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The Kee baseball team ended up playing just one date on its schedule this past week, rainy weather claiming two other nights of competition. A Monday, June 12 doubleheader at MFL/MarMac and a Wednesday, June 14 single game at home against Clayton Ridge were both rained out, with the MFL/MarMac doubleheader being rescheduled to Friday, June 30 and the Clayton Ridge single varsity game likely not being rescheduled at this point. In between those two rained-out dates, the Hawks swept a home doubleheader from Edgewood-Colesburg rescheduled from May 30, posting victories of 3-2 and 10-0 in six innings Wednesday, June 13 over the team that had eliminated the Hawks from postseason play last season.

The Kee softball team continued its undefeated season with five more victories to its credit this past week, allowing just one run to score in the process. Improving to 13-0 overall, 6-0 in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC), the Lady Hawks played Class 3A Crestwood to just a 2-1 victory Tuesday, June 6 in between a pair of UIC doubleheader sweeps. Those sweeps both came in mercy-rule fashion, Kee blasting Starmont at home Monday, June 5, 12-0 in four innings and 10-0 in six frames, and doing likewise at West Central Thursday, June 8 by scores of 10-0 in five innings and 12-0 in four periods.

The Hawks were scheduled to next play doubleheaders at North Fayette Valley Monday, June 12 and at Edgewood-Colesburg Wednesday, June 14 before playing in the West Delaware Tournament both Friday and Saturday, June 16-17. Kee’s diamond dwellers will then play at Central Elkader Monday, June 19 before competing in the Decorah Tournament Saturday, June 24.

The Waukon softball team began and ended its past week with a bit of success, picking up its first Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) win of the season in the process. That first NEIC victory came right away in the Tribe’s first game of the week, a 10-1 home triumph over Decorah Monday, June 5, before the Indians suffered three consecutive weekday losses, 8-4 to South Winneshiek at home Tuesday, June 6, 12-5 at Oelwein Wednesday, June 7 and 15-1 in four innings at home against New Hampton Thursday, June 8. The softball Tribe then won one of three games at the Anamosa Tournament Saturday, June 10, defeating Midland, 9-6, in the opening round before falling to Anamosa, 9-6, and then West Liberty, 13-1 in four innings.

The Waukon baseball team came up shy of a win in four games this past week, having its best opportunity slip away in extra innings. That opportunity came early in the week, as the baseball Tribe had a Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) doubleheader at Charles City swept away Tuesday, June 6 by scores of 9-2 and 7-6 in nine innings. The remainder of the week resulted in much less of an opportunity, as Waukon fell to Turkey Valley, 15-3 in six innings, at home Wednesday, June 7 before suffering a similar fate, 11-0 in five frames, at Decorah Friday, June 9.

The Kee baseball team pieced together an undefeated week of baseball with a string of six victories this past week to improve its season record to 10-4 overall, including a yet unbeaten mark of 6-0 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play. The Hawks picked up four of those UIC wins this past week, sweeping Starmont at home Monday, June 5 by scores of 10-0 in five innings and 11-1 in six frames before picking up two road wins at South Winneshiek Thursday, June 8 by scores of 7-2 and 9-4. Kee then traveled to St. Ansgar Saturday, June 10 to continue its recent streak with a pair of non-conference victories, 6-2 over Charles City and 9-7 over the host squad.

The New Albin 13 & under baseball team competed in the Dr. Robert McMahon Memorial Baseball Tournament sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4. After falling to the La Crosse A’s 8-0 Saturday morning, the team came back with four victories in a row, including 11-1 over Holmen (Seiler), 10-0 over Stoddard-Genoa, 11-1 over Holmen (Palmer) and an 8-1 victory over Shelby in the championship game, to claim first place in the 13 & under upper level division. Pictured above, left to right, are: Front row - Tyson Cota, Hunter Peterson, Jordan Cota, Kaleb Drape, Dalton Dibert, Landon Reams. Back row - Coach Jared Donahue, Jaylen Drape, Damon Weber, Jonah Reinke, Buddy Hill, Chance Colsch, Coach Jeff Cota, Coach Hunter Fink. Submitted photo.
 

Even with posting another pair of wins to remain undefeated on the season the Kee softball team had a difficult week this past week, rallying around sophomore teammate Makayla Walleser and her family after their father lost his life in a tragic accident early Tuesday morning, May 30. The team made the decision not to play in the North Fayette Valley Tournament that was scheduled for this past Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, as those were the days of James Walleser’s visitation and funeral. The Lady Hawks did play their Thursday, June 1 home doubleheader with Clayton Ridge, with Walleser stoically taking her position at shortstop to help her team post mercy-rule victories of 10-0 in six innings and 13-0 in just three innings.

The Waukon baseball team had to hit the road this week, even though they were scheduled to play at home to start the week. A broken water pipe underneath the Indians’ home field forced them to have to travel to Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, May 30, where they were handed two mercy-rule losses in five innings, 16-6 and 10-0. The baseball Tribe bounced back to deliver one of those mercy-rule results itself, blasting MFL/MarMac on the road, 14-1 in six innings, Wednesday, May 31.

The Kee baseball team ended up with just four games this past week, having a Tuesday, May 30 home doubleheader with Edgewood-Colesburg postponed to June 13 out of respect for the tragic passing of the father of sophomore brothers and teammates Dylan and Josh Walleser earlier that day. Once they returned to the field, the Hawks did so with fairly good success, sweeping an Upper Iowa Conference pair at Clayton Ridge, 14-10 and 6-2, Thursday, June 1 before splitting a non-conference pair at home against Riceville Saturday, June 3, winning a 3-0 battle and falling by a narrow, 4-3 margin.

The Waukon softball team turned in a busy latter half of the week on the diamond this past week, playing a total of six games in four days. That week began with a trio of mercy-rule losses, including at home to MFL/MarMac Wednesday, May 31, 14-3 in five innings, and a pair at Charles City Thursday, June 1 by scores of 13-1 in four innings and 10-0 in five innings. The Lady Indians returned to Charles City two days later, splitting two games in the Comets’ annual Classic Saturday, June 3, including a 10-1 win over Iowa Falls-Alden for the softball Tribe’s first win of the season and a 4-0 loss to North Butler.