Waukon football team has season ended in 34-16 battle at top-rated North Fayette Valley

Game result leaves grid Tribe short of State Play-Off bid

Despite winning three of four quarters, the Waukon football team had its 2016 season brought to a close Friday evening, October 21, but not before battling for its State Play-Off life right down to the final seconds of a 34-16 loss at Class 2A’s top-rated North Fayette Valley. The Indians held the host TigerHawks to just seven points throughout the game’s final three quarters while outscoring them with 16 points of their own, but a 27-0 first-quarter eruption by North Fayette Valley proved to be too much to overcome.

Friday’s loss came to the same program and at the same location where many of this season’s Indian gridders also had their season and play-off run ended last fall in the quarterfinal round of the Class 2A State Play-Offs.

The loss ended the Indians’ season with a 6-3 overall record, including a 5-2 Class 2A District 4 mark that placed the Tribe third and just outside of the new 16-team play-off system this season. That final game also brought to completion the high school football careers of 10 seniors on this season’s squad, including Nathan Benzing, Andrew Dickson, Kyle Gordon, Tanner Mathis, Brandon Regan, Carson Schwartzhoff, Aaron Sherman, Max Swartz, Blain Swenson and Riley Wyninger.

“Our coaching staff could not be more proud of the season we got from this group of kids,” Coach Beermann said. “The seniors can hold their heads high knowing how far they came over their careers and the price they paid to get there. They set the table for the juniors to succeed next year, and really grew as leaders to keep us in the play-off hunt right up to the very end of the season.”

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