Sports
Everything was set up perfectly for the New Hampton girls golf team. After winning the Class 2A team state championship by a whopping margin in 2019, the Chickasaws had five of their six varsity golfers returning this year and seemed poised to make a run at winning back-to-back state titles this...
The New Hampton Running Club has hosted a successful 5K each of the past four years. This year, they were excited to hold their fifth annual 5K run/walk on Saturday, April 4. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it has been called off.
This club was created four years ago because there were...
A senior year of high school is supposed to be filled with fun memories.
Unfortunately for seniors across the nation, they may not get to experience some of these moments due to the Coronavirus. New Hampton’s Kaylee Eggerichs is just one of the many seniors this virus is impacting.
After a...
Here’s what New Hampton Activities Director Brad Schmitt knows when it comes to spring sports and the Coronavirus.
“Right now, we haven’t been told anything like they’re not going to happen,” he said last week. “I know there’s a lot of uncertainty, and honestly, all we can do is go day by day.”
The...
In 2019, the New Hampton girls track team’s first meet was on March 12. However, after traveling to the University of Northern Iowa for the Dickinson Relays last Monday, March 9, the Chickasaws have already competed in their second competition this year.
“We were very happy with the way the girls...
The Coronavirus pandemic has made a drastic impact worldwide. One area in-particular is in the sporting world, as many professional and collegiate sporting events have been suspended or canceled.
New Hampton High School graduate and current University of Northern Iowa wrestler Michael Blockhus is...
For the first time in school history, New Hampton is scheduled have a co-ed high school soccer team this spring. Shannon Stewart - first-year guidance councilor at the high school - is the coach of this squad, and she is excited for this inaugural season.
Stewart started participating in soccer in...
New Hampton had never started its track season so early, but all in all, the Chickasaws’ girls coach Jeanette Laures will take it.
The Chickasaws had four top-10 finishes and had a chance to compete against someone besides themselves, which may have been the biggest plus, at an indoor meet hosted...
A record-breaking season, one in which Turkey Valley’s boys basketball team won a school-record 22 games, has netted the Trojans plenty of postseason recognition.
And yet, for all the individual accolades, what coach Chris Sullivan will remember the most is that his team was … well, it was a team...
After a season in which it finished third place in the Upper Iowa Conference with a record of 12-4, the Turkey Valley girls basketball team had six players, the most in the conference, honored as all-UIC players.
Of these six, two landed on the first team - juniors Ali Hoffert and Jaycie Byrne....
