Turkey Valley’s boys started their postseason game against Central rather slowly, but it wasn’t the first time it took awhile for the scoring machines to get rolling. Once they did, the Trojans breezed to a 68-34 win.
Evan Rosonke stood in the hallway at Wells Fargo Arena and tried to fathom what had just happened.
The New Hampton/Turkey Valley senior was a state champion.
Fifty years ago, Bill Roths wrestled at the state tournament as a New Hampton High School senior.
Twenty-five years ago, Roths sang a rousing rendition of the National Anthem before the 1995 state tournament finals.
New Hampton knew Crestwood’s Sharon Goodman was going to get her points, and the University of Iowa commit did — scoring 29 points — during the last regular season game of the year.
New Hampton’s large group speech season came to an end last Monday when its coaches and team members learned that none of its entries had received a nomination to the All-State Speech Festival.
After riding a two-game winning streak heading into last week, the New Hampton boys basketball team was hoping to end the regular season strong in their final two contests against Northeast Iowa Conference foes Crestwood and Waukon.
The news about a possible conference realignment for New Hampton High School and its fellow members of the Northeast Iowa Conference is pretty much on hold.
Turkey Valley’s girls weren’t happy about a loss to Kee High in early February, and with a 66-22 win over Starmont in the first round of regional action, they’ll be able to do something about it tonight (Tuesday).
