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Wed
31
May

Kee baseball team’s busy past week of eight games includes split of two UIC doubleheaders for pair of wins in that stretch

The Kee baseball team played through one of its busiest weeks of the season, competing in a total of eight games with four doubleheaders being played over the course of six days this past week. The Hawks were able to put two of those games in the win column with a pair of splits of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) twinbills in the middle of the week. A doubleheader loss at Decorah Monday, May 22 that included defeats of 12-5 and 4-3 was followed by the first of those splits that included a 3-0 win and a 9-1 loss at Turkey Valley Tuesday, May 23. The Kee boys earned another UIC split at home against MFL/MarMac Thursday, May 25, falling in game one by a 3-0 count but battling back for a 2-0 win the nightcap, before being swept at home by Wapsie Valley Saturday, May 27 by scores of 12-0 and 2-1 in a non-conference doubleheader played on the baseball Hawks’ traditional Shooky Fink Tournament weekend.

Wed
24
May

Kee baseball team’s 2-1 start to the season includes split of two single-run games that come down to the final play


Celebrating the first round-tripper of his career ... Members of the Kee baseball team greet sophomore catcher Dalton Mudderman (#2) at home plate after he blasted a two-run homerun in the third inning of the Hawks’ 7-6 win at Waukon Thursday, May 18 for the first round-tripper of his young varsity baseball career. Mudderman added a single in the contest for a two-for-three plate effort that drove in a pair of runs and also scored two. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee baseball team got its season off to a busy start this past week, playing three games in a span of four nights. That busy stretch proved to be fairly successful, and was just a single run - and even a single play - from going undefeated. The Hawks opened their season with a 5-4 loss at West Delaware Tuesday, May 16 before recording back-to-back victories to close out the week, including a 7-6 win at Waukon Thursday, May 18 and an 8-4 home triumph over Riceville Friday, May 19.

Wed
24
May

Waukon girls track team brings home top-20 finishes in four events at State Track Meet; Hemmersbach claims eighth-place shot put medal


Medal-winning shot put effort ... Waukon girls track junior Kloe Hemmersbach unleashes a shot put effort at the Class 2A State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday, May 18. Hemmersbach launched a toss of 38’1.5” to finish eighth among the Class 2A shot put elite and earn a State Meet medal. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The end to the Waukon girls track season came at the venue where all high school track and field athletes strive to be, competing among the state of Iowa’s elite in their respective events at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday through Saturday, May 18-20. The Lady Indians competed in five events at that season grand finale, finishing within the top 20 of the Class 2A elite in the four events that they returned to State in, including taking one of them to a medal-winning finish within the top eight of their event peers.

Wed
24
May

Kee girls track team has three of five events finish within top-20 among Class 1A State Meet elite - one just a fraction of a second from a medal


School record time is one-thousandth of a second from winning a State Meet medal ... Kee girls track freshman Addison Winters clears a hurdle in the Class 1A 100 meter hurdle preliminaries at the State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Friday, May 19. Winters ran to a new school record clocking of 15.815 seconds that placed her fourth in her eight-hurdler heat and just missed the eighth and final qualifying spot for the event finals by one-thousandth (.001) of a second, placing her ninth overall in the 24-hurdler Class 1A field. Winters also completed the 400 meter hurdle circuit in a time of 1:10.82 that placed her 19th among the 24 Class 1A qualifiers in that event, and she teamed up with junior Mallory Mohn and seniors Alaina Bakewell and Jaylyn Walleser to help Kee’s 4x200 relay to a 24th-place finish in 1:52.27 and its sprint medley relay to a clocking of 1:57.57 for 22nd place among Class 1A qualifiers. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Winters sets new 100 meter hurdle school record, misses medal-earning finals by .001 of a second

The Kee girls track team had its 2023 brought to a close where every team longs to have at least some sort of representation. The Lady Hawks were well represented with five different events qualifying for the 2023 State Track Meet held Thursday-Saturday, May 18-20 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Competing among the very best Class 1A competitors in each of those five qualified events at this season’s grand finale, the Lady Hawks finished within the top 20 in three of those five events. Although none of those Kee efforts yielded State Meet hardware with a top-eight event finish required to win a medal, one of those Kee events came about as close as one ever could, as a mere thousandth of a second prevented that dream from being realized - at least for now.

