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On Wednesday, Union Knights Coach Joe Hadachek resigned. After 12 years as head football coach at Union High School, Joe described his time coaching as "One great ride." Before becoming coach, he had worked with the youth program, starting that with Coach Don Sallee in 2003,  building the program that continues today. He took a minute to thank the fans both for their support as well as for coming to the games.

"This is a rebuilding year for the girls team. We lost 5 or the 6 varsity members from last year yet we have several girls that are stepping up their games to contribute the this team.  The VS boys team has been gaining strength over the last few rebuilding years.  We have so much talent which makes a coaches job difficult to pick the 6 best at any given moment" said coach Amber Pattee.

The Jones Brothers Tournament is a tournament to honor two Iowa State Wrestlers, Ron and Don. The tournament began in Iowa Falls-Alden high school wrestling tournament and debuted in 2008. For years Don coached the Iowa Falls middle school team and Ron went 15 seasons as head coach of the Iowa Falls High School wrestling program. Ron was a member of Iowa State's 1965 NCAA team title squad,and a two-time All-American at 130 pounds.

JV 120-129 Damon Swenson's place is 1st and has scored 20.0 team points. Round 1 - Damon Swenson (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Tjaden Dixon (West Fork, Sheffield) (Fall 2:57) Round 2 - Damon Swenson (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Seth Lane (North Butler-Clarksville) (Fall 0:14) Round 3 - Damon Swenson (Vinton-Shellsburg) won by fall over Khain Thiessen (Iowa Valley) (Fall 1:26) JV 126-131 Lucas Maynard's place is 3rd and has scored 9.

Marion @ Vinton-Shellsburg on 12/13/2018. Marion (MARI) 42.0 Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 41.0 113: Mike Betterton (VISH) over   (MARI) (For.) 120: Bryce Radeke (VISH) over   (MARI) (For.) 126: Brady Ortner (VISH) over   (MARI) (For.) 132: Bryce Laton (VISH) over   (MARI) (For.) 138: Brock Radeke (VISH) over   (MARI) (For.

HS 7 Jon Evans's place is 4th and has scored 0.0 team points. Round 1 - Reece Knaack (Benton Community) won by fall over Jon Evans (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 2:56) Round 2 - Jeremiah McCubbin (Charles City) won by fall over Jon Evans (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 2:51) Round 3 - Andres Lugo (South Tama County) won by fall over Jon Evans (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 3:31) HS 8 Damon Swenson's place is 1st and has scored 16.

Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Lisbon @ CCA/Lisbon/South Tama/ Vinton held their match on Thursday, December 6, 2018. The Betterton and Radeke boys come out on top at the Lisbon v. Vinton-Shellburg match. See results below. Lisbon (LISB) 57.0 Vinton-Shellsburg (VISH) 21.0 170: Peyton Angelias (LISB) over   (VISH) (For.) 182: Jamien Moore (LISB) over Jack Swanson (VISH) (Fall 1:39) 195: Truman Krob (LISB) over   (VISH) (For.

  Lloyd Miller's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points. 1st Place Match - Kalem Schrock (South Tama County) won by decision over Lloyd Miller (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Dec 8-1) Jimmy Mull's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points. 1st Place Match - Ethan Swan (Solon) won by fall over Jimmy Mull (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:18) 1st Place Match - Cael O`Neill (Solon) won by fall over Jimmy Mull (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:14) Lucas Maynard's place is unknown and has scored 4.

