The softball postseason begins on Monday, and the timing couldn’t be better for Nashua-Plainfield softball team.After all, the old axiom that all teams are 0-0 when the playoffs start has to be a good thing because it’s been a rough regular season
After losing a 4-1 contest at Kee High Friday, Turkey Valley's boys snapped an 11-game winning streak by the Kee Hawks when they bounced back in game two, soundly whipping their guests 10-0 and handing them their first conference loss of the
When New Hampton plays Waukon tonight [Tuesday] for softball’s version of Senior Parent Night, the Chickasaws will be taking on the same team they'll be playing to start the postseason, which begins a week from Wednesday.But the girls still h
Maybe a picture is worth a 1,000 words; after all, the snapshot that could have been taken after New Hampton beat Crestwood 5-3 Friday night spoke volumes.Yes, the Chickasaws won their 13th straight game. Yes, New Hampton improved to 22-1.
With the regular season winding down, time is getting short for Turkey Valley’s girls to land their first win of the season. They were unable to do so against MFL Monday, as they lost 11-1 and 10-5 games on the road. Even more critical for t
One was a win, one was a loss, but in both cases Turkey Valley’s baseball team rallied in the sixth inning when they played a doubleheader at Edgewood-Colesburg Monday. The Trojan record went to 7-11 the next night as Oelwein played at Jackson
Asked how many mantras his team has, and New Hampton baseball coach Cory McDonald couldn’t help but laugh.“A lot,” the coach said, “but you know, we have those mantras and those sayings for a reason.”Take “next play,” for example.Never was it more
One bad inning Wednesday kept the Nashua-Plainfield softball team winless.The Huskies rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to take a 7-6 lead into the top of the seventh inning before Northwood-Kensett rallied for a 10-8 Top of Iowa East Division vic
How long has it been since a New Hampton softball team has beaten a Waverly-Shell Rock softball team?The last time was on June 19, 2013.The Chickasaws won 2-1 on a two-RBI single by Allie Geerts.Jessie Crooks pitched that game, but Wednesday Kayla
Nashua-Plainfield’s baseball team deserved a better fate than it was handed last Wednesday night, but even though it sounds like a broken record, the still-winless Huskies are making progress.The Huskies fell 6-5 to Northwood-Kensett on that night
Turkey Valley came within three runs of its first win of the season at South Winn last week — twice.After a Tuesday night 10-3 loss to Decorah, the Lady Trojans dropped both ends of a doubleheader to the Warriors, 11-8 and 8-5 on Thursday.While lo
If there was one moment that stood out for New Hampton baseball coach Cory McDonald Friday, it was the way his Chickasaws responded when one of their teammates, Michael Denner, got his first-ever varsity hit.“The genuine excitement of everyone in
New Hampton's Kallie Olson doesn't like to let opportunities streak past her bat."When I'm at the plate, I don't like to let the first pitch go," she said during the New Hampton Invitational Saturday.
There’s no question that New Hampton’s softball team can hit the ball.But what Jack Seelhammer appreciates about his Chickasaws is the fact that they have a patient streak.“We’re not just going up to the plate and swinging at anything,” he said.
New Hampton Ryan Gorman had decent pitching stats — a 3-0 record and a 2.33 earned-run average — heading into Tuesday’s Northeast Iowa Conference game with Charles City.But the Chickasaw senior was far from satisfied with his previous performance
