Nashua-Plainfield coach Justin Eiffler’s oft-stated goal for his team this year is to get 1 percent better each day. For the most part, the Huskies have achieved the goal. There have been blips — a cold start last Thursday night in a loss to Mas
A third Reicks wrestled this week as Turkey Valley's limited team took on Postville and MFL Thursday and Jesup, Sumner-Fredericksburg and host East Buchanan at the Steinkamp Duals Saturday. Along with Cale and Kelby, Carter joined the group,
At times, it's hard to come up with a lead for a sports story. After all, what do you say about yet another Upper Iowa Conference game — this one against West Central Friday — that the Turkey Valley girls completely dominated? But this time
Chad Sweitzer didn’t like his New Hampton’s loss to MFL-Mar-Mac on Saturday, but he wasn’t going to lose sleep over it, either. “We’ve got to play better, no doubt about that,” he said after his team lost 86-79 to the Bulldogs, a day after the Ch
Since Denver only had two wins coming into a non-conference game against New Hampton Friday, the 9-3 Chickasaws were the undeniable favorite. But no one told Denver.
Nick Hemann admitted his emotions got the best of him Thursday night. Yes, there’s plenty of wrestling still to be done this season, but when New Hampton hosted Decorah and Osage in a triangular that night, it was, in some ways, a goodbye to eigh
Brad Schmitt is ready for some “quiet” weather. Sunny skies and warm temperatures would be perfect, but he’ll settle for dry — as in no snow or ice — weather for a while. It has been, to put it mildly, a harsh winter for activities directors lik
Making “the call” to postpone a basketball game or a wrestling meet is a little more complicated than people think. Just ask Josh Smith, the Nashua-Plainfield activities director who also coaches the Huskies’ girls basketball team. If the event
Maybe it wasn’t a win, but Nashua-Plainfield’s 54-36 loss to Northwood-Kensett Friday sure beat the alternative. It beat the heck out of the Huskies’ performance the night before when Osage rolled to a 73-15 victory over Nashua-Plainfield. “I wa
Justin Eiffler’s message between the first and second quarter of last Friday’s game with Northwood-Kensett came down to one word, defense. “I told them neither team had played a lick of defense,” the Nashua-Plainfield boys basketball coach said,
Al Frost has coached Plainfield and Nashua-Plainfield teams to 381 dual victories during his long career. But he experienced a first last Thursday night when his Huskies won a dual meet without winning a match on the mat. “That, I’m 99.999 perce
Turkey Valley's wrestlers played catch-up last week. After a long layoff in December, one in which they didn't wrestle at all after the South Winn invite Dec.
Keaton Geerts knew he had to be more aggressive in “the rematch.” He was, he won and the victory — along with a late New Hampton run — propelled the Chickasaws to the team title at the J-Hawk Invitational in Cedar Rapids Saturday. In a tournamen
The Class 1A rankings stayed exactly the same at the top of Class 1A last week, even though Springville lost to North Linn and Turkey Valley lost to Springville. Springville is still ranked No. 1 and the Lady Trojans are still No.
Down by double digits about halfway through the third quarter, New Hampton put the pressure on Waukon Friday night, caused some turnovers and hit some key 3-point shots to battle back. “It was a lot of fun to watch, we played with a lot of conf
