Sports

The Waukon boys basketball team started out its busy three-game slate pretty well this past week, but couldn’t maintain that success rate as the week came to a close. The basketball Tribe opened the week with a 76-45 manhandling of North Fayette Valley at home Monday, January 9 before falling in back-to-back contests that included an 81-46 Northeast Iowa Conference loss at New Hampton Friday, January 13 followed by a 63-58 loss at home to Waterloo East Saturday, January 14.

Now holding a 3-6 season record, 1-4 in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the basketball Tribe was scheduled to make up its postponed January 3 game at Decorah Monday, January 16 before hosting Oelwein Friday, January 20. The Indians will then play at Spring Grove, MN Monday, January 23 before traveling to Crestwood Tuesday, January 24 and then playing at Class 3A top-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 27.

After ending the previous week with rare back-to-back losses, the Kee girls basketball team remedied that ailment quickly with an undefeated effort this past week. The Lady Hawks swept two Upper Iowa Conference opponents on consecutive nights, downing Edgewood-Colesburg, 47-25, in a Thursday, January 12 road contest that had been postponed from Tuesday, January 10 before posting a 53-41 victory at home over MFL/MarMac Friday, January 13.

Now holding an 8-3 overall season record, including a 6-2 effort in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Class 1A sixth-rated Kee basketballers were scheduled to play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 17 and then at Central Elkader Friday, January 20. The Lady Hawks will then host Starmont Tuesday, January 24 before playing at Clayton Ridge Thursday, January 26 and then hosting Postville Friday, January 27.

The Kee boys basketball team played through one of its toughest weeks of the season, not only having to play three games on consecutive nights but having to do so against some high-powered offenses in falling in all three of those contests. The Hawks first fell at Edgewood-Colesburg, 67-44, Thursday, January 12 in a game postponed from Tuesday, January 10 due to winter weather. Returning home didn’t change Kee’s fortune much, as they then fell in back-to-back home contests, 74-46 to MFL/MarMac Friday, January 13 and 76-48 Saturday, January 14.

Now holding a 2-10 overall record, 2-7 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to host North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 17 before playing at Central Elkader Friday, January 20 in another UIC pair. Kee will then host Starmont Tuesday, January 24 before hosting Postville Friday, January 27.

The Waukon girls basketball team hit the hardcourt after the holiday break with a pair of back-to-back road games, putting both in the win column to double its win total for the season. The Indians used a fourth quarter surge to pull out a 67-58 victory at MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 5 before traveling to Charles City Friday, January 6 to battle a yet winless Comet squad to a 39-27 victory with another strong second half effort.

The basketball Indians also had a Tuesday, January 3 home game scheduled with Decorah postponed due to icy conditions. That game is now scheduled to be made up Monday, January 16.

The Kee girls basketball team was scheduled to return to the hardcourt following the holiday break with its busiest week of the season, slated to play four games in a matter of six nights. However, a Tuesday, January 3 game at Seneca, WI was called off due to icy weather conditions and has not been rescheduled as of yet.

The Kee boys basketball team returned to the hardcourt following the holiday break to play to a split of two home games against Upper Iowa Conference opponents. The Hawks began 2017 with a 56-53 comeback victory over South Winneshiek Monday, January 2 in a game rescheduled from December 16, and then battled Clayton Ridge to another close UIC contest before letting the game get away in the final quarter to suffer a 56-39 home defeat to the Eagles Friday, January 6.

Now holding a 2-7 overall record, 2-5 in Upper Iowa Conference play, the Hawks were scheduled to play at Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, January 10 before returning home to host MFL/MarMac Friday, January 13 and then Seneca, WI Saturday, January 14. The basketball Hawks will then play host to North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 17 before playing at Central Elkader Friday, January 20.

The Waukon bowling team finally returned to competition this past week after nearly a month since its last bowling meet due to the holiday break and a weather postponement prior to that break. Upon return to the lanes, the bowling Indians split their date at home against North Fayette Valley Friday, January 6, the Waukon girls team topping an undermanned TigerHawk squad of just two bowlers by a 1827-510 count and the boys team falling to North Fayette Valley by a 1982-2352 result.

The bowling Indians are scheduled to compete on back-to-back nights this week, making up their snowed out Friday, December 16 date at Decorah Thursday, January 12 and then competing at Waterloo Columbus Friday, January 13. The Tribe will then bowl at Oelwein Tuesday, January 17 for its only competition scheduled for that week.

Four Waukon High School senior cheerleaders have been selected as part of the Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Cheer Squad and will be cheering at the 2017 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic to be played July 29 at the UNI-Dome on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls. That senior foursome includes Whitney Cota, Mariah Hancock, Hannah Rogers and Jade Blake.

In addition to football and cheerleading, the annual Shrine Bowl benefits the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children by raising sponsorship funding that is donated directly to the Shriner Hospital program. Each individual participant in the Shrine Bowl is asked to raise $800 in sponsorship and/or donation funding.

The University of Iowa football team wrapped up its 2016 season with a 30-3 loss to the 17th-rated University of Florida in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL January 2. The loss brings the Hawkeyes’ season to a close with an overall record of 8-5 and a Big Ten Conference mark of 6-3.

Third-year sophomore defensive end Parker Hesse ended up with three total tackles, including two solo stops. He also had one pass break-up, a tipped pass at the line of scrimmage that was intercepted by a diving Desmond King early in the first quarter, setting up the Hawks’ only score of the ballgame.

If there are any other former area high school athletes now competing in college, please let The Standard know at 563-568-3431 or at sports@waukonstandard.com.

The Waukon Park and Recreation Biddy Basketball Program is for boys and girls in Kindergarten through third grade. Basic fundamentals of basketball will be taught along with team participation. Teams are grouped according to age/grade and game rules are modified to accommodate lower ages and skill levels.

Small baskets, balls and fun learning techniques are used with special emphasis on sportsmanship. If the child is old enough to be in kindergarten, then they may participate in the program.

The games will be played Saturday mornings starting February 4 and will run for five weeks. Participants will show up at the designated time and will be shown different basketball drills that they will perform with their teammates for about 30 minutes and then they will play a game for about 30 minutes. No practice will take place at any other time of the week.