New Hampton will be in Pool B when the annual Chickasaw Volleyball Invitational gets underway Saturday. The event, now in its 34th year, starts with pool play at 9 a.m.
With 72 yards passing and 201 yards rushing, Turkey Valley mixed up their offense just enough to keep AGWSR’s defense off balance in the season opener Friday.
Kill efficiency is just one stat among many in a volleyball box score, but New Hampton put up another eye-popping number on Thursday as the Chickasaws rolled to a sweep of Mason City in their home opener.
Orange, the “color” for leukemia, was definitely in vogue Tuesday at the Nashua-Plainfield High School gym.
And all that orange — on both the Nashua-Plainfield and the New Hampton sides of the gym — meant a lot to one Nashua family.
New Hampton got off to a fast start Tuesday in its season opener against Nashua-Plainfield.
The Chickasaws also had a fast “middle.” And they closed out the night with a flourish.
Mason Cleveland figured Tuesday night sooner or later his New Hampton teammates would bust open the game, but even if they didn’t, the Chickasaws would be just fine.
District time can be unpredictable. Turkey Valley pitcher Cale Reicks doesn’t usually get nervous on the mound, but maybe he was in the first inning against Edgewood-Colesburg. He doesn’t usually pitch high and outside, but this time he did.
How do you turn nine hits into 18 runs?
In the second game of a doubleheader sweep over Postville Thursday, walks helped the Trojans earn an 18-3 win, scoring the highest run total of the season.
New Hampton's bats got going in the seventh inning of its regional semifinal game Friday at Cresco, but the Cadets struck down what would by the tying run, winning the game 2-1.
If Hannah Holthaus has learned one thing about her Nashua-Plainfield softball team in her first year of coaching, it is this: The Huskies are a resilient bunch.
And they showed it last week.
Nashua-Plainfield needed a good start in Tuesday’s Class 2A regional opener against Belmond-Klemme.
Thanks to Meghan Wright and Toyia Griffin, the Huskies got it.
New Hampton made history Tuesday night as it pulled off a rarity by claiming its fourth straight Northeast Iowa Conference baseball title, although the Chickasaws had to share in the spoils this year.
Four runs scored by New Hampton in the second inning of the regional first round against Osage Tuesday would be more than enough to move the Chickasaw softball team on.
