Vinton Parks and Recreation is excited to offer the following new addition to our Adult Sports Programming.  ADULT CO-ED 5 V 5 SOCCER  WHO:  5 v 5 Co-Ed teams (Rosters are a max of 10 players) WHEN:  SUNDAY NIGHT – Games are @ 6:00 & 6:45 (Games will consist of 4 – 8 Minute Quarters) WHERE:  Karr Athletic Complex (New Football Field) COST:  $60 per team DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Monday, September 28th CAPTAIN’S MEETING: Thursday, October 1st @ Vinton Recreation Center 7:30pm **Play will tentatively begin the week of October 4 ***If you have questions or want to play but can't get a team we will be happy to pair you with some fellow "Free Agents".

Last week's V-S district opener at Charles City was dominated by both the Viking and Comet defenses.  The Vikings only managed 140 yards of total offense, but the Viking defense recovered two fumbles and intercepted two passes while holding the Cadets to 248 yards of offense.

Sisters Lily (3rd place) and Grace Horst (7th place) led the V-S girls cross country team to a 1st-place finish in the Grinnell Invitational on Tuesday evening.

The Vinton-Shellsburg varsity football team quickly fell behind the highly-rated Class 2A South Tama Trojans on Friday. But after giving up 14 first quarter points, the Viking defense contained the ST and its explosive running backs for the rest of the game.

All of the experts who have looked at the Iowa Conference football schedule expect former V-S Viking leader Gunner Tranel and the rest of the Wartburg Knights to be in December of 2015 exactly where they were a year earlier, when they celebrated in the snow their team’s second straight Iowa Conference title.

Led by siblings Lily and Grace Horst, the V-S cross country team finished in third place in the girls event of the Williamsburg Invitational on Tuesday.

In each of the first three V-S football seasons under head coach Jim Womochil, the Vikings have begun their season with a win over Benton, followed by a close loss to South Tama.

The slimmest of margins separated Todd Cooney and John Emerson atop the IMCA Late Model Sunday Series standings entering the final night of action at Benton County Speedway.

The first of what Vinton-Shellsburg players will be 10 or more football games takes place tonight, when the Vikings travel to Benton Community for their season opener.

The 2015 cross country season began Tuesday in Mount Vernon, where the Vinton-Shellsburg boys and girls competed with several teams.  Viking sophomore Cole Tharp led his team with a 10th-place time of 17:50.