Turnovers can win and lose fooball games, and fortunately for New Hampton, they were able to take advantage of multiple Crestwood fumbles throughout the evening to defeat the Cadets in a tight battle 13-7.
It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar. Fall is here, and so are the rains. But before the New Hampton Invitational was cancelled — again — both the Chickasaws and Turkey Valley had a nice evening competing at the South Winn meet Tuesday.
A New Hampton resident made a pitch last week to the City Council to have members of the New Hampton Light Plant Board elected, rather than appointed, but he may have to first lobby the Iowa Legislature to change state law.
Turkey Valley may not have attempted a pass on Friday evening, but it didn’t matter, as the Trojans walloped West Central 68-0 in district play to stay undefeated on the season at 7-0.
It has been a long 28 years since the New Hampton volleyball team has won a conference championship, as the last time they claimed the title was in 1991.
New Hampton’s defense came up big in the fourth quarter Friday night as the Chickasaws secured a 13-7 victory over rival Crestwood in a Class 2A, District 3 tilt.
Facing arguably their toughest competition of the season at the Charles City tournament on Saturday, New Hampton played against a trio of top-ten ranked teams in Class 1A.
