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It was a season for the record books, and the history books, culminating in a first-ever trip to the ultimate destination every high school team desires. The 2015-2016 Kee girls basketball season played out to a best-ever 22-3 season record that saw the Hawks rewrite 10 other team records throughout a campaign that took them to the Iowa High School Girls State Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history, moving the program yet another step forward.
“For the girls that are in high school right now, it sets a standard, a goal that is within reach,” Kee girls basketball coach Dan Love said of this season’s historical result. “For the younger girls and the community, it shows what we are capable of when we work hard and have positive support.”

The Waukon girls golf team will benefit from a trio of returning veterans as the 2016 gets underway. That trio each took turns leading the Indian charge at different times throughout last season, with two of them returning with All-Conference honors to their credit from the end of last season.
Senior Leslie Sivesind and juniors Bailey Farley and Kayla Palmer each return with veteran experience from last spring, with Farley and Sivesind each playing to finishes within the Northeast Iowa Conference’s (NEIC) top-15 players from last season, and being just two of a half dozen returning from that NEIC elite this spring. “I look to them for leadership and to add to our team strength,” Waukon girls golf coach Kathy McMillan said of that veteran trio.
Coach McMillan lists that team strength as the depth her squad fields this season. “My strength is eight players I can put out on the course to fill six spots on the varsity squad,” she said.

The Waukon boys golf team will return a number of familiar varsity faces in five returning letterwinners this season, but will have a new face manning the helm of the program this spring. First-year head coach Tharin Benson has taken the reins from long-time program leader Todd Neal with the start of the 2016 campaign.
“I am from Postville, and currently live with my wife and daughter in Waukon,” Coach Benson explained. “I am currently a special education teacher at Waukon Middle School and coach seventh grade boys basketball, and I am also an assistant varsity baseball coach. I started learning how to golf when I met my wife (the former Bailey Meyer) in high school. She went to high school in Waukon, and was part of the 2003 and 2004 State golf teams. I basically taught myself how to golf through watching videos and copying what I saw. In all, I have golfed for the last 13 years.”

The Waukon girls track team got its 2016 season underway at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor Meet hosted by Luther College in Decorah Tuesday, March 22. No team scores were kept, but the Indians were able to post several high-end finishes, including five event results within the top three.
The Indians were next scheduled to compete at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, March 29 before then having a week to prepare for the Charles City Invitational taking place Tuesday, April 5.

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Kee girls basketball sophomore Ashley Schwartzhoff was honored by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association and Iowa Basketball Coaches Association for her efforts on the basketball court during the 2015-2016 season. Schwartzhoff was named to the Class 1A All-District Team for the Northeast District and was also named to the Class 1A All-State Third Team by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association, as well as to the Class 1A All-Region Team by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. She led the Hawks with 293 points, 41 made three-point field goals, 88 steals and 81 assists during this historic, 22-3 season during which Kee posted a school record number of wins and qualified for the State Tournament for the first time in program history.

The 2016 season got underway for the Waukon boys track team at the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Indoor Meet at Luther College in Decorah Tuesday, March 22. No team scores were kept at the meet, but the Indians recorded a handful of medal-winning finishes with five top-three placewinnings.
The Indians were next scheduled to compete at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, March 29 before hosting their own Early Bird Invitational Thursday, March 31, details of which are printed in a shaded box. Waukon will then compete at Decorah Monday, April 4 and then at Postville Thursday, April 7.

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The Kee girls track team got its 2016 season underway at the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Indoor Meet Monday, March 21 at Luther College in Decorah. No team scores were recorded, but the Lady Hawks made their mark with a half dozen top-five event finishes in the early-season competition.
The Lady Hawks are next scheduled to take their efforts outdoors for the first time this season, being scheduled to compete at the Postville Invitational Tuesday, April 5 before taking part in the Starmont Invitational Thursday, April 7.

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The Kee boys track team opened its 2016 season at the Upper Iowa Conference Indoor Meet hosted by Luther College in Decorah Monday, March 21. No team scores were recorded at the meet, but the Hawks did record a trio of top-three event finishes to highlight their efforts.
The Kee track boys are next scheduled to take their efforts outdoors for the first time this season, hoping to compete this Thursday, March 31 at Waukon. The Hawks are then scheduled to compete at Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, April 5 and at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 7.

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Mikayla Gavin (right), daughter of Mike and Kay Gavin of rural Lansing, was crowned the 2016 Allamakee County Dairy Princess at the annual Allamakee County Dairy Banquet held Saturday, March 19 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon. Also selected at Saturday's annual banquet as the 2016 Alternate Dairy Princess was Kate-Leigh Wilson (left), daughter of Paula Homp and Greg Schwartzhoff of rural Dorchester. Additional photos of award winners and other events from the 2016 Allamakee County Dairy Banquet will appear in a future issue of The Standard. Photo courtesy of Paula Enyart.
 

The Waukon girls track team returns both quantity and quality when it comes to varsity letterwinning experience heading into the 2016 season. Within a field of 17 returning varsity letterwinners from last spring, the Indians will benefit from the experience of five competitors who qualified for last season’s State Track Meet to help pace this season’s group of 38 young ladies who have reported for early-season duty.
“I feel that we have a very strong core group of runners returning from last year and we have a number of new participants that I feel will be able to make an immediate impact,” second-year Waukon girls track coach Bob Wasson said. “I am looking forward to getting on the track and seeing how we compare with other area schools.”