Guaranteed 6th place Match #1 Round 1 Solon defeated Vinton-Shellsburg 54-21 170 - Jax Flynn (Solon) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 182 - Seamus Poynton (Solon) over Jack Swanson (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:19 195 - Adam Bock (Solon) over Caleb Rouse (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:14 220 - Mike Hoyle (Solon) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 285 - Michael Broghammer (Solon) over Chris King (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 3:08 106 - Collin Ottoson (Solon) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jakobe Lahr (Solon) Fall 4:25 120 - Bryce Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Lucas Kampman (Solon) Fall 2:28 126 - Hayden Taylor (Solon) over Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 1:29 132 - Zeb Gnida (Solon) over Bryce Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 3:43 138 - Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Aidan Dall (Solon) Dec 7-5 145 - Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Caleb Ebert (Solon) Dec 7-6 152 - Zack Bevans (Solon) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 160 - Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Andy Brokaw (Solon) Dec 4-1 Match #2 Round 2 Des Moines East defeated Vinton-Shellsburg 51-22 106 - Symon Yates (Des Moines East) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Benjamin Diaz (Des Moines East) Fall 5:27 120 - Bryce Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Kentrell Kinney (Des Moines East) Dec 4-0 126 - Matthew Jordan (Des Moines East) over Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:37 132 - Brock Espalin (Des Moines East) over Bryce Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) TF 15-0 138 - Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Christian Milligan (Des Moines East) Dec 7-2 145 - Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Robert Avery (Des Moines East) Fall 4:46 152 - Sean Head (Des Moines East) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 160 - Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Micheal Boylan (Des Moines East) Maj 9-1 170 - Dan Abimana (Des Moines East) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 182 - Matthew Scott (Des Moines East) over Jack Swanson (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:15 195 - Christopher Alaverz (Des Moines East) over Caleb Rouse (Vinton-Shellsburg) Maj 13-2 220 - Adam March (Des Moines East) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 285 - Taylor Schwartzman (Des Moines East) over Chris King (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 3:52 Match #3 Round 3 Omaha Burke defeated Vinton-Shellsburg 60-24 106 - Nathan Rubino (Omaha Burke) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 - Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke) over Bryce Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 1:35 126 - Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jayden Looney (Omaha Burke) Fall 5:13 132 - Jeromy Nielsen (Omaha Burke) over Bryce Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:30 138 - Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 145 - Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Trey Nielsen (Omaha Burke) Fall 3:33 152 - Deson Stapleton (Omaha Burke) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 160 - James Burks (Omaha Burke) over Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:51 170 - Mason Petersen (Omaha Burke) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 182 - Austin Dougherty (Omaha Burke) over Jack Swanson (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 0:47 195 - Dillyn Miller (Omaha Burke) over Caleb Rouse (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 1:26 220 - Dylan Sales (Omaha Burke) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 285 - Deangelo Stapleton (Omaha Burke) over Chris King (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 3:36 Match #4 Consolation Bracket Vinton-Shellsburg defeated Wahlert 34-30 220 - Double Forfeit 285 - Mitchell Miller (Wahlert) over Chris King (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 2:00 106 - Dylan Digman (Wahlert) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 113 - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 - Bryce Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 - Double Forfeit 132 - Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jimmy McDermott (Wahlert) Fall 3:30 138 - Bryce Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 145 - Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Gabe Anstoetter (Wahlert) Fall 1:30 152 - Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Dustin Digman (Wahlert) Maj 14-1 160 - Connor Dehn (Wahlert) over Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) Dec 5-4 170 - Bryce Anstoetter (Wahlert) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 182 - Riley Dolter (Wahlert) over Jack Swanson (Vinton-Shellsburg) Fall 2:24 195 - Joe Bahl (Wahlert) over Caleb Rouse (Vinton-Shellsburg) Maj 14-4 Wahlert's team score was adjusted by -1.

Mike and Scott Betterton and Brock Radeke all placed first in their weight category at this weekends invitational. Also placing in their individual categories were in 2nd Luke Radeke, 3rd Brady Ortner and Chris King, 4th Bryce Laton and Caleb Rouse and in 5th Jack Swanson 113 Mike Betterton (3-1) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) 3-1 received a bye () (Bye) Semifinal - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) 3-1 won by fall over Rafe Boucher (Marion) 1-4 (Fall 1:57) 1st Place Match - Mike Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) 3-1 won by fall over Sebastian Sorondo (Dubuque Senior) 1-1 (Fall 2:45) 120 Bryce Radeke (1-3) place is unknown and scored 0.