Sports
Leyden pitches, homers Vikings to victory against CCA
Senior Taylor Leyden led off the game with a home one, and ended it the same way.
In between, he pitched all nine innings as the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings took Game 1 from Clear Creek-Amana, 4-3.
The extra-inning win was followed by a loss, as the Clippers came back to win Game 2, 9-7. A five-run first inning gave the visitors a lead they would never give up. Vikettes take dramatic 5-4 win over Jesup
Nothing like a little drama… The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes wrapped up their fifth-straight winning season and did it in dramatic fashion Tuesday night with a 5-4 win over Jesup in a non-conference tilt at Thole Field. The Vikettes (18-14 overall) got a big two-out, two-run single from sophomore shortstop Ashley Strong in the sixth-inning and strong relief pitching from Lindsey Noren to close out the win before an excited Senior Night crowd. Mother Nature wins again: ball games delayed again due to rain
Baseball diamonds around Iowa sat empty over the weekend and into Monday, as high school baseball and softball teams entered their final weeks of regular season play before beginning their hopeful journey to the State Tournaments.
Vinton boys and girls were both rained out Monday night, and are scheduled to play at home tonight. The Vikings host Clear Creek-Amana at 5:30 p. Benton County Speedway hosts Hogan Memorial on Sunday
VINTON, Iowa (July 5) – The winner of the Hogan Memorial can more than
double their money with a long run at the front of the IMCA Modified
feature field this Sunday, July 11 at Benton County Speedway.
The headline event pays $1,250 to win and an other $50 for each of the
40 laps led, plus another $250 to the leader at midway, making for a
potential payoff of $3,500.
Vikings swept by Solon at home; split at West-Delaware; play at home Monday
The Vinton-Shellburg baseball team lost two against Solon on Wednesday night, then traveled to Manchester, where the split a double-header with West Delaware.
At home Wednesday, the Vikings faced a 28-2 and top-ranked Solon team that includes no senior starters. The VIkings lost 11-1 and 17-2.
The team plays Monday, at home, and then on next Thursday, will travel to the Quad Cities, where they will play in the stadium used by the Minor League River Bandits against Central DeWitt. Vikings hope for turnaround at home vs. Solon tonight
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings host Solon tonight in a varsity double-header after a difficult day in Waterloo on Monday, when they lost both games to Waterloo Columbus.
The Vikings made several errors in both games. They lost a 9-8 heartbreaker in Game 1 when the umpire called a balk with a man on third in the bottom of the seventh inning. The balk forced in the winning run. Vikettes drop walk-off heartbreaker to North Tama
Traer -- All the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes needed in the seventh inning Tuesday night at North Tama was three outs. They only got two.
The Vikettes (16-13 overall for the year), dropped a tough 7-6 loss to the Redhawks on the road in one of those "what might have been..." games. V-S fought back from a 3-2 hole in in the fifth inning to forge a 6-3 lead going into the last seventh.
Sixes and sevens, ties and the World Cup of illogical sports words
The Americans, said the sports announcer,were "at sixes and sevens" in the first half, but they made the match level in the second half.
Eh?
What?
Every time the World Cup comes on, I try to watch it, giving the world's favorite a sport half a chance to earn something besides my scorn.
But every year, the soccer players do enough silly things to restore my confidence in the future of baseball and football as America's favorite sports.
V-S sweeps Columbus on softball field
The Vinton-Shellsburg softball team swept Waterloo Columbus, 3-2 and 3-0 in a doubleheader in Waterloo, Monday evening.
Benton defeats Vinton-Shellsburg, 5-3
A four-run third inning, capped by a 3-run homer, gave Benton Community all the runs they would need to defeat Vinton-Shellsburg Friday.
The Bobcats defeated the Vikings in WaMaC Conference action 5-3, in a game postponed a week by rain.
Darrin Charlier was the Vikings' starting pitcher. Grant Sagan finished the game for the Vikings.