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The Waukon volleyball team played through a winless week, suffering both a single dual match loss before falling to the same fate in three more weekend tournament matches. The Indian netters were swept at home by New Hampton Tuesday, September 27 before winning just one of seven total sets in falling in three matches at the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 1.

Now holding a 7-14-1 overall record, including a 1-3 Northeast Iowa Conference mark, the volleyball Indians were scheduled to travel to Class 4A sixth-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 4 before playing in the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 8. The Waukon netters will then wrap up their regular season with a Tuesday, October 11 home dual against Decorah before playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament Saturday, October 15.

The Kee volleyball team was scheduled for a pair of Upper Iowa Conference matches this week, but for an unprecedented second time this season the Hawks had a match postponed due to area flooding. After falling at South Winneshiek in four sets Monday, September 19, the volleyball Hawks had their Thursday, September 22 home match with 15th-rated Starmont postponed to this Thursday, September 29.

Sporting a 4-12 season record, including a 1-4 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play, the Hawks were scheduled to travel to MFL/MarMac Tuesday, September 27 before making up that Starmont postponement Thursday, September 29. The Kee netters will then play in a double dual at Turkey Valley against the host Trojans and New Hampton Tuesday, October 4 before playing at Thursday, October 6.

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The Waukon girls cross country team hosted its home invitational Tuesday, September 20, finishing just beyond the middle of the nine-team scoring field. The Lady Indians tallied 149 team points to finish in sixth place.

GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES
Decorah 31; Crestwood 68; Central Elkader 83; Kee 128; North Fayette Valley 137; WAUKON 149; Clayton Ridge 171; New Hampton 175; MFL/MarMac 237

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM SCORES
Decorah 23; WAUKON 40; Clayton Ridge 83; North Fayette Valley 89

The Indians will now prepare for the Crestwood Invitational scheduled for this Saturday, October 1. The distance Tribe will then prepare to compete at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 4.

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The Kee cross country team made its shortest road trip of the season Tuesday, September 20 to compete at the Waukon Invitational. The Kee girls ran to a fourth-place finish in the nine-team varsity field, while the Kee boys did not have enough runners to compile a varsity team score at the meet.

GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES
Decorah 31; Crestwood 68; Central Elkader 83; KEE 128; North Fayette Valley 137; Waukon 149; Clayton Ridge 171; New Hampton 175; MFL/MarMac 237

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM SCORES
Decorah 40; North Fayette Valley 88; Crestwood 91; Postville 104; KEE 106; Central Elkader 131; Waukon 159; Oelwein 191

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete at the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, September 27. Kee will then take part in the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 4.

The Waukon volleyball team faced a tall task in traveling to Class 4A 11th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 20 for its only competition of this past week. The highly-regarded Go-Hawks handed the Tribe netters defeats of 5-25 an 6-25 before the Indians battled them much closer to just a 23-25 defeat in the third and final set.

Now holding a 7-10-1 overall record, including a 1-2 Northeast Iowa Conference mark, the volleyball Indians were scheduled to host New Hampton Tuesday, September 27 before taking part in the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 1. The Tribe netters will then travel to Class 4A fourth-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 4.

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The Waukon football team remained undefeated in its Class 2A District 4 quest so far this season, sinking the Sailors of Waterloo Columbus on their Homecoming night with a 43-7 road ambush Friday, September 23. Although holding just a single win this season, Waukon football coach Chad Beermann was not about to let his charges overlook the host Sailors, who had rallied for a furious comeback to give the football Tribe a 30-27 home scare last season. A stifling Indian defense that limited Columbus to just 123 total yards of offense, and an opportunistic Tribe offense that took advantage of seven Sailor turnovers in the ballgame left little doubt there would be no repeat scare this season.

In a game that may likely have play-off repercussions despite being played so early in the season, the Waukon football team played host to Cascade Friday, September 16 in a match-up between two teams battling with overall undefeated Class 2A District 4 colleagues Union of LaPorte City and North Fayette Valley atop the District standings. In trying to take care of that District 4 business, it was the team that took care of the ball best that ended up remaining among the District’s unbeatens, as the football Indians took advantage of two Cascade fumbles and two interceptions to come away with a 20-14 home victory.

The Waukon volleyball team did not stray from home at all this past week, hosting both a dual match and its own weekend tournament, and winning three of five matches along the way. The Indians first fell to Oelwein in three sets Tuesday, September 13 before sweeping three consecutive pool play matches at its own Waukon Invitational Tournament Saturday, September 17. Those wins over De Soto, WI, Houston, MN and Central Elkader advanced the Tribe netters to the Gold Tournament, where they received a first-round bye but then had their day ended by eventual tournament champion New Hampton in two straight sets.

The Waukon girls cross country team competed at the Starmont Invitational Tuesday, September 13, one of their largest meets of the season. The meet is scored in two different methods, including an overall team score involving the more than 20 teams competing and also a separate team score for Class 1A teams competing, as well as for Class 2A and Class 3A teams competing at the meet.

The team finish for the Indians improved as the competition got younger, the varsity Indians finishing 12th, the junior varsity Indians coming in sixth and the Indian middle school girls winning their respective meet. The varsity Indians’ 12th-place finish in the overall 20-team scoring field came from a score of 314 points, that same effort resulting in the varsity Indians placing sixth in the field of 11 Class 2A/3A teams with 175 team points.

The Waukon volleyball team made two trips to Cresco this past week, having much more success on its first venture there than in its second. The Tribe netters first competed in a Northeast Iowa Conference dual match at Crestwood, winning three of four sets in a Thursday, September 8 match rescheduled from its original September 29 date. The Indians returned to Crestwood High School Saturday, September 10 for the annual Kepros Tournament, but won just one of three matches in pool play to be eliminated from the tournament early. That lone Tribe win came against Turkey Valley, and the two Indian match losses came against the two teams that would end up competing for the tournament championship, North Fayette Valley and the same Crestwood squad the Indians had defeated earlier in the week.