Sports : Vikings defeat CPU in 8, 2-1

Grant Sagan pitched the entire game, holding CPU to one run in 8 innings

Winning run! Under this cloud of dust is senior Josh Ferguson, who scored in the bottom of the 8th.

After putting the winning run on third base with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but failing the score, the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team had to go into extra innings to defeat Center Point-Urbana during the first game of the Monday double-header.

In the eighth, Josh Ferguson led off with a double. Luke Moen singled; Ferguson rounded third and slid into home as the ball bounced away from the CPU catcher.

Senior Grant Sagan pitched a complete game and earned the win, holding the Stormin' Pointers to just one run in eight innings.

In Game 2, CPU jumped to a 5-0 first inning lead, taking advantage of a couple errors and walks along with a few hits. The Vikings were able to cut the lead to 7-5 by the end of the fifth inning, but CPU scored twice more for a 9-5 win.

The Vikings travel to Marion Wednesday then play Anamosa at home on Friday.