To be honest, Eric Olson is never really all that surprised when Allison Nuss breaks a school record, yet he’ll be the first to admit he didn’t see Friday’s round of 70 at the Forest City Invitational coming.
A trio of events punched their ticket to the state track meet for the Turkey Valley girls’ track team on Friday evening at Edgewood-Colesburg High School.
It was a sectional field Turkey Valley coach John Reicks thought his team could have qualified in, had they been able to play with their top two golfers.
Relays were the story of the evening for the Turkey Valley boys’ track team on Friday. The 4x800, distance medley, and 4x400 all performed well enough at the district track meet in Edgewood to qualify for the state competition this week.
Although Charles City 1 took the top spot in a triangular that also featured Nashua-Plainfield, the Turkey Valley trapshooting team possessed the squads who placed second and third.
A bout of almost winter-like weather — at least when it comes to temperatures and wind — has led to the postponement of a number of state qualifying track and field meets.
Turkey Valley Red put together its best day of the season on Thursday as it shot a 234 on its way to a 38-shot victory during a dual meet with Echo Valley, a team based in West Union.
Due to conflicts in schedules, Turkey Valley’s boys played short-handed in both a Thursday meet against Clayton Ridge and a Friday engagement against Crestwood last week.
