Kee baseball team ends regular season completing sweep of North Fayette Valley, receives first-round district tournament bye after Turkey Valley COVID-19 result

The final week of the Kee baseball team’s regular season came to a close even earlier than what the Hawks had anticipated, as the final three games on the Kee schedule this past week were all canceled due to concerns with COVID-19 exposure and waiting for COVID-19 test results for precautionary measures. The Hawks’ Wednesday, July 8 doubleheader at MFL/MarMac and a lone game at Riceville Thursday, July 9 were both erased from the schedule during that wait-and-see period, but as it turns out, all test results came back negative for the baseball Hawks, as noted in the following statement released by Kee High School Activities Director Danny Love Friday, July 10:

“After confirmation of zero positive cases of COVID-19 among student athletes, Kee High baseball and softball teams will participate in the postseason. School officials report they will continue to be very mindful of athlete health and safety protocols.”

Prior to those anxious moments later in the week, the Hawks played a home “almost” doubleheader when they hosted North Fayette Valley Tuesday, July 7. The Kee diamond dwellers first finished off the final inning of a June 29 nightcap at North Fayette, where the Hawks held a 14-4 lead at the break and finished that game off with that lead intact before completing the season sweep of the visiting TigerHawks with a 9-2 win in game two July 7.

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