Waukon football team completes regular season home schedule, improves State Play-Off picture with 36-7 win over New Hampton
Grinds out the ground game lead ... Waukon football junior Tristyn Crawford drags a pair of New Hampton defenders with him on one of his rushing attempts in the Indians’ 36-7 home win over the Chickasaws Friday, October 10. Crawford led the Indian ground game with 80 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
Looking to get back on the winning track after suffering its first Class 2A District 3 loss a week earlier to what appears to be this season’s District 3 champion, the Waukon football team was looking to also further solidify its State Play-Off position when the Indians hosted a New Hampton squad Friday, October 10 that has yet to win a game in District 3 play this season and has just one win to its credit so far this fall. Focusing more on establishing a ball control type of offense, the Indians compiled a 363-115 advantage in total offensive yards during the contest and came within the final 10 seconds of the ballgame of pitching a shut-out on the way to a 36-7 victory that boosted the grid Tribe into a tie for second place in the Class 2A District 3 standings with just one game remaining on this season’s regular season schedule, and that game being played against the Crestwood team the Indians now share that second-place district standing with.
The win improves the grid Tribe’s season record to 4-3 overall and leaves the Indians with a 3-1 mark in Class 2A District 3 play. That 3-1 District 3 record further leaves the Indians in a tie for second place with their next opponent, as they will travel to Crestwood this Friday, October 17 to wrap up their regular season schedule. The Cadets come off a 27-26 home loss to undefeated District 3 leader Osage, with that first District 3 loss for Crestwood pushing the 4-3 overall Cadets into that tie with the football Indians for second place in the current District 3 standings and Friday’s game setting up a battle for that District 3 runner-up spot and the possibility of hosting a first-round State Play-Off game.
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