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The Kee football team had its hopes of staying alive for a seventh consecutive season of qualifying for the Eight-Player State Play-Offs brought to a halt Friday, October 16. Untimely injuries this season had put the football Hawks in a position of fighting for their play-off lives with two recent losses to Eight-Player District 4 opponents, and facing District 4’s cream of this season’s crop in undefeated and top-10 rated Central Elkader did the Hawks even fewer favors, as the visiting Warriors handed the host Hawks a 58-15 defeat to officially eliminate Kee from postseason play for the first time in the past seven seasons.

Putting together its most complete game of the season, the Waukon football team played a bit of King of the Mountain with Class 2A District 3’s lone undefeated team in district play when the Indians traveled to New Hampton Friday, October 9 and dealt the host Chickasaws a 46-13 dismantling. The Indians nearly doubled up New Hampton in total offensive yards, racking up 473 yards of total offense while limiting the Chickasaws to just 241 total yards, the Tribe’s 261 yards through the air surpassing New Hampton’s total yardage all by itself and resulting in five of the Indians’ six touchdowns in the game. The victory improves the Indians to a 6-1 overall record that bettered to a 3-1 mark in Class 2A District 3 play to force that four-way tie atop the District 3 standings. The football Tribe will wrap up its regular season home schedule this Friday, October 16 by hosting Center Point-Urbana (CPU).

In a battle of teams with just two wins each on the season, the Kee football team remained at that win total after traveling to Springville Friday, October 9. The Hawks were outgained by a 293-109 total yardage result in the contest, managing to find the end zone on just one occasion in falling to the host Orioles by a 62-6 final result. Falling to a 2-5 overall record, 2-3 in Eight-Player District 4, the Hawks will host one final regular season home game this Friday, October 16 when they welcome Eight-Player ninth-rated Central Elkader. The Warriors remain undefeated on the season following a 68-0 home triumph over Central City Friday, October 9.

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The Waukon girls cross country team ran to a fifth-place team finish at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6. With all nine Indian high school girls competing in the same race, the Indians compiled 144 team points. The Indians were scheduled to compete in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 13 at New Hampton. Waukon will then have its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 22 at Monticello.

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The Waukon boys cross country team wrapped up its invitational regular season at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6. A pair of top-10 individual finishes led the Indians to a second-place finish behind fellow Northeast Iowa Conference team Decorah, with all junior varsity and varsity runners competing in the same race but still only the top five individuals scoring for each team. The Indians were scheduled to compete in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 13 at New Hampton. Waukon will then have its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 22 at Monticello.

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The Kee cross country team pulled double duty one final time this season, competing in a pair of meets within three days of one another. The Hawk boys first ran to a seventh-place finish at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6 before not running enough team members to manage a team score in any race at the Thursday, October 8 New Hampton Invitational.
The Hawks will next compete in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet to be held at Central Elkader Thursday, October 15. Kee will then prepare for its Class 1A State Qualifying Meet scheduled for Thursday, October 22 at Cedar Falls.

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The Kee volleyball team headed toward the final stretch of its 2015 season with one of its busiest weeks of the season. The Hawks kept up their recent winning ways by extending their Upper Iowa Conference dual match streak to a seventh consecutive victory with sweeps of both West Central, 25-12, 25-9 and 25-21, Tuesday, October 6 and Edgewood-Colesburg, 25-23, 25-18 and 25-19, Thursday, October 8. Kee then suffered its first match losses in the last three weeks by falling in three matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 10 to finish fourth in its four-team pool.

The Waukon volleyball team played through a second consecutive week without a match victory, still remaining in search of its first victory of the Northeast Iowa Conference season after falling at home to Class 4A seventh-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 6 in three straight sets. The Indians were then swept in three matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 10 by Class 1A seventh-rated Iowa Valley, Edgewood-Colesburg and the host school, Hudson, to finish fourth in their four-team pool and miss out on advancing to championship bracket play.
Holding a 5-21 season record, 0-5 in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season dual schedule at Decorah Tuesday, October 13 before playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock Saturday, October 17. Waukon will then begin postseason tournament play Monday, October 26 at and against New Hampton.

The Waukon girls cross country team ran with its smallest overall team of the season but recorded its highest team finish of the season at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, October 3. With all seven varsity runners for the Indians posting their best times of the season, the Tribe placed third in the five-team field at Crestwood, tallying 100 team points.
The Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season schedule at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6 before preparing for the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 13 at New Hampton. Waukon will then have its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 22 at a site yet to be determined.

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The Waukon football survived a dormant second half to outlast the visiting Sailors of Waterloo Columbus for a 30-27 Homecoming victory Friday, October 2. The Indians had rolled up 22 points in a productive second quarter to bolt to a 30-12 halftime advantage, but then silent on the offensive side of the ball for the entire second half, holding off a late Columbus charge during that same timeframe and surviving a potential game-tying field goal that missed its mark in the game’s final 1:20. The Homecoming victory improves the Indians to a 5-1 overall record that bettered to a 2-1 mark in Class 2A District 3 play. The Tribe will head to New Hampton this Friday, October 9 to take on a Chickasaw team yet undefeated against District 3 opponents but sporting a 4-2 overall season record after a 40-13 victory at Oelwein this past Friday, October 2.