For the third straight year, Jalyssa Blazek and Jaycie Byrne will represent Turkey Valley when the 1A girls run Saturday at state cross country. But coach Sarah Bakula, like any good coach, was hoping for more.

The words inscribed on Ali Russler’s left arm said it all on a cold and rainy Thursday afternoon in Jesup.
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.”

The words inscribed on Ali Russler’s left arm said it all on a cold and rainy Thursday afternoon in Jesup.
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.”

Emily Jackson is just starting to get into the flow.
One can only imagine where the athletically gifted Chickasaw harrier might finish with a year of running under her belt.

If this was Hollywood, the script would have played out perfectly for New Hampton senior quarterback Conner Rochford and his teammates.

When Marcus Herold left the game with an injury late in the first quarter of the Turkey Valley-North Iowa football game Friday, the Trojans lost their leading rusher, No. 1 receiver and the top defensive player. Oh, and their punter.

Go back two months and tell Carter Ferrie and his New Hampton football teammates that they would finish 2-5, and trust us, they would have laughed you back into your time machine.

Long bus rides home after a tough loss can be a painful reminder that setbacks in volleyball are never easy.

There were a lot of story lines to choose from when it came to Saturday’s Crestwood Invitational.
There were the champions — New Hampton’s Dylan Usher and Turkey Valley’s Jalyssa Blazek.

New Hampton’s four-game losing steak — in which two of the losses came by a point — is over, but it took a lot of work Friday night for the Chickasaws to overcome Oelwein and earn a 14-8 victory in a Class 2A, District 4 game.

New Hampton’s four-game losing steak — in which two of the losses came by a point — is over, but it took a lot of work Friday night for the Chickasaws to overcome Oelwein and earn a 14-8 victory in a Class 2A, District 4 game.

Working on the weekend?
Heck, Dylan Usher even put in a little overtime this week and in the process earned his first career victory out on the cross country course.

Turkey Valley’s football team will get a Friday night off this week as its opponent has decided to cancel its football season.
And it has nothing to do with COVID-19.

In one way, it was heartbreaking; in another way, it showed just how dangerous the New Hampton football team is.

Some day in the near future Hope McDonald plans on donning a white coat and helping expectant mothers deliver their babies.