Sports

Dawne Schminke accomplished a goal she set four seasons ago: Earn a spot in the State Track meet each year. The Vinton-Shellsburg senior earned a spot in the 2015 meet in the 100M dash.  Dawne was one of many VS Vikettes who qualified for State during Thursday's rainy, cold and windy meet in Marion.  VS Vikettes heading to State Track:  Lily Horst- 3000m 4x200 Relay Payton Leonard- 400m  Bristi Gerber- 800 Sprint Med Relay Amanda Dedrick- Discus Dawne Schminke- 100 Possible at-large qualifiers: 4x100, 1500, 4x800, 4x400 In boys events, the Vikings 4 x 200 team (Joel Barnes, Nick Hyland, Jodran Womochil and Tyler Bartz) finished with the third-fastest qualifying time in Class 3A.

The Vikings went to play in Marion at the Gardner Golf Course Monday for the WaMac Super Meet.  The conditions were very tough throughout the meet with gusty winds, wet playing conditions, and on the chilly side as well.  The Vikings battled and really stayed focused as they finished in second place.  It was a total team effort as they were tied with Williamsburg and Mount Vernon all carding 325 with the top 4 scores.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School girls track teams hosted the annual Vikette Invitational on Tuesday. The seventh grade girls won first place; the eighth graders finished in second.  Winners for the 7th graders included: Lauren Upmeyer, high jump; the 4 x 100 relay team; the shuttle hurdle relay team; and the 800 sprint medley team. Eighth grade VS winners included: * Grace Horst, 800 M and 1500M.

VINTON, Iowa (May 12) – Opening night for the Hawkeye Dirt Tour at Benton County Speedway has now been rescheduled for next Tuesday, May 19. The IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified feature at Vinton pays $1,000 to win, a minimum of $150 to start and is a qualifier for the 2015 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot. IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod features both pay $400 to win while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks race for a $200 top check.

The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team improved from previous years, and finished sixth in the 15-team Wamac Super Meet Monday at the Amana Colonies Golf Course. Lauren Tandy led the Vikettes with a 103, earning ninth place. Coach's report: WAMAC Conference Super Meet- 15 teams May 11, 2015 Amana Colonies Golf Course, par 72 Weather:  low 50s, cloudy, breezy Team Results: Dyersville Beckman    1st        397 V-S                              6th        443 Individuals: Medalist: Brooke Klosterman (Beckman)      83 Runner-up: Kelsa Berkland(Williamsburg)     88 2nd Team All Conference: Lauren Tandy (V-S)                103  (9th  place) Honorable Mention All Conference: Kaiti Kilpatrick (V-S)             108  (tied for 16th)   V-S Individuals: Lauren Tandy              103 Kaiti Kilpatrick           108 Rachel Tandy              114 Brandi Gerber             118 Noncounters: Olivia Walker, Jessie Noren Juniors Lauren and Kaiti shot well on this course in this weather and both earned All Conference recognition for their efforts.

 Windy conditions and forecasts calling for falling temperatures at race time have resulted in postponement of tonight’s IMCA Hawkeye Dirt Tour opener at Benton County Speedway. A new date for the IMCA Xtreme Motorsports Modified series in Vinton is to be announced.  The first Hawkeye Dirt Tour event of the season will be on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at I-35 Speed­way in Mason City.

     Over 100 area youth ranging in ages from 5 to 14 years old participated in the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department sponsored Live Healthy Iowa Kids Track Meet on Saturday, May 9 at the Karr Athletic Complex. A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers that generously donated their time to help make this event a success!      All youth that participated received a certificate.

The State USBC bowling tournament wrapped up with Berry's Bowler finishing well in all divisions.  Berry's Lanes league bowlers had four teams and six individual bowlers competing in many different divisions.  An individual bowler can bowl up to 3 times in the state competition:   Team (Team of four bowlers)  Doubles (Team up with a fellow USBC bowler) Singles  They can also register to compete in all events, where their competition scores are added up and you are ranked by your total overall score.

Lauren Tandy's 45 led all golfers during the VS girls golf team's final home meet on Thursday. Olivia Walker earned the silver medal with a 47 as the Vikettes won the four-way event. Coach's report: May 7, 2015 Girls quadrangular at VintonCountry Club, par 35 Clear Creek-Amana, Jesup, Don Bosco Catholic, Vinton-Shellsburg Weather: 70s and sunny   Team Scores: V-S 198 Jesup 203 Don Bosco 218 CC-Amana 231   Medalist: Lauren Tandy, V-S 45 Runner up Olivia Walker, V-S 47   V-S: Lauren Tandy 45 Olivia Walker 47 Kaiti Kilpatrick 53 Jessie Noren 53 Varsity non counters: Rachel Tandy, Lindsey Miller   We had a storm roll through so the meet delayed starting until 5 o’clock.

Nolan Haisman set a new school record in the 1600M, breaking the 5-minute mark with a time of 4:58.97; Axl Hoepner threw the discus well enough (137 feet, 11 inches) to have placed second in the most recent high school track meet; he also won the shot put and finished a close second in the 100M dash. Will Dudley won both the 100M and 200M hurdles events.