It was an absolute war until the very end, but the Turkey Valley boys basketball team gutted out a close back-and-forth victory over Janesville - who entered with a record of 19-4 - 42-37 in the district final game on Thursday night at New Hampton
Turkey Valley’s boys started their postseason game against Central rather slowly, but it wasn’t the first time it took awhile for the scoring machines to get rolling. Once they did, the Trojans breezed to a 68-34 win.
Evan Rosonke stood in the hallway at Wells Fargo Arena and tried to fathom what had just happened.
The New Hampton/Turkey Valley senior was a state champion.
New Hampton knew Crestwood’s Sharon Goodman was going to get her points, and the University of Iowa commit did — scoring 29 points — during the last regular season game of the year.
After riding a two-game winning streak heading into last week, the New Hampton boys basketball team was hoping to end the regular season strong in their final two contests against Northeast Iowa Conference foes Crestwood and Waukon.
Turkey Valley’s girls weren’t happy about a loss to Kee High in early February, and with a 66-22 win over Starmont in the first round of regional action, they’ll be able to do something about it tonight (Tuesday).
In a game that was determined in the final seconds, Turkey Valley defeated Kee High 55-52 Tuesday night to advance to the regional semifinal round of the girls basketball playoffs.
New Hampton girls basketball coach Chad Pemble used one word to describe how he was feeling after the Chickasaws fell to Waukon in the regional opener on Saturday — numb.
The next best thing to an outright conference title is a share of the crown. And for the fourth straight year, Turkey Valley’s boys have earned either a share of the title or the full prize.
Carson Babcock had 371 days to think about what transpired on a mat in Independence on Feb. 9, 2019.
The New Hampton/Turkey Valley junior finally found redemption Saturday.
In order to pull off the upset over a 15-6 Denver team in their opening-round district game, the New Hampton boys basketball team needed to put together a solid performance at both ends of the court.
Freshman Carlee Rochford has been sensational all year for the New Hampton girls basketball team.
However, on Thursday night against Central Springs, she took her game to a whole new level.
Nashua-Plainfield is sending five wrestlers to the Class 1A state tournament, but maybe the biggest surprise Saturday was the fact that senior Jakob Whitinger isn’t one of them.
Home cooking was dang nice for New Hampton/Turkey Valley Saturday as four Chickasaws claimed Class 2A district individual titles to earn trip to next week’s state tournament.
