Kee baseball team plays to 19-19 season record during 2023 campaign, finishes second in Upper Iowa Conference play

Despite fielding nearly an entirely new squad of varsity players this summer, the 2023 Kee baseball team played its way to an even season record of 19-19. Returning just one of its day-to-day players from the previous season that graduated nine seniors, and having just one senior headlining this season’s upperclassman leadership, that average season record included a well above average mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play of 12-6 that placed the Hawks in a tie for second place (record-wise) with an MFL/MarMac squad that played its to the brink of Class 2A State Tournament qualification but that Kee had beaten in two of the three games the two teams played against one another this year.

“I think finishing second in the Upper Iowa Conference with mostly underclassmen was probably our biggest accomplishment,” Kee baseball coach Jim Mauss shared. “We had very little experience heading into the 2023 season so we are going to take the experience from 2023 and use that for the upcoming season. We played a challenging and full schedule knowing there was a lack of experience and there would be bumps in the road along the way. Hopefully, those bumps from 2023 pave the way for 2024!”

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