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Braving the elements

There was a sight at the Turkey Valley trapshooting meet Tuesday that was worth the price of admission (if there was an admission, which there isn’t) and somewhat of a rare sighting this spring.Kids in shirtsleeves.Not many, to be certain, but a c

Huskies coach misses first meet, but N-P boys shine without him

The outdoor opener for Nashua-Plainfield’s boys track team was scheduled to be run on March 26, but this pesky thing called winter got in the way.And it stayed in the way through three more cancellations, but finally, the Huskies got a chance to c

What do you know, a track meet!

Kristi Hannemann will be the first one to say this has been her most challenging season as Nashua-Plainfield’s girls track coach.Oh, the kids are fine. They’re working hard. They have a good attitude.

Turkey Valley golfers finally get to play a round

Like all spring coaches, John Reicks has had to be creative when it comes to spring practices. After all, it’s not like he can take his tractor and clear off the course at Jackson Heights.He might try it, if he could.

Trojan girls open with tough competition

Even before the season started, Turkey Valley’s girls had to be considered an underdog at the New Hampton coed invitational.

Trojans make a mark for small schools

The fact that Turkey Valley’s boys finished third in the nine-team New Hampton coed invitational Thursday came as no shock to coach Mark Scott, despite the Trojans being the smallest school in the field.“Surprised, no,” he said of the team’s effor

New Hampton just happy to be on a course

New Hampton finally got to play in a golf meet Thursday.The good news is the Chickasaws put together a solid round and claimed a triangular title at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Sumner.The bad news is the weather turned south again over the weekend,

New Hampton girls coach finds silver linings at coed

Don’t get New Hampton girls track coach Jeanette Laures wrong, she loved the fact that her team finally got to run a meet this past Thursday when the Chickasaws hosted the New Hampton Coed.But by the end of the meet, Laures was scrambling.“The mee

Chickasaw boys take second in outdoor debut

Just the fact that his boys finally got to compete in an outdoor meet was enough for New Hampton track coach Scott Frerichs.But the proverbial icing on the cake was the fact that the Chickasaws had a pretty decent meet Thursday as they finished a

Chickasaws win top honors

New Hampton Red had to compete in a shootoff when the Chickasaw trap team traveled to a five-team meet at Nashua last Saturday. But win or lose, the top squad was going to be from New Hampton.

Sweitzer resigns as Chickasaw boys basketball coach

New Hampton is searching for a new head boys basketball coach after Chad Sweitzer tendered his resignation on Monday.Sweitzer, who was an assistant coach for one year before serving as the Chickasaws’ head coach for the past seven seasons, said he

Finally, an event!

While the sport schedules of area schools have been decimated by the early spring weather, the New Hampton trapshooters became the first team to kick the season into gear with a meet on Thursday at Boyd.

New Hampton will stick with bags

After two lengthy discussions, the New Hampton City Council on Monday night decided to keep the status quo when it comes to its garbage pickup system.Council members first discussed the issue of switching to a bin system on March 5, but because th

Chickasaws land two on all-NEIC

New Hampton boys basketball coach Chad Sweitzer couldn’t have been much happier with how his Chickasaws fared when it came to the all-Northeast Iowa Conference teams league coaches selected recently.

Four Trojans earn conference honors after 12-1 campaign

Turkey Valley didn’t dominate the Upper Iowa all-conference lists as much as some might expect of a team that won their second straight conference title, and didn’t lose a UIC game until one slipped through their grasp late in the season.

McDonald pitches Hawkeyes to win

Iowa needed a strong pitching performance, and Cole McDonald delivered one.

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