New Hampton boys basketball coach Ryan Rausch is adamant that his team is, as he put it, “soooo close to putting it all together.”
But all the Chickasaws had to show for it last week was two more Northeast Iowa Conference losses.
New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestling coach Matt Paulus said the focus of his team heading into the dual against Northeast Iowa Conference rival Charles City was finishing.
After the Turkey Valley girls basketball team defeated Central Elkader earlier this year 56-37, the Warriors were out for revenge on Tuesday night when they faced the Trojans the second time around.
Alexa Wemark had been averaging 6.5 points per game this season. But when the Chickasaws’ leading scorer — senior Kaylee Eggerichs — came out before halftime against Waukon Tuesday, Wemark knew she had to step up her scoring.
Although they were playing against a West Central team who had won just two games entering play, the Turkey Valley boys basketball team was all business on Tuesday night.
When Eric Olson took over as the head coach of the New Hampton girls golf team in 2011, his goal was to turn what was a struggling program into a competitive one.
Twins Allison and Morgan Nuss have been playing golf together since they were three years old. And while this spring will be their final one competing for New Hampton, their playing days with each other are far from over.
For the first time all season, the Turkey Valley girls basketball team is ranked in Class 1A. After a 13-1 start to the 2019-2020 campaign, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union slotted them in at No. 15 - the final spot in the rankings.
It may have been a little closer than the New Hampton girls basketball team had hoped, but the Chickasaws were able to top Charles City on Tuesday 72-60 to sweep the season series against the Comets.
On a night in which Crestwood’s Sharon Goodman became the all-time leading scorer for the school, New Hampton fans, players and coaches politely applauded the work of the 6-foot-3 Cadet senior post.
Forcing turnovers has been critical to the success of the Turkey Valley boys and girls basketball teams all year, and the varsity doubleheader at Clayton Ridge last Tuesday was another example of this.
Two.
That’s the total number of points the New Hampton girls basketball team conceded to Oelwein through the first three quarters of play on Friday in their 61-10 victory.
New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s wrestling team made history in two states Saturday as the Chickasaws welcomed yet another athlete to its “100 Club” and crowned its first-ever champion at a girls-only tournament.
