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The Kee boys basketball team returned from the holiday break much like it entered it, traveling to take on an Upper Iowa Conference foe. Fortunately, the Hawks’ returning result was not the same as its entrance a couple weeks earlier, as they posted a 52-34 victory over a winless West Central squad Friday, January 4 to improve to a 2-7 season record that includes a 2-6 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play.

The Hawks were next scheduled to host a pair of Upper Iowa Conference foes, including South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 8 and Postville Friday, January 11. The Kee boys will then travel to Clayton Ridge Tuesday, January 15 before also hitting the road to take on Houston, MN Thursday, January 17.

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The Waukon girls basketball team played host to a yet winless Decorah team just prior to the holiday break Friday, December 21. The hardcourt Tribe  held the visiting Vikings to just six total field goals in the contest, with just one of those coming in the first half on the way to an early dominating lead and eventual 50-20 Indian victory.

Improving to a 7-1 overall season record, and now with a 4-1 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Lady Indians are scheduled to return to action after the new year with a Friday, January 4 Northeast Iowa Conference contest at Charles City.

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Senior Michael Sweeney scores 1,000th point of his high school career

The Waukon boys basketball team’s Friday, December 21 Northeast Iowa Conference contest at Decorah featured an early Christmas gift for Waukon senior Michael Sweeney, as a three-pointer he hit late in the ballgame pushed him to the Waukon boys basketball elite status of being just the fourth player in program history to score 1,000 points in his career. However, the host Vikings tossed in a total of 12 three-point bombs throughout the contest to help methodically pull away from the basketball Tribe on the way to a 60-49 Indian defeat.

The Indians were next scheduled to return from the break with a Friday, January 4 home game against Charles City before playing at Wartburg College Saturday, January 5.

A troublesome second quarter for the Kee boys basketball team proved to loom large in the Hawks’ 72-48 loss at MFL/MarMac prior to the holiday break Friday, December 21. The Kee boys were outscored by a 19-4 count in that fateful frame, with much smaller margins in the remaining quarters not allowing the Hawks to make up any of that lost ground.

The Hawks were scheduled to return to the court following the holiday break this Friday, January 4 at West Central.

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The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up the 2018 portion of its season schedule with a split of two non-conference dual meets at home, hosting both Fillmore Central out of Minnesota and South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 18. The double-dual also marked the end of the mat Tribe’s home schedule for this season, the Indians earning a split of that final home affair by pulling off a comeback effort over Fillmore Central for a 39-33 triumph before falling to South Winneshiek by a 30-45 final.

South Winneshiek swept the mat event with a win over Fillmore Central as well, also defeating the Wolves from Minnesota by a 47-30 final result.

The wrestling Tribe will return to action following the holiday break Saturday, January 5 by competing in the Crestwood Tournament.

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Senior Maddie Ahlstrom becomes new career assist record holder in rare win over Caledonia

The Waukon girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season late in the previous week to open this past week with a pair of non-conference victories, clipping the wings of the Clayton Ridge Eagles for a 48-17 home victory Monday, December 17 before returning home with a rare victory, 64-59, from Caledonia, MN Tuesday, December 18. That win over Caledonia not only snapped a six-season losing streak to the Warriors but also featured the achievement of a new school record for assists in a career by senior Maddie Ahlstrom, whose five assists in the contest pushed her past the previous record of 210 career assists compiled by 2010 Waukon High School graduate Tatum (Meyer) Wagner.

The Kee girls basketball team put together its best defensive effort of the season, and one of its best ever, in bringing home a 54-11 victory from North Fayette Valley in West Union Tuesday, December 18. The Lady Hawks limited the host TigerHawks to no more than six points in any of the game’s four quarters, shutting them down completely in a 16-0 second period to improve to 7-1 on the season and remain undefeated at 6-0 in UIC play.

The Kee boys basketball team alternated a pair of doubled-up quarters with more even paced frames in their Tuesday, December 18 road loss at North Fayette Valley in Upper Iowa Conference play. The host TigerHawks, with their single-loss record, doubled up the Hawks and their single-win mark in quarters two and four to help pull away to a 67-43 Kee defeat.

The Hawks also had a Friday, December 21 Upper Iowa Conference contest at MFL/MarMac that was not played prior to the early print deadline for this week’s issue of The Standard due to the Christmas holiday. That coverage will appear in a future edition of The Standard. The Hawks were scheduled to return to the court Friday, January 4 at West Central.

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The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up another busy latter portion of the week this past week, wrestling a home dual late in the week before competing in a weekend tournament just two days later. The mat Indians fell in that home dual in Northeast Iowa Conference action to Crestwood, 66-10, Thursday, December 13 before finishing in a tie for fifth-place out of 11 teams competing at the Starmont Tournament Saturday, December 15.

The wrestling Tribe was next scheduled to host both South Winneshiek and Fillmore Central out of Minnesota Tuesday, December 18 to wrap up the pre-holiday portion of this season’s schedule before the end of the year. The Indians will return to action following the holiday break Saturday, January 5 by competing in the Crestwood Tournament.

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The Kee girls basketball team kept its Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) season rolling perfectly, using some final-second dramatics to help pull off another sweep of a pair of conference games this past week to improve to 6-1 on the season, 5-0 in UIC play. The Lady Hawks dropped in four points in the final one second to pull off a 38-37 home win over Turkey Valley Tuesday, December 11 before having little problem with Central Elkader at home in a 56-30 triumph Friday, December 14.

The Kee girls will finish off the 2018 portion of their schedule with a very busy final week on the road before the holiday break, playing at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, December 18, at De Soto, WI Thursday, December 20 and at MFL/MarMac Friday, December 21. The Lady Hawks will then return to action after the holidays with a weekend double-dip, playing at West Central Friday, January 4 and then at Mabel-Canton in Minnesota Saturday, January 5.