Undefeated week for Kee baseball team includes pair of doubleheader sweeps at home to remain unbeaten in Upper Iowa Conference play


Three-hit shut-out ... Kee baseball junior pitcher Dalton Dibert rears back for a pitch in the first game of the Hawks’ home doubleheader sweep of South Winneshiek at home Monday, June 7. Dibert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out four batters in the 7-0 Hawk victory in game one of the twinbill. Photo courtesy of Maggy Weymiller. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee baseball team played its way to an undefeated week during a heavy schedule of eight games this past week, with more than half of those victories coming in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play to keep the Hawks’ UIC campaign unblemished at this point in the season. That continued UIC perfection included a Monday, June 7 home doubleheader sweep of Class 1A 13th-rated South Winneshiek by scores of 7-0 and 5-3, a 16-1 win at Clayton Ridge Thursday, June 10 and another home doubleheader sweep of MFL/MarMac, 13-0 in five innings and 9-8, Friday, June 11 in a date rescheduled from May 27. The Kee diamond dwellers also worked in a 7-3 home win over Crestwood Tuesday, June 8 before closing out their winning week with a sweep of two more non-conference games in the Cedar River Classic Saturday, June 12, winning at Charles City by a 6-2 result and also posting a 7-4 victory over St. Ansgar in nine innings.

Currently holding a 13-5 overall season record, including a yet unblemished start to their Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) schedule at 6-0, the Kee diamond dwellers were next scheduled to play a doubleheader at Turkey Valley Monday, June 14, host Postville Tuesday, June 15, play at MFL/MarMac Thursday, June 17 and then play both Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Janesville Saturday, June 19 at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School. The Hawks will then host Clayton Ridge for a UIC doubleheader Monday, June 21, play at Wapsie Valley Tuesday, June 22 and at South Winneshiek Thursday, June 24 before playing in the Estherville-Lincoln Central Tournament Saturday, June 26.

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