In a game that was determined in the final seconds, Turkey Valley defeated Kee High 55-52 Tuesday night to advance to the regional semifinal round of the girls basketball playoffs.
New Hampton girls basketball coach Chad Pemble used one word to describe how he was feeling after the Chickasaws fell to Waukon in the regional opener on Saturday — numb.
The next best thing to an outright conference title is a share of the crown. And for the fourth straight year, Turkey Valley’s boys have earned either a share of the title or the full prize.
Carson Babcock had 371 days to think about what transpired on a mat in Independence on Feb. 9, 2019.
The New Hampton/Turkey Valley junior finally found redemption Saturday.
In order to pull off the upset over a 15-6 Denver team in their opening-round district game, the New Hampton boys basketball team needed to put together a solid performance at both ends of the court.
Freshman Carlee Rochford has been sensational all year for the New Hampton girls basketball team.
However, on Thursday night against Central Springs, she took her game to a whole new level.
Nashua-Plainfield is sending five wrestlers to the Class 1A state tournament, but maybe the biggest surprise Saturday was the fact that senior Jakob Whitinger isn’t one of them.
Home cooking was dang nice for New Hampton/Turkey Valley Saturday as four Chickasaws claimed Class 2A district individual titles to earn trip to next week’s state tournament.
The Turkey Valley boys basketball team entered last week with a trio of Upper Iowa Conference games on the horizon. In order to keep their hopes at a fourth consecutive conference championship alive, they likely needed to win all three.
With postseason play beginning this week, the Turkey Valley girls basketball team wanted to end the regular season strong last week before heading into regional play.
The New Hampton junior varsity girls basketball team’s winning streak reached three straight after they defeated Waukon, Charles City and Waterloo Columbus at the beginning of December to move them to 3-1 overall on the season.
