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Wed
08
Feb

Win in final seconds kicks off undefeated week for Waukon girls basketball team


Waukon girls basketball sophomore McKenzie Cooper puts up this shot attempt over a pair of Spring Grove, MN defenders in the Indians’ 45-44 home victory over the Lions Monday, January 30. Cooper scored a team-high 11 points in the contest, grabbed eight rebounds and posted one each of assists, steals and blocked shots. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon girls basketball team posted an undefeated week, pulling out a non-conference thriller before handling the two teams that sit beneath the Indians in this season’s Northeast Iowa Conference standings. The Indians’ week began with a 45-44 home triumph over Spring Grove, MN secured in the game’s final seconds before downing both Charles City and Decorah on back-to-back nights at home, 38-28 Friday, February 3 and 47-19 Saturday, February 4 in a game rescheduled twice with the Vikings from its original January 3 date.

Evening its season record to 10-10, including a 4-7 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the basketball Tribe was scheduled to travel to Decorah Tuesday, February 7 to wrap up its regular season before beginning postseason tournament play Saturday, February 11 at third-rated Crestwood, details of which can be found in a shaded box elsewhere on this same page.

Wed
08
Feb

Waukon boys basketball team drops NEIC pair among three losses in busy week


Waukon boys basketball junior Ethan Krueger takes the ball to the basket in the Indians’ 79-77 home victory over MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 31. Krueger finished the game with two points and two rebounds, along with one steal. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon boys basketball team played in its busiest week of the season, coming up with just a single win in a week filled with four games. The Indians opened the week with a 73-69 loss at Decorah Monday, January 30 in a game rescheduled twice from its original January 3 date. The Tribe then won its only game of the week, downing MFL/MarMac, 79-77, at home Tuesday, January 31, before falling in back-to-back games to end the week, 66-56 at home to Prairie du Chien, WI Thursday, February 2 and at Charles City by a 77-51 final result Friday, February 3.

Wed
08
Feb

Senior Blain Swenson advances to District Tournament with runner-up Sectional finish


Waukon wrestling 182-pound senior Blain Swenson controls Oelwein junior Avery Walker on his way to a 16-6 major decision in their semifinal match at the Class 2A Sectional 2 Tournament Saturday, February 4 at New Hampton. The win advanced Swenson to the championship match, where he lost by fall to Decorah senior Daniel Ott to finish as the 182-pound runner-up and earn advancement to this Saturday’s Class 2A District Tournament at Decorah for the opportunity to qualify for the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The 2016-2017 wrestling season came to an end for all but one member of the Waukon wrestling team Saturday, February 4, as senior 182-pounder Blain Swenson was the lone member of the mat Tribe to wrestle to a runner-up finish or better to earn advancement on to the next round of postseason tournament action. Swenson split his two matches at the Sectional Tournament to finish as the 182-pound runner-up, leading the way for the Indians to their sixth-place team finish with 91 team points.

Class 2A top-rated New Hampton and ninth-rated Crestwood finished first and second at Saturday’s Sectional event, each of them earning a berth in the Class 2A Regional Dual Tournament slated to be wrestled Tuesday, February 7. New Hampton and Crestwood each qualified eight wrestlers for Saturday’s District, with Decorah and Oelwein each qualifying four and North Fayette Valley advancing three wrestlers.

Thu
02
Feb

WHS graduate Lexie Bieber realizing her cheerleading dream at UNI


Waukon High School 2014 graduate Lexie Bieber, now in her third year at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, is lifted by her co-ed cheer partner during a Panther athletic event. Bieber is the daughter of Ed and Amy Bieber of Waukon. Submitted photo.

For her entire high school career, 2014 Waukon High School graduate Lexie Bieber kept the spirit alive and well for Waukon Indian athletics and other events as an award-winning high school cheerleader. Now in her third year of college, it is Bieber’s own spirit and drive that has helped her realize one of her life’s dreams of becoming a college cheerleader at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls.

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and it’s definitely worthwhile,” the daughter of Ed and Amy Bieber of Waukon said of making this year’s UNI Cheer Squad. “I like every single aspect of cheerleading; the excitement, the involvement, the challenge of it.”

Tue
31
Jan

Kee boys basketball team falls in UIC pair to North Fayette Valley and Postville


Kee boys basketball junior Eric Rud takes the ball to the basket under North Fayette Valley defensive pressure in the Hawks’ 81-58 home loss to the TigerHawks Thursday, January 26. Rud posted three each of points and rebounds. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee boys basketball team remained at home this past week, but had all of its action end up in the final two days of the week due to winter weather early in the week. In back-to-back nights of competition to end the week, the Hawks fell to North Fayette Valley, 81-58, Thursday, January 26 in a game rescheduled from January 17, before also allowing Postville to take home a 52-42 Kee defeat late in another Upper Iowa Conference match-up Friday, January 27.

