Sports

The Waukon girls track team finally got a full slate of originally scheduled outdoor competition in this past week, hosting the first and only varsity home meet at Waukon High School this season. The Lady Indians finished fifth in their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 24 before winning the MFL/MarMac Bulldog Relays Thursday, April 26.
The Indians are next scheduled to travel to Edgewood-Colesburg Monday, April 30 before competing in the annual Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 3. The track Tribe will then prepare for its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Osage Thursday, May 10.

The Waukon boys golf team will begin its postseason tournament trail at the Class 2A Sectional Tournament Friday, May 11 at New Hampton, beginning at 10 a.m. The Indians will compete against Denver, MFL/MarMac, New Hampton, North Fayette Valley, Osage, South Winneshiek and Sumner-Fredericksburg.

In a week where Mother Nature reigned supreme early on, the Waukon boys track team was able to cap off this past week with a meet at Decorah scheduled in a hurry for Friday, April 20 in place of the track Tribe’s own Indian Relays canceled from that same day due to an abundance of snow at the Waukon High School track and field facility. The Indians also had their Monday, April 16 meet at Decorah canceled due to winter weather, but upon their return to that location Friday, they managed a pair each of the top-three finishes in events to tally 72.5 team points and finish fourth in the meet’s six-team standings.

VARSITY TEAM SCORES
Decorah 182; New Hampton 143; Osage 90; WAUKON 72.5; Charles City 68; Crestwood 59.5

For the second consecutive week, the Waukon girls track team was able to get just one of its scheduled meets in, having its Tuesday, April 17 Crestwood Invitational canceled due to winter weather. The Lady Indians were able to compete at the North Fayette Valley Invitational Friday, April 20, posting a handful of top-three finishes to help tally 73 team points for a third-place team finish as well in the meet’s 11-team field.

TEAM SCORES
Crestwood 170; Sumner-Fredericksburg 152.5; WAUKON 73; North Fayette Valley 64; South Winneshiek 59; Central Elkader 49.5; Dunkerton 39; Oelwein 39; Starmont 39; Hudson 33; Clear Lake 22

TNT Gymnastics traveled to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI March 23-25 for the 2018 Wisconsin State Championships for both the Junior Olympic (J.O.) and Xcel teams. There were 66 gymnasts in attendance from TNT, who had gymnasts come together from all four of its training locations: Richland Center, Prairie du Chien and Mauston in Wisconsin, as well as Waukon, with four competitors from the Waukon TNT Gymnastics training location qualifying for regional competitions.

The team as a whole had the most decorated State Championships in TNT’s program history with 19 Individual Event State Championship titles and 16 Runner-Up Individual Event finishes. TNT ended up coming home with some team banners as well, including the following: Xcel Bronze Team - first place out of 13 teams; Xcel Silver Team - sixth place out of 28 teams; and Xcel Gold Team - seventh place out of 28 teams.

The Waukon girls track team was finally able to take to the outdoor track in competition for the first time this season, after having had two weeks worth of meets canceled so far to start the season. The Lady Indians traveled to New Hampton Thursday, April 12, managing a half dozen top-six finishes to help compile 52 team points on the way to a fifth-place team finish in the meet’s final nine-team standings.

TEAM SCORES
Iowa City West 196.5; Sumner-Fredericksburg 126; Crestwood 122; New Hampton 103; WAUKON 52; Nashua-Plainfield 47.5; Tripoli 45; North Fayette Valley 44; Turkey Valley 5

JV TEAM SCORES
Sumner-Fredericksburg 67; New Hampton 50; North Fayette Valley 44; Nashua-Plainfield 26; WAUKON 22; Tripoli 18; Crestwood 13; Turkey Valley 3

A wait of more than two weeks to compete on an outdoor track finally came to a close for the Waukon boys track team, as the Indians traveled to New Hampton Thursday, April 12. The track Tribe claimed seven top-three event finishes to help accumulate 74 team points on the way to a sixth-place finish in the meet’s nine-team field.

VARSITY TEAM SCORES
North Fayette Valley 134; New Hampton 113; Turkey Valley 91; South Winneshiek 87.5; Waverly-Shell Rock 84; WAUKON 74; Nashua-Plainfield 65.5; Sumner-Fredericksburg 46; Tripoli 45

JV TEAM SCORES
South Winneshiek 55; WAUKON 52; New Hampton 33; Waverly-Shell Rock 31; Tripoli 29; Sumner-Fredericksburg 29; North Fayette Valley 24; Turkey Valley 22; Nashua-Plainfield 12

The members of the Waukon High School cheerleading squad pictured at right were chosen by the Iowa Cheer Coaches Association All-Star cheerleaders directors and choreographer to perform as part of the 2018 Iowa All-Star Team, being selected to cheer at the Iowa High School All-Star basketball games held at Dallas Center Grimes High School Saturday, March 24. In January of this year, Waukon High School cheerleading coaches Amy and Lexie Bieber recorded try-out videos for the All-Star selection process consisting of the girls doing a short cheer, a short dance routine (4, 8 counts) and a toe touch. The coaches also wrote recommendations and skills levels for each of their skills.

Waukon High School senior Mitchell Snitker was honored as the 2017-2018 Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association/National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Male Athlete Student Scholarship Award Winner for the state of Iowa at the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association annual convention and banquet held March 25 in Coralville. He is pictured in the center of the submitted photo at right with Waukon High School Assistant Principal and Activities Director Brian Hilsabeck (left) and Waukon Middle School Principal and Activities Director Jen Garin (right).

Two Waukon High School cheerleaders have been selected as part of the Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Cheer Squad and will be cheering at the 2018 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic to be played July 21 at the UNI-Dome on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls. That Waukon High School pair is pictured above and includes, left to right, juniors Michaela Dehli and Brittney Troester.

In addition to football and cheerleading, the annual Shrine Bowl benefits the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children by raising sponsorship funding that is donated directly to the Shriner Hospital program. Each individual participant in the Shrine Bowl is asked to raise $800 in sponsorship and/or donation funding.