Waukon basketball girls defeat New Hampton, fall in back-to-back weekend pair
Three-point strike on way to 14 points ... Waukon girls basketball freshman Maddie Ahlstrom launches a three-point blast that hit home right before the end of the first quarter in the Indians’ 55-39 home win over New Hampton Tuesday, December 1. Ahlstrom finished the game with 14 points, as well as four rebounds and team highs of five steals and three assists. View and find out how to purchase this photo and more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.
The Waukon girls basketball team posted a single win in a busy, three-game schedule this past week, getting its Northeast Iowa Conference season off to a positive start with a 55-39 home victory over New Hampton Tuesday, December 1. The week ended with a pair of back-to-back losses in non-conference play, the Indians falling to Caledonia, MN at home by a 49-39 count Friday, December 4 and then to Class 3A eighth-rated Union of La Porte City by a 38-25 count Saturday, December 5 in a multi-game setting at Wartburg College in Waverly.
Holding a 2-3 record in the season’s early-going, the Indians will have most of this week free before traveling to Oelwein Friday, December 11. Waukon will then host Crestwood Tuesday, December 15 before playing another pair of back-to-back games to end the pre-holiday portion of its schedule, traveling to Spring Grove, MN Thursday, December 17 and then to Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, December 18.
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