It’s a simple fact when it comes to high school basketball games; when a team shoots better than 60 percent from the floor, it’s going to win … and usually by a large margin.

Dreadful starts in at the start of both halves cost the Nashua-Plainfield girls basketball team dearly last week in a 68-21 loss to Mason City Newman.

Nashua-Plainfield’s record may just be 6-7, but the Huskies may be the last team anyone wants to see when the playoffs begin next week.

Al Frost has seen a lot in his long career as a high school wrestling coach, but he’s never had one like last week.

New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s wrestling team got more than just four relatively easy dual wins on Saturday at the Cat Duals in Riceville, a tournament the Chickasaws hopped into after the Ankeny Duals were cancelled because of Friday’s winter storm.

Forget the final margin, New Hampton girls basketball coach Chad Pemble had every reason to be proud of his Chickasaws Saturday night.

With only a period left in his match against Osage’s Colin Muller, Clayton Taylor was down 9-3.

Seven New Hampton football players — (from left) Keegan Kane, Austin Flugum, Max Babcock, Wyatt Stochl, Mason Cleveland, Max Schwickerath, (not pictured) Dillon Roberson — were recently named academic all-state by the Iowa Football Coaches Associa

They’re called quarters for a reason, mainly because their are four of them in a basketball game.

Nashua-Plainfield coach Sam Brown isn’t going to lie; he wasn’t exactly ecstatic about his team’s shot selection on Friday night.

No one — not the five managers or the three coaches — had a clue what the team score was last Thursday as Nashua-Plainfield’s Trey Nelson was taking on North Butler/Clarksville’s Cade Hardy in a 120-pound match.

The Nashua-Plainfield girls basketball team may not have gotten wins last week, but the Huskies found some positives in losses to Rockford and Northwood-Kensett.

When Jared Nicolaisen wrapped up his freshman season of college basketball at Luther College in February 2016, his career point total stood at 87.

If Turkey Valley’s boys were going to have an off night, a non-conference game is a good time.

Coach Carla Nymeyer was very proud of her Turkey Valley basketball team after a Thursday night win over Tripoli.