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The Waukon boys track team continued to show improvement, claiming a pair of top-three team finishes this past week. The Indians opened the week with a third-place finish at the Decorah Invitational Monday, April 11 before claiming the team title at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14.

The Indians were scheduled to return to Decorah for a third consecutive Monday meet April 18 before hosting their own Indian Relays Friday, April 22, details of which can be found in a shaded box elsewhere on these Sports pages. The track Tribe will then compete at Oelwein Tuesday, April 26.

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The Kee girls track team took part in its busiest week of the season, competing in three different meets this past week. The Lady Hawks took part in back-to-back meets to open the week, Monday, April 11 at the West Central Invitational held at Oelwein and Tuesday, April 12 at Waukon, placing fifth in the final team scoring of both meets. Kee then finished second in a solid team effort at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 14.

The Lady Hawks were scheduled to compete in the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 19 before hosting their own home invitational Thursday, April 21, with details of that lone home competition being printed in a shaded box elsewhere on these Sports pages. Kee will then take part in the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 26 before returning to MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 28.

The Waukon girls golf team experienced a pair of firsts for the season with its early-week dual meet pair this past week. The Indians competed in their first Northeast Iowa Conference Meet, suffering a 206-220 loss at Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 11, before securing their first dual meet victory of the season, a 203-244 triumph over MFL/MarMac at Luana Tuesday, April 12.
The Indians were scheduled to open this week with another pair of back-to-back meets, Monday, April 18 at Decorah and Tuesday, April 19 at home against Caledonia, MN. They will then make up their postponed April 8 home date with Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, April 22 before playing at Crestwood Monday, April 25 and then at New Hampton Friday, April 29.

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After a week idle from competition, the Waukon girls track team was able to get a pair of meets in this past week, including its own Early Bird Invitational, where the Lady Indians placed third out of seven teams. The track Tribe then finished fourth out of eight teams at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14.

The Indians were scheduled to compete at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 19 before taking part in the North Fayette Invitational Thursday, April 21. The Waukon girls will then host their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 26, details of which appear in a shaded box elsewhere on these Sports pages.

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The Waukon boys golf team participated in its busiest week of the season, splitting two early-season dual meets before competing in the Waverly-Shell Rock Tournament Saturday, April 16. The Indians opened the week with a 168-179 home loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 11 before tallying their first win of the season, 180-187, over MFL/MarMac at Luana Tuesday, April 12. The Tribe linksters then wrapped up their busy week with a sixth-place team finish at the Waverly-Shell Rock Invitational Tournament held Saturday, April 16.

The Indians were scheduled to host Decorah Monday, April 18 before playing at Caledonia, MN Tuesday, April 19 and then making up an April 5 Charles City postponement Friday, April 22. The Tribe linksters will then host Crestwood Monday, April 25, Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, April 26 and New Hampton Friday, April 29.

St. Patrick School in Waukon hosted its annual 5K Fun Run Saturday, March 26. Pictured above are the top-two finishers in each division of competition from the race. Left to right: Kevin Benjegerdes, Second-place Age 36-45 male (29:29); Randy Nordheim, First-place Age 46 and Over male (21:40); Kris Kovarik, First-place Age 36-45 male (26:03); Sean Cooper, Second-place Age 14 and Under male (24:17); Beth Fitzpatrick, First-place Age 46 and Over female (25:45); Tyler O’Neill, First-place Age 15-35 male (19:16); Jack O’Neill, First-place Age 14 and Under male (23:37); Kate Einck, First-place Age 15-35 female (23:06); Bailey Schafer, First-place Age 14 and Under female (24:55); Sheila Mellick, Second-place Age 46 and Over female (31:10); Trish Wilkins, First-place Age 36-45 female (25:12); Hannah Bloxham, Second-place Age 14 and Under female (25:25); Nicole Schulte, Second-place Age 36-45 female (26:31); and Austin Day, Second-place Age 15-35 male (19:56).

The Kee boys track team went another week without competition this past week, having an originally scheduled Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational moved from Tuesday, April 5 to Monday, April 18 before having the Postville Invitational scheduled for Thursday, April 7 canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. The Hawks were scheduled to take part in the West Central Invitational hosted by Oelwein High School Monday, April 11 before competing in the MFL/MarMac Invitational at Monona Thursday, April 14 and then adding that Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational to an already busy week Monday, April 18.

KEE INVITATIONAL
Both the Kee boys and girls track teams are scheduled to host their own home invitational meet Thursday, April 21, beginning at 5 p.m. Both teams are slated to host West Central and De Soto, WI, with the Hawk boys also playing host to teams from Central Elkader and Turkey Valley, and the Kee girls also being visited by Clayton Ridge.

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Kee girls track team battled more than just the seven other teams at the Starmont Invitational Thursday, April 7, as the Lady Hawks competed in cold, damp conditions as well. Despite all those opposing forces, the Kee girls racked up half a dozen medal-winning performances - half of those being event wins - on the way to compiling 67 team points and a fifth-place team finish.
“It was finally nice to get outside and run a meet,” Kee girls track coach Chad Winters said. “It was cold and windy, which affected the times, but we were able to compete.”

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Waukon boys track team wasn’t competing at full strength at the Decorah Early Bird Meet Monday, April 4, not having all team members in attendance, much less in their strongest events. With that being the case, the Indians tallied a handful of top-three event finishes to help pace themselves to 30 team points and end up fifth in the five-team final team scoring.

The Indians were also scheduled to compete at Postville Thursday, April 7, but had that meet canceled by weather. The track Tribe was scheduled to return to Decorah Monday, April 11 before competing at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14. The Indians are then scheduled to compete at Decorah for a third consecutive Monday, April 18 before preparing to host their own Indian Relays home invitational Friday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Waukon girls track team had both of its scheduled meets this past week canceled due to inclement weather conditions. The Indians were scheduled to compete at Charles City Tuesday, April 5 and at Decorah Friday, April 8, but had both events called off due to cold, wet conditions.

The Lady Indians were scheduled to host their own Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 12 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 14. The track Tribe is then slated for competition at the Tuesday, April 19 Crestwood Invitational at Cresco and Thursday, April 21 North Fayette Valley Invitational at West Union.