Now holding a 2-13 overall record, 2-10 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were also scheduled to host Starmont Tuesday, January 24, but had that game postponed to Monday, January 30 because of winter weather. Kee was then scheduled to play at West Central Tuesday, January 31 before hosting Turkey Valley Friday, February 3 and then wrapping up its regular season with back-to-back road games at Houston, MN Thursday, February 9 and at Coulee Christian Friday, February 10.

Tue
31
Jan

Kee girls basketball team avenges loss to Clayton Ridge in sweeping late pair


Kee girls basketball sophomore Makayla Walleser blocks this shot attempt in the Hawks’ 40-34 triumph at Clayton Ridge Thursday, January 26. Walleser finished the game with eight points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and this blocked shot. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee girls basketball team extended its current winning streak to five games with a pair of victories late in this past week, exacting a bit of revenge in the process. After having a Tuesday, January 24 home game with Starmont postponed to Monday, January 30 due to winter weather, the Lady Hawks paid back an Upper Iowa Conference loss to Clayton Ridge from earlier in the season with a 40-34 triumph at Guttenberg Thursday, January 26 before defeating Spring Grove, MN Friday, January 27 at home by a final count of 62-41.

Tue
31
Jan

Waukon bowling team splits home meet with Sumner-Fredericksburg, competes in North Iowa Conference Tournament hosted by Columbus


Waukon boys bowling freshmen Nathan Liddiard (above photo) and Zech Brink (below photo) wrapped up the Indian team scoring in the head-to-head competition of the Indians’ 2247-2049 home win over Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 27. Liddiard rolled a two-game series of 262 and Brink finished with a score of 228 pins. Photos by Joe Moses. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon bowling team competed in a busy final two days of this past week, competing in a home dual meet and a first-ever team tournament. The Indian bowlers split that home dual with Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 27, the Waukon girls falling to the visiting Cougars by a score of 1883-2103 and the Indian boys securing a home victory by a 2247-2049 final result. The bowling Tribe then competed in a first-ever team tournament, taking on nine to 10 other teams in the North Iowa Conference Tournament hosted by Waterloo Columbus High School Saturday, January 28. Both the girls and boys teams were eliminated from the tournament in the second round of head-to-head competition.

Tue
31
Jan

Waukon girls basketball team’s single-win week includes home win over Prairie du Chien and losses to third-rated Crestwood and at 10th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock

The Waukon girls basketball team had a busy week shift from early in the week to later, having the game’s final results also shift within that timeframe. The Lady Indians opened the week with a 44-33 home triumph over Prairie du Chien, WI Monday, January 30 before falling on back-to-back nights to a pair of Northeast Iowa Conference teams ranked within the top 10 of their respective classes, including a 68-28 home loss to Class 3A third-rated Crestwood Thursday, January 26 in a game rescheduled from January 24, with that being followed by a 53-33 loss at Class 4A 10th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 27.

Tue
24
Jan

Waukon girls basketball team splits back-to-back nights of competition with 40-29 home win over South Winneshiek and 43-38 loss at Oelwein


Waukon girls basketball sophomore Lauren Griffith (left) hits the floor and junior Carley Sweeney (right) applies further pressure to disrupt a South Winneshiek attempt at bringing the ball up the floor in the Indians’ 40-29 victory at home over the Warriors Thursday, January 19 in non-conference play. Griffith finished the game with five points, two assists and one steal, while Sweeney added two points and a blocked shot. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

A busy end to this past week for the Waukon girls basketball team ended up on each side of the win-loss column, as the Lady Indians split a pair of games on consecutive nights. The Indians were also supposed to make up a January 3 home game with Decorah Monday, January 16 but had that game postponed once again, now to February 4. The busy end to the week saw the Indians come away with a 40-29 home win over South Winneshiek Thursday, January 19 before falling at Oelwein Friday, January 20 by a 43-38 final result.

Tue
24
Jan

Kee girls basketball team easily handles Central for 55-31 UIC road win

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week due to icy conditions that postponed a Tuesday, January 17 game at North Fayette Valley, the Kee girls basketball team coupled a double-digit scoring effort in each of its four quarters at Central Elkader Friday, January 20 with a single-digit defensive effort in three of those four quarters to come away with a 55-31 Upper Iowa Conference victory. The Lady Hawks nearly doubled-up the host Warriors in each of the game’s three first quarters to build as much as a nearly 30-point lead before having the fourth quarter play out nearly even.

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