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Apr

Kee boys boys track team finishes 13th at Ed-Co, 10th at Postville Invitational


4x800 exchange ... Kee boys track juniors Billy Mitchell and Jack Mooney (left to right) make a baton exchange at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 6. The two teamed up with sophomore Jacob Berns and senior John Mooney for a seventh-place finish in the 4x800 with a clocking of 10:05.42. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

Top-five field event finishes ... Kee boys track junior Brock Flack unleashes a discus toss at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 6. Flack hurled the discus 115’8” for fourth place in that event and heaved the shot put 41’5” for a second-place finish to pace Kee’s field events effort at the meet. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

The Kee boys track team was able to finally get on the outdoor track this past week, actually getting in a pair of meets within a couple days of one another. The Hawks finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 4 before placing 10th out of 11 teams at the annual Foster Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville High School Thursday, April 6.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the West Central Invitational at Oelwein High School Monday, April 10 before taking part in the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 13. Kee will then prepare to host its own home invitational Thursday, April 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Wed
05
Apr

UPDATE: Early Sunday morning accident claims life of New Albin teen

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office reports that at approximately 3:53 a.m. Sunday, April 2 the County dispatch center received a report of a serious injury accident near the intersection of Morgan Bridge Road and Pine Tree Drive in Allamakee County, approximately five miles southwest of New Albin about a mile south off of Iowa River Drive.
According to the Sheriff's Office report, a pick-up truck operated by Travis Scott Colsch, age 20, of rural New Albin was traveling northbound on Morgan Bridge Road when a female passenger in the vehicle, 19-year-old Erin Marie Rud of rural New Albin, fell from the moving vehicle and suffered what is being reported as serious injuries. Rud was transported by air ambulance from the scene to a La Crosse, WI hospital for treatment of her injuries. Those injuries have since claimed her life.

Wed
05
Apr

Waukon boys golf team returns three letterwinners to lead overall young 2017 squad


2017 Waukon boys golf returning letterwinners ... Left to right: Logan Sullivan, Jess Kloke, Michael Headington.

2017 Waukon boys golf team ... Left to right - Front row: Micah Treptau, Logan Houg, Brady Beyer, Michael Headington. Back row: Zech Brink, Aaron Sherman, Jess Kloke, Logan Sullivan, Ryan Hanson. Coach Tharin Benson. Not pictured: Robbie Drew, Sean Liddiard, Carson Jones, Ashton Farley,

The Waukon boys golf team will field an overall young squad for its 2017 season, as just two seniors and one junior pace the upperclassman leadership for this spring’s squad. This year’s limited leadership experience also returns just one varsity veteran from each eligible grade level from last season, as senior Logan Sullivan, junior Jess Kloke and sophomore Michael Headington headline this season’s squad of 13 members as returning letterwinners from last spring.

“I will look for their leadership to help guide the underclassmen around the golf course,” Waukon boys golf coach Tharin Benson. “I will also look for them to shoot consistent scores and help the team be competitive this year.”

The two youngest grade levels make up the largest groups for this year’s squad, as five each of sophomores and freshmen will also take to the course this season.

Wed
05
Apr

Waukon girls golf team brings back quartet of varsity veterans for 2017 campaign


2017 Waukon girls golf returning letterwinners ... Left to right: Annika Anderson, Caitlin Shelton, Kylee Hager, Kayla Palmer.

2017 Waukon girls golf team ... Left to right - Front row: Annika Anderson, Kayla Palmer, Hannah Hennessy, Whitney Cota, Caitlin Shelton, Mason Hermeier, Bailey Farley. Back row: Abby Dixon, Carley Sweeney, Cassey Urell, Matti Pladsen, Emily Kolsrud, Kylee Hager.

The Waukon girls golf team is fielding one of its smallest teams in recent seasons, as 13 young ladies have reported for early-season rounds on the course. All but one of this season’s participants comes from the upperclassman ranks of either the junior or senior class, including a senior trio and one junior who make up the four returning letterwinners leading this spring’s squad.

Seniors Annika Anderson, Kayla Palmer and Caitlin Shelton, along with junior Kylee Hager, make up that list of varsity veteran returnees. “With the experience of all these players, I am looking to them for their leadership,” Waukon girls golf coach Kathy McMillan said. “Half the team are seniors and will all have the experience of competition, and they will have good competition within themselves. Actually, all team members but one will have the experience of competition.”

