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The weather finally broke a little Thursday and the Vikings played well in sloppy conditions to win the triangular meet at the Amana Colonies Golf Course. The Vikings posted a 170 to defeat Marion with 178 and Clear Creek Amana with 186. Daniel Janssen led the Vikings with a 40 and just missed being the medalist due to a card back. Tyler Stueck was in the running as well with a 41.

It was a miserable night for golf on Thursday when cold (49 degrees), wet and windy weather canceled track meets throughout Iowa (including the planned V-S boys meet).  The Vikette golf team, however, turned in one of its best rounds of the season, defeating Clear Creek-Amana and Don Bosco by more than 30 strokes in a home triangular at the Vinton Country Club.

Vinton-Shellsburg sophomore long distance runner Lily Horst has broken her own school record.   At the Benton Relays last month, Lily ran a 11:16.01 in the 3000 meters.  That breaks her old record of 11:27.62.  Way to go Lily!!

The weather finally -- and barely -- cooperated with the Vinton-Shellsburg home track meet schedule. A few weeks after the Early Bird event was delayed and then canceled, a few teams gathered in Vinton for the boys and girls invitational on Tuesday evening. Athletes and spectators endured cold, windy damp conditions. The Vikings won by a large margin, with 200 points, 60 more than the second-place team.

Despite coming in behind their opponents on the tough course at Williamsburg, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team put in its best performance of the season Tuesday afternoon.  Coach's Summary: Dual with Williamsburg Stone Creek Golf Course, par 36 April 29, 2014 Weather conditions: overcast, damp, no wind   Team Results: Williamsburg               177 V-S                              198   Medalist: Brette McKown          39 Runner-up: Kaiti Kilpatrick           44  (tied but won in the card back)   V-S individuals:   Kaiti Kilpatrick           44 Lauren Tandy              49 Mara Jessen                 50 Jessie Noren                55 Non counters: Olivia Ketchen and Lindsey Miller   JV medalist: Brittany Grendler  V-S           59 Also playing JV:   Sierra Goodell and Abbe Wilson The V-S ladies scored their best round of the year tonight on the challenging Williamsburg course!  (It has over 30 sand traps.

The Iowa State USBC Youth Association Tournament continues throughout next weekend in Davenport, where more than 1,300 youth bowlers from Iowa -- including several from Vinton -- are competing in individual, team and doubles events. Bowlers competed every weekend in April (except for the Easter weekend) and will finish this weekend. Several Vinton bowlers have done well enough to place, although the final standings will not be known until after all of the competition ends.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap Team competed against Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School's Trap Club at a home event Saturday at the Red Cedar Izaak Walton League trap range, and finished with 4 of the top 6 squads for the day.   Senior Drake Tilson was the overall top individual scorer with a 44/50 for the day.

It was a rough day for the Vikettes Saturday at the Benton Invitational. However, Kaiti Kilpatrick turned in two solid rounds and it was her first time to be medalist for the V-S girls. Mara Jessen bounced back nicely from her first round to break 50. and she had low putts: 31 for 18 holes. As a team, we had some putting issues and problems with sand bunkers.

Benton Community improved its record to 4-3 with a 3-0 win over Vinton Shellsburg in high school soccer action Friday in Vinton.  The Vikings are still looking for their first win of the year. See stats HERE.

LaPorte City Golf Club was a wet place to be Thursday. That did not stop the Vikings from playing well and figuring out how to play in adverse conditions. The golfers made adjustments and came away with a victory over Union and Hudson. Vinton-Shellsburg shot 167 to distance themselves from Hudson 177 and Union 179. Not many players have experience playing in a constant rain, so we were able to have good conversations and suggestions throughout their round as the players made their adjustments both with thought process and swings.