One thing Chickasaw girls track coach Jeanette Laures likes about this year’s group of seniors is how diversified they are. Between Hunter Gerber, Kayla Gilbert, Serina Hovden, Darian Wegner and Mariah Wickham, there’s sprinters, distance
The Nashua-Plainfield trapshooting team had a relatively short week due to the Easter weekend, but they were able to enjoy the nice weather along the way. Senior Nick Bucknell started the week off with a score of 48 out of 50 on Tuesday evening,
It hasn’t exactly gone as planned for the Nashua-Plainfield golf teams so far this season, but then again, youth plus inexperience often equals inconsistency. But the Huskies, especially on the girls side, showed some signs of life this past week
The places aren’t always what the Nashua-Plainfield boys track team wants, but ask its coach, and he’ll tell you that the grit and determination are there. “I love the way our kids compete,” coach Chase Sudol said, “and I know a lot of them want
Competing in two track and field meets isn’t easy. Just ask the Nashua-Plainfield girls, who finished fifth at their coed meet last Tuesday night and followed it up with a sixth-place finish two nights later at the New Hampton Coed. “When we are
As a coach, Bill Glenn doesn't feel his motivational skills are needed much at all while the head mentor of the boys golf team. While he may impart his golf skills to the players, he doesn't have to push them to become better. "Th
New Hampton’s Jake Usher and Turkey Valley’s Wyatt Blazek are obviously two different runners. One, Usher, is a middle-distance and long distance runner; the other is a sprinter. But both seniors had banner nights for their respective teams on T
Two new school records were set by New Hampton’s girls golf team while they were defeating Waverly-Shell Rock Monday afternoon. Winning over the Go-Hawks by 86 strokes, the Chickasaws set a new 18-hole record with a score of 341, beating the re
While they were on opposite ends of the team standings at the New Hampton Coed Invitational, both the host Chickasaws and Turkey Valley girls had their highlights as they competed on a windy, but dry Thursday meet. The smallest team at the meet,
The Trojan trapshooters turned in not one, but two perfect 25s at the Turkey Valley trap range on Tuesday, and each of the shooters finished with a 49, the top girls' score in the meet against Echo Valley. Emily Luzum and Kaylie Klimesh, e
The FFA convention turned the New Hampton trapshooting roster into a piece of swiss cheese as the abbreviated Chickasaw team competed at Nashua Thursday. But even though 17 students were missing, the remaining crew filled in the holes nicely, s
On a day that season lows seemed unlikely, Turkey Valley's golfers still managed a few amidst the mist and cold wind, but both the Trojan teams lost to Clayton Ridge at Jackson Heights Monday. Since there was a track meet at Oelwein the same
There are times a loss can be just as impressive as a win, as it all depends on the competition. Although the Chickasaw boys lost Monday to Clear Lake, this was one of those impressive losses.
On the plus side, New Hampton claimed victories in three events had several runners come near or break personal records at the Decorah Invitational Monday night. On the other side of the ledger, though, there were times the Chickasaws’ inexperien
Three track athletes were gone to an FFA convention Tuesday and another was missing due to a funeral, still, New Hampton’s girls put together a fourth-place finish among the 10 teams running at Osage Tuesday. Charles City won the meet, with Osage
