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The Waukon girls track team completed a full slate of competition this past week, finishing in the top half of the two meets it competed in. The Lady Indians finished third in their six-team Indian Relays home invitational Tuesday, April 23 before placing fourth in the 10-team field of the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 25.

The track Tribe was next scheduled to wrap up its regular season schedule at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, April 29 before competing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 2 at Crestwood. The Indian girls will then compete in their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Thursday, May 9, details of which appear elsewhere on the same Sports pages in a shaded box in the May 1, 2019 print and e-edition of The Standard.

The Waukon girls golf team headed closer to the end of its regular season schedule, wrapping up its home slate with two final meets on the Waukon course this past week. The Indians first fell to Crestwood to open that home stand, 220-205, before suffering a similar fate against the top-ranked team in Class 2A, New Hampton, by a 226-180 final result.

Despite some weather issues, the Kee boys track team was able to get two nights of competition in this past week. The Hawks first had their Monday, April 22 Bulldog Relays in Boscobel, WI postponed by rainy weather to Tuesday, April 23, finishing eighth in that 11-team field. The Kee boys then placed fourth among seven teams at the Clayton Ridge Invitational Thursday, April 25 on a cool, damp night.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete at Monona for the MFL/MarMac Invitational Monday, April 29 before competing in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 2 at Clayton Ridge. The Kee boys will then compete in their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, May 9, details of which can be found in a shaded box elsewhere on the same Sports pages in the May 1, 2019 print and e-edition of The Standard.

The Kee girls track team competed on a pair of fellow Upper Iowa Conference tracks this past week, making themselves feel pretty well at home at those away venues. The Lady Hawks finished second and made some significant changes to their own record books on the way to a second-place team finish at the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 23 before topping the entire 10-team field at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 25.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to take part in the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, April 29 before competing in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet at Clayton Ridge Thursday, May 2. The Kee girls will then prepare for their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet that will also be held at the Edgewood-Colesburg facility Thursday, May 9, with details of those season-extending possibilities printed elsewhere on the same Sports pages in the May 1, 2019 print and e-edition of The Standard.

The Waukon boys track team got both of its meets in this past week, finishing in the top three in each of them. The track Tribe placed third as a team at the Decorah Invitational Monday, April 15 before improving to second place at their own Indian Relays home invitational meet Thursday, April 18.

The track Tribe was next scheduled to compete Monday, April 22 at the Oelwein Invitational for its only meet of this week, but had that meet canceled due to stormy weather. The Indians will then take part in another Monday meet April 29 at New Hampton before competing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet at Crestwood Thursday, May 2.

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It would be safe to say that nearly every little boy who has played the game of football growing up has, at some point, either dreamed of playing or pretended to play that game at the ultimate level of the National Football League (NFL). Although that dream has never been realized in this little corner of northeast Iowa, a pair of Waukon High School football teammates are standing on that doorstep of reality together as the NFL Draft approaches later this week, waiting to see if the door in front of them will be opened or not.

The Kee girls track team was able to get its two scheduled meets in this past week just two days apart. The Lady Hawks first finished fourth out off 11 teams at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 16 before wowing their hometown fans by winning 14 of 19 events to dominate their only home invitational meet of the season Thursday, April 18.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to travel to compete at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Tuesday, April 23 and at Clayton Ridge Thursday, April 25. The Kee girls will then take part in the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, April 29 before competing in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet at Clayton Ridge Thursday, May 2.

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The Kee boys track team competed in a pair of meets of different sizes this week, being able to get their only home meet of the season in despite some cold, windy conditions. The Hawks first finished 10th in the 12-team Oelwein Invitational Monday, April 15 before hosting five other teams and finishing third at their home invitational meet Thursday, April 18.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete at the Boscobel Invitational in Wisconsin Monday, April 22 before taking part in the Clayton Ridge Invitational Thursday, April 25. That Boscobel meet was called off due to rainy weather. The Kee boys will then travel to Monona for the MFL/MarMac Invitational Monday, April 29 before competing in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 2 at Clayton Ridge.

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Dan Reburn of New Albin displays his winning entry and the $50 in Standard Bucks he was awarded for winning The Standard’s 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Bracket Challenge. Reburn was among 21 entries to correctly choose Virginia to win this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship and combined that choice with strong early-round picking to emerge as this year’s contest winner with 137 points, five points ahead of second place. The Standard greatly appreciates the 22 business sponsors who made this year’s contest possible and the 265 entries that participated in this year’s Bracket Challenge.
 

Waukon girls basketball senior Maddie Ahlstrom signed her letter of intent to continue her basketball career at Grand View University in Des Moines Friday, April 12, holding that ceremony in the Waukon High School gymnasium where she helped the Indians to a 19-4 season record and advancement to the semifinal round of the Class 3A State Tournament during her final season and also helped herself to the top of the Waukon girls basketball five-player career lists with 286 assists and an 81% free throw shooting percentage. Pictured at left at the letter signing ceremony are: Left to right - Front row: Kiara, Vicki, Maddie and Brian Ahlstrom; Back row: Grand View University Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Will Marchino and Head Coach Kelli Greenway, and Waukon Girls Basketball Head Coach Greg Criswell and Assistant Coaches Ben Rausch and Bob Wasson.