Sports
The places aren’t always what the Nashua-Plainfield boys track team wants, but ask its coach, and he’ll tell you that the grit and determination are there. “I love the way our kids compete,” coach Chase Sudol said, “and I know a lot of them want to place higher, but the effort they’re giving, that...
Competing in two track and field meets isn’t easy. Just ask the Nashua-Plainfield girls, who finished fifth at their coed meet last Tuesday night and followed it up with a sixth-place finish two nights later at the New Hampton Coed. “When we are in the middle of our competition season, our meets...
As a coach, Bill Glenn doesn't feel his motivational skills are needed much at all while the head mentor of the boys golf team. While he may impart his golf skills to the players, he doesn't have to push them to become better. "These guys have a friendly rivalry going," he said after the team won...
New Hampton’s Jake Usher and Turkey Valley’s Wyatt Blazek are obviously two different runners. One, Usher, is a middle-distance and long distance runner; the other is a sprinter. But both seniors had banner nights for their respective teams on Thursday night at the New Hampton Coed and both have...
Two new school records were set by New Hampton’s girls golf team while they were defeating Waverly-Shell Rock Monday afternoon. Winning over the Go-Hawks by 86 strokes, the Chickasaws set a new 18-hole record with a score of 341, beating the record of 367 set in 2015 by 26 strokes. The...
While they were on opposite ends of the team standings at the New Hampton Coed Invitational, both the host Chickasaws and Turkey Valley girls had their highlights as they competed on a windy, but dry Thursday meet. The smallest team at the meet, Turkey Valley was only able to muster one win — the...
The Trojan trapshooters turned in not one, but two perfect 25s at the Turkey Valley trap range on Tuesday, and each of the shooters finished with a 49, the top girls' score in the meet against Echo Valley. Emily Luzum and Kaylie Klimesh, each a member of the TV Pink squad, helped their group to...
The FFA convention turned the New Hampton trapshooting roster into a piece of swiss cheese as the abbreviated Chickasaw team competed at Nashua Thursday. But even though 17 students were missing, the remaining crew filled in the holes nicely, still capturing the squad title. New Hampton Red shot...
On a day that season lows seemed unlikely, Turkey Valley's golfers still managed a few amidst the mist and cold wind, but both the Trojan teams lost to Clayton Ridge at Jackson Heights Monday. Since there was a track meet at Oelwein the same day, coach John Reicks was without those competitors. "...
There are times a loss can be just as impressive as a win, as it all depends on the competition. Although the Chickasaw boys lost Monday to Clear Lake, this was one of those impressive losses. Clear Lake finished fourth in the state last year and returned those same golfers to count a score of...
