Allison Nuss used a highly technical golf term while describing the grounds at the Cresco Golf Club Monday.“They were a little squishy,” she said after finishing as the medalist in the Northeast Iowa Conference meet.
From time to time — when New Hampton’s trapshooters really get clicking — they will have five squads finish with a score of 200 or better.When Osage came to New Hampton Thursday the Chickasaws upped that number to six.It’s never happened before, a
Noah Fenske knew Friday morning he needed to “pop” one.As he stepped into the shot put ring inside Drake Stadium for his third and final throw in the preliminary round, he stood in 15th place, and only the top-nine throwers were finals bound.“I di
Going into the final hole at Nashua, Allison Nuss knew what her score was.“I always know where I am, which can be a good thing or a bad thing,” said the sophomore Saturday, after setting a new school record with a 37.“I knew what I needed to have
Eric Olson had plenty of worries heading into his New Hampton girls golf team’s season opener Friday.“We hadn’t really been on a course all spring,” he said.
Cary Griffith looked over at his longtime friend and partner, Jeff Trost, and smiled.“Remember that night we came home from West Union,” Griffith asked?“Oh my gosh, that’s a night you don’t forget,” Trost answered.It was years ago, but the two Nas
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
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
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.
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.
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 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,
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
