It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar. Fall is here, and so are the rains. But before the New Hampton Invitational was cancelled — again — both the Chickasaws and Turkey Valley had a nice evening competing at the South Winn meet Tuesday.
Turkey Valley may not have attempted a pass on Friday evening, but it didn’t matter, as the Trojans walloped West Central 68-0 in district play to stay undefeated on the season at 7-0.
It has been a long 28 years since the New Hampton volleyball team has won a conference championship, as the last time they claimed the title was in 1991.
New Hampton’s defense came up big in the fourth quarter Friday night as the Chickasaws secured a 13-7 victory over rival Crestwood in a Class 2A, District 3 tilt.
Facing arguably their toughest competition of the season at the Charles City tournament on Saturday, New Hampton played against a trio of top-ten ranked teams in Class 1A.
Although they didn’t finish near the top of the boys or girls team standings at the Jesup Invitational on Thursday, many individuals on the New Hampton cross country team posted some of their better times of the year.
Although MFL’s record was at .500 coming into Jackson Junction last week, the Bulldogs are on a bit of a winning streak as they downed their last three conference opponents, including a 5-set win over Turkey Valley Thursday.
Even though he finished his first season as a professional baseball player in August, the training Cole McDonald has to do during the off-season is still a full-time job.
Turkey Valley was sure to miss its starting quarterback Friday. Out with a sprained knee, Ethan Leibold had thrown for 474 yards this season and rushed for another 283 while the Trojans were going through their first five opponents.
It took all five sets, but the New Hampton volleyball team claimed the Northeast Iowa Conference title after defeating Waverly-Shell Rock - who entered the match undefeated in conference games - on Tuesday night.
It’s rare to have a class stick together like the seniors on New Hampton’s volleyball team. With a whopping 12 seniors, it was an emotional evening last Monday when the Chickasaws held their annual senior night.
After getting their record up to .500 at 8-8 to start last week following the win over Postville on Tuesday, the Turkey Valley volleyball team faced some stingy competition - falling in three of their final four games to end the week.
Going into the meet last Tuesday at Waukon, Turkey Valley cross country coach Sarah Bakula tasked each individual on her team with doing one simple thing - to set a goal.
Turkey Valley entered play last Tuesday on a hot stretch - winning three of their last four games. They were able to make it four out of their last five, as they swept Postville in an Upper Iowa Conference match 3-0.
