Sports
Season track points winners honored at final BCS race of season
Danny Dvorak won the Sports Mod feature at the Benton County Speedway during the final night of the racing season. He is also the 2011 track points champion. Scott Pippert also won the Hobby Stock race and season track points title honors. Merv Chandler did the same in the Sports Compact feature.
Winners at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 'Inside the Huddle' - Knights ride 21-point 3rd Quarter to 56-27 victory over An
Players of the Week for Union:
Offensive Line - Chase Hansen
Offensive Back - Jay Scheel
Offensive Receiver - Brady Petersen
Offensive Scout of week - Austin Dengler
Special teams - Logan Sallee
Defenive Line - Brad Gallup
Defensive LBer - Cole Hinders
Defensivel Back - Brenden Kuhn
Defensive Scout of week - Jon Porter
The Union Knights 4-1 (2-1) rebounded from a tough loss last week to DeWitt with a high scoring 56-27 win over the Anamosa Blue Raiders 2-3 (0-3).
Football roundup: Marion shuts out Vikes; Burnside sees few carries in Union win
After the first three weeks of the season, there are new leaders Class 3A, district 5.
Maquoketa and W. Dubuque are tied at 3-0 in district play, while Marion, Central Clinton and Union are tied at 2-1. Under the tie-breaking system, Marion and Union would be considered the third and fourth place teams.
Tranel leads District in tackles; Vikes travel to Marion tonight
Vinton-Shellsburg senior Gunner Tranel was the Vikings' leading ball carrier last week, rushing for 145 yards and three of the team's four touchdowns in the loss vs. W. Dubuque.
Tranel has also led the team on defense. He is tied for 20th among all Iowa high schol football players, with 60 total tackles in four games, including 38 solo tackles and 22 assists.
Vikettes defeat Benton in four games
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School volleyball team defeated Benton Community, 3-1 on Thursday night. Scores were:
25-22
25-16
21-25
25-18
Viking/Vikette Hall of Fame to add more inductees Sept. 30
Hall of Fame Induction- 2011
Please join us on Friday, September 30, 2011, for the 2011 Viking/Vikette Athletic Hall of Fame Induction. The Freshman & Varsity football teams will be hosting Anamosa, starting at 5:15 p.m. The induction ceremony will be held during halftime of the varsity game, approximately 8:30 p.
VSMS runners lead pack at local meet
At the recent Middle School cross country meet in Vinton, Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School had the top finishers among both boys and girls
Lily Horst continued leading the VS girls, finising first with a time of 6:07. Five of the top six finishers in the girls race were from VSMS.
In the boys race, Jonah Blix finished first for VSMS with a time of 6:06.
8th grade boys win both games vs. Williamsburg
The Vinton-Shellsburg eighth grade boys football teams won both their A and B games against Williamsburg Tuesday evening. Thanks to Pat Jorgensen for sharing these photos!
Last call for Adult Volleyball League registrations!
The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is placing its last call for Adult Volleyball League registrations.
The current league options available are the Mens division, the Womens Upper division, Womens Lower division and the Coed Division. Registration forms are available online at www.vprdzone.com or at the Vinton Recreation Center.
High school volleyball: Vikettes lose in close games to CCA
Last night Vinton-Shellsburg lost a hard fought battle to Clear Creek-Amana 1-3
Scores were:
21-25
25-20
16-25
22-25
The Vikettes came out excited last night and played hard. Since we played last, I went back to the drawing board to make some personnel changes and changes to our defense as well.