Sports

H-D grad to become new volleyball coach

Published by admin on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 3:22pm

HAMPTON – Sarah Miller was recently announced as the new Bulldog volleyball coach for the 2020 fall season.

Miller, a 2003 H-D graduate, hopes to pass on what she learned during her time playing the sport.

“I have so many amazing memories from my volleyball experience as a Bulldog,” Miller said. “My coach, Katherine Harr (Hadley), at the time was very inspiring to me. She had passion for the game and instilled that passion in me. I hope to do the same with my players!”

Miller said she is looking forward to taking over the volleyball program.

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West Fork makes dugout improvements

Published by admin on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 2:59pm

SHEFFIELD – Newly-updated dugouts await West Fork’s baseball team and its visitors this summer, it only remains to be seen if those updates will be met with a 2020 season.

New head coach Tom Shreckengost inquired about replacing the surface of the enclosed dugouts shortly after he was hired to replace Lance Thompson.

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Knipfel hopes to follow NFL dream as draft weekend approaches

Published by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:15am

HAMPTON – Everything that has happened the last month and a half most definitely wasn’t part of the plan for Josh Knipfel.

First, his girlfriend Savannah Sanders and her family lost their house to a tornado near Nashville, Tenn., on March 3 and he was unable to go out and help with the clean-up that he says took about a week while preparing for a Pro Day which eventually was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

To put it plainly, Knipfel said, “It’s been a crazy month and a half.”

Certainly, he isn’t the only college player to have his Pro Day canceled.

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Weiser takes over newly-created H-D activity coordinator spot, heads council

Published by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:08am

HAMPTON – Christi Weiser takes over at Hampton-Dumont/CAL as activity coordinator, a newly created position that will include a leadership council of four.

The leadership council, according to Weiser will include Heath Walton, Dan Aalbers, Katherine Harr and Dustin Moorehead.

“Great, fantastic individuals,” Weiser said of the quartet who will assist her in her responsibilities in the coming school year.

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Baltes misses spring golf season, heads back to Hampton for teaching position

Published by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:04am

STORM LAKE – A time to celebrate is also a time to adjust for Katelyn Baltes, a Buena Vista University senior majoring in art education.

Baltes, who recently landed a job back at her alma mater (2016), will teach art education at Hampton-Dumont. She also missed out on the spring portion of her golf season with the Beavers.

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Millers put together home gym

Published by admin on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 1:54pm

DUMONT – Since no workout facilities are not open during the coronavirus, the Miller family out of Dumont found a way to improvise.

Brian Miller and his son, Cole, found instructions to build a rack and bench in their own garage and the rest is history.

“I just basically found it, actually Cole found it online,” Brian Miller said. “He’d been bugging me to buy some (equipment) online, (his) mom wouldn’t let him because he has school loans. This just cost $200, and I just threw it together in a couple of hours.

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First-ever Franklin County football showdown set for Sept. 11

Published by admin on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 8:52am

HAMPTON – Never before has Hampton, Hampton-Dumont nor Hampton-Dumont-CAL faced off with Sheffield, Sheffield-Chapin, SCMT or West Fork in football.

All of that changes on Friday, Sept. 11 when West Fork comes to Hampton for this non-district gridiron game, announced officially on Thursday, March 26 when the Iowa High School Athletic Association released 2020 schedules.

It provides some extra incentive for West Fork coach James Perez, an H-D grad.

“Very excited,” Perez said of his thoughts on the game, “it will be a big game for us. Looking forward to it.”

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Funding released for 5-2-1-0 in Hampton

Published by admin on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 8:49am

HAMPTON – Funding for Hampton’s 5-2-1-0 program was recently allocated from the North Iowa Area Council of Governments (NIACOG) to help promote healthy lifestyles in the community.

A total of $25,000 was distributed among 16 different programs throughout Hampton in order to get children and adults into a more active role.

The program 5-2-1-0 stands for five servings of fruits and veggies, two hours less screen time, one hour of exercise and zero sugary drinks.

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Uncertainty, frustration abounds as spring seasons halted

Published by admin on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 9:12am

HAMPTON – Since the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has put everyone’s sports plans on hold, there is little that can be done.

But area coaches have placed trust in their athletes in hopes that there will be a season after the initial postponement until April 13.

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Fisher talks about lost season

Published by admin on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 9:10am

WAVERLY – Things were looking good for AGWSR graduate Aubrie Fisher’s Wartburg College freshman track and field season.

She was about to compete in her first Division III National Indoor meet in North Carolina last week when she learned the meet was called off.

“We were hours away from competing,” Fisher said. “It was frustrating since we were already out there and risked our health to go out there and then found out we couldn’t compete. It’s new territory. It’s a hard situation.