By Kelly Terpstra

sports@nhtrib.com

The final stretch of real estate to reach the finish line on Saturday at the Cresco Golf and Country Club is a doozy.

The start of the fall sports season is being delayed because of a healthy dose of summer heat.

Given her choice, Sarah Bakula would love to have her Turkey Valley cross country teams have enough runners to appear in the team standings.

Maybe the best way to put it is this: New Hampton is an unproven lot when it comes to varsity football heading into the 2021 season.
The Chickasaws are young. The Chickasaws are surely lacking when it comes to experience

Laying the hammer down.
That’s something Marissa Cahoy and Carlee Rochford look to do plenty of this fall at a volleyball net near you.
Opponents beware.

Down 6-0, New Hampton roared back to stun No. 1 ranked Roland-Story 9-8 in the Class 2A substate game Tuesday night in Mason City.

After narrowly winning its first round of district action on July 10, 5-4 over Central Springs, New Hampton’s baseball team has been on a roll.

A big first inning against Nashua-Plainfield Tuesday night propelled the Turkey Valley girls to the second round of regional action. 

When the Northeast Iowa girls conference golf meet was over Thursday, New Hampton had done something no other school has ever done — win its sixth straight girls golf conference title.

When the bell rings, it’s time to head for home.
In track jargon, that means there’s one lap left around the oval.

The good, the bad and the lucky.
The game of golf can be vicious at times.
Just one bad hole can ruin an otherwise fruitful outing on the links.

Don’t get the New Hampton soccer team’s seniors wrong, they want to win.

The Turkey Valley girls track team is poised to make some noise in 2021.
Not the pots and pans sort of rattle but fast times that could shatter all-time marks in Trojan lore.
TV is that good.

Fresh legs and ready to run.
Those are words echoed now that didn’t seem possible just a year ago for heartbroken hurdlers, high jumpers and hungry athletes that can’t wait to pass the baton or cross the finish line this spring.