Less than 12 hours after his team put together a solid victory in its final regular-season dual meet, New Hampton coach Nick Hemann sat in the Chickasaws’ locker room looking ahead.

“I was really happy with the kids last night,” he said Wednesday morning, “but I’m probably even happier with the way they came back to work this morning. They want more.”

And the “more” begins on Saturday, when New Hampton wrestles at the Northeast Iowa Conference tournament in Waukon.

That kicks off what Hemann hopes will be a hectic month for the Chickasaws.

On Feb. 6, they head back to Waukon for the Class 2A sectional tournament, on Feb. 9, they hope to be wrestling in the regional dual-meet tournament back in New Hampton, on Feb. 13, they head to Manchester for the district tournament before heading to the state tournament that begins on Feb. 17.

Hemann believes his team is ready for a strong postseason run. After going 2-2 against a predominately 3A field at the Waterloo West Siddens Invitational Saturday, the Chickasaws routed Waukon 51-16 on Senior Night Tuesday.

Before taking on the Indians, New Hampton honored its four seniors — Randy Schilling, Kyle Neitzke, Alec Lang and David Nelson.

“It was nice to send them out of here like that,” Hemann said, “but then again, we’re hoping that we take care of business and they get to wrestle here again.”

Schilling came up with one of the more impressive wins on Tuesday as he held a 6-2 lead over Waukon’s Nathan Klocke before turning and pinning him with six seconds left in the match.
“It’s something we want out kids always to be looking for,” Hemann said. “If you have a decision, get a major. If you have a major, get a tech. fall. If you have that, get the pin.”

Hemann said Waverly-Shell Rock is the prohibitive favorite Saturday, but he said the race for second should come down to New Hampton, Charles City and Decorah.

“We feel like we’re in that mix,” Hemann said, “and it’s important, too, because everyone’s going to be there, except for MFL, that’s going to be in our sectional.”
He paused for a moment and smiled.

“Conference is important,” he said, “but we know sectionals is where it really matters and we want to go back to Waukon on a roll.”

WATERLOO WEST SIDDENS
INVITATIONAL SATURDAY
DENVER-TRIPOLI 49, NEW HAMPTON 22
140 - Lee Schuchhardt (NH) pinned Broshar, 0:42; 145 - C. Shedenhelm (DT) pinned Eddie Denner, 1:39; 152 - Bl. Sorensen (DT) pinned Skyler Hoth, 1:15; 160 - Minikus (DT) dec. David Nelson, 19-5; 171 - Piehl (DT) dec. Alec Lang, 5-3; 189 - Waddell (DT) pinned Kyle Neitzke, 1:42; 215 - Klein (DT) dec. Randy Schilling, 3-0.
285 - Logan Hopp (NH) dec. Cootz, 12-3; 103 - Peters (DT) pinned Leighton Gaul, 0:59; 112 - Matt Paulus (NH) pinned Toone, 2:45; 119 - Br. Sorensen (DT) tech. fall over Jordan Roths, 24-7, 5:55; 125 - L. Wolfensperger (DT) pinned Brandon Schissel, 1:20; 130 - Chapin (DT) dec. Sawyer Anderson, 14-6; 135 - Tom Mahoney (NH) pinned B. Shedenhelm, 3:11.
MASON CITY 32, NEW HAMPTON 28
145 - Denner (NH) dec. Tanner Hoy, 8-5; 152 - Max Kreiger (MC) tech. fall over Hoth, 15-0, 4:53; 160 - Jordan Flaherty (MC) pinned Nelson, 5:13; 171 - Travis Mallo (MC) forfeit; 189 - Jared Bartel (MC) pinned Lang, 3:59; 215 - Schilling (NH) dec. Aaron Kacer, 13-2; 285 - Clint Krieger (MC) pinned Hopp, 1:43.
103 - Gaul (NH) pinned Matt Thornquist, 1:19; 112 - Paulus (NH) dec. Cody King, 7-5; 119 - Roths (NH) dec. Blake Spotts, 6-5; 125 - Schissel (NH) dec. Parker Sturges, 11-6; 130 - Anderson (NH) dec. Tim Rickard, 10-4; 135 - Mahoney (NH) dec. Val Flores, 15-9; 140 - Dillon Coe dec. Schuchhardt, 11-4.
NEW HAMPTON 39, LINN-MAR 22
152 - Hoth (NH) dec. Neil, 7-5; 160 - Nelson (NH) dec. Conner, 5-3; 171 - Lang (NH) dec. Thies, 3-2; 189 - Atwater (LM) pinned Neitzke, 0:31; 215 - Garcia (LM) dec. Justin Burgart, 9-4; 285 - Hopp (NH) dec. Mahmens, 12-5; 103 - Northrup (LM) dec. Gaul, 12-3.
112 - Paulus (NH) pinned Berry, 4:50; 119 - Roths (NH) pinned Bevins, 5:37; 125 - Schissel (NH) dec. Radig, 7-2; 130 - Anderson (NH) pinned Digman, 4:44; 135 - Mahoney (NH) pinned Severin, 3:57; 140 - Pederson (LM) dec. Schuchhardt, 10-5; 145 - Johnson (LM) pinned Denner, 1:03.
NEW HAMPTON 52, WATERLOO WEST 18
160 - Brauer (WW) dec. Nelson, 4-2; 171 - Lang (NH) dec. Noah Henze, 19-10; 189 - M. Steimel pinned Neitzke, 1:36; 215 - Schilling (NH) pinned Moore, 5:37; 285 - Hopp (NH) forfeit; 103 - Henderson (WW) dec. Gaul, 3-2; 112 - Paulus (NH) pinned Roe, 1:56.
119 - Roths (NH) pinned Showalter, 4:49; 125 - Schissel (NH) pinned Patten, 5:59; 130 - Anderson (NH) dec. Phillips, 5-1; 135 - Mahoney (NH) pinned C. Steimel, 0:34; 140 - Schuchhardt (NH) dec. Martin, 12-6; 145 - Kohlmeyer (WW) pinned Denner, 1:10; 152 - Hoth (NH) forfeit.
NEW HAMPTON 51, WAUKON 16
TUESDAY AT NEW HAMPTON
130-Sawyer Anderson (NH) won by tech fall over Desmond Decker 16-1; 135-Tom Mahoney (NH) won by fall over Michael Roth 3:00; 140-Lee Schuchhardt (NH) won by fall over Garret McKenna 2:29; 145- Mitch Berns (W) won by fall over Eddie Denner 1:50; 152-Skyler Hoth (NH) won a major dec. over Devin Johnson 10-0; 160-Mark Welsh (W) won a major dec. over David Nelson 17-4; 171-Alec Lang (NH) won 9-6 over Colin Ferring.
189-Caleb Ferring (W) won by fall over Kyle Neitzke 3:32; 215-Randy Schilling (NH) won by fall over Nathan Klocke 5:54; 285-Logan Hopp (NH) won by forfeit; 103-Leighton Gaul (NH) won 6-4 over Mason Dougherty; 112-Matt Paulus (NH) won 11-4 over Paul Smed; 119-Jordan Roths (NH) won by fall over Colin Ness 3:37; 125-Brandon Schissel (NH) won 7-0 over Dalton Skillings.