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The 2015-2016 Waukon girls basketball season came to a close in less than desirable fashion this past week, as the basketball Lady Indians suffered back-to-back losses to end both their regular season and overall season. The Waukon girls ended their regular season with a 44-32 loss at home to Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and then suffered that same unfortunate fate four days later when the Oelwein Huskies ended the Tribe’s season with a 49-37 loss at home in the opening round of Class 3A regional tournament play Saturday, February 13.

The Waukon boys basketball team rode a four-game win streak during a busy past week, winning three final regular season games before opening up Class 2A District Tournament play with a fourth consecutive victory. The Indians’ regular season streak included wins of 84-71 at home against South Winneshiek Monday, February 8, 63-59 at Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and 59-54 at New Hampton Friday, February 12.

The 2015-2016 wrestling season officially came to a close for the Waukon wrestling team at the Class 2A District Tournament hosted by Independence High School Saturday, February 13, as the wrestling Tribe’s two remaining wrestlers came up just shy of the top-two finish required for advancement to this year’s State Tournament. The senior pair of 113-pounder Miles Howe and 182-pounder Joe Frieden each split two matches at the District event to have their seasons and high school careers ended with third-place tournament finishes.
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With their runner-up finishes at the Saturday, February 6 Sectional Tournament at Decorah, Waukon wrestling seniors Miles Howe, at 113 pounds, and Joe Frieden, at 182 pounds, have earned advancement to the Class 2A District 5 Tournament being hosted by Independence High School this Saturday, February 13, beginning at 12 noon. As runner-up finishers the senior pair will first match-up with the champions in their respective weight classes from the Class 2A Sectional Tournament hosted by West Delaware High School in Manchester.
The first-round matches for the two Indians’ weight classes at this Saturday’s District Tournament are as follows:
113 pounds - Senior Miles Howe (Waukon, 39-10) vs. fourth-rated freshman Riley Wright (Denver/Tripoli, 41-3); Fifth-rated sophomore Noah Fye (New Hampton, 39-3) vs. sophomore Jarrett Orr (Independence, 29-11).

Fuhrman comes up just shy of District qualification as Indians place sixth

The 2015-2016 Waukon wrestling season came to a close for all but two seniors at the Class 2A Sectional Tournament hosted by Decorah High School Saturday, February 6. Seniors Miles Howe, at 113 pounds, and Joe Frieden, at 182 pounds, each wrestled to runner-up finishes at their respective weights to continue their careers with advancement to this Saturday’s Class 2A District Tournament at Independence, beginning at 12 noon. Those runner-up finishes paced the Indians to 102 team points and their sixth-place team finish.

The Kee girls basketball team posted another undefeated week of basketball with another pair of Upper Iowa Conference victories this past week, also having a Tuesday, February 2 home game with North Fayette Valley postponed due to winter weather. In a game postponed twice already this season, the Lady Hawks finally handled Central Elkader, 58-41, at home Thursday, February 4 before coming home with a 64-56 victory at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5.

The Waukon girls basketball team ended up with just one game on its schedule this past week, having a Tuesday, February 2 non-conference road game at Prairie du Chien, WI canceled due to winter weather and removed from its schedule as the regular season winds down. The game the Indians did play saw them post a 56-44 victory at Charles City Friday, February 5, using a strong inside presence and late free throw perfection to secure the Northeast Iowa Conference victory over the 1-15 host Comets.

The Kee boys basketball team ended up with a split of two games this past week against teams on each end of the Upper Iowa Conference standings spectrum, having a third game at North Fayette Valley postponed from Tuesday, February 2 to Monday, February 8. The two games the Hawks played on back-to-back dates this past week ended up being split between the win and loss columns, Kee completing the season sweep of Central Elkader with a 50-41 road victory Thursday, February 4 before falling at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5 by an 85-41 final result.

The Waukon boys basketball team had just one game on its schedule this past week, hosting Charles City Friday, February 5. Having already battled the Comets to a close victory less than a month ago, this game would prove to be even closer, resulting in a 54-52 Indian defeat that saw its share of difficulties for the hosting Indians.
The loss drops the Indians’ overall season record to 8-9, evening up its Northeast Iowa Conference record at 5-5. The Tribe was scheduled to wrap up its regular season with a busy final week, beginning with a final home game Monday, February 8 against South Winneshiek before playing at Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and then at New Hampton Friday, February 12. The Indians will then begin postseason tournament play in the Class 2A field at home Monday, February 15.

The Waukon boys basketball team faced a difficult week with the top two teams from the Northeast Iowa Conference on its schedule this past week, but was able to work a split of those two contests to stay even overall on the season and just ahead of that average pace in Northeast Iowa Conference play. That split began with a 56-52 home triumph over Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before playing out to a 74-60 loss at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29. The split recorded by the Indians kept their overall season record even at 8-8, including a 5-4 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe will host Charles City Friday, February 5 before wrapping up its regular season with a busy final week, beginning with a final home game Monday, February 8 against South Winneshiek before playing at Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and then at New Hampton Friday, February 12.