Waukon baseball team clinches first win of the season, 14-4 over Decorah, has New Hampton on the ropes, 2-1, among three losses
Sliding in safe ... Waukon baseball sophomore designated hitter John O’Neill slides in underneath a New Hampton defender at second base in the Indians’ 2-1 home loss to the Chickasaws in a Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader Friday, July 3. O’Neill scored the game’s only run for the Tribe in that game-one loss, going two-for-three at the plate in that game and a combined three-for-five in the doubleheader loss. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Waukon baseball team not only picked up its first win of the abbreviated 2020 season this past week, but did so in a big way in posting a single win in its four games scheduled for the week. That win came in a Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) split at Decorah Tuesday, June 30, the Indians roaring to a 14-4 victory in game one before falling in the nightcap, 7-0. The Tribe then came within a half-inning and a clutch hit of recording a second win, falling in a home NEIC doubleheader to New Hampton by scores of 2-1 and 11-2 Friday, July 3.
Holding a 1-10 season record, 1-9 among NEIC opponents, the Indians were next scheduled to wrap up their regular season with a Tuesday, July 7 road trip to Oelwein before beginning postseason tournament play this Saturday, July 11 in New Hampton, with the Indians’ postseason possibilities printed elsewhere on the July 8, 2020 Sports pages in a shaded box.
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