Turkey Valley’s football team will get a Friday night off this week as its opponent has decided to cancel its football season.
And it has nothing to do with COVID-19.
It was the first time in many, many years the Turkey Valley girls were able to score as a team as the cross country invite at North Fayette Valley took place Thursday.
Maybe New Hampton didn’t have Waukon right where they wanted the Indians, but the Chickasaws, after putting together a magnificent 99-yard drive, capped by Ryan Pickar's 11-yard touchdown run, were feeling pretty good about themselves late in
Hobbled, then humbled.
Iowa Falls-Alden kept knocking Friday night versus the favored New Hampton Chickasaws.
It didn’t take long for the upstart Cadets to cave the door in and bust their way into the win column.
The Chickasaw volleyball team didn’t have any trouble dispatching MFL-Mar-Mac Tuesday night, opening the first match of a triangular meet at Turkey Valley with a 2-0 win.
Given the bizarre year 2020 has bestowed upon us, a double overtime game was probably an appropriate way for Turkey Valley to begin its football season.
New Hampton used two touchdown passes from Conner Rochford, a strong running attack and an opportunistic defense to open the 2020 season with a 15-8 victory over Charles City Friday night.
Vibrant hues of burnt orange, golden yellow and rusty red will soon change the midwestern landscape into a breathtaking display of color once fall signals the end of summer.
Conner Rochford remembers the play well.
Who wouldn’t?
It was a forgettable moment for the New Hampton High School senior last fall when a couple of seconds wiped out his junior football season.
