Sports

Wed
27
Jan

New football districts have Waukon, Kee grid programs on the move

In addition to new district alignments, changes also made to play-off qualifying and postseason play.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has released the new Iowa high school football districts for the 2016 and 2017 fall seasons. Both the Waukon and Kee football teams will be moving to different districts - at least by name, as several of the same teams both schools have faced in district play the last two seasons will also be moving with the Indians and Hawks.

Tue
19
Jan

Waukon boys basketball team defeats NFV, falls to New Hampton and Waterloo East


Soaring senior ... Waukon boys basketball senior Peyton Hesse elevates toward the hoop in the Indians’ 56-52 home loss to New Hampton Friday, January 15. Hesse dropped in a trio of three-point bombs on his way to scoring 10 points in the loss, also dishing out a team-high five assists and swiping one steal in the ballgame. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.

Another three-game slate dealt the Waukon boys basketball team a mixed result this past week, as the Indians dropped two of the three contests. The basketball Tribe opened the week with a 51-36 handling of North Fayette Valley on the road Monday, January 11 but then fell in back-to-back days of competition, 56-52 at home to New Hampton Friday, January 15 and 84-57 at Waterloo East Saturday, January 16.
The Indians currently hold a 5-7 season record, including a 2-3 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe was scheduled to make up its postponed January 8 game at Charles City Tuesday, January 19 before playing Friday, January 22 at Oelwein. The Indians will then host Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before playing at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29.

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Tue
19
Jan

Kee girls basketball team adds three more games to current win streak of seven


Picking her pocket ... Kee girls basketball senior Ellie Cooper swipes the ball from this Edgewood-Colesburg player in the Hawks’ 69-40 home victory over the Vikings Tuesday, January 12. Cooper swiped four such steals, scored seven points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out a team-high five assists in the win. 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 The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.

The Kee girls basketball team added three victories this past week to a now seven-game winning streak, defeating two Upper Iowa Conference teams at home before doing likewise at Class 3A’s Crestwood from the Northeast Iowa Conference. Those home wins included a 69-40 triumph over Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, January 12 and a 67-27 stomping of Postville Friday, January 15 before the Lady Hawks traveled to Cresco and posted a 45-37 win over Crestwood Saturday, January 16.

Tue
19
Jan

Waukon basketball girls post undefeated week with wins over NFV and NH

The Waukon girls basketball team played to an undefeated week of competition this past week, posting wins both on the road and at home, as well as in and out of Northeast Iowa Conference action. The basketball Tribe opened the week with a 50-38 triumph at home Monday, January 11 over North Fayette Valley before also handling New Hampton in convincing fashion on the road, 58-43, Friday, January 15 to complete the season sweep of the Chickasaws.
Improving to a 7-7 season record, including a 3-5 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians were scheduled to make up their January 8 Charles City postponement Tuesday, January 19 before also hosting Oelwein Friday, January 22. The Tribe will then play at Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before hosting Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29.

Tue
19
Jan

Split of six duals wrestled at Decorah results in consolation title for Waukon mat squad

The Waukon wrestling team edged closer to the end of its regular season with another late-week dual meet followed by a weekend tournament. In all, that schedule amounted to six dual meets wrestled in less than 48 hours, the Indians winning half of those duals. That competition began with a 45-27 Northeast Iowa Conference dual meet loss at Decorah Thursday, January 14 before the Tribe wrestled to a consolation championship finish at the Decorah Dual Tournament Saturday, January 16, falling to a pair of ninth-rated squads that included Class 1A Wapsie Valley, 44-30, and Class 3A Western Dubuque, 61-12, but also posting wins of 44-24 over a Decorah Red team in its initial pool and a sweep of Consolation Round duals, 48-12 over Turkey Valley and 45-15 over Postville.

Tue
19
Jan

Kee boys basketball team falls to Ed-Co and Postville in UIC play, and at top-10 Seneca, WI


Doubly-defended ... Kee boys basketball junior Evan Whalen (left) and senior Logan Flack (right) charge at this Edgewood-Colesburg shooter in the Hawks’ 64-47 loss at home to the Vikings Tuesday, January 12. Flack finished the game with three rebounds, one steal and one assist, with Whalen also grabbing a rebound in the ballgame. 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 The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.

