The New Hampton girls track team kicked off its outdoor season at the Waverly-Shell Rock Co-Ed Invite on Thursday. The meet consisted of fierce competition, as multiple 3A and 4A schools participated in the event.
As Turkey Valley prepared for the Upper Iowa Conference indoor meet, Turkey Valley coach Mark Scott was asked about what kind of team he was going to have this season.
Only one event went to state last year for the Turkey Valley girls track team, and Dalton Hackman — in his first year as head coach for TVHS track — is going to want to change that this year.
The team is smaller than its been for quite some time and a longtime assistant coach has retired, but New Hampton girls track coach Jeanette Laures still likes a lot of thing about her 2019 Chickasaws.
After another successful year of trapshooting last season when New Hampton ended with a top 10 finish at state, Jay Matthews, who is part of what he calls a “team of coaches,” said the team hopes to build on this prosperity heading into 2019.
With 20 of the 26 participants in track this year for the New Hampton boys being freshman and sophomores, it is obvious they are an extremely young team.
If the Upper Iowa Conference indoor meet is any indication of the Turkey Valley girls’ season, coach Dalton Hackman could have a competitive bunch in his first year of coaching.
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Just one week after the Wartburg Invitational, the New Hampton girls track team found themselves back at Wartburg for the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor meet on Tuesday.
Tip-off is still more than an hour away as Nicole Mulford talks to her mother and other members of “Team Mulford.”
Suddenly, she looks at the time and says, “I have to go do something; I’ll be right back.”
Even though it may not feel like it, spring officially begins tomorrow. After a rough winter, the New Hampton Golf and Country Club is working diligently to have the course ready as soon as possible.
New Hampton boys track coach Scott Frerichs said his Chickasaws got exactly what they needed Tuesday night when they opened the season at the Wartburg Select Indoor.
