The story on Tuesday evening for the Turkey Valley girls track team was freshman Jalyssa Blazek, as she totaled 18.5 of the team’s 30 total points. The Trojans finished sixth of nine teams at the Postville Lady Pirate Relays.

There was plenty of opposition for Turkey Valley during their track meet at Edgewood, as there were a total of 15 teams who competed at the event.

The Turkey Valley trapshooting team opened its season with a bang Monday as the Trojans had the top two squads, the top five male shooters and the top two female shooters in a meet against Crestwood.

New Hampton’s trapshooting team kicked off its 2019 season Tuesday by sweeping the top three spots at a meet against St. Ansgar at a wind-swept Mitchell County Trap Range just outside of Osage.

A windy and frigid evening did not stop the New Hampton girls track team from making the trip to Mason City on Tuesday for a meet. 

More than a year ago, Noah Fenske checked the track record board at New Hampton High School, and the goal — break the school record in the shot put — was formed.

After winning the conference championship and making the state golf meet as a team in 2017, the New Hampton boys golf team was not able to repeat either of these accomplishments last season.

The New Hampton girls golf team has achieved an immense amount of accolades over the past few seasons, including two runner-up finishes at state and four consecutive Northeast Iowa Conference championships.

Turkey Valley’s Eli Nymeyer had just anchored the Trojan distance medley to a win.
“I think we could go faster,” he said after catching his breath. “I’d rather have someone to go up against that pushes me.”

Early last week, the weather forecast predicted rain for Friday. So North Fayette Valley moved their opening coed track meet of the season up a day.

New Hampton boys head track coach Scott Frerichs said his team’s youth showed in their first outdoor meet of the season at the Waverly-Shell Rock Co-Ed Invite this past Thursday.

The New Hampton girls track team kicked off its outdoor season at the Waverly-Shell Rock Co-Ed Invite on Thursday. The meet consisted of fierce competition, as multiple 3A and 4A schools participated in the event.

As Turkey Valley prepared for the Upper Iowa Conference indoor meet, Turkey Valley coach Mark Scott was asked about what kind of team he was going to have this season.

Only one event went to state last year for the Turkey Valley girls track team, and Dalton Hackman — in his first year as head coach for TVHS track — is going to want to change that this year.

The team is smaller than its been for quite some time and a longtime assistant coach has retired, but New Hampton girls track coach Jeanette Laures still likes a lot of thing about her 2019 Chickasaws.