This wasn’t the way New Hampton wanted to go into the Class 3A regional softball tournament.

New Hampton will still meet Charles City in a key Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader on Tuesday, but the games have been moved to Waverly because Charles City's Sportman's Park is flooded once again.

The 12-21 Turkey Valley softball team may have been considered an underdog when they played a Don Bosco team with an 18-14 record on the Dons home field in the first round of regionals Monday.

For a team that only won two games last year, to finish with a winning record in the Upper Iowa Conference is a definite feather in Turkey Valley’s softball cap this year.

Keegan Kane’s pitching slump has been put to rest and then some.

Emily Busta claimed to be “kinda rusty” at the plate early in the season. 
But after the Turkey Valley senior belted her eighth and ninth home runs of the season Monday against South Winn, she admits she’s now pretty confident.

Up until Monday, no Upper Iowa Conference team had defeated South Winn’s baseball team, which came into a doubleheader against the Turkey Valley with an 8-0 conference record and an overall mark of 16-4.

After Savannah Anderson and four of her classmates were honored on Senior Night Wednesday, Anderson’s emotions were raw. 
She had just pitched a 3-0 loss to the 4A, third-ranked Comets, but it wasn’t the loss the tears were about.

New Hampton had just watched an early 3-0 lead turn into a 7-4 loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Monday night.

Hannah Holthaus may have the family record for career home runs, but her younger sister one-upped her at least in one category on Monday night.

Nashua-Plainfield senior Mason Hyde laughed at the question: If God came down and said, one or the other — hitting or pitching — what would he do?
“Well, first I hope God doesn’t make me make that choice,” he answered.

The Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association released their All-State list last week, and four Chickasaw golfers made the cut.
Both Allison and Morgan Nuss were listed on the 2A first team, while Emma Ewert earned second team honors.

Turkey Valley ran into a former Trojan when they competed in their first game at the North Fayette Valley baseball tournament Saturday.

After North Fayette Valley scored a run in the first inning of game two against Turkey Valley Friday, five pitches into the bottom half of the inning the Trojans had a 2-1 lead, thanks to a triple by Jaedyn Winter and home run by Emily Busta.

Not that the softball isn’t important, but it’s not the only reason New Hampton coach Jack Seelhammer takes his team to the Linn-Mar Invitational each year.