Sports
Freshman Horst leads VS Cross Country team with 9th place finish
Vinton-Shellsburg freshman Lily Horst finished in 9th place in the Class 3A Girls race at the 2012 State Cross Country event in Fort Dodge on Saturday. Bristi Gerber, another freshman, finished 18th. The VSHS boys team, led by Ricky Jaray ( who finished in 30th place), was 13th in the state in Class 3A.
See complete results HERE.
VSHS Cross Country runners ready for State
Running in the halls was briefly permitted Friday afternoon at Vinton-Shellsburg High Schoo, where the student body stood in the hallway to cheer and offer high fives to the members of the boys cross country team and freshmen girls Lily Hort and Bristi Gerber.
Lily and Bristi will compete at noon on Saturday at the Fort Dodge Golf Course, in the Class 3A girls state cross country meet. Inside the Huddle - Union Knights win round one over Mt Vernon, 63-20,
...now headed to round two. Union (overall 9-1), district 2A D3 (7-0),
'Inside the Huddle' by Cheyne Reiter
Players of the Week for the Mt. Vernon game:
OFF: Trev Hadachek, WR/QB, Chase Hansen OL
DEF: Josh Clark, DT, Trev Hadachek, DB
SPEC TEAMS: Kick off return team
Scouts of week: Nick Wiech, Jacob Holschlag
By Cheyne Reiter
The Union Knights (9-1) cruised in their 2A playoff opener, using
three special teams touchdowns en route to a 63-20 blowout of the Mt.
Wrestling labor auction raises $7,700
Vinton-Shellsburg wrestlers raised $7,700 during their annual labor auction Thursday evening. Area residents and businesses bid on the services of the wrestlers and managers, with Duane Johnson again serving as auctioneer.
The fund-raiser will help cover the cost of equipment, wrestling camp and other expenses of the program. Union advances with first-round route of Mt Vernon
The Union Knight motto this year is First Strike.
They did strike first and put it in the end zone again and again, building a 56-20 first half lead and defeating Mt. Vernon, 63-20 in first-round playoff action.
In a crazy game that featured three kickoff returns in first half for TDs (two by Union, {Scheel, Carey} and one by Mt Vernon) and a punt return for TD (Hadachek) it was a special teams clinic.
Senior Night: Class of 2012 athletes, band members honored
The Vinton-Shellsburg football season came to an end with Friday' s home loss to Crestwood, 31-14.
The game took place in the rain, and the field was already muddy by the start of the varsity game, leaving many uniforms covered with mud by the end of the game.
The Vikings end the season 3-6. Senior athletes and band members were introduced, along with their parents, before the varsity game. 'Inside the Huddle' - Knights sink Sailors, roll into postseason with 50-0 win
POWs for Waterloo Columbus game:
Special Teams - KOR unit
Defense - Tanner Heckt, Will Crees
Offense - TE Brian Dunkelberger, OC Tedd Schmitz
'Inside the Huddle' - Knights Sink Sailors, Roll into Postseason with 50-0 Victory
By Cheyne Reiter
An opening kickoff miscue by the Waterloo Columbus Sailors 0-9 (0-6) was the only scoring the Union Knights 8-1 (6-0) would need in a fifty point shutout.
VRD 2012-13 Adult Volleyball Standings for 10/12-19/12
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VS boys advance to CC State Meet; along with freshmen girls Horst and Gerber
The District XC was held Thursday on the Wartburg XC course in Waverly.
In the girls event, VSHS runners Lily Horst took 2nd and Bristi Gerber took 3rd.
Wyatt Lyons took 10th place and overall, the VSHS boys placed 3rd, sending the whole team to the state meet,.
Lily and Bristi advanced to the Girls State Cross Country Meet as individuals. VS swimmers set more records at Charles City
Tuesday was yet another record breaking evening as the Vinton-Shellsburg Union lady swimmers continued their season-long assault on the record books. Three more program swimming bests fell in Charles City as the ladies turned in their best team performance of the year in finishing a close third at the annual Charles City Invitational.