Sports

The Vinton-Shellburg boys golf team hosted the WAMAC Super Meet at the Wildcat Golf Course in Shellsburg on Tuesday. The Vikings, led by Tyler Stueck's 77, finished in eighth place. Stueck was tied for 24th place and earned Honorable Mention.  See complete results HERE. Coach's Report: The weather was beautiful for the 16 teams who came to compete at Wildcat Golf Course in Shellsburg Monday.

Vikette golfers Natalie Ketchen (96), Erin Randall (100) and Cara Hach (103) received medals at the WAMAC Conference Super Meet on Tuesday.  All three V-S seniors placed in the top 25  in the 15-team, 18-hole meet. The Vikettes placed fourth as a team. Coach's report: Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf WAMAC Conference Super Meet (15 teams) 18 hole tournament May 6, 2013 Spring Brook Country Club, DeWitt Par 71 Weather conditions: sunny, 70s   Team Results: Western Dubuque 370 Independence 393 Williamsburg 402 Vinton-Shellsburg 405 (won by determining lower score of 5th player) Waterloo Columbus 405 Central DeWitt 408 Clear Creek-Amana 412 Dyersville Beckman 415 Anamosa 422 Solon 427 West Delaware 459 Benton Community 465 Maquoketa 490 Center Point-Urbana 491 Marion 517   Medalist: Mackenzie Black (Indee) 77 Runner-up: Brooke Klostermann 80 The West Division dominated in the first five places with only Western Dubuque finishing higher.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters trap team took home the 5th place trophy after a day of close competition at the Cedar Falls Gun Club's 28th Annual High School Trap Tournament Saturday. The Red Cedar Shooters Black Squad turned in a team score of 223/250 in the regular competition round, which was just 4 shots out of 1st place.  Tie-breaker shoot-off's for 2nd and 3rd place teams tied with 224/250, and a shoot-off for the Red Cedar Shooters for 4th and 5th place at 223/250 made for a day of very tight competition.

  Below are the results from Benton County Speedway on May 5.     RESULTS IMCA MODIFIED Feature: 1. 92 Tyler Droste (Waterloo); 2. 71 Troy Cordes (Dunkerton); 3. 33D Scott Hogan (Vinton); 4. 12D Joe Docekal (Dysart); 5. 18 Jerry Luloff (Independence); 6. 00J J.D. Auringer (Waterloo); 7. 21K Kyle Brown (Kellogg); 8.

Plans for a Vinton-Shellsburg/Benton Commmunity Alumni USA football game did not come together like VS Captain Randy Scheel had hoped, but Scheel and his team will get to play one game this summer -- again against Center Point Urbana, on June 7, in Center Point. Practice begins this Sunday; below is a message from Randy to other players: Hey Viking Alumni Football Players! We have an opportunity to put on the pads once again.

  On Tuesday, the boys golf team turned in its best performance of the year. The7 scored a season best 160, to defeat Independence who shot 164. The meet took place in Vinton at the Vinton Country Club. The temperature was warm and the wind died down soon after the meet started to make for a great round of golf. The Vikings had many golfers playing Tuesday and many of them turned in their personal bests.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School Little Viking Invitational took place Tuesday evening in Vinton. The VSMS 8th graders won the event while the 7th grade boys finished second. See complete results below:   Licensed to Vinton - Shellsburg High School HY-TEK's Meet Manager 5/1/2013 09:20 AM LITTLE VIKING 2013 - 4/30/2013 VINTON-SHELLSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL VINTON, IA Results Event 1 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay 7th ================================================================ Team Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 West Delaware 'A' 11:06.

  Opening night takes the Karl Performance Hawkeye Dirt Tour to Benton County Speedway for the third consecutive year next Tuesday, May 7. The feature event for IMCA Xtreme Motor Sports Modifieds at Vinton will pay $1,000 to win and a minimum of $150 to start, and is a qualifying event for this fall’s Fast Shafts All-star Invitational ballot.

  The boys golf team finished in 5th place Monday at Gardner Golf Course in Marion. The course was in good shape and all 8 teams enjoyed a beautiful day for a round of golf. Waterloo Columbus won the meet shooting 149 and had five medalists. Independence was second with 162 and had one medalist. Benton was third with 165 and had Jacob Germann as the third place medalist.

The Vinton-Shellburg girls golf team were a bunch of "happy campers" on the way home from the WAMAC West golf meet in Waterloo on Monday evening, says Coach Janet Woodhouse. The Vikings, now 28-2 on the year, returned with the division trophy, after edging Williamsburg by one stroke.  Coach's Report April 29, 2013 WAMAC West Divisional South Hills Golf Course Waterloo par 36 Weather conditions: 70s and partly cloudy What a feeling to bring home the team trophy! As a team we played consistently and well.