Although Turkey Valley didn’t have a great year as a team, a few of their players’ performances throughout the season did not go unnoticed by the coaches in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC).
When Cory McDonald took over as head coach of the New Hampton baseball program in 2009, he told his five seniors at the time — Matt Samec, Garrett Shekleton, Ryan Kramer, Tanner Weigel and Blayne Willadsen — that the Chickasaws were going to play
West Sioux scored three first-inning runs and then got a two-run inside-the-park home run in the second inning, and that hole proved too deep for the New Hampton baseball team in its first-ever appearance at the state tournament as the Falcons cam
The Chickasaw JV girls continued to run wild over their opponents in mid-season, as they defeated Waukon in a doubleheader, beat Charles City and took both ends of a twin bill over Osage.
After ending the regular season riding a four-game losing streak, the New Hampton baseball team reverted back to their winning ways in their first district contest against Lake Mills last Tuesday at Mikkelson Park.
For the third time in the last four years, the Chickasaw baseball team is advancing to the substate game.
New Hampton defeated Osage by a score of 7-2 on Saturday night at Mikkelson Park to claim the Class 2A District 3 championship.
Aggressive base running in the fifth inning put New Hampton up for good and the Chickasaws tacked on four runs in the sixth on their way to a 7-2 victory over Osage in a Class 2A district championship game Saturday.
The Turkey Valley baseball team concluded regular season play last Monday, as they faced both West Fork and Kee High in a tournament at their home field in Jackson Junction.
This past weekend, the New Hampton Golf and Country Club hosted their 37th annual Mid-Summer, and coordinator Ryan Rausch believes this year’s event exceeded the expectations.
When a Kannon Leuenberger single scored Elliott Dietzenbach in the first inning of Turkey Valley’s district opener at New Albin Saturday night, the 1-0 Trojan lead would be short-lived.
Turkey Valley’s Kim Fischer only pitched three innings in the Trojans’ regional opener last Monday, as it only took 2 1/2 innings for the TV girls to win over West Central, 13-0.
The New Hampton baseball team may not have gone into the postseason with a flourish, but the Chickasaws shook off four straight losses to end the regular season with a solid 3-0 win over Lake Mills Tuesday night in a Class 2A district semifinal ga
