Talking about the upcoming girls golf season at New Hampton, coach Eric Olson’s opening statement might raise an eyebrow or two.    “We have a lot of experienced golfers back.

    Tuesday it was time for New Hampton trapshooting coach Chuck Stanton to pay up.    “Last year I told the kids I’d get my head shaved if any of the girls hit 50 straight targets, and Anna Holschlag did it at the state meet,” explained Stanton. 

    The awards kept coming for a pair of Turkey Valley girls after the 2016-17 season as both Shelby Reicks and Morgen Kuennen earned all-region and all-state honors.    The two were selected for the various honors after leading their team to a se

With seven seniors lost to graduation last year, getting the six freshmen on this year’s Turkey Valley girls’ track squad off on the right foot is crucial.  And that’s where coach Brian Schmitt knows he’ll get help from his two senior leaders.  Sh

With no seniors on the roster last year, Turkey Valley’s boys track team didn’t lose any talent to graduation, but they do have a ton of it coming back.    In his 19th season, coach Mark Scott will be able to work with 16 returning lettermen, incl

For the first time in years, the New Hampton boys track team does not have an athlete returning with state meet experience.  The Chickasaws are also not the deepest team around, either, as coach Scott Frerichs' roster contains just 20 student

They aren’t “loud” leaders by any stretch of the imagination, but they are leaders nonetheless.  And for that, New Hampton girls track coach Jeanette Laures is grateful.  “We have a lot of girls who aren’t going to get in your face,” Laures said,

Forget the places in the team standings, the Turkey Valley track teams showed plenty of potential at the Upper Iowa Conference Indoor Championships.The Trojan boys finished fifth while the girls took sixth at the meet held on Monday at Luther Coll

Although wins were tough to come by for the New Hampton girls track team Tuesday at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor, coach Jeanette Laures found plenty of positives.  “Overall, I thought the meet went pretty well,” Laures said.

All in all, it wasn’t a bad start at all for the New Hampton boys track team.  Running in its first and only indoor meet of the season Tuesday night, the Chickasaws put together several solid performances at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor. 

    A member of the New Hampton state champion cross country teams of 1981 and ‘82, Sandy [Havlik] Sabelka has been coaching the same sport at Denver for 14 seasons, where the former Chickasaw has met with much success both off and on the course. 

One goal — becoming an all-American — was already accomplished, but as Upper Iowa’s Logan Hopp took to the mat one final time Saturday, he wasn’t satisfied.  “I wanted to go out on a high note,” the former New Hampton High School star said.

Chad Sweitzer chose his words carefully, but it didn’t take long to realize that the New Hampton boys basketball coach wasn’t thrilled with this year’s all-Northeast Iowa Conference teams.  “It’s nice to have three guys honored,” he said, “but ...

Carter Stochl likes the challenges ahead of him both on and off the golf course, and it’s why he’s heading to the University of Northern Iowa next year.  On the golf course, the New Hampton senior will get a chance to play Division I golf.

They’ve been down this road before, but make no mistake about it, there’s a sense of urgency for Jordan Roths and Logan Hopp.  The two 2012 New Hampton High School graduates are embarking on their last great journey this weekend as the two Upper I