The Vinton-Shellsburg golf team improved Monday to 6-6 as they defeat the Center Point-Urbana squad 174 to 193.  The Viking struggled a bit with their short game and a few injuries but was able to gain the victory on another windy day at Rolling Acers Golf Course.

It was a rough night for the VSHS girls golf team Monday in Jesup, where the Vikettes finished third in a triangular against Jesup and Waterloo Columbus.

A few weeks ago, a stranger walked up to an Iowa military veteran (so identified by the cap he was wearing) and handed him a note from a Vinton-Shellsburg High School student.

Caleb Svoboda shot well enough in practice to earn a spot on the Black Squad, among the top five shooters on Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap team.

The wind was a huge factor for everyone at Van Horne this weekend as the second round scores came in a little higher as the winds picked up Saturday.

The V-S Red Cedar Shooters hosted C.R. Xavier in their first home meet of the season on Saturday, April 12.  Overall squad finishes: 1st           Xavier #2 with 217/250 2nd          Red Cedar Black Squad (Drake Tilson, Nick Stein, Sara Jorgensen, Wyatt Lebeda and John Betterton) with 199/250 3rd           Red Cedar Gold Squad (Hunter Martin, Caleb Svoboda, Jake Reisch, Cole Garwood and Jacob Patrilla) with 182/250 4th           Red Cedar “Cedar” Squad (Dalton Nelson, Kyle Jorgensen, Shane Monaghan, Jay Lovell and Alex Dick) with 179/250 5th           Xavier #3 with 169/250 6th           Red Cedar “Red” Squad (Ben Wood, Cole Emrich, Tim Haerther, John Eden and Logan Salger) with 169/250 7th           Xavier #4 with 163/250 8th           Red Cedar “Orange” Squad (Chris Ahlemeyer, Bastian Primmer, Hannah Hoepner, Kyle Henkle and Garrett Paustian) with 133/250 9th           Xavier #1 with 127/250 10th         Red Cedar “Blue” Squad (Emily Howe, Clark Robertson, Josh Shafar, Logan Holst and Ashley Venneman) with 112/250 Top Shot for the day was Xavier’s Jason Stock with 47/50.

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is hosting its annual Adult Softball League and the deadline to get your team registered will soon be here.

While several Vinton-Shellsburg United Special Olympics athletes earned the right to compete in the state event in Ames in next month, the entire team will be making the trip to the event, said Mike Kramer, the father of Zach, who advanced in several events.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Early Bird boys track meet, which had already been rescheduled from April 4 until today, has again been postponed due to cold, wet weather.

Despite the delay of the racing season by the late spring, and the cancellation of Sunday's "Frostbuster" event in Vinton due to rain, local dirt race track veteran Scott Hogan already has made two trips to Victory Lane.