Three New Hampton/Turkey Valley wrestlers and one from Nashua-Plainfield assured themselves Friday of spots on the medal stand with wins at the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.

Dillon Roberson hit a shot in the lane with 11 seconds to go and New Hampton’s defense came up big in the closing seconds to give the Chickasaws a thrilling come-from-behind win over Aplington-Parkersburg in a Class 2A district semifinal game Frid

New Hampton/Turkey Valley will send two wrestlers into the semifinal round tonight at the Class 2A state wrestling tournament as both 126-pound Mason Cleveland and 182-pound Evan Rosonke picked up impressive quarterfinal wins Friday afternoon.

Defensively, New Hampton did exactly what they were supposed to do Wednesday night in the second round of regional action.
In a season where the defense has excelled, the Chickasaws outdid themselves against Crestwood. 

New Hampton/Turkey Valley got off to a fast start at the Class 2A state wrestling tournament as three Chickasaws recorded pins at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

New Hampton, Nashua-Plainfield and Turkey Valley will have to wait a day for their boys basketball playoff games.

Nolan Howard didn’t want his basketball career to end Wednesday night, and his sentiment had plenty of company among his classmates and fellow Chickasaws.

Derik Downing conceded it was the longest 20 seconds of his life.

What Sam Brown wanted from his Nashua-Plainfield boys basketball team last Friday night his Huskies delivered with a 64-55 win over Tripoli that ended up wrapping up the regular season.

When Nashua-Plainfield’s girls basketball season came to an end last Thursday with a 48-29 loss to North Butler in the Class 1A regional tournament, Huskies coach Josh Smith had two messages for his team.

Even though Turkey Valley’s win over West Central in the regional first round was over for about 20 minutes, Katlyn Baumler’s face  still showed a flush from the hard workout.

Turkey Valley needed certain things to happen to win their third straight Upper Iowa Conference title outright, and when South Winn beat North Fayette Valley Friday night by two points, that went a long way toward the goal. 

New Hampton was on the wrong end of a 42-33 score with three minutes left in the third quarter of its game with Waukon Friday night.

Lauren Frerichs didn’t hesitate at all when asked what she liked more — making a good pass or hitting a big shot?

Mason Cleveland’s record in early January stood at 26-11, which may have been pretty solid for a lot of wrestlers but didn’t come close to the standards the New Hampton/Turkey Valley senior had for himself.