Sports

The Tharp Design/Fareway team leads the Co-Ed league standings in the Vinton Parks and Recreation Volleyball League. Click HERE to see complete standings and recent scores.

Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Western Dubuque  12/22/15 The varsity girls lost this evening to a very talented W. Dubuque team.  The score was VS 2538 and W. Dubuque 2752 but they shot over one hundred pins above average.  The girls were led by senior, Sierra Goodell who had her personal best game of 229 and series of 409. Erin Wood           171 160 331  Sierra Goodell      180 229 409  Taylor Berry           124 171 295  Isabel Dedrick      164 138 302  Connie Upmeyer 158 124 282  Alyssa Bunge    222 163 385     The varsity boys were victorious over W.

An early three-pointer by senior Jordon Womochil gave the Vikings the lead for good against Dunkerton in a non-conference basketball game Tuesday in Vinton. Then after building a 25-10 lead, the Vikes outscored the raiders 20-5 in the last five minutes of the first half. Leading by 30 at the break, the Vikings continued to dominate and won 85-34.

For 25 years, Diane Hesson kept score and statistics at home Vinton-Shellsburg basketball games, an estimated 700+ contests with more than 14,000 individual statistic lists. Diane retired from that job at the end of last season, and on Tuesday evening, the VS community honored her for all those years of documenting shots taken and missed, fouls and points scored.

Weight Summary West Delaware V-S 106 Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (For.) 0 6 113 Carter Weeks (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jeff Ilgen (West Delaware) (Fall 0:58) 0 6 120 Brad Rausch (West Delaware) over Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 4:36) 6 0 126 Jordan Rausch (West Delaware) over Wes Haefner (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:33) 6 0 132 Mitchel Mangold (West Delaware) over Unknown (For.

Weight Summary Decorah V-S 220 Tyler Flak (Decorah) over Unknown (For.) 6 0 285 Cole Headington (Decorah) over Unknown (For.) 6 0 106 Philip Ihde (Decorah) over Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) (MD 8-0) 4 0 113 Carter Weeks (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (For.) 0 6 120 Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (For.) 0 6 126 Carter Hubka (Decorah) over Wes Haefner (Vinton-Shellsburg) (TF 15-0 3:09) 5 0 132 Brendan Lovstuen (Decorah) over Unknown (For.

Several Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ golf team members were successful achievers in the classroom. Each year the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union presents an award for excellence in academic achievement.  These 12 girls were members of the Vinton-Shellsburg 2015 girls’ golf team and achieved a team G.P.A. of 3.567. This award is presented to teams who achieve a 3.

Weight     Summary    VS  IN 220 Lane McMartin (Independence) over Keith Barnes (V-S) (Fall 1:16) 0  6   285   Drew Evens (Independence) over Unknown (For.) 0   6   106 Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Andrew Delehunt(Indep.) (Fall 0:39) 6   0   113   Carter Weeks (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Holdyn Griffith (Independence) (Fall 1:52)    6     0   120 Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Taylor Kraninger   (Independence)   (Fall 2:19) 6    0   126  Navon Dunlap (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jacob Wolf (Independence) (Dec 7-3)  3  0   132    Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Tanner Erickson-Dale (Independence) (Dec 3-1)   3   0   138  Drew Davis (Independence) over Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:44)  0   6   145  Nick Hyland (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Seth House (Independence) (MD 11-0)  4   0   152   Peyton Nolting (Independence) over Dylan Wagner (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 5:03)  0   6   160   Jake Juhl (Independence) over Kort Johnson (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 4:22)   0   6   170   Nick Holt (Independence) over Unknown (For.

Weight Summary V-S BECO 106 Luke Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Hunter Northup (Benton Community) (Fall 0:41)  6   0 113   Carter Weeks (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Spencer Milling (Benton Community) (Dec 7-1)   3   0 120   Brock Radeke (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Unknown (For.)   6   0 126   Tate Buck (Benton Community) over Navon Dunlap (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 1:47)   0   6 132   Scott Betterton (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Jacob Knaack (Benton Community) (Fall 4:24)   6   0 138   Bryar Pedersen (Benton Community) over Brayden Laton (Vinton-Shellsburg) (Fall 2:33)   0   6 145   Nick Hyland (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Taylor Schulze (Benton Community) (Fall 1:06)  6   0 152   Dylan Wagner (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Grant Franzenburg (Benton Community) (MD 16-3)   4   0 160   Kort Johnson (Vinton-Shellsburg) over Gunner Monson (Benton Community) (Fall 5:20)   6   0  170   Samuel Maresh (Benton Community) over Unknown (For.

Two Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings won first place at the 8th Annual Jones Brothers Wrestling Invitational in Iowa Falls on Saturday.  Nick Hyland (138) had a first-round bye, continued his undefeated season with two falls and a major decision. His record is now 16-0 this season. Navon Dunlap recorded three falls and a decision to win the 126-pound title.