• Article Photo. VPD's Wes Meyer follows the flight of his foul ball
    VPD's Wes Meyer follows the flight of his foul ball
  • Article Photo. VPD team (wearing cleats) defeats V-S wrestling (without cleats) in a tug-of-war.
    VPD team (wearing cleats) defeats V-S wrestling (without cleats) in a tug-of-war.
  • Article Photo. Two-time NCAA champion Mark Ironside rips a hit to left
    Two-time NCAA champion Mark Ironside rips a hit to left
  • Article Photo. Viking Josh Wiley makes the stab of this pop-up.
    Viking Josh Wiley makes the stab of this pop-up.
  • Article Photo. Viking Gabe Sanders makes the play at first base.
    Viking Gabe Sanders makes the play at first base.
  • Article Photo. Vikette Carly Williams fields the gounder.
    Vikette Carly Williams fields the gounder.
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  • Article Photo. Hawkeye All-American Matt McDonough (left) enjoys the moment after Curtis Erickson's (right) homer.
    Hawkeye All-American Matt McDonough (left) enjoys the moment after Curtis Erickson's (right) homer.
  • Article Photo. Brady Ortner lays out for this hot shot at third base.
    Brady Ortner lays out for this hot shot at third base.

VINTON -- A big crowd filled the Vinton-Shellsburg baseball field grounds Saturday for the first "Pitches For Pins" fund-raiser for the VIking and Vikette wrestling programs. A team of local law enforcement faced off against members of the wrestling team -- along with a couple of "ringers" -- and while the wrestlers led most of the way, the cops came back to take a 16-14 victory; not that the outcome mattered that much.

The wrestlers had a little help along the way as former Iowa Hawkeye wrestlers Mark Ironside and Matt McDonough came along. Ironside was a two-time NCAA champion and the winner of the 1998 Hodge Trophy -- college wrestling's Heisman -- while McDonough was also a two-time NCAA champion for the Hawks.

In additon to the ballgame, the VPD team also won a tug-of-war against the wrestlers (although it should be pointed out that the cops had cleats on and the wrestlers didn't...just saying...;)

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