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The Waukon baseball team will get its postseason tournament underway this Saturday, July 9 at home, competing in the Class 2A District 6 bracket after dropping from the Class 3A ranks for this season. The Indians will play host to Sumner-Fredericksburg in the 7 p.m. match-up of a scheduled District 6 opening-round doubleheader that will also feature South Winneshiek vs. MFL/MarMac at 5 p.m.

The winner of the Tribe’s first-round game will advance on to the district semifinals Tuesday, July 12 at and against Class 2A third-rated New Hampton, beginning at 7 p.m. The district semifinals winner will advance on to the District 6 championship game to be played Saturday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at New Hampton, with that opponent being either South Winneshiek, MFL/MarMac or North Fayette Valley.

The Waukon baseball team posted a single win in its four-game slate this past week. Opening the week with losses of 6-0 and 16-1 in four innings at Decorah Tuesday, June 28, the Indians then tallied their only win of the week, a 10-9 home victory over Postville that was shortened to just five innings due to stormy weather. The baseball Tribe wrapped up the week with a 1-0 loss at home to Oelwein Friday, July 1.

Now holding a 6-18 season record, 2-13 in the Northeast Iowa Conference, the Indians were slated to wrap up their regular season and begin their postseason this week. The Tribe will host two final home dates that are scheduled to include a doubleheader with New Hampton Tuesday, July 5 before a Thursday, July 7 date with Crestwood.

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by Val Meyer

The Kee softball team reigns supreme over the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) for the third consecutive season, but for the first time in those three title runs the Hawks have accomplished that feat in dominant, undefeated fashion, outscoring their UIC opponents by a combined run tally of 181-6. Posting an unblemished 18-0 record in UIC play, and compiling a 33-6 regular season record heading into postseason play this week, the Lady Hawks have posted shut-outs in 14 of those 18 Upper Iowa Conference games.

Half of those runs allowed in UIC play actually came this past week, as the Hawks completed their undefeated season with two final back-to-back doubleheader sweeps on the road. Kee first fought off Turkey Valley by scores of 6-2 and 6-1 Monday, June 27, but returned to shut-out fashion in completing its undefeated UIC season with mercy-rule wins of 11-0 and 12-0 at South Winneshiek Thursday, June 30.

The Kee baseball team will get Class 1A postseason tournament play underway Tuesday, July 12 at home, playing the second game of a scheduled tournament doubleheader that evening. The Hawks will take on Wapsie Valley at 7 p.m. that Tuesday, following the 5 p.m. contest between Starmont and Edgewood-Colesburg. The two winning teams from those first-round contests will advance on to a Thursday, July 14 district semifinals match-up to be played at 5 p.m. at Jesup as the first game of another District 7 doubleheader.

The Kee baseball team went to the very end of its competition schedule this week to avoid its first winless week of the season, needing an extra inning to do so. The Hawks suffered their first losses in Upper Iowa Conference play to start the week, dropping a doubleheader at North Fayette Valley Monday, June 27 by scores of 12-2 and 15-5, both in six innings. Kee also surrendered another doubleheader sweep at Crestwood, 10-1 and 10-3, Thursday, June 30 before snapping its longest losing streak of the season with a 3-2 victory at home over Denver in eight innings Friday, July 1.

The Waukon baseball team had its week get off to a rough start, but turned it around to a nearly complete reversal of fortune to close out the week with a pair of wins in their six-game slate. The Indians began the week with a pair of home losses to defending Class 3A State Tournament champion Waverly-Shell Rock, 17-0 in four innings and 10-2 before also falling at home to Central Elkader/Clayton Ridge by a score of 22-7 in a game rescheduled from late May. The Tribe’s late-week turn-around began with a 2-1 triumph in nine innings at Charles City Friday, June 24 and nearly continued to completion at its own Jeff Houg Tournament Saturday, June 25, where the Tribe opened with a 4-0 win over South Winneshiek before being denied the tournament title with a 7-5 loss to Waterloo Columbus.

The Waukon softball team started its past week off with its biggest win of the season, but gradually tapered off to just two wins in five games played. That big initial win was a 6-5 triumph at then Class 4A 12th-rated Charles City Monday, June 20 before the Indians split at home with Decorah Wednesday, June 22, falling by a 6-2 count before rallying for a 9-8 nightcap victory to stay one game ahead of the Vikings in the Northeast Iowa Conference standings. The softball Tribe then ventured to Decorah Saturday, June 25 for a weekend tournament, falling in two games, 11-1 in five innings to Perry and 12-4 to Turkey Valley.

by Val Meyer

The Kee softball team competed in a very busy week of eight games this past week, posting a marked degree of success in winning six of those eight games. The Hawks started the week by continuing their Upper Iowa Conference dominance with yet another doubleheader sweep with 12-0 triumphs in just four and three innings at Central Elkader Monday, June 20. Kee then also swept New Hampton on the road Tuesday, June 21 by scores of 10-0 in five innings and 4-2 before suffering a rare weekday loss, 5-3, at Sumner-Fredericksburg Wednesday, June 22. The Hawk diamond dwellers then played to a third-place finish at the Decorah Tournament Saturday, June 25, defeating Turkey Valley, 10-0, in five innings in the opening round before falling to Perry, 10-0, in six innings and then defeating Central Elkader, 14-2, in five innings in the consolation finals.

The Kee softball team will be playing its entire Class 1A Region 3 Tournament schedule on its home field, receiving a first-round bye before beginning with a quarterfinal match-up in New Albin Wednesday, July 6 at 7 p.m. against the winner of a first-round match-up between Turkey Valley and Riceville. The quarterfinal winner will then move on to a Friday, July 8 regional semifinal contest also to be played at New Albin beginning at 7 p.m. That semifinals opponent will emerge from first-round match-ups featuring Janesville vs. Central Elkader and Dunkerton vs. Edgewood-Colesburg.

The Kee baseball team played through a busy, seven-game schedule this past week, maintaining its supremacy in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play before winning just one of three contests during the weekend. The Hawks rolled over a winless Postville team, 14-0 and 18-1, in mercy-rule wins Monday, June 20 before also handling Turkey Valley in UIC play, 10-1 and 5-1, Thursday, June 23. The Hawks were dealt their first loss of the week, 13-10, at Class 1A eighth-rated Coon Rapids-Bayard Friday, June 24 before splitting two games at Glidden Ralston Saturday, June 25, including a 4-0 loss to Osceola-Clarke and a 6-5 win over Glidden-Ralston.