What Sam Brown wanted from his Nashua-Plainfield boys basketball team last Friday night his Huskies delivered with a 64-55 win over Tripoli that ended up wrapping up the regular season.

When Nashua-Plainfield’s girls basketball season came to an end last Thursday with a 48-29 loss to North Butler in the Class 1A regional tournament, Huskies coach Josh Smith had two messages for his team.

Even though Turkey Valley’s win over West Central in the regional first round was over for about 20 minutes, Katlyn Baumler’s face  still showed a flush from the hard workout.

Turkey Valley needed certain things to happen to win their third straight Upper Iowa Conference title outright, and when South Winn beat North Fayette Valley Friday night by two points, that went a long way toward the goal. 

New Hampton was on the wrong end of a 42-33 score with three minutes left in the third quarter of its game with Waukon Friday night.

Lauren Frerichs didn’t hesitate at all when asked what she liked more — making a good pass or hitting a big shot?

Mason Cleveland’s record in early January stood at 26-11, which may have been pretty solid for a lot of wrestlers but didn’t come close to the standards the New Hampton/Turkey Valley senior had for himself.

Turkey Valley coach Chris Sullivan thought Monday’s game at MFL MarMac had a “district” feel to it.

Coach Chad Pemble didn’t think his girls were intimidated by Crestwood’s 6-foot-3 junior Sharon Goodman, who has already committed to attend and play basketball at the University of Iowa.

It was a tale of two halves — one good, even very good at times; one horrendous — for New Hampton boys basketball Monday night.

Maybe New Hampton/Turkey Valley co-coach Andy Geerts said it best Wednesday night.

Nashua-Plainfield girls basketball coach was asked in an email about his team’s practice schedule the past couple of weeks because of the winter weather and array of makeup games.
His response: “It. Has. Been. A. Struggle.”

He may have liked to have seen a little bit better shooting percentage, but make no mistake about it, Nashua-Plainfield boys basketball coach Sam Brown loved watching his team march to the free-throw line Saturday.

The goal for the Nashua-Plainfield wrestling team was simple Saturday: Win a Class 1A sectional team title.
The Huskies accomplished their mission, although it didn’t go quite the way coach Al Frost envisioned.

Nashua-Plainfield’s dual meet season came to an end Tuesday night, but the Huskies put up a respectable showing in a 47-25 loss to MFL-Mar-Mac, which came into the Class 1A regional duals as the eight-ranked team in the state.