Tony Olson didn't leave himself a lot of room for improvement when he won 27 Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod features and three local track titles last season.

The Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers went to Decorah to take on the other Vikings. The home team won, 58-14 Varsity match winners for VS included Carter Weeks (113) and Scott Betterton (145), In the only JV match, Vinton-Shellsburg's Christian Lovell (138) won bypinning his opponent.

No matter who they play on Friday (or a Saturday in the UNI-Dome) the Union offense and defense know that come Monday, they will have to line up against some of the best that Iowa high school football has to offer: Each other.

Nobody in the 40-year history of Iowa high school play-offs at the UNI-Dome has run for as many yards as Isaiah Vaughan did on Saturday. The senior Union running back scored on runs of 67, 75, 58, 56 and 1 yards and ended the night with a UNI-Dome record of 397 yards on 36 attempts, an 11 yard-per-carry average, as the Knights defeated Mount Vernon, 49-28.

The Union volleyball team is just one match away from the Class 3A State Championship -- and they must face one of the teams that battled them most fiercely all season to win it.

Vinton Parks and Recreation Department 2016 - 2017 Adult Volleyball Standings Week of 10-30-16 This Week's Results Coed Division Sunday, October 30 Paul's Seed 11-1 Pauls Seed 25--25--25 vs Coots Material 12--23--13 Young Rhinos 11-1 Kiss my Ace 18--20--22 vs Young Rhinos 25--25--25 Tharp Design / Fareway 7--2 Hummels H.

"That's Union. They killed us." Three students from another high school were walking through the stands as Union began its Class 3A quarterfinal match against Osage on Wednesday in the U.

Union seniors hold the State VB Qualifier banner; they play their first game at State on Wednesday. After breezing through three opponents in their Class 3A region, the Union Knights are looking forward to facing the tough competition that awaits this week at the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids.

Jordan Schoettmer became the first Vinton-Shellsburg bowler to sign with an NCAA college team, when he committed to Clarke University of Dubuque on Friday.

The Union High School student body and staff joined Head Football Coach Joe Hadachek in celebrating Hadachek's status as one of the 15 finalists in the first-ever Most Valuable Coach program sponsored by U.