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No wins but progress for Chickasaw softball

It may sound weird, but New Hampton softball coach Lisa Rude had a point.

Trojans claim first Upper Iowa Conference title in a dozen years

Historic, hopeful and heart-stopping.
What a final week of the regular season it was for the Turkey Valley softball team.

Turkey Valley baseball season comes to premature end

Due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Turkey Valley baseball program, Trojan head baseball coach Dan Stepan announced Friday afternoon that all varsity and junior varsity TV baseball games have been cancelled for the rest of the season.

Chickasaws sweep NEIC doubleheaders

The path has been paved and the brackets are set.
Postseason baseball is just around the bend for the New Hampton Chickasaws.
Four regular season games remain and then the fun really starts.

Not a bad Plan B

Kacey Olson knows sooner or later she’s going to need to get a bunt down.
Her coach, though, said if her senior second baseman wants to keep hitting home runs after failing to execute a successful bunt, she’s fine with that.

Trojans continue hot start, improve to 6-0

There was lightning, thunder and a torrential downpour topped off with a barrage of hail that rained down on the softball field near Jackson Junction Wednesday night.

Diamond breakthrough

This was not supposed to be the way their season year was supposed to go.

Chickasaws find power in a 2-1 week

Start with the good news: The New Hampton softball team showed off a little power as it went 2-1 last week.

Trojans give coach milestone win

Dan Stepan couldn’t help but chuckle when asked about the milestone win his Turkey Valley baseball team gave him last Tuesday.
So coach, win No. 300, great players or old age?

Lessons learned

Kiersten Tenge figured she and her teammates would be nervous when New Hampton opened the abbreviated 2020 softball season last week.

Chickasaws bounce back to get split with Cadets

“X” marks the spot.
For the New Hampton baseball team, that means a substantially sized bulls-eye rests on the back of every red and black Chickasaw jersey that takes to the field this summer.

We’re playing some ball!

They pitched some softball, they hit some baseballs and, heck, some kids even dressed up and went to prom.
Welcome back, normalcy, or at least, hello, “new normal.”

Fantastic Five

With this being my last week at the New Hampton Tribune, I thought it would be a cool idea to list my top five favorite sporting events that I covered over the past 14 months.

More than just spring sports affected by virus

Carson Babcock was going to skip prom this spring for a chance to go to Fargo.
For those who know nothing about wrestling, let’s face it: That’s an odd statement. Who skips prom to try to go to North Dakota’s largest city?

An unhappy status quo

New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestling coach Matt Paulus just doesn’t get it.

P.E. teacher stresses importance of exercise

For many individuals, exercising has been put on the back-burner due to the Coronavirus impacting daily life.

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