When Kaelyn Ambrose said she thought the best part of Crestwood’s game was their blocking, she didn’t have a computer in front of her, she just knew from hand-to-hand combat against the Cadets. “They have this girl, she’s a freshman and she did
Scott Frerichs gathered his team together on the football field in Garner, smiled and asked his seniors to think back to the trip they took to a water park this summer. “Would you have taken 7-1?” And to a man, the seniors smiled, for in a seaso
Jordon Snyder’s goals weren’t set quite high enough at the start of the cross country season.He thought he could get fifth in the Upper Iowa Conference boys race, but he was the runner-up in last Thursday’s meet. Now his goals are lofty, bu
New Hampton was seeded fourth and finished third at the Northeast Iowa Volleyball Tournament Saturday, avenging one loss from earlier in the season but also losing to a team they'd beaten before. Charles City was undefeated on the day and Wa
Keaton Geerts thought long and hard about just waiting to make his college choice after the high school wrestling season ended. But in the end, his heart was set on the University of Northern Iowa, and with the choice out of the way, the New Hamp
Down 9-0 heading into the fourth quarter, New Hampton's football season was teetering on the brink Friday night.But the Chickasaws rallied for 15 final frame points on their way to a 15-9 victory over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura in a Class 2A, Di
No matter what, coach Jamie Quass always finds positive things to say about her runners. So even though the Chickasaws trailed the field of six in the Northeast Iowa Conference on both the boys and the girls side, the coach had nice things
During a sports season there’s always ups and downs. But senior night usually takes the emotions to a new level. Kayla Gilbert was feeling it after the Chickasaws lost in straight sets to Charles City Tuesday night.
The Nashua-Plainfield volleyball team finally got back onto the court last week, and although wins were hard to come by, the Huskies definitely showed some potential. Because of the flooding that hit the Nashua area last week, the Huskies hadn’t
The hectic schedule — not to mention a pretty talented Grundy Center football team — finally caught up to Nashua-Plainfield. Playing their third game in a week, the Huskies never found their footing last Friday and suffered a 54-0 road loss. “We
As Jennifer Kalainoff watched her runners cross the finish line last Thursday night, the Nashua-Plainfield coach admitted she felt a twinge of disappointment. The places were fine at the annual New Hampton Invitational, but the times seemed off.
It felt a little more like fall when South Winn ran at the North Linn Invitational Saturday, as the temperature was 45 degrees on the Troy Mills course.
