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Wed
27
Dec

Kee girls basketball team continues its defensive dominance in posting pair of non-conference home wins, 52-23 over Mabel-Canton and 59-9 over DeSoto

The Kee girls basketball team brought the 2017 portion of this season’s schedule to completion in strong defensive fashion with a pair of non-conference victories over teams from different states, likely reaching a defensive effort of record proportions in its final game before the holiday break. The Hawks opened the week with a 52-23 home triumph over Mabel-Canton, MN Tuesday, December 19 before posting that epic defensive stifling two nights later in a 59-9 hammering of De Soto, WI Thursday, December 21, also at home, to extend Kee’s current winning streak to six games.

That six-game streak of success has the Hawks entering the holiday break with a 9-1 season record, including an undefeated mark of 5-0 in Upper Iowa Conference play. Kee is scheduled to return to action following the current holiday break with a Friday, January 5 road game at Clayton Ridge before hosting Starmont Tuesday, January 9, both of those games being Upper Iowa Conference contests.

Wed
20
Dec

Kee girls basketball team’s sweep of three games this past week includes snapping of six-game losing streak to Turkey Valley with 40-38 home win


Team-high thievery ... Kee girls basketball senior Nicki Wood glides toward the basket ahead of her Turkey Valley defender in the Hawks’ 40-38 home triumph over the Trojans Tuesday, December 12. Wood swiped a team-high five steals and also posted two points and one each of rebounds and assists in the win. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee girls basketball team played through an undefeated week in its busiest week of the season so far, sweeping three games by varying degrees. That sweep began with a 40-38 home triumph Tuesday, December 12 over a Turkey Valley team the Lady Hawks have not beaten in any of the last three seasons before the Kee hoopsters hit the road to pummel South Winneshiek, 51-29, Friday, December 15 and then post a 33-22 victory over Grand Meadows, MN at the Iowa-Minnesota Border Battle hosted by Luther College in Decorah Saturday, December 16.

Kee was next scheduled to wrap up the pre-holiday portion of its schedule with a pair of final home games, hosting Mabel-Canton, MN Tuesday, December 19 and then De Soto, WI Thursday, December 21 before their schedule enters its holiday break. The Lady Hawks will then return to action Tuesday, January 2 at Clayton Ridge before hosting Starmont Tuesday, January 9.

Wed
20
Dec

Kee boys basketball team falls in Upper Iowa Conference pair


Bombs away ... Kee boys basketball junior Dylan Walleser fires away for a three-point blast in the Hawks’ 71-54 home loss to Turkey Valley Tuesday, December 12. Walleser dropped in a trio of such bombs on the way to 15 points, and he also posted six rebounds and dished out four assists in the loss. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee boys basketball team played two final Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) games prior to the holiday break, falling in both contests. The Hawks fell to Turkey Valley at home Tuesday, December 12 by a 71-54 final result before suffering the same fate on the road, an 80-42 defeat at South Winneshiek Friday, December 15.

Currently holding a 2-6 season record, including a 2-4 start to the Upper Iowa Conference season, Kee was next slated to wrap up the pre-holiday portion of its schedule with a Monday, December 18 game at De Soto, WI. Kee is then slated to return to action after the holidays with back-to-back dates, hosting Houston, MN Thursday, January 4 before playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, January 5.

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Wed
20
Dec

Waukon wrestling team falls at Crestwood, places fifth at Starmont


Fighting him off at 152 ... Waukon wrestling 152-pound sophomore Nathan Johnson works for an escape against Crestwood’s Chris Guest during the Indians’ 71-8 dual meet loss at the home of the Cadets Thursday, December 14. Johnson avoided the fall, battling Guest to a technical fall. Photo courtesy of Nate Troy, Cresco Times-Plain Dealer.

The Waukon wrestling team brought the 2017 portion of its season schedule to a close with a couple more late-week competitions this past week. The wrestling Indians first fell at Crestwood in a Northeast Iowa Conference dual meet Thursday, December 14 by a 71-8 final result before wrestling to a fifth-place team finish in the 11-team field of the Doug Guilford Tournament hosted by Starmont High School Saturday, December 16.

Falling to a 6-4 dual meet record overall, 1-2 in Northeast Iowa Conference competition, the Indians will now get a bit of a holiday break from competition before returning to action Thursday, January 4 with a home dual against Decorah followed by the Central Elkader Tournament Saturday, January 6.

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Wed
20
Dec

Waukon bowling teams fall to Decorah in final match before holiday break

In their final competition prior to the holiday break, the Waukon bowling teams suffered a pair of losses at home to Decorah Friday, December 15. The Indian girls team fell to the visiting Vikings by a 1673-2029 final result and the Waukon boys also fell victim to a balanced Decorah effort, 2595-2848.