Wed
24
May

Waukon boys track team claims trio of event medals among Class 2A at State Track Meet; Distance medley places sixth


Anchors pair of medal-winning relays ... Waukon boys track junior Wyatt Gulla crosses the finish line after anchoring the Indians’ distance medley relay to a sixth-place finish among the Class 2A elite at the State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Friday, May 19. Gulla teamed up with senior James VanderVelden, junior Brody Berns and sophomore Judah Johnson for that sixth-place medley finish in a time of 3:37.40 for one medal-winning anchor finish, and he also anchored the track Tribe’s 4x800 relay to another medal-winning effort of eighth place, joining forces with fellow junior Jack O’Neill and seniors Nate Keenan and Nathan O’Neill to finish eighth in a time of 8:12.43. Gulla also ran the anchor leg of the Indians’ 4x400 relay that finished 14th with a clocking of 3:29.96, teaming up with VanderVelden, Berns and senior Josh Keenan for that relay effort. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The 2023 season came to a close for the Waukon boys track and field team at the location where every high school track and field athlete wants to be, as the Indians competed among Class 2A’s elite at the Iowa High School Track and Field Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines Thursday through Saturday, May 18-20. The Indians qualified seven events for this spring’s season grand finale, including four individual efforts and a trio of relays, bringing home State Meet medals in three of those events with top-eight finishes among their Class 2A  competition peers.

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Wed
24
May

Waukon baseball team opens season with 7-6 home loss to Kee


Diving double play ... Waukon baseball junior Gabe Weighner cradles the ball in his glove as he hits the ground after diving after and snagging a popped-up bunt attempt in the second inning of the Indians’ 7-6 home loss to Kee Thursday, May 18. After catching the ball for an out, Weighner snapped a throw to first base to double-off a Hawk baserunner to complete the double play and end the inning, and he also knocked around a pair of singles in three at-bats to score two runs while pitching four and two-thirds innings to strike out three batters. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon baseball team got its 2023 season underway against a nearby foe, playing host to fellow Allamakee County school Kee Thursday, May 18 in an early-season non-conference match-up. With several of their returning starters and/or most veteran players not available for the game due to competing at the State Track Meet, the depleted Indian squad battled an overall young Kee crew that had to replace nearly all its starters from last season to just a one-run final margin that came down to the final play of the game before deciding the 7-6 Waukon defeat.

The Indians were next scheduled to play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, May 23 before hosting Starmont Wednesday, May 24 and then playing at Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday May 25. Another three-date schedule next week has the diamond Tribe hosting varsity doubleheaders against Decorah Tuesday, May 30, Sumner-Fredericksburg Thursday, June 1 and Charles City Friday, June 2.

Wed
17
May

Final week of Waukon boys golf season includes sixth-place NEIC finish, tie for seventh place at Class 3A Sectional Tournament that brings season to a close


All-Conference finish at NEIC Tournament ... Waukon boys golf freshman Dylan Stegen displays the medal he received after playing to All-Conference honors within the top 15 individual scores at the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament hosted by Crestwood Monday, May 8. Stegen carded an 18-hole total of 83 strokes to tie for 14th place, the only freshman to play to All-Conference honors in this season’s Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament field. Submitted photo.

Freshman Dylan Stegen plays to All-Conference honors within top 15 scores

The Waukon boys golf team had its 2023 season brought to a close this past week, competing in a pair of multi-team tournaments within a couple days of one another. The first of those tournaments was the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament Monday, May 8 at Crestwood, where the golf Tribe finished sixth but did record one All-Conference finisher. The Indians then had their season brought to a close tying for a seventh-place team finish at their Class 3A Sectional Tournament at Decorah Wednesday, May 10, with no players managing the required top-end individual finishes to earn further advancement down the postseason path and thus, bringing the Tribe’s 2023 campaign to an end.

