Fresh off a five-set win over Ames, in which the final three sets were decided by three points or less, Class 4A Mason City had dealt with some pressure when they came into New Hampton Thursday.The Chickasaws, on the other hand, won their first ma
It was fun to watch just how fast Turkey Valley covered turf in their 8-man season opener Friday. Although the first quarter ended with just a four-point Trojan lead, 12-8 over Kee High, Turkey Valley blew the game open with a 40-point seco
Carter Stochl threw two touchdown passes and New Hampton had five different players find the end zone as the Chickasaws rolled to a 35-12 win over Charles City on opening night of “Friday Night Football.”A Stochl-to-Ryan Gorman 43-yard pass on New
Turkey Valley runners helped South Winneshiek to a successful, albeit hot, season opening meet of the season on Tuesday.The Warriors claimed the girls title at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational while the boys took second in the 10-team meet.This
It wasn’t always pretty, but then again, the goal — win the season opener — was accomplished for the New Hampton volleyball team.“We definitely found some things to work on and it might have been a little ugly in spots,” coach Jess Geerts said aft
The sixth annual Al Baxter Memorial Turkey Shoot will be much the same as the fifth annual Al Baxter Memorial Turkey Shoot.“We keep the same stuff because it works,” said Jo [Baxter] Myrsiades.”Keeping the tradition started by her late husband, t
Bowlaway Lanes owner Maxine Skoda turned to her son Dale and daughters Sue Huffman and Jo Vaala. “Remember how we used to have to oil the lanes? she asked. They all moaned.
Ellie Ewert can tick off the advantages of summer golf in rapid succession.There’s the competition, the chance to play other courses, the ability to fine tune that game and then there’s the best part of summer golf ...
While no Turkey Valley softball player earned first team honors after the 2016 season concluded, the names of two players — Kayla Schaufenbuel and Delaney Lensing — appeared on both the all-district and the all-state lists. The pair made the Io
The Nashua-Plainfield baseball team placed four players on the first-ever All-Top of Iowa East Division all-conference teams.Seniors Jason Fisher and Devin Koob were named to the first team, sophomore Mason Hyde was a second-team selection and sop
After Turkey Valley’s baseball team finished the season with a 13-22 record, the Trojans landed four players on the Upper Iowa Conference honor squads. And the good news is that there are no seniors among the group.
“Wow” is the best way to describe this.The sting of falling in the substate game had to be eased a bit for New Hampton baseball when the Northeast Iowa All-Conference teams were released and nine Chickasaw players made the cut.That includes five o
Two Nashua-Plainfield softball players were honored with all-Top of Iowa East Division selections following the season.Senior Aubry Bienemann was named as a utility player to the second team after she led the Huskies with a .409 batting average in
Nashua-Plainfield’s baseball team, coming off one of its best seasons in years, reaped some awards Monday when three Huskies were named to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Class 1A all-Northeast Iowa district teams.Senior catche
Trevor Ambrose’s baseball career isn’t quite over yet, as the New Hampton senior became just the third player in school history to be selected for the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Star Series.Ambrose will play catcher for the Small Scho
New Hampton’s Matt Mulford definitely showed he “belonged” as he helped the North to a 49-35 victory in the annual Shrine Bowl game that was played Saturday in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Mulford started at right guard and