Wed
05
Apr

Ernie Palas wins The Standard’s NCAA Bracket Challenge

The 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has come to an end, crowning North Carolina as this year’s NCAA Champion after a 71-65 victory over Gonzaga Monday night, April 3. Likewise, The Standard’s NCAA Basketball Bracket Challenge has also come to a close, crowning its own champion in a battle that - just like this year’s championship game - also went down to the end to determine a winner.

That winner is Ernie Palas of Waukon, who was actually tied with Gregg Jones of Waukon with a final score of 136 points at the end of this year’s contest but edged out the victory by virtue of the combined points scored in the championship game tie-breaker. With that tie-breaker ironically also ending up at 136 points in the 71-65 final score, Palas guessed 161 points to finish closer to that actual game total than the 184 points guessed by Jones, giving Palas this year’s contest crown and $50 in Standard Bucks.

Wed
05
Apr

Waukon, Kee track teams idled by early spring conditions

Waukon girls add May 1
Ed-Co meet, will host own Early Bird Invitational April 11

The boys and girls track teams from both Waukon and Kee High Schools all had their first outdoor competitions of the season canceled this past week by early spring conditions. Both the Waukon boys and girls track teams were scheduled for their first outdoor competition Tuesday, March 28 at Sumner-Fredericksburg, but had that co-ed meet canceled due to soft track conditions in this early spring.

Wed
29
Mar

Kee girls basketball team plays to third straight regional final during 17-5 campaign

After playing to program history a season ago with its first-ever State Tournament appearance, the Kee girls basketball team took its 2016-2017 season to the brink of that same qualification accomplishment for the third consecutive season this winter, falling just a few seconds and a single point short of a return trip to that season grand finale. Still, the Lady Hawks played to another strong season with a 17-5 season record that included a 10-3 mark that placed the Hawks third overall in the final Upper Iowa Conference standings and second in the small school division of that league.

Wed
29
Mar

Kee girls track team begins season with team finish in top half of UIC Indoor Meet

The Kee girls track team got its 2017 season underway at the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Indoor Meet hosted by South Winneshiek at Luther College in Decorah Monday, March 20. The Lady Hawks tallied a total of eight finishes within the top three of their respective events to help tally 75 team points and finish fifth in the meet’s 11-team final standings.

TEAM SCORES
Edgewood-Colesburg 104; Central Elkader 89,5; Clayton Ridge 85.5; South Winneshiek 79; KEE 75; Turkey Valley 40; MFL/MarMac 30; West Central 24.5; North Fayette Valley 18; Postville 15.5; Starmont 12

The Lady Hawks are next scheduled to take their efforts outdoors for the first time this season, being scheduled to compete at the West Delaware Invitational at Manchester Thursday, March 30. Kee will then compete at the Postville Invitational Tuesday, April 4 before traveling to Starmont for a meet Thursday, April 6.

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29
Mar

Waukon girls track team starts season with handful of top-end results at NEIC Indoor

The Waukon girls track team got its 2017 season underway at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor Meet hosted by Decorah Tuesday, March 21 at Luther College in Decorah. There was no team score kept at the meet, but the Lady Indians managed six top-three event finishes.

The Indians were next scheduled to take their efforts outdoors for the first time this season, competing at Sumner-Fredericksburg’s Frostbite Invitational Tuesday, March 28. The track Tribe is then scheduled to compete at Charles City Tuesday, April 4 before traveling to Decorah Friday, April 7.

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Wed
29
Mar

Career milestone among highlights of 4-17 season for 2016-2017 Kee boys basketball

The Kee boys basketball team played its way to a 4-17 record this winter, battling through its lowest per game scoring average in the past 10 seasons. That 47.2 points per game average posted by this season’s squad couldn’t quite keep pace with the 57.8 points per game the Hawks allowed on defense this winter.

“As a team, we came close to knocking off Turkey Valley in the first round of the tournament, but poor free throw shooting at the end of the game allowed Turkey Valley to extend a narrow lead and take the victory,” Coach Sullivan remarked.

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