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Winners of this weeks race included: Danny Dvorak sportmod winner Shawn Ryan mod winner‏ Scott Pippert hobby stock 

  The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished fourth on Saturday in the Benton Invitational golf tournament, played at Tara Hills Golf Course, Van Horne  (par 37).

    The Vinton-Shellsburg Red Cedar Shooters Trap team hosted Cedar Rapids Prairie at the Red Cedar Izaak Walton League Trap range today, and finished the day in 1st place overall.

The Vinton-Shellsburg Viking track team members put in their "best effort" of the year, said Coach Aric Chvala. But it was not quite enough to extend their meet win streak to five.

The Vinton-Shellsburg boys golf team won a triangular home meet on Tuesday, defeating IC Regina and Clear Creek-Amana. Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 174 Iowa City Regina 178 Clear-Creek Amana  189 V-S Individuals Dylan Rippel  41 Daniel Janssen  43 Daniel Ervin  46 Seth Inman 45 Trevor Brown  45 Drew Pearson 47 Medalist:  Chris Stauffer, Regina, 39 Runner Up:  Dylan Rippel, VS, 41 "I was really happy with the results considering the weather conditions that we played in," said coach Scott Tandy.

The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is making its final call for adult softball league registrations. If you or if you know of someone that is wanting to get a team together for summer league, please be sure to turn in your registration form by Friday, April 20th.

  Erin Randall and Natalie Ketchen (48) and Katie Lovell (49, a personal best) led the VS VIkette golfers to second place in a quadrangular meet on Tuesday afternoon at the Vinton Country Club.

  The Vinton-Shellsburg track team scored another team victory, winning at Benton Community on Friday. First-place winners for the Vikings included: 4x 200 M Relay (Gunner Tranel, Kelyn Rickels, Chase Overton Darrin Charlier) Wyatt Lyons, 1600M and 800M 110 M Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Nolan Edwards, Ryan Webster, Darrin Charlier, David Richter)   "It was another tough night for conditions," said coach Aric Chvala.

  On Saturday, 17 athletes from Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics competed in the East Central Iowa Regional Spring Games at the Coe College campus in Cedar Rapids.