The Kee boys basketball team battled through a winless week during a busy three-game schedule within five days. The Hawks suffered a 64-47 loss at home to Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, January 12 before doing likewise against Postville, 55-49, Friday, January 15. Kee then traveled across the river and state lines to take on a Seneca, WI team that had just one loss on the season and was ranked seventh among Wisconsin’s Division 5 schools, falling to the Indians by a 91-30 final result.
Currently holding a 2-10 season record, including a 2-6 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to play at Turkey Valley Tuesday, January 19 and then host Houston, MN Thursday, January 21. Kee will then make up its postponed January 8 game at Central Elkader Monday, January 25 before playing at Starmont Tuesday, January 26 and then traveling to West Central Friday, January 29.

Wed
13
Jan

Waukon basketball boys’ 65-59 OT thriller over Decorah is lone win in first three games of 2016


Final flurry helps seal the win ... Waukon boys basketball senior Wyatt Wille drives to the basket for a pair of early points in the Indians’ 65-59 home victory over Decorah in overtime Tuesday, January 5. Wille scored the Indians’ final five points of the ballgame - a final 5-0 run in the last 40 seconds - to finish the contest with nine points while also grabbing two rebounds, swiping two steals and dishing out one assist. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.

The busiest stretch of the season faced the Waukon boys basketball team when it returned to action on the court following the holiday season, the Tribe having four games on its schedule within that week’s timeframe. However, a Friday, January 8 contest at Charles City was postponed by winter weather to January 19, and just one of those three remaining games ended up in the Indian win column, that being a 65-59 overtime thriller over Decorah at home Tuesday, January 5. On each side of that triumph, the Indians were dealt non-conference road losses, 70-67 at Clayton Ridge Saturday, January 2 and 92-49 at Prairie du Chien, WI Saturday, January 9.

Wed
13
Jan

Kee girls basketball team returns from holiday break with 67-20 blasting of West Central at home

The Kee girls basketball team returned from the holiday break in dominating fashion, blasting West Central by a 67-20 final result at home Tuesday, January 5 in what turned out to be the Lady Hawks’ only game of the week. A Friday, January 8 home game for the Hawks with Central Elkader was postponed due to winter weather.

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Wed
13
Jan

Waukon girls basketball team wins two of three after holiday break


Strong to the basket ... Waukon girls basketball senior Nicole Behrend takes the ball strong to the basket in the Indians’ 63-51 win at home over MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 7. Behrend scored seven points in the contest while also collecting five rebounds and dishing out three assists in the victory. View and find out how to purchase this photo and more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on The Standard’s website, www.waukonstandard.com.

The Waukon girls basketball team returned to action following the holiday season facing its busiest week of the winter campaign, scheduled for four games in a span of a week but having the last of those, a Friday, January 8 home game with Charles City postponed due to winter weather to January 19. The Tribe opened its post-holiday schedule with a 59-40 non-conference win at Clayton Ridge Saturday, January 2 before falling at Decorah, 44-41, Tuesday, January 5 but bouncing back with a 63-51 home victory over MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 7.
Improving to a 5-7 season record, including a 2-5 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians will slow their schedule down a bit from their busy post-holiday start. The Tribe was scheduled to host North Fayette Valley Monday, January 11 before playing at New Hampton Friday, January 15 and then making up that January 8 Charles City postponement Tuesday, January 19 before hosting Oelwein Friday, January 22.
 

Wed
13
Jan

Waukon wrestling team swept in six straight dual meets following holiday break

The Waukon wrestling team returned to the mat following the holiday break for what amounted to six dual meets within a span of less than 48 hours this past week. Forfeits loomed large for the Indian matmen, as all six of those duals avoided the win column for the Tribe, as the Indians were swept in a double dual at Charles City Thursday, January 7 by both the host school, 65-5, and Decorah, 45-26, before falling in all four of its dual meets at the New Hampton Dual Tournament Saturday, January 9. The mat Tribe fell to New Hampton, 78-0, Southeast Polk, 39-27, Dover-Eyota, MN, 55-21, and Waterloo East, 51-30, in that weekend competition.

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