Vinton-Shellsburg 5th Grade Viking Boys Basketball team completes a great season

JAN ANDREESEN
March 22, 2011 12:17 pm

  The Vinton-Shellsburg 5th Grade Viking Boys Basketball team completed a successful season this past month.  During the season, the team won two tournaments and finished second in three others for a 14-5 record overall.

Vinton-Shellsburg team places second at Independence tournament

VINTON TODAY
March 21, 2011 9:44 am

     The Vinton-Shellsburg middle school basketball team has had a successful season. Photos here are from the Independence Tournament, where they placed second.

Vikette track team has early success at ISU Girls Classic

HEATHER KALOUS
March 17, 2011 11:48 am

    In their first event of the season, the Vinton-Shellsburg girls track team gave coach Heather Kalous reasons to look forward to a great year.

Little Vikes wrestlers compete in District, PeeWee State events

LAURIE ORTNER
March 16, 2011 11:22 am

     The members of the Little Vikes Wrestling program coached under Joel Neve and Steve Johnson, Martin Halstead, Spencer Weeks, and Mikel –Jon Elwick wrestled in the   Kindergarten -2nd grade wrestled in the AAU Iowa  Super PeeWee State 2011 at Young arena in Waterloo on March 5-6.

Sign of spring: Baseball workouts

VINTON TODAY
March 11, 2011 12:48 pm

      Ahh the beloved and much missed sights of spring. And its sounds.     The ping of a ball bouncing off a bat.

Stannard returns to IMCA; to serve as director of track relations

BILL MARTIN, IMCA
March 9, 2011 9:41 am

     Jim Stannard has returned to the IMCA staff, as director of track relations.      His duties in the newly-created post include visiting IMCA tracks across the country, working with promoters in strengthening currently sanctioned classes and in helping add new sanctions.

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey team visits VPRD

BRAD BARKER
March 3, 2011 3:45 pm

  Six players from the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey team visited VPRD's floor hockey league participants on Tuesday, March 1st.

The rules of Granny Basketball

VINTON TODAY
February 28, 2011 10:02 am

     There are, perhaps, two words that best define the difference between Granny Basketball and the game the players enjoyed 50 or 60 years ago:      "Granny Down.

Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics Athletes Compete at Regionals

BRIAN LARKIN
February 23, 2011 9:27 am

Members of the V-S Special Olympics Basketball teams competed in the regional competition held at Jefferson high school in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 19th.

Overtime loss ends season for Vikings

VINTON TODAY
February 21, 2011 10:17 pm

     The ball bounced in. It rolled around. Then it bounced out.       The 3-point shot from Jake Dyson would have won the game.