Sports

  The Vinton-Shellsburg girls golf team finished third at the West Delaware Invite Monday in Manchester, just four strokes from second place.  Complete results: West Delaware Invite Pin Oaks Links, Manchester, par 36 April 23, 2012   Team Results:             Dyersville Beckman                  181             Dubuque Wahlert                     197             V-S                                          201             Dubuque Hempstead                221             West Delaware             228             Ed-Co                                      287   Medalist Ellie Ament                   40   Dyersville Beckman Runner-up: Amy Ihm                                  43   Dubuque Wahlert Erin Randall                              46   V-S  medaled with 4th place   V-S Individual Scores:             Erin Randall                  46             Natalie Ketchen            48             Katie Lovell                  52             Mara Jessen                 55 Noncounters:  Cara Hach and Liz Moen I was pleased with our rounds on a course new to our team.

  We have been asked to pass along this information to our readers who follow racing and who compete. We will be running updates that may be helpful to you as well as updates on area events in which our Benton County drivers compete. So racers and fans, enjoy! ---   Around $40,000 in national manufacturer certificates through Contingency Connection have arrived at the Independence Motor Speedway office and will be awarded to drivers in 2012.

Winners of this weeks race included: Danny Dvorak sportmod winner Shawn Ryan mod winner‏ Scott Pippert hobby stock  Damon Murty‏ stock car winner  Nate Chandler sportcompact winner‏

  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). Seven teams competed for team and individual medals   Team Results:   South Tama               351 HLV                          365 Waterloo Columbus    386 V-S                           406 CRapids Prairie          416 Solon                        425 Benton Comm.

    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.   Squad by Squad results were: Vinton-Shellsburg Black Squad  206/250 Cedar Rapids Prairie Black Squad 189/250   Vinton-Shellsburg Gold Squad 161/250 Cedar Rapids Prairie Orange Squad 144/250   The high scoring shooter for Vinton-Shellsburg’s Red Cedar Shooter’s was veteran Senior Bryce Burroughs, with a score of 47/50 for the day.

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 Vikings finished second to Solon at Solon on Tuesday evening. Solon had 135 team points to 116 for VS. Viking winners included: Kelyn Rickels, high jump Wyatt Lyons, 1600M Nolan Sagan, 800 M (Lyons was second) See complete stats HERE.

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. There is a $30 deposit at the time of registration and league fees will be determined at the Captain's Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th.

  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. V-S Girls Golf Results April 17, 2012 Vinton Country Club Quadrangular   Team Scores:             Oelwein                                    192             V-S                                          196             Waterloo Columbus                  197             Don Bosco                               235   Medalist:             Tessa Swaker               Columbus     40   V-S Individuals: Erin Randall                  48 Natalie Ketchen            48 Katie Lovell                  49 Cara Hach and Liz Moen:  51 Mara Jessen                 52   Wow! Our six varsity members shot within four strokes of each other.

  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.