After capturing a conference title two weeks ago, the New Hampton baseball team’s play took a turn for the worst in the final week of the regular season.
Pure heartbreak.
A group of New Hampton senior softball players huddled together, shed tears and shared hugs with each other after playing the final game of their Chickasaw careers.
Back-to-back games for the JV softball girls found the team a little flat on day two. But they had plenty of energy in the game that counted toward conference standings as they defeated Waverly 17-2.
Although New Hampton claimed the conference title after a doubleheader against Charles City, the Chickasaws also had two important non-conference games against ranked opponents this past week.
When the Houston Astros selected Iowa star pitcher and former New Hampton native Cole McDonald in the 15th round of the MLB Draft, it didn’t hit him that his life was going to completely change.
The Trojans baseball team faced stingy competition in each of their trio of contests last week. Although they were unable to pick up a victory, Turkey Valley showed they can compete with the better teams in the state.
After getting swept in a doubleheader by Waverly-Shell Rock two weeks ago, New Hampton picked up a huge victory over Oelwein to stay in the hunt for a Northeast Iowa Conference championship.
The Turkey Valley softball team ended the regular season on a strong note, as they posted a record of 4-1 last week to finish 16-15 overall and 11-5 in Upper Iowa Conference play.
