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05
Jun

Kee softball team opens UIC season by further extending current league win streak, faces three top 15-ranked teams in winless NFV Tournament

The Kee softball team ended up on differing sides of the win-loss spectrum in playing a total of six games on just three different days, picking up its first wins of the season before ending the week on the opposite end of that result in four weekend games, three of them played against teams ranked among the top 15 in their respective classes. The Lady Hawks’ week began with that high note of its first two victories of the season, a sweep of an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader at South Winneshiek Wednesday, May 29 by scores of 9-4 and 7-3 that kept Kee’s UIC winning streak alive and well at now 62 games. The Hawks then traveled to West Union for back-to-back days of softball action at the North Fayette Valley Tournament, where they faced those three highly-regarded foes in falling in all four games they played.

Wed
05
Jun

Waukon softball team wins three games during busy seven-game schedule; Class 4A fourth-rated Charles City accounts for three of four losses last week

The Waukon softball team played to a nearly even second week of competition, winning three of a busy week of seven games played this past week. The Indians opened the week with a 4-1 loss at home to MFL/MarMac Tuesday, May 28 before being swept in a road Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) doubleheader at Class 4A fourth-rated Charles City Thursday, May 30 by scores of 13-3 in five innings and 13-1 in four innings. The softball Tribe got on the winning track with a 9-8 home triumph against South Winneshiek Friday, May 31 before returning to Charles City Saturday, June 1 for the annual Charles City Classic and winning two of three games there. That Classic experience began with a 7-5 win over St. Ansgar before the Indians erupted for a 17-4 triumph over West Hancock but then ended the Classic with a 5-0 loss to those same host Comets who had dealt them a pair of mercy-rule defeats just two days earlier at that same location.

Wed
29
May

Waukon softball team gets 2019 season underway with three victories in first four games including pair of mercy-rule wins and split with W-SR


Outfield acrobatics ... Waukon softball sophomore center fielder Regan Griffith goes airborne to snag this deep fly ball out of the air late in the Indians’ first game of a home Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader split with Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, May 23. Not only did Griffith track down the ball for the out, but she also fired the ball in to double-up a baserunner for a double play, and she also contributed three hits in five at-bats in the twinbill to score four runs for the Indian offense. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon softball team got its initial week of the season under new head coach Melissa Ward off to a successful start, winning three of its first four ballgames of the season, two of those by mercy-rule victory. The softball Tribe opened the season with a 16-4 blasting of Central Elkader in just four innings on the road Tuesday, May 21 before splitting a home Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) doubleheader with Waverly-Shell Rock with a 12-9 loss followed by a 15-3 rout in three innings Thursday, May 23. The Lady Indians wrapped up that initial week with a 5-3 victory at home over Kee Friday, May 24, that game being shortened to just five innings by an approaching storm.

Wed
29
May

Waukon baseball team’s 1-4 start to the 2019 season begins with home victory, 7-5, over Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek


Got him! ... Waukon baseball senior first baseman Pryce Hesse puts a tag on this South Winneshiek baserunner as he tries to dive back to the bag in the Indians’ 7-5 season-opening home win over the Class 1A eighth-rated Warriors Wednesday, May 22. Hesse took the pick-off throw from senior pitcher Levi McGeough to erase this baserunner early in the second inning. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon baseball team got first-year head coach Shane Schellsmidt’s initial week at the helm off to a promising start at home before hitting some bumps on the road in getting its 2019 season off to a 1-4 start. After having their originally scheduled season opener at North Fayette Valley postponed from Tuesday, May 21 to this Thursday, May 30 due to rainy weather, the Indians gutted out a 7-5 win in Schellsmidt’s new coaching debut at home over Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek Wednesday, May 22.

Wed
29
May

Kee baseball team gets its 2019 season underway with three consecutive wins in four games, sweeps Decorah in opener


Three-for-five, two runs and RBI ... Kee baseball senior shortstop Josh Walleser hammers a pitch in the Hawks’ 8-0 loss to Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek at their annual Shooky Fink Tournament in New Albin Saturday, May 25. Walleser swatted out three hits in five at-bats during the tournament’s two games, launching a two-run homerun in the first game of the tournament, a 9-1 win over Waukon. Photo courtesy of Macie Hill. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee baseball team has its 2019 campaign off to a 3-1 start following a three-game winning streak to start the season followed by the Hawks’ lone loss thus far. The Purple and Silver opened the season with a sweep of a non-conference road doubleheader at Decorah Wednesday, May 22, 7-6 in eight innings and 8-4, in a date postponed from the night before due to rainy weather. The Kee boys wrapped up their initial week hosting their own Shooky Fink Tournament Saturday, May 25, beginning the day with a 9-1 win over Waukon in former Hawk Shane Schellsmidt’s return to Shooky Fink Field as an opposing coach before Kee’s diamond dwellers were tripped up by fellow Upper Iowa Conference squad, Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek by an 8-0 final result.

