Relays were the story of the evening for the Turkey Valley boys’ track team on Friday. The 4x800, distance medley, and 4x400 all performed well enough at the district track meet in Edgewood to qualify for the state competition this week.
Although Charles City 1 took the top spot in a triangular that also featured Nashua-Plainfield, the Turkey Valley trapshooting team possessed the squads who placed second and third.
A bout of almost winter-like weather — at least when it comes to temperatures and wind — has led to the postponement of a number of state qualifying track and field meets.
Turkey Valley Red put together its best day of the season on Thursday as it shot a 234 on its way to a 38-shot victory during a dual meet with Echo Valley, a team based in West Union.
Due to conflicts in schedules, Turkey Valley’s boys played short-handed in both a Thursday meet against Clayton Ridge and a Friday engagement against Crestwood last week.
Hickory Grove Golf Course in Oelwein has not always been the kindest to the New Hampton boys golf team, so coach Bill Glenn was just happy to get out of Oelwein with a win last Thursday.
Although his team placed sixth out of the nine schools who competed at the Upper Iowa Conference track meet on Thursday with 54 points, Turkey Valley girls’ track coach Dalton Hackman was pleased with the Trojans’ performance.
Evan Gossling admitted that the frustration was building; after all, the Chickasaw had put together a breakout junior track season and put the work into the offseason before his senior year.
After tying the nine-hole team score school record of 166 two weeks ago, this year’s New Hampton girls’ golf team can finally call it all its own after shattering the mark with a 161 on Thursday evening at New Hampton Golf and Country Club.
Not only did New Hampton’s girls win the Northeast Iowa Conference title Monday — for the fifth straight year — but the 328 posted by the Chickasaw girls set a new school record and a new conference record.
