On the north end of the Turkey Valley football complex — by the scoreboard — there’s a sign with 15 different years written on it, representing the 15 years the Trojans have made it to the playoffs. 

To say Dr. Jacqueline Evans loves to run is an understatement.

Jason Fisher will be the first to admit that it wasn’t always easy to stand on the sidelines during his first two years as a member of the Wartburg football team.

Two Turkey Valley runners, one from New Hampton and one from Nashua-Plainfield will be representing the area in both the 1A and 2A cross country meets after finishing in the top 15 in their respective state qualifying meets Thursday.

With Tripoli looming in the postseason, Turkey Valley ended their regular season last Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Central of Elkader to finish the 2018 campaign with a 4-21 record.

Kerigan Tenge pondered the question on which — a kill or an ace serve — gave her a bigger thrill when it comes to volleyball.

Any other year and Jenn Kalainoff would not have been happy with the fact that her Nashua-Plainfield cross country teams had to run the Top of Iowa Conference on Monday, just three days before it heads to Cedar Rapids for tonight’s [Thursday] Clas

Nashua-Plainfield’s loss Tuesday night in the Class 1A regional volleyball tournament may have ended its season but the Huskies’ coach believes it also showed just how far her team came this year.

The statistics for Easton Valley tells the story of Turkey Valley’s 60-34 Friday win over the River Hawks more so than the Trojan stats.

New Hampton ended in the same spot in the Northeast Iowa Conference tourney over the weekend as it finished during the regular season, but it took a circuitous route to get them there.

Say this for the New Hampton football team Friday night: It responded to the first punch Clear Lake delivered.
But the Chickasaws didn’t have any answers for the rest. 

When Turkey Valley coach Sarah Bakula saw where freshman Jalyssa Blazek was two-thirds through the Upper Iowa Conference race, Bakula couldn’t help but smile.

As a freshman, Nolan Usher earned Northeast Iowa Conference honors by placing 12th at the NEIC meet. Then as a sophomore he moved up to 11th, then back down to 14th as a junior.

With the wet conditions at the Jackson Heights golf course, the Upper Iowa Conference cross country meet that was to be held at the Turkey Valley site will now be moved to North Fayette Valley.

When Sarah Bakula saw where her star freshman stood late in the race Tuesday afternoon, the Turkey Valley cross country coach had a good feeling.