The Waukon bowling girls enter their holiday break with a 1-3 season record, and the Indian boys have bowled to an even mark of 2-2 so far this season. Following their holiday break, the Indians will return to action Friday, January 5 against North Fayette Valley in West Union.

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Wed
13
Dec

Another busy week for the Kee boys basketball team features scoring highs and lows on the way to a single win in three games


Heading to the hoop ... Kee boys basketball junior Josh Walleser soars toward the basket for a lay-up in the Hawks’ 45-64 loss at home to Postville Tuesday, December 5. Walleser scored nine points in the loss and also grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists, committed one steal and blocked three shots. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee boys basketball team posted just a single win in another busy week of three games this past week, falling early in the week at home before splitting a pair of away games with scoring totals on each end of the spectrum. The Hawks began the week with a 45-64 home loss in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play to Postville Tuesday, December 5 before back-to-back days of competition away from home yielded a 77-39 win at West Central Friday, December 8 followed by a 14-60 loss to Leroy-Ostrander out of Minnesota in an Iowa-Minnesota Border Battle match-up hosted by Luther College in Decorah Saturday, December 9.

Wed
13
Dec

Split of two games this past week for Waukon girls basketball team includes record-setting defensive effort in 58-11 shut-down of Oelwein


Headband harassment ... Waukon girls basketball junior Grace Howe (left) and senior Carley Sweeney (right) match up their defensive efforts, as well as their headband choice, in trapping this Caledonia ballhandler in the Indians’ 36-57 home loss to the Warriors Thursday, December 7. Howe finished the game with three points, two steals and one assist, and Sweeney also added a steal to the Indian defensive effort in the game. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon girls basketball team split its pair of games this past week played on back-to-back nights, falling to another strong non-conference opponent but remaining undefeated in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The Indians fell at home to Caledonia, MN Thursday, December 7 by a 36-57 final result but bounced back in record-setting fashion to dominate Oelwein, 58-11, in a Friday, December 8 road game that allowed the fewest points by an opponent in program history, rewriting the previous record of 14 points last allowed during the 2002-2003 season.

Wed
13
Dec

Waukon boys basketball team remains unbeaten with pair of big home wins, 91-44 over Sumner-Fredericksburg and 65-45 over Oelwein in Northeast Iowa Conference opener


Scoring and assist leader ... Waukon boys basketball senior Mitchell Snitker draws contact from his Oelwein defender on the way to the basket in the Indians’ 65-45 home victory over the Huskies Friday, December 8. That sort of contact sent Snitker to the free throw line for nine attempts in the contest, where he converted eight of those tries for half of his team-high 16 points. He also dished out a team-high six assists, swiped three steals and pulled down four rebounds in the win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon boys basketball continued its early-season roll with another pair of sizable victories this past week, both of them at home. The Indians opened this past week with a recent team-scoring high of 91 points in a 91-44 home beat-down of Sumner-Fredericksburg Monday, December 4 before opening Northeast Iowa Conference play with a 65-45 home victory over Oelwein Friday, December 8 to post a 3-0 start to this season.

Wed
13
Dec

Waukon bowling teams split their first home match of the season; boys team wins, girls team comes up short against North Iowa


Waukon girls bowling junior Emma Roe rolls a ball toward the pins in the Lady Indians’ 1738-1975 home loss to North Iowa Friday, December 8. Roe bowled a team-high 335 series consisting of a team-high game of 179 and a 156. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon bowling team turned in a tough split as the Indians of the alleys hosted North Iowa High School out of Buffalo Center for their first home match of their 2017-2018 season schedule. The Waukon boys team scored its second consecutive victory of the young season, bowling a best-ever team total for a 2609-2271 win, while the Waukon girls team fell by a 1738-1975 final.

The Indians are scheduled to wrap up the 2017 portion of their schedule this Friday, December 15 when they host Decorah. After the holiday break, the bowling Tribe will return to action Friday, January 5 against North Fayette Valley in West Union.

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Wed
06
Dec

Top entries in Waukon Wellness Center’s Fourth Annual “Turkey Trot” 5K/8K ...

The Waukon Wellness Center hosted its fourth annual “Turkey Trot” 5K/8K Run and Walk Thanksgiving morning, November 23. Approximately 73 participants took part in the event, with first-place finishers in five of the seven age categories receiving a frozen turkey and second-place finishers taking home a frozen chicken to commemorate their effort. Gold, silver and bronze medals were also distributed to the respective placewinners in each division, and youth classes received a goodie bag and a medal. The top entries in each age division at the annual event are pictured above and listed as follows:

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