New Hampton places three in top-10 as Chickasaws have historic day at state golf

After a couple of years knocking at the door, the New Hampton girls golf team knocked it down Wednesday at the Ames Golf and Country Club, where the Chickasaws claimed the school’s first ever state team title in the sport.

New Hampton followed up its opening round 335 with a 327 second 18 to easily win the Class 2A championship. The Chickasaws two-day score of 662 beat second-place Okoboji by 59 strokes.

Individually, the Chickasaws were led by Allison Nuss, who finished second in the medalist race with a 148, just one stroke behind Dike-New Hartford’s Morgan Weber.

Morgan Nuss, meanwhile, shot an 80 on Wednesday to finish with a 164, good for a tie for fifth place while Emma Ewert was 10th with a 167.

On a day filled with great stories, one of the best was written by the Chickasaws’ lone senior, Regan Gebel, who had a career-best round of 87 to finish with a 190 and take 31st place. Sanja Djukic was 32nd with a 192 while Lola Lemke finished 47th with a 202.

The state championship by coach Eric Olson’s team came after two straight second-place finishes at the state meet, and with five of the six golfers back, New Hampton is already a state title favorite in 2020.

Story Credit: New Hampton Tribune, Bob Fenske

New Hampton is headed to the state volleyball tournament for the first time in 45 years after putting together a dominating performance Monday night.
The 13th-ranked Chickasaws may have been the underdog against seventh-ranked Camanche, but they played with plenty of heart, grit and confidence on their way to a 25-22, 25-19, 25-23 Class 3A regional final.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am of these girls,” said New Hampton coach Jess Geerts said after her team improved to 36-5. “We were swinging really well, we got on the floor and we didn’t quit on any point. That’s how you win volleyball matches.”
And it was a team effort that put New Hampton in the state tournament for the first time since 1973.
Kerigan Tenge, Maddi Moorman, Kiersten Tenge and Rachel Rinken led the hitting attack. Lauren Frerichs ran the offense to almost perfection. And Ashlynn Tank and Natalie Hoey were solid in the back row.
“Everyone came to play tonight,” Kerigan Tenge said. “Honestly, I don’t think we’ve ever played better or had as much intensity as we did tonight.”
New Hampton will play next Wednesday in the state tournament that will be held in Cedar Rapids. The Chickasaws drew the seventh seed and will play second-seeded Tipton at 10 a.m. and as happy as they were Monday night, the Chickasaws aren’t completely satisfied.
“This is nice, but yes, we want more,” Moorman said. “The first goal was to get there; the second goal is a state title. So we still have work to do.”

 

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For the second consecutive year, New Hampton will be in the regional volleyball finals after a Tuesday night, four-set win over Waukon.

After the Chickasaws won game one against the Indians 25-12, they lost the second set 25-21 despite a nearly-successful comeback. But they finished with 25-12 and 25-13 wins to bring their record to 35-5 for the season.

Next up for the NH girls will be Camanche, the seventh-ranked team in Class 3A, they are 28-6 on the year. The teams will meet at Cedar Rapids Washington next Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. for the right to go to the state tourney.

 

Story credit: New Hampton Tribune

SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, November 18th: New Hampton Schools has invited, on the 25th Anniversary season of the State Titles in Wrestling & Boys Basketball, to recognize all players, coaches & managers during the Annual “Meet The Team Night Scrimmage.” Following the scrimmages, a social get together at the Pub at the Pinicon will take place! More info later about times, etc.

They are also raising money to put 60 fancy padded New Hampton Chickasaw chairs for the team benches in the new gym!  The backs of these chairs will have names of the individual, family or business that sponsored them.  The cost to sponsor a chair is $150.  There are only 8 chairs left to sponsor!  If you are interested, contact Scott Hogeland at 641-330-4899.

Michael Millage and Keaton Geerts claimed individual state wrestling championships for New Hampton on Saturday night, and the Chickasaws added a second-place trophy to the state championship they won at the state dual meet on Wednesday.  Millage won the Class 2A 126-pound state title with a 3-2 victory over Solon’s Drew West while Geerts dominated Ballard’s Skyler Noftsger in a 6-2 decision at 138 pounds.  Geerts became the first back-to-back state champion for the Chickasaws since Mike Humpal in 2002 and 2003.  Ryan Gorman, meanwhile, lost a hard-fought 4-2 decision against Davenport Assumption’s Julien Broderson for the 160-pound title.  Solon finished the tournament with 96.5 points, one-half more than New Hampton, which also had place winners in Noah Fye (sixth at 132), Noah Glaser (sixth at 170) and Noah Hopp (eighth at 220).

Residents of New Hampton Community Schools approved a $19.415 million bond referendum Tuesday, February 7, 2017 that will lead to the construction of a new middle school, a new competition gym and a vocational agriculture and industrial technology center. The addition will be built on to the high school. The vote was 1,252 yes, or 62.2 percent, to 760 no, or 37.8 percent. The measure needed a “60 percent-plus one vote” to be successful. District officials expect to take bids sometime late in the spring and hope construction can begin sometime this summer.

The New Hampton Alumni Facebook page is now up and running!  We hope this will help us spread the word on the new Alumni web site.  Please make sure to like the Facebook page and share it!

This website is for Alumni of New Hampton High School located in New Hampton, Iowa. This website is operated by the New Hampton Educational Excellence Foundation and New Hampton Economic Development and will provide information on the school and communities within the district.

Look around and familiarize yourself with the site. You are able to look around and see who is all on the alumni page without creating an account. However, if you want to see pictures and read what your classmates’ have been up to, you will need to create an account. It’s simple!

If you have any questions, you may contact Megan at [email protected].