Vonstein drilled home 17 points and Taryn Sutton added 11 more to pace the Vikettes.

Varsity boys: With for returning varsity members,  this team is really working well together and bowled 150 above last year's average.   High for this team was sophomore Ayden Bearbower with nice 203 average.  Ayden has worked really hard and is driven to compete at this level.  This team averaged 204 as a team with 3072.Ayden Bearbower 163 243 406Payton Haefner 195 209 404Ryan Schoettmer 177 225 402Riley Richart         139 245 384Cameron Karr 213 167 380Cyrus Elwick         167 145 312Varsity girls: Four returning members worked with newcomers and came out on top.

MAQUOKETA — A cold night of shooting is never good in basketball, but it’s even worse when your opponent is hot.Coach Joe Johnson’s Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings dropped their season opener Tuesday, falling 62-51 to Maquoketa on the (long) road. The Vikings led the game most of the first half and took a 28-24 lead into the locker room at intermission.

VINTON -- There really is no such thing in sports as a moral victory, but in a lot of ways this loss might have been as close as you can get.The short-handed Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes (1-1) charged back from a deep hole late in the fourth quarter, only to have the Maquoketa Cardinals manage to hold them off for a 54-47 WaMaC Conference win Tuesday night at the Garrison Fieldhouse.

If you would like to be part of the competing bike ride to the RAGBRAI called “Iowa's Ride” you can register to participate at the following link: https://iowasride.com/registration/Iowa's ride will be taking off from Dubuque on Sunday, July 12, for a 48 mile trip to Monticello. After leaving Monticello, the ride will go another 50 miles to the stop in Vinton on Monday, July 13.