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Wed
17
May

Waukon boys track team qualifies seven events involving 11 different athletes for this week’s 2A State Track Meet


Launches his way to the State Meet ... Waukon boys track senior Josh Reichard unleashes a shot put effort at the Indians’ Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Thursday, May 11. Reichard launched a 48’6.5” result to finish second and earn automatic qualification for the Class 2A State Track Meet. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Striving for a chance to continue this 2023 track season on to the elite level, the Waukon boys track team was able to do that in seven events at its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Monticello Thursday, May 11. Needing a top-two finish in an event to earn guaranteed qualification for this year’s State Track Meet being held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, the track Tribe came away with one event win and three runner-up finishes to earn that automatic advancement, but as the dust settled during the next day in figuring out Class 2A’s additional “next eight” best event efforts that also qualified, the Indians ended up claiming four more qualifications in three additional events, with all those efforts pacing the way to 76 team points and a fourth-place finish in the final team scoring field of 12 teams at Thursday’s State Qualifying Meet.

Wed
17
May

Kee girls track team qualifies five events for State Track Meet, Alaina Bakewell and Addison Winters each win championships


Seniors qualify in pair of relays, Bakewell in 200 as well... Kee girls track seniors Alaina Bakewell and Jaylyn Walleser (left to right) complete a hand-off at the Hawks’ Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, May 11. Bakewell won the 200 meter dash in a time of 27.06 seconds to earn automatic State Meet qualification in that event, and the two veteran speedsters also joined forces with junior Mallory Mohn and freshman Addison Winters to help Kee’s 4x200 and sprint medley relays to State Meet qualification in respective times and placewinnings of 1:50.61 for fourth place and 1:54.60 for third place. 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 webpage.

Winters breaks 400m hurdle school record, joins Bakewell, Walleser and Mohn for new 4x200 mark

The Kee girls track team was competing to extend its 2023 season as much as possible at its Class 1A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Edgewood-Colesburg High School Thursday, May 11. That extension was accomplished in five events for the Lady Hawks, including a pair of event victories for automatic qualification for this year’s State Meet and one each of second-, third- and fourth-place finishes that gained additional at-large qualification among Class 1A’s elite at this season’s grand finale. All of those efforts led the way to 54 team points and a sixth-place team finish for the Kee girls in the final 15-team scoring finishes, while also leading to the rewriting of a pair of school records.

Wed
17
May

Waukon girls track team qualifies five events involving nine girls for State Track Meet; Trio of field events and pair of relays will compete this week


Automatic State Meet qualification for junior field event trio ... The Waukon girls track team trio of juniors pictured above each earned automatic State Meet qualification and return trips to the season grand finale with their top-two finishes in their respective field event specialties at the Indians’ Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Thursday, May 11. Pictured above, left to right, Kloe Hemmersbach won the shot put with a heave of 37’8”, Kaitlyn Krambeer soared 16’7.5” to finish second in the long jump, and Cameron Johnson cleared 5’1” to also claim runner-up in the high jump, with Johnson also helping the track Tribe’s shuttle hurdle and 4x400 relays to State Meet qualifications in respective times and places of 1:09.10 for third place and 4:17.31 for fourth place. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Competing for the opportunity to extend the 2023 season a bit further, the Waukon girls track team was able to do just that for five events involving nine of this season’s team members at the track Tribe’s Class 2A State Qualifying Meet held at Monticello Thursday, May 11. Needing at least a second-place event finish to earn automatic qualification for this year’s State Track Meet being held later this week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, the Lady Indians claimed one event victory and two runner-up finishes to pace their advancing effort, but also had their lone third-place event finish and one of their three fourth-place results at the meet earn State Meet qualification on the way to 73 team points and a fifth-place finish in Thursday’s final scoring field of 12 teams.

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