Wed
29
May

Kee softball team battles closely but comes up short of the win column in initial week’s four-game schedule of road contests

The Kee softball team opened its 2019 campaign in an unfamiliar place, starting off the season without a win in its first four games, although coming within a couple opportunities and runs of a different fate in half those contests. The Lady Hawks opened the season with a 15-5 loss at Decorah in six innings Wednesday, May 22 after having that game postponed a day due to rainy weather. The Kee girls then suffered a 5-3 loss at Waukon Friday, May 24 in a game shortened to just five innings by an approaching storm before coming up shy in two games at the Jesup Tournament Saturday, May 25, falling to Class 2A second-rated North Linn by a 6-0 count before surrendering a 10-8 loss to Alburnett in another game shortened due to tournament time limitations.

Wed
22
May

Kee girls track team makes more history at the Big Blue Oval, shares Class 1A State Team Championship


Tracking more Hawk history ... Members of the Kee girls track team who qualified for this year’s State Track and Field Meet display all the pageantry that goes along with winning the Class 1A team State Championship at the season grand finale. The first-ever team State Championship in Kee girls track history was actually shared with Alburnett after each team scored 36 points at the season-ending event, with Kee also winning a further historical three relay State Championships to fuel that team championship fire. Pictured above, left to right, are: Front row - Freshman Reagan Mudderman, seniors Katie Brennan and Makayla Walleser, and junior Rachel Walleser; Back row - Coach Chad Winters, freshman Haley Meyer, sophomore Alexis Johnson, junior Makayla Peters and sophomore Jada Mitchell. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

Three relay championships in 4x800, Distance Medley and 4x400 fuel the fire, points in individual events by Brennan and Meyer prove to be pivotal in first-ever team title

“A title a day helps bring a trophy your way!”

Although that’s not exactly how the old saying goes, that’s exactly what the doctor ordered for the Kee girls track team in writing yet another chapter in the often recently revamped history of Lady Hawk athletics. Behind the strength of three relay championships and two other point-scoring individual finishes at the State Track and Field Meet held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18, the Kee girls not only won their first running event State Championships in program history, but used those three event titles - one each day - to further fuel their way to a share of their first-ever Class 1A Team State Championship, scoring 36 team points to tie with Alburnett for this year’s Class 1A crown.

Wed
22
May

Headington’s fifth-place shot put finish leads Waukon girls track team’s efforts among Class 2A elite at State Track and Field Meet


Top-five shot put result leads State efforts... Waukon girls track sophomore Annika Headington launches a shot put toss in the Class 2A competition at the State Track and Field Meet in Des Moines Thursday, May 16. Headington tied her personal-best effort of 40’2” to finish fifth in that Class 2A shot put field, and she also tossed the discus 112’7” Friday, May 17 to finish 14th among those Class 2A elite field event throwers. 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 track team had its 2019 season brought to an ultimate close among the Class 2A elite, as nine young ladies competed in six different events at the State Track and Field Meet held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18. Battling weather extremes of heat and rain throughout the season grand finale, the Lady Indians garnered finishes from within the top five to within the bottom five of their respective competitions among the best track and field athletes Iowa’s Class 2A has to offer this season.

As she has most of this season, sophomore Annika Headington paced the Indian results efforts at this season-ending meet. Returning in the shot put, where she did not place among the event medal winners last spring, Headington returned with a vengeance in launching her way to a fifth-place finish among this year’s Class 2A shot put field.

Wed
22
May

Brady Sullivan claims Class 2A State Runner-Up honors in the shot put to lead Waukon boys effort at the season grand finale


Class 2A Shot Put State Runner-Up ... Waukon boys track senior Brady Sullivan unleashes a shot put effort in the Class 2A competition at the State Track and Field Meet in Des Moines Thursday, May 16. Sullivan launched a personal-best throw of 56’5.5” to claim State Runner-Up honors in that throwing event behind fellow Northeast Iowa Conference senior Noah Fenske of New Hampton and his championship toss of 60’0.25”. Sullivan also competed in the Class 2A discus, firing a toss of 136’10” in the steady rain of Friday morning, May 17 to end up 11th in that overall field, with Fenske also winning that event with a toss of 152’11”. 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 track season came to a final end where every team and athlete strives to be, as three Indians competed in four individual events at this year’s State Track and Field Meet held Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. With weather during the three-day event featuring the extremes of blistering heat Thursday and rainy, wet conditions for some of the remainder, so too were the Indians’ event results near the extremes among Iowa’s Class 2A track and field elite.

Wed
22
May

Waukon boys golf team brings 2019 season to a close with fifth-place team finish at NEIC Tournament

The Waukon boys golf team brought its 2019 season to a close with its annual Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Tournament. The golf Tribe played host to the other six NEIC teams Monday, May 20, coming up shy of having any golfers finish within the tournament’s top-15 individuals to be recognized with All-Conference honors, finishing fifth in the final seven-team standings with 354 team points.

TEAM SCORES
Waverly-Shell Rock 312; Decorah 331; Charles City 332; New Hampton 343; WAUKON 354; Oelwein 375; Crestwood 414

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