Sports : Dyson shares gold medal as V-S boys take third in home golf meet

By Jeff Holmes

Jake Dyson shared medalist honors, but the Vinton-Shellsburg boys’ golf team finished third Thursday in a WaMaC Conference triangular at Wildcat Country Club.

Marion won the meet with a score of 167, while Independence was second was second with a 177 and Vikings third with a 185.

Dyson fired a 39 to share medalist honors with Kyle Christensen of Independence. Alex Jessen fired a 46 for the Vikings, Seth Inman a 49, Trevor Brown and Daniel Ervin 51s and Jeremiah Jannsen a 57 to round out the Viking line-up.

In junior varsity action, the Vikings were one stroke from winning as Independence with a 218, with Vikings firing a 219. Marion was third with a 228.

Gunner Tranel led the Vikings with a 49, with Tyler Naughton adding a 55, Peyton Bartling a 56, Perry Martens a 59, Dustin Martens a 61 and Hunter Vogt a 62.

The Viking are back in action Saturday at the Bobcat Invitational at Tara Hills, beginning at 8:30 a.m.