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The Kee softball team posted a 2-4 record in games played this past week, getting its Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) schedule off to a successful start before back-to-back days of weekend tournament play. That UIC success came at Clayton Ridge Wednesday, May 31, where the Lady Hawks swept a doubleheader from the host Eagles by scores of 10-5 and 14-3 in five innings. The Kee girls then took part in the two-day North Fayette Valley Tournament, falling to Don Bosco, 15-0 in four innings, and to Charles City, 6-0, in Friday, June 2 competition before wrapping up the tournament Saturday, June 3 with another pair of losses to Edgewood-Colesburg, 10-5, and Waterloo Columbus, 13-4.

The Waukon baseball team battled through a nearly winless week in a busy schedule of three doubleheaders played over a course of four evenings, waiting until the final three innings of its final game to secure its lone win of the week. The Tribe first fell at home to Decorah Tuesday, May 30 by scores of 14-10 and 14-9 before doing likewise at home Thursday, June 1 against Sumner-Fredericksburg by scores of 16-8 and 11-0 in six innings. The Indians wrapped up their week with a split of a home doubleheader with Charles City Friday, June 2, falling in game one by a 4-1 count before bouncing back from a similar deficit in the nightcap to post a 6-4 win.

The Waukon softball team has its 2023 season off to an undefeated start following a pair of home victories over two Upper Iowa Conference teams this past week. The Lady Indians began their summer campaign with a 12-0 home romp over Clayton Ridge in four innings Wednesday, May 24 before battling intra-county squad Kee to a 5-2 victory Thursday, May 25.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled for a busy week, opening Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play Tuesday, May 30 at home against Crestwood with a doubleheader before traveling to Decorah Thursday, June 1 and South Winneshiek Friday, June 2 prior to playing in the North Fayette Valley Tournament Saturday, June 3. The diamond Tribe is then slated to play at Central Elkader Monday, June 5, host New Hampton for another NEIC doubleheader Tuesday, June 6, host Charles City Friday, June 9 and play in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10.

The Kee softball team got its 2023 campaign underway with a pair of games on the road played against larger schools from the Northeast Iowa Conference this past week, having final-inning rallies fall short against both of those host squads. The Lady Hawks started the season with a 10-5 loss at Crestwood Monday, May 22 before also falling at Waukon Thursday, May 25 by a 5-2 final result.

The softball Hawks were next scheduled to open Upper Iowa Conference (UIC)play Wednesday, May 31 at Clayton Ridge before playing in the North Fayette Valley Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. The Kee girls will then host North Fayette Valley Monday, June 5 and play at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 7 - both in UIC doubleheaders - before playing in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10.

The Waukon baseball team put three of its four games this past week in the win column, sweeping a pair of non-conference games to start the week before opening up its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) schedule with a split of two games. The week began with a 17-3 mercy-rule win at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, May 23 before recording a 10-1 victory at home over Starmont Wednesday, May 24. The start to the diamond Tribe’s NEIC season played out to a doubleheader split at Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, May 25, with the Indians falling by a 5-2 count in game one before earning the split with a 13-10 victory in the nightcap.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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