Sports
Racing in Vinton: Holtz, Brown, Nate Chandler among winners.
The Benton County Speedway saw several racers making their return to Victory Lane Sunday, June 27.
Jerry Luloff won the Modifieds. Phil Holtz was the stock car feature winner. Austin Kaplan (sports mod), Nate Chandler (sports compact) and Matt Brown (hobby stock) also returned to Victory Lane in Vinton.
(All photos courtesy of Scott Tjab V-S Baseball: Maquoketa sweeps Vikings in Vinton
The Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team struggled defenseively, giving up several un-earned runs while being swept at home by Maquoketa, Thursday night.
The Cardinals defeated the Vikings, 10-7 and 9-4.
The Vikings return to action tonight, traveling to Van Horne to play Benton Community. The varsity only plays tonight; a one-game matchup that was postponed by rain last Friday. Vikettes shock No.7 Maquoketa, 1-0
VINTON – A week ago Monday, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes played a doubleheader with Marion that took just short of five hours to complete. Wednesday night, the Vikettes and seventh-rated Maquoketa needed just 58 minutes to play a single game.
And what a 58 minutes it was!
Vikette freshman Maddie Cornell carried a no-hitter into the seventh-inning and needed just a two-out, fifth-inning pinch-hit RBI single from fellow frosh Katie Hanson to pull out the 1-0 win over the Cardinals at Thole Field. Vikings hope for return to victory after big loss at home
After a long night and a 19-4 defeat at home to Hudson, the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team hopes to return to its winning ways Thursday night. The Vikings host Maquoketa for a double-header tonight at 5:30 p.m. V-S softball team splits road twinbill in Independence, 7-2 and 4-1
The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikettes picked up a key road split in WaMaC conference softball action Monday night.
The Vikettes (12-11) took the opener from the Mustangs, 7-2, then dropped then nightcap, 4-1.
Sophomore Lindsey Noren pitched a complete game for V-S.
Game stats were not available this morning. Seaton, Leyden pitch complete games as Vikings sweep Mustangs in Independence
It was just the fifth frame of a seven-inning contest, but the game was on the line as Viking pitcher Kody Seaton faced the next Mustang batter.
The score was tied at two, and the home team had runners on second and third with nobody out.
Seaton responded to the challenge by striking out that batter, and then retiring the next eight Mustangs. Vikettes 2nd at North Butler Invitational
“We came into this hoping to get second and that’s what we got.”
Those were the words of Vinton-Shellsburg head girls’ softball coach Bari Parrott after the Vikettes (11-10 for the year) grabbed the runner-up finish Saturday at the North Butler Invitational at Allison.
The Vikettes scrambled to a 6-1 in over Janesville in the first round, then added a 5-0 shutout of Lake Mills in the second to advance to the title game against the host – and 4th-rated team in Class 1A – Bearcats.
Break in rain allows racing to continue Sunday in Vinton
Some racers made it to victory lane for the first time in Vinton this year Sunday at the Benton County Speedway; others won yet another feature there.
Despite a week of heavy rain, Sunday's weather allowed the track to dry and racing to continue.
Winners were:
Hobby Stock - Matt Brown
Stock car - Justin Temeyer
Modifieds - Max Corporon
Sports Mod - Austin Kaplan
Sports Compact - Bill Whalen, Jr. Vikings lose two close ones at Williamsburg
In a season where most of their victories were come-from-behind wins and most of their losses came with the tying or winning run at the plate, the Vikings rode home from Williamsburg Thursday night pondering many missed opportunities.
The Vinton-Shellsburg baseball team lost a double-header, 5-4 and 5-3, while playing on one of the nicest high school baseball fields in the state. Leyden has complete game as V-S sweeps Marion, 6-2 and 10-7
Taylor Leyden has been the Vikings team leader for Vinton-Shellsburg this baseball season. He leads the cheering in the dugout, and keeps the pitchers motivated as he plays third base and leads off.
But on Wednesday evening, Leyden led the Vikings in a new way, with his pitching arm. He pitched a complete game for the home team as the Vikings defeated Marion, 6-2.