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Knights take on #5 Waukon for 1st round of playoffs and fall short 32-13
The Union Knights finished the first quarter one tied 6-6 with the #5 rated Waukon Indians.
Waukon scored 20 points in second period. Union came out and scored in third to make it 26-13. Final score Waukon 32, Union 13.
Union had five turnovers with two on special teams, two fumbles, and one interception.
Union finishes the season (4-2) in 2A District 6 play and (4-6) overall.
Seniors lead Vikes to victory in season finale
In their last game in a Viking uniform, the Vinton-Shellsburg senior football players led their team to victory, scoring all six touchdowns in the 38-22 Viking victory at Crestwood.
Senior QB Jordan Womochil completed six of nine passes for 119 yards and one touchdown, a 16-yard toss to classmate Nick Hyland. Jordan also ran the ball 17 times for 120 yards. Yessak wins Class 1A qualifier; to compete in State Country Meet
Jordan Yessak of Vinton, who runs for the Dunkerton cross country team, won last week's Class 1A state qualifying meet in Cedar Falls. Yessak, a junior, and his team each earned the right to race in this Saturday's State meet in Fort Dodge. His winning time awas16:50.
The son of Jason and Anita Yessak of Vinton, Jordan open enrolls in Dunkerton, where his father teaches and coaches. One year milestone: Cross Country teams to paint windows at Ehlinger's Wednesday
A year ago, Mel Davis and her staff welcomed the Vinton-Shellsburg cross country teams to Ehlinger's Express, where the runners were treated to free supper and hot chocolate and painted the windows to celebrate the accomplishment of earning a trip to State.
That tradition continued with other VS teams throughout the past year.
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VS boys, girls cross country teams earn trip to State
Congrats to both the girls and boys Vinton-Shellsburg cross country teams on earning a trip to State!
The Vikettes Girls placed 2nd overall (they missed 1st place by 2 points).
Lily Horst was 2nd, Gracie Horst 4th, and Bristi Gerber, 8th.
The Boys placed 3rd overall; Cole Tharp was 7th, Jonah Blix, 13th.
The team arrived in Vinton at Thursday night, escorted by the law enforcement and fire vehicles. Nets for Vets: Vikettes to honor veterans with game, dinner Nov. 17
The Vinton-Shellsburg girls basketball team will honor area veterans at a local event on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
The "Nets for Vets" will include a game between the Vikettes and Belle Plaine. Before the game, there will be a free-will donation barbecue in the VSHS lunchroom/commons from 4-6 p.m.
The JV game starts at 5; the varsity game at 7.
Football Week 9 preview: Benton, Union secure playoff spots
Vinton-Shellsburg will wrap up its 2015 season with the long road trip to Cresco to face Crestwood, just a few miles south of the Minnesota border.
The Vikings and Cadets have identical records (2-6 overall, 1-4 in Class 3A District 3).
Football programs throughout the state will learn their new district assignments early in 2016. The 2016 and 2017 schedules will be identical, but the home games the first year will be away games the next.
Viking-Vikette Hall of Fame adds seven more names
They set school records – and even state and at least one national record that has not yet been broken. They excelled in the classroom in sports. And now, they are members of the Viking-Vikette Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame added seven new members on Friday, three individuals and a four-person track relay team. Below is the information shared with the audience during the Hall of Fame presentation that took place during halftime of Friday’s Homecoming game.