Although they defeated Waukon two times during the regular season, coach Jess Geerts didn’t take New Hampton’s regional opening match against the Indians lightly. It paid off, as the Chickasaws were able to sweep Waukon 3-0.
After defeating Waverly-Shell Rock in a match that decided the Northeast Iowa Conference title during the regular season, the New Hampton volleyball team found themselves once again playing the Go-Hawks in a championship contest this past Saturday
After owning a 10-12 record coming into last week, the Turkey Valley volleyball team flipped the script. The Trojans had their best week of the season, as they went an undefeated 5-0 to improve their overall record to 15-12.
Turnovers can win and lose fooball games, and fortunately for New Hampton, they were able to take advantage of multiple Crestwood fumbles throughout the evening to defeat the Cadets in a tight battle 13-7.
It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar. Fall is here, and so are the rains. But before the New Hampton Invitational was cancelled — again — both the Chickasaws and Turkey Valley had a nice evening competing at the South Winn meet Tuesday.
Turkey Valley may not have attempted a pass on Friday evening, but it didn’t matter, as the Trojans walloped West Central 68-0 in district play to stay undefeated on the season at 7-0.
It has been a long 28 years since the New Hampton volleyball team has won a conference championship, as the last time they claimed the title was in 1991.
New Hampton’s defense came up big in the fourth quarter Friday night as the Chickasaws secured a 13-7 victory over rival Crestwood in a Class 2A, District 3 tilt.
Facing arguably their toughest competition of the season at the Charles City tournament on Saturday, New Hampton played against a trio of top-ten ranked teams in Class 1A.
Although they didn’t finish near the top of the boys or girls team standings at the Jesup Invitational on Thursday, many individuals on the New Hampton cross country team posted some of their better times of the year.
Although MFL’s record was at .500 coming into Jackson Junction last week, the Bulldogs are on a bit of a winning streak as they downed their last three conference opponents, including a 5-set win over Turkey Valley Thursday.
