The district’s leading rusher had some pretty impressive numbers in the first four weeks of the season. And then Central City’s Isaiah Damm met up with Turkey Valley’s defense.

The New Hampton football coaches dangled pizza in front of their players Friday night, and they literally ran to get their slices.

An extra game on the New Hampton schedule gave the Chickasaws just what they needed Thursday — their first five-set match of the season. 

If New Hampton football fans had concerns about a possible “letdown” after an emotional homecoming win over Waverly-Shell Rock last week. the Chickasaws put them to rest early in their Class 2A, District 3 opener.

When Nancy Hillesheim woke up on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3, she did what she always does on a weekday.
She got ready to go to work.

After winning just four games a year ago, the Turkey Valley volleyball team surpassed this total last week - only midway through the season.

Competing in their second meet within a four-day span, many members of the Turkey Valley cross country team saw their times drop last Tuesday at Starmont.

There can’t be many teams in the state of Iowa that accomplished what Turkey Valley’s football team did Friday at Springville.

After a multitude of runners posted the best time of their career two weeks ago, the athletes for the New Hampton cross country team saw their times drop at the Osage Invitational last Tuesday in the lone meet the Chickasaws participated at.

After competing in 17 matches through the first three weeks of the season, the New Hampton volleyball team played just one game last week - a Northeast Iowa Conference affair against Crestwood on Tuesday.

The lesson from Friday’s New Hampton football game Friday was simple: Heart beats size.

New Hampton had plenty of reason to celebrate Friday night as the Chickasaws not only celebrated homecoming but came away with a 13-6 win over Waverly-Shell Rock.

Kristi Manson’s advice to her runners Saturday at the Luther College All-American Invitational was to forget the places and focus on the times.

The Turkey Valley cross country team faced plenty of competition at the All-American Invitiational on Saturday, as nearly 30 schools of all different sizes across three different states (Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin) competed at Luther College.