If there was a surprise last Thursday night for the Nashua-Plainfield cross country team, it was provided by Mother Nature.“It was actually nice out,” coach Jennifer Kalainoff said with a laugh, “and it’s always like 100 degrees there or we don’t
With a rushing night of 152 yards on 14 carries Friday, Wyatt Blazek is currently the leading rusher in the 8-man district Turkey Valley participates in. He didn’t do his scoring average any harm either — he is second to AGWSR’s Nathan Kars
The game lived up to its hype and then some, but when it was over Friday night, Class 2A fifth-ranked New Hampton had a 21-20 win over sixth-ranked Waukon.It may have been an early September, non-district game, but save for the temperature, it fel
The annual New Hampton Invitational volleyball tournament will be held on Saturday, and once again, the field looks loaded.Pool play in the eight-team tournament begins at 9 a.m., and the top two teams in each pool will advance to the semifinal ro
It may be just a non-district game tonight [Friday], when New Hampton travels to Waukon, but it definitely has a “big-game” feel about it.In the first Associated Press Class 2A poll of the season that was released Monday afternoon, New Hampton was
Working long hours at her job over the summer, Hannah Heit didn't have a great deal of time to train for the 2016 cross country season. That wasn't at all obvious Tuesday. Heit led the Chickasaw girls in the varsity race at Mas
It’s probably a good thing Amber Carter is only 20 years old; otherwise, she might have had to worry about adding a few gray hairs last Thursday.That was the night her Nashua-Plainfield volleyball team gave the state’s youngest coach her first car
Nowhere on the offensive stats do the names Keegan Crawford, Tanner Haut, Nathan Dettmer, Wiley Jennison and Evan Kalainoff appear.But trust us, those Nashua-Plainfield offensive lineman played a huge role in the Huskies’ 41-14 season-opening win
Not only does it benefit Chickasaw athletics, it's fun to play. There are still some good yardlines left for the Touchdown Club fundraiser, and the prize this year is a Chickasaw pullover similar to the one in the photo above.
Fresh off a five-set win over Ames, in which the final three sets were decided by three points or less, Class 4A Mason City had dealt with some pressure when they came into New Hampton Thursday.The Chickasaws, on the other hand, won their first ma
It was fun to watch just how fast Turkey Valley covered turf in their 8-man season opener Friday. Although the first quarter ended with just a four-point Trojan lead, 12-8 over Kee High, Turkey Valley blew the game open with a 40-point seco
Carter Stochl threw two touchdown passes and New Hampton had five different players find the end zone as the Chickasaws rolled to a 35-12 win over Charles City on opening night of “Friday Night Football.”A Stochl-to-Ryan Gorman 43-yard pass on New
Turkey Valley runners helped South Winneshiek to a successful, albeit hot, season opening meet of the season on Tuesday.The Warriors claimed the girls title at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational while the boys took second in the 10-team meet.This
It wasn’t always pretty, but then again, the goal — win the season opener — was accomplished for the New Hampton volleyball team.“We definitely found some things to work on and it might have been a little ugly in spots,” coach Jess Geerts said aft
