Waukon softball team pulls out 7-6 win in final inning of Regional Tournament opener with Crestwood, has season ended at third-rated Dubuque Wahlert
Hustles for the only hit ... Waukon softball senior center fielder Paige Hansmeier steps on the first base bag before a Dubuque Wahlert player covering the base can get her foot on it for an out in the Indians’ 12-0 loss to the third-rated Golden Eagles in the semifinal round of Class 3A District Tournament play Saturday, July 8. This play resulted in the only hit the Indians could muster in their regional tournament battle with the Golden Eagles. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon softball team had its 2023 season brought to a close this past week in regional tournament play, but not before taking an initial step down that postseason path to end up with a split of two Class 3A Region 7 games. The Indians opened their regional tournament schedule with a dramatic, 7-6 win pulled out on the last play of their Thursday, July 6 regional opener at home against Crestwood. Their reward was a regional semifinal match-up with Class 3A’s third-rated team, the Golden Eagles of Dubuque Wahlert, who brought the diamond Tribe’s 2023 campaign to a close with a 12-0 defeat in three innings in Dubuque Saturday, July 8.
The regional semifinal loss ended the Lady Indians’ season at a 16-15 overall record that includes a 6-9 mark that placed them fourth in the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) standings, with that 16-15 mark representing the softball Tribe’s first winning record in a season since the 2010 campaign. The win by Wahlert advanced the Golden Eagles to the Class 3A Region 7 championship game Tuesday, July 11 against Solon for the right to advance to this year’s Class 3A State Tournament.
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