“X” marks the spot.
For the New Hampton baseball team, that means a substantially sized bulls-eye rests on the back of every red and black Chickasaw jersey that takes to the field this summer.

They pitched some softball, they hit some baseballs and, heck, some kids even dressed up and went to prom.
Welcome back, normalcy, or at least, hello, “new normal.”

With this being my last week at the New Hampton Tribune, I thought it would be a cool idea to list my top five favorite sporting events that I covered over the past 14 months.

Carson Babcock was going to skip prom this spring for a chance to go to Fargo.
For those who know nothing about wrestling, let’s face it: That’s an odd statement. Who skips prom to try to go to North Dakota’s largest city?

New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestling coach Matt Paulus just doesn’t get it.

For many individuals, exercising has been put on the back-burner due to the Coronavirus impacting daily life.

Although Iowa Gov.

Even with a couple of days to digest the news, the words came hard to Nate Steege as he talked about “coach.”

This isn’t the spring University of Northern Iowa junior golfer Carter Stochl and North Iowa Area Community College sophomore baseball player Josh Fenske dreamed of. In fact, it’s more like a nightmare.

The two athletic associations that oversee high school sports in Iowa are taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to this summer’s 2020 baseball and softball seasons.

When New Hampton high school graduate and current Houston Astros pitcher Cole McDonald reported to spring training in Florida on March 8, the last thing he expected to happen was for Major League Baseball to suspend the season just a few days late

Entering this spring, seniors Lydia Gessner and Rachel Rinken were both hoping to wrap up their track careers with another appearance at the blue oval, while Morgan Nuss had her eyes set on the New Hampton girls golf team claiming a second consecu

Brad Schmitt obviously believes in the value of high school athletics.

With Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds pushing the suspension of spring sports back until at least the end of April, an additional extension of this postponement would likely mean summer sports being impacted as well. 

Flash back to a month ago, and the members of the New Hampton softball team were gearing up for the season by attending voluntary practice sessions, and Lisa Rude was excited to begin her first year as the head coach for the Chickasaws.