Waukon softball team closes out regular season with home loss to Crestwood, has 2024 campaign ended with first-round regional defeat at New Hampton
Flying toward a fly-out ... Waukon softball senior right fielder Ava Bossom reaches out to haul in this fly ball on the run for an out in the Indians’ 11-1 loss at New Hampton in the opening round of Class 3A regional tournament play Thursday, July 11. In the final game of her high school career for Waukon, Bossom recorded three such fly-outs and also reached base one time on an error in the fourth inning. 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 both its regular season and overall season brought to completion this past week with two final losses that wrapped up the diamond Tribe’s 2024 campaign. The Lady Indians first ended their Northeast Iowa Conference and regular season schedule with a 6-2 loss at home Monday, July 8 to Crestwood before starting and finishing their overall season with an opening-round loss in Class 3A Regional Tournament play, 11-1, in a mercy-rule six innings at New Hampton Thursday, July 11.
That regional loss brings the Tribe’s 2024 diamond campaign to an end with an overall record of 8-20 that includes a 2-13 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play that placed the Indians sixth in the final NEIC team standings. With that regional win over the Indians, New Hampton advanced to the regional semifinals Saturday, July 13 where they also had their season brought to a close with a 6-1 loss at home to Independence.
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