Nolan Usher and Olivia Burke had decidedly different answers when asked about their cross country training routine over the summer.

None of the volleyball players were born the last time New Hampton won its own volleyball invitational.
If they’ve ever won.

The forecast — especially late Friday night — isn’t the best so New Hampton and Charles City will not only try to beat each other, but they also try to beat Mother Nature.Officials have decided to “move up” the starting times for the non-district

Even though Turkey Valley’s win over Lansing Kee Tuesday wasn’t a conference match-up, coach Ethan Adams hopes the confidence his team gathered will help when they do play the Upper Iowa Conference match, which is actually next on the schedule.

If the opinion of Turkey Valley coach Ethan Adams counted, there would be another team in the Class 3A rankings.

Nick Lamphier probably figured he’d always remember his first-ever game as head football coach.

New Hampton will be in Pool B when the annual Chickasaw Volleyball Invitational gets underway Saturday. The event, now in its 34th year, starts with pool play at 9 a.m.

With 72 yards passing and 201 yards rushing, Turkey Valley mixed up their offense just enough to keep AGWSR’s defense off balance in the season opener Friday.

Kill efficiency is just one stat among many in a volleyball box score, but New Hampton put up another eye-popping number on Thursday as the Chickasaws rolled to a sweep of Mason City in their home opener.

This one, no doubt, is going to sting for a while.

Orange, the “color” for leukemia,  was definitely in vogue Tuesday at the Nashua-Plainfield High School gym.
And all that orange — on both the Nashua-Plainfield and the New Hampton sides of the gym — meant a lot to one Nashua family.

New Hampton got off to a fast start Tuesday in its season opener against Nashua-Plainfield.
The Chickasaws also had a fast “middle.” And they closed out the night with a flourish.

Mason Cleveland figured Tuesday night sooner or later his New Hampton teammates would bust open the game, but even if they didn’t, the Chickasaws would be just fine.

District time can be unpredictable. Turkey Valley pitcher Cale Reicks doesn’t usually get nervous on the mound, but maybe he was in the first inning against Edgewood-Colesburg. He doesn’t usually pitch high and outside, but this time he did.

How do you turn nine hits into 18 runs? 
In the second game of a doubleheader sweep over Postville Thursday, walks helped the Trojans earn an 18-3 win, scoring the highest run total of the season.