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The Waukon girls golf team got its 2023 season off to a busy start with three meets this past week. The Lady Indians finished second to Crestwood at Cresco Monday, April 10 before finishing fourth at home behind Oelwein, MFL/MarMac and Postville Tuesday, April 11 and then finishing third behind Decorah and South Winneshiek at home Friday, April 14.

The Lady Indians were scheduled to play in a pair of meets this week, but had a North Fayette Valley meet Monday, April 17 canceled by winter weather. They will compete at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, April 20 in a meet rescheduled from Tuesday, April 18 that was originally slated to be played in Waukon. The golf Tribe will then travel to Charles City Friday, April 28 before competing in a quadrangular event Saturday, April 29 in Decorah.

The Waukon girls track team pulled its first double-duty in competition this past week, taking part in a pair of meets in the same week for the first time this season. The track Tribe made the host of home track and field advantage in winning its own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11 before finishing second at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 13.

The Lady Indians will compete at Crestwood Tuesday, April 18 before taking part in the Kee Invitational in Lansing Thursday, April 20 and the North Fayette Invitational Friday, April 21. The Waukon girls will then host their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 25 before competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 27, with further details of the Indian Relays being printed in a shaded box elsewhere on this week’s Sports pages in the Wednesday, April 19, 2023 print and e-edition of The Standard.

The Kee girls track team got both of its scheduled meets in this past week for the first time this season, finishing in the top half of the team scoring in each of those meets. The Lady Hawks finished third in the nine-team Early Bird Invitational hosted by Waukon Tuesday, April 11 before coming in fifth out of 10 teams at the MFL/MarMac Invitational in Monona Thursday, April 13.

The Hawk tracksters were next scheduled to compete at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 18 before hosting their own Kee Invitational Thursday, April 20, details of which appear in a shaded box elsewhere on this week’s Sports pages. The Lady Hawks will then travel to Clayton Ridge Tuesday, April 25 before returning to MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 27.

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The Waukon boys track team was able to get both of its scheduled meets in this past week, recording a pair of finishes that coincided with the size of the schools they were competing against. The Indians placed fourth out of seven teams of mostly larger schools at the Decorah Early Bird Invitational Monday, April 3 before topping the nine-team field of smaller schools at Postville’s Foster-Kiesau Relays Thursday, April 6.

The Indians were next scheduled to return to Decorah for another meet there Monday, April 10 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 13. The Indians will then make their way back to Decorah once again Monday, April 17 before they host their own Indian Relays Friday, April 21, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Kee boys track and field team ended up with just one meet this past week, competing in the Foster Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville High School Thursday, April 6. The Hawks recorded five top-five finishes, including one team-best third-place finish and three fourth-place results, to help compile 22 team points and finish eighth in the meet’s nine-team scoring field.

That third-place finish was actually half of a consecutive Kee finish in the 400 meter hurdles, where junior Jackson Schulte finished third in 1:11.02 and freshman Justin Wagner placed fourth in 1:13.12. Wagner was also a fourth-place finisher in the 3200 meter run with his clocking of 10:59.08.

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The Waukon girls basketball season played to a 14-9 season record during its 2022-2023 campaign that included a 6-4 record in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play that placed the Lady Indians in third place in this season’s final team standings. Within that above-average team result this season, a number of best-ever accomplishments were compiled in single-game, single-season and career statistics.

“Our greatest accomplishment was the growth of the team,” Waukon girls basketball coach Ben Rausch said. “We also had numerous personal bests for many of our players.”

The Waukon girls golf team will return to the team competition level for its 2023 season, as its squad numbers grew four-fold from last spring. The 2022 Waukon girls golf season featured just one player last year, that being first-year varsity player Alyssa Connelly. This season, she will be joined by three of her classmates in fellow sophomores Faith Cooper, Halea Corwin and Eva Whalen.

Connelly may come into this season as the lone returnee from last spring - and thus, the lone returning letterwinner, but that’s certainly not all. She also brings back that experience at a high level as an All-Conference performer last spring.

The Lady Indians were scheduled to open their 2023 season with a home meet against Decorah and South Winneshiek Tuesday, April 4. They will then play back-to-back nights on the road, at Crestwood Monday, April 10 and at Luana against MFL/MarMac, Oelwein and Postville Tuesday, April 11.

The Waukon boys golf team will return a trio of varsity letterwinners from last season’s squad that played to a 3-15 dual meet record last spring. Those three will lead a team that Coach Tharin Benson says surprises him with the number of kids reporting for early-season duty, as 23 young men are playing golf this season.

That veteran trifecta includes senior Cody Huinker and the junior pair of Dylan Hogan and Cashton Lloyd. “I’ll look for them to be at top of the leaderboards, and help others make proper in-round decisions,” Coach Benson said of his experienced returnees.

The Kee girls track team’s first taste of outdoor competition was a bit shorter than originally planned, as the Tuesday, March 28 Frost Bite Open hosted by Sumner-Fredericksburg threatened to live up to its name. Coaches and meet officials agreed to call off the meet partway through the running events due to falling temperatures, but through the 12 events that were completed the Kee girls tallied 54 points to tie for fourth place with the host Cougars behind one event victory and two each of second- and third-place finishes.

The Waukon girls track and field team got its first taste of team competition for this 2023 season when the Lady Indians took part in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Indoor Meet hosted at Luther College in Decorah Tuesday, March 21. No team scores were kept, but the Lady Indians recorded some high-level finishes among their NEIC peers, including a trio of runner-up finishes and four third-place results.

All three of the field events featured one of those high-end track Tribe finishes earned by junior competitors, including Kaitlyn Krambeer with a 16’1.5” long jump for second place, Cameron Johnson clearing 5’0” to tie for second in the high jump, and Kloe Hemmersbach launching the shot put 33’8.5” for third place. The Lady Indians’ 4x800 relay claimed their only other runner-up finish, with the crew of junior Mia Kurth, freshman Elle Wilkins, and seniors Katerina Kovarik and Paige Hansmeier teaming up for a second-place clocking of 10:52.06.