Sports
VS boys win home cross country meet; girls fifth
Led by Wyatt Lyons and Ricky Jeray, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys cross country team won its home meet Tuesday evening at Rodgers Park.
The Vikings had 66 points, two ahead of second-place Marion in the nine-team competition.
The VS girls finished fifth in the 10-team field; Benton Community won the event.
VPRD's summer Adult Softball League concludes for the season
Vinton Parks and Recreation Department
Adult Slow Pitch Softball Leagues
2011 September 18, 2011
STANDINGS
Men's - Upper Division Benton County Speedway to honor Iowa's Soldiers
Due to the weather last Sunday, THIS Sunday, September 25, the Benton County Speedway will Salute Iowa's Bravest.
Men and women returing from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan will be special guests during season championship night. They will be honored in a parade lap with special guest Ian Ralstonas, who was badly injured in Iraq. Drivers will pass their helmets for donations to send holiday gift boxes to our troops.
Metro League VS football players recognized
At fourth, fifth and sixth grade, their coaches and fathers are teaching them the fundamentals of football and even some of the same formations and plays they may learn as high school players who wear the black and gold of Vinton-Shellsburg.
On Friday, the players were introduced to the crowd at halftime of the varsity game. Union suffers first defeat at Central Clinton-DeWitt, 20-13
Compiled by: Cheyne Reiter
Union traveled to DeWitt Friday night in hopes of staying undefeated on their 2011 campaign but the Sabers had other plans. On homecoming night in DeWitt, the Sabers pulled the upset over Union and moved to 2-2 (2-0) on the year. Meanwhile, Union's record fell to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in district 5 play.
In last year's contest, the Knights won a 47-46 thriller in what many referred to as a 'track meet.
Wes-less in La Porte City: Union loses without Burnside
The most signficant statistic from the Union football loss to DeWitt Central on Friday was the word that was missing from the stat sheet: Burnside.
The senior running back, one of the leading rushers in the state, only went in for one play in the 20-13 defeat.
Knotted up at halftime with a score of 7-7, CC-DeWitt came out with a what Union coach Joe Hadachek called a "bruising rushing attack" in the third and took the lead 20-7 heading into the fourth quarter.
The perfect season for college football fans from our state
A few weeks before the college football season started, I overheard a discussion between Hawkeye and Cyclone fans.
It got me to thinking about something I read when I was 10 or 12 years old. Just before, or maybe after, a big ISU-Iowa contest, a columnist who loved one of the teams shared some thoughts about the rivalry.
Vikings lose at home, 41-28, to W. Dubuque
Nolan Edwards stood with the other Viking captains, wearing his jersey and his jeans, as the pre-game coin toss determined who would kick off first.
Edwards continues serving as a team captain and as an "uncertified assistant coach," said head coach Pat Farley, despite his season-ending injury at Maquoketa Sept. Vikings hope for rebound; host W. Dubuque tonight
A week after losing their leading scorer for at least the rest of the regular season with a broken collarbone in the 58-6 loss at Maquoketa, the Vinton-Shellsburg football team hopes to return to its winning ways tonight.
The Vikings host Western Dubuque, which defeated Marion, 7-0 last week.
Leading rusher Nolan Edwards had already scored five touchdowns in the first two Vikings games, but was injured on the team's first possession last week.
VSMS 8th grade football season begins
The Vinton-Shellsburg 8th grade football team traveled to Independence to begin its football season. A team lost 28 - 18, but the B team won 24 - 0.
Photos courtesy of Nancy Jorgensen.