After not playing for over two weeks, Turkey Valley’s girls had a lot of pent-up points just waiting to be released. The Lady Trojans scored the most points of the season in a non-conference game Saturday, winning over Riceville 69-40.

Three seniors were honored before Turkey Valley played Riceville Saturday night, and all three — Simon Schmitt, Jason Herold and Dalton Rush — contributed to the Trojan 65-38 win over the Wildcats.

Playing last year on New Hampton’s ninth-grade team, Hope McDonald made a big transition this year, skipping the junior varsity squad altogether and going right to playing varsity. And as a starter, from game one.

New Hampton basketball coach Ryan Rausch thinks the growth of his team this season could be seen crystal clear on Friday night in Decorah.
The host Vikings had closed the first quarter with a 14-2 run to take an 18-11 lead.

Carter Reicks didn’t celebrate when he became the third New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestler — joining Max Babcock and Evan Rosonke — to earn a Northeast Iowa conference championship Saturday at the NEIC meet in Charles City.

It says something about the depth on the New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestling team that just a few days before the Northeast Iowa Conference tournament, the Chickasaws lineup wasn’t quite set.

It’s a simple fact when it comes to high school basketball games; when a team shoots better than 60 percent from the floor, it’s going to win … and usually by a large margin.

Dreadful starts in at the start of both halves cost the Nashua-Plainfield girls basketball team dearly last week in a 68-21 loss to Mason City Newman.

Nashua-Plainfield’s record may just be 6-7, but the Huskies may be the last team anyone wants to see when the playoffs begin next week.

Al Frost has seen a lot in his long career as a high school wrestling coach, but he’s never had one like last week.

New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s wrestling team got more than just four relatively easy dual wins on Saturday at the Cat Duals in Riceville, a tournament the Chickasaws hopped into after the Ankeny Duals were cancelled because of Friday’s winter storm.

Forget the final margin, New Hampton girls basketball coach Chad Pemble had every reason to be proud of his Chickasaws Saturday night.

With only a period left in his match against Osage’s Colin Muller, Clayton Taylor was down 9-3.

Seven New Hampton football players — (from left) Keegan Kane, Austin Flugum, Max Babcock, Wyatt Stochl, Mason Cleveland, Max Schwickerath, (not pictured) Dillon Roberson — were recently named academic all-state by the Iowa Football Coaches Associa

They’re called quarters for a reason, mainly because their are four of them in a basketball game.