Taking tuxedo orders wasn’t the main objective for Tim and Julie Denner Saturday; making contacts was.
And in a sense, that’s what the annual Wedding Extravaganza is all about.
Here’s what you need to know about New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s two Northeast Iowa Conference champs: Never, ever think you have points against Carson Babcock and Evan Rosonke until they’re on the scoreboard.
The answer from New Hampton senior Alexa Wemark came quickly, decisively and with a big smile.
“What’s better, draining a 3-pointer or making one of those great passes to Carlee like you did last night?”
The chances of winning an outright conference title just got a little slimmer Friday for both the Turkey Valley girls and boys as each team dropped games to MFL at the Trojan gym; the boys lost 59-55 and the girls were defeated 52-36.
New Hampton boys basketball coach Ryan Rausch is adamant that his team is, as he put it, “soooo close to putting it all together.”
But all the Chickasaws had to show for it last week was two more Northeast Iowa Conference losses.
New Hampton boys basketball coach Ryan Rausch is adamant that his team is, as he put it, “soooo close to putting it all together.”
But all the Chickasaws had to show for it last week was two more Northeast Iowa Conference losses.
New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestling coach Matt Paulus said the focus of his team heading into the dual against Northeast Iowa Conference rival Charles City was finishing.
After the Turkey Valley girls basketball team defeated Central Elkader earlier this year 56-37, the Warriors were out for revenge on Tuesday night when they faced the Trojans the second time around.
Alexa Wemark had been averaging 6.5 points per game this season. But when the Chickasaws’ leading scorer — senior Kaylee Eggerichs — came out before halftime against Waukon Tuesday, Wemark knew she had to step up her scoring.
Although they were playing against a West Central team who had won just two games entering play, the Turkey Valley boys basketball team was all business on Tuesday night.
When Eric Olson took over as the head coach of the New Hampton girls golf team in 2011, his goal was to turn what was a struggling program into a competitive one.
