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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.

The Kee girls basketball team began another winning streak with a pair of road victories in Upper Iowa Conference play this past week, one of them in the most dominating fashion of the season. The Lady Hawks handed Starmont a 58-40 loss Tuesday, January 26 before racking up a school record point total in a 91-27 romp at West Central Friday, January 29.
The Hawks’ “sweeps week” moves their season record to 16-2 overall, including a 10-2 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Kee ladies were scheduled to host North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 2 before making up their original January 8 home game with Central Elkader - postponed again from January 25 - Thursday, February 4 and then playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5. The Hawks will then prepare to open postseason tournament play Tuesday, February 16 at home.

The Kee boys basketball team ended up in both the win and loss column within their two-game schedule this past week, both games on the road in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Hawks hung on for a 54-49 victory at Starmont Tuesday, January 26 before coming up just a bit short, 73-65, at West Central Friday, January 29.
The week’s split runs the Hawks’ season record to 4-12 overall, including a 4-8 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play. Kee is scheduled to play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 2 before making up its original January 8 game at Central Elkader - postponed again from January 25 - Thursday, February 4 and then playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5. The Hawks are slated to wrap up their regular season Friday, February 12 at Coulee Christian in West Salem, WI before opening postseason tournament play at a date and location to be determined soon.

The Waukon girls basketball team battled through a winless week, experiencing losses on each end of the spectrum in its two games. The basketball Tribe was dealt a heartbreaking, 51-48 loss at the final buzzer Tuesday, January 26 at Crestwood before falling to Class 4A 11th-rated and Northeast Iowa Conference-undefeated Waverly-Shell Rock by a 57-27 final result at home Friday, January 29. The winless week leaves the Indians at a season record of 8-10, including a 4-6 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Indians were scheduled to play at Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, February 2 - but has now had that game postponed to an unknown date as of this printing due to Tuesday’s snowstorm. The basketball Lady Indians will next travel to Charles City Friday, February 5 before wrapping up their regular season Tuesday, February 9 at home against Decorah. The Indians will then open Class 3A postseason tournament play at home Saturday, February 13 against Oelwein.