It’s rare to have a class stick together like the seniors on New Hampton’s volleyball team. With a whopping 12 seniors, it was an emotional evening last Monday when the Chickasaws held their annual senior night.

After getting their record up to .500 at 8-8 to start last week following the win over Postville on Tuesday, the Turkey Valley volleyball team faced some stingy competition - falling in three of their final four games to end the week.

Going into the meet last Tuesday at Waukon, Turkey Valley cross country coach Sarah Bakula tasked each individual on her team with doing one simple thing - to set a goal.

Turkey Valley entered play last Tuesday on a hot stretch - winning three of their last four games. They were able to make it four out of their last five, as they swept Postville in an Upper Iowa Conference match 3-0.

After not starting the week the way they wanted to, the New Hampton cross country team ended it with a bang.

The district’s leading rusher had some pretty impressive numbers in the first four weeks of the season. And then Central City’s Isaiah Damm met up with Turkey Valley’s defense.

The New Hampton football coaches dangled pizza in front of their players Friday night, and they literally ran to get their slices.

An extra game on the New Hampton schedule gave the Chickasaws just what they needed Thursday — their first five-set match of the season. 

If New Hampton football fans had concerns about a possible “letdown” after an emotional homecoming win over Waverly-Shell Rock last week. the Chickasaws put them to rest early in their Class 2A, District 3 opener.

When Nancy Hillesheim woke up on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3, she did what she always does on a weekday.
She got ready to go to work.

After winning just four games a year ago, the Turkey Valley volleyball team surpassed this total last week - only midway through the season.

Competing in their second meet within a four-day span, many members of the Turkey Valley cross country team saw their times drop last Tuesday at Starmont.

There can’t be many teams in the state of Iowa that accomplished what Turkey Valley’s football team did Friday at Springville.

After a multitude of runners posted the best time of their career two weeks ago, the athletes for the New Hampton cross country team saw their times drop at the Osage Invitational last Tuesday in the lone meet the Chickasaws participated at.

After competing in 17 matches through the first three weeks of the season, the New Hampton volleyball team played just one game last week - a Northeast Iowa Conference affair against Crestwood on Tuesday.