Waukon girls basketball team battles through winless week against pair of NEIC title contenders ranked within Class 3A and 4A top 15
Board battle ... Waukon girls basketball seniors Bethany Stock (left) and Emily Hammel (center) battle 6’2” Crestwood junior Tracey Martinek for a rebound in the Indians’ 49-26 home loss to the undefeated Cadets Tuesday, December 15. Hammel scored two points and grabbed two rebounds, while Stock pulled down a team-high five rebounds and posted one each of assists and steals in the ballgame. 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 battled through its toughest week of the season, falling in three consecutive games during a busy, five-night stretch. The Lady Indians began the week by falling at home to Class 3A 14th-rated Crestwood by a 49-26 result Tuesday, December 15 before ending the week with a 60-33 loss at Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, December 18. In between those two Northeast Iowa Conference losses, the Indians also came up just a bit shy, 58-52, in a non-conference battle at Spring Grove, MN Thursday, December 17.
Wrapping up the pre-holiday portion of their schedule with a 3-6 season record, including a 2-4 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians will now enter the holiday break. They are scheduled to return to the court January 5 with a Northeast Iowa Conference battle at Decorah before hosting MFL/MarMac January 7 and Charles City January 8.
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