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The Kee cross country team brought its regular season invitational schedule to a close at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, October 9. The Hawks tallied 311 points to finish 11th in the 11-team field.
The Hawks are scheduled to compete in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet hosted by South Winneshiek at Ossian Thursday, October 16, with their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet slated for Thursday, October 23 at Nashua-Plainfield.

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The Waukon football team played host to the second of two fellow Class 2A District 3 opponents ranked within this season’s top 10 in that class, when eighth-rated New Hampton came to town Friday, October 10. Having learned and grown through some tough adversity since hosting District 3’s other top-10 rated team, a 40-14 Homecoming loss to North Fayette Valley, the Indians put up a strong fight against the yet district-undefeated Chickasaws, remaining within a one-touchdown margin at the end of each of the game’s first three quarters before finally surrendering a 26-12 defeat.

In a battle of teams each looking for their first Class 2A District 3 win of the season Friday, October 3, the Waukon football team left its Waterloo Columbus hosts still winless on the season. In a reversal of what has played out in prior games, the football Indians racked up more than double the yards it gained on the ground than through the air, also taking advantage of five interceptions to help post a 44-14 victory over the host Sailors.
Improving to a 2-4 overall record and a 1-2 mark in District 3 play, the Indians will return home this Friday, October 10 to host top-10 rated New Hampton. The Chickasaws sport a 5-1 overall record, that lone loss coming to Class 1A top-five rated South Winneshiek, 18-7, in non-district play several weeks ago. New Hampton comes off a 42-14 home win over Oelwein this past Friday, October 3.

The Kee football team found itself in an offensive slugfest during its District 4 battle at West Central of Maynard Friday, October 3, combining with the host Blue Devils to rack up 880 yards and light up the scoreboard with 112 points. Each team scored eight touchdowns, with West Central making good on five two-point conversions while Kee converted just three of those two-point tries for the final scoreboard difference, but it was one last Blue Devil scoring drive followed by a staunch defensive stand that delivered the knock-out punch for the 58-54 Kee loss. With a 4-2 overall record, 2-2 in district play, the Hawks will return home to host Springville this Friday, October 10. The Orioles hold a 2-4 overall record that includes a mark of 1-3 in Eight-Player District 4, that lone district win for Springville coming this past Friday, October 3 at home over Central City by a 48-20 final result.

In its only competition of the week, the Kee volleyball team hosted a “battle of the birds” Thursday, October 2 when the Clayton Ridge Eagles flew into Lansing for an Upper Iowa Conference match-up. A formidable Eagle front line that featured a pair of 5’11” seniors and a 6’3” sophomore proved to weigh heavily in Kee being swept in three straight sets by scores of 12-25, 15-25 and 20-25.

The Waukon boys cross country team competed in cold, windy conditions in a rare Saturday meet at Cresco this past weekend. The Indians were without the services of sophomore Austin Day and ran to a third-place finish with 101 team points behind a strong pack performance from meet champion Charles City. Sophomore Tyler O’Neill was a top-10 finisher for the Indians, placing eighth in the 64-runner field in a time of 18:33.30. The Indians’ varsity team score was wrapped up in a remaining pack effort of four runners who finished within five places and just 12 seconds of one another. The Indians were scheduled to compete at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 7 before preparing for the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 14 being held at Decorah this year. The Tribe will then prepare for its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet set for Thursday, October 23.

The Waukon girls cross country team competed at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, October 4 in cold, windy conditions that made for a less than ideal running situation. The Indians had just four runners competing at the varsity level, not enough to compile a team a score.Junior Leah Riese continued to lead the Indian effort, placing 13th out of 47 runners in the varsity race with a clocking of 17:53.6. Freshman Gabby Marti and sophomore Grace Blocker also finished within the meet’s top-30 individuals, Marti placing 27th in 19:09.4 and Blocker finishing 29th with a clocking of 19:42.8. Junior Alex Marti wrapped up the Indian varsity effort with her 32nd-place finish in a time of 19:51.5.

The Waukon volleyball team took part in one of its busiest weeks of the season, playing a pair of dual matches before four additional matches in a weekend tournament. The Indians fell in both of those dual battles in three sets, at Class 4A Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 30 and at home against New Hampton Thursday, October 2. The Tribe netters then competed at the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 4, winning just one of four matches at that event. The Indians finished third in their pool after defeating North Fayette Valley but falling to Marion and Columbus, and then also fell in their consolation bracket match to Waterloo West.

The Waukon football team had its Homecoming spoiled by a 41-14 loss to Class 2A fourth-rated North Fayette Valley Friday, September 26. A strong North Fayette Valley ground game proved to wear down the Indian defense, grinding out 293 yards and five of the TigerHawks’ seven touchdowns in the contest, the Indians ultimately being outgained by a final margin of 359-205 in total offense.
Now holding a 1-4 overall record with a 0-2 start to District 3 play, the Indians will take to the road this Friday, October 3, traveling to Waterloo Columbus. The Sailors are winless yet this season in their five games and come off a 42-21 loss at Oelwein this past Friday, September 26.

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The Kee football team put together a full team effort Friday, September 26 in dominating a still learning Cedar Valley Christian (CVC) team that has only been in existence on the football field for the past three seasons. The fledgling Huskies did record their first victory in program history earlier this season, but the Hawks made sure they were not going to be a second victim, routing Cedar Valley Christian by a 62-14 final result at home.
With a 4-1 overall record, 2-1 in district play, the Hawks will play at West Central this Friday, October 3. The Blue Devils come off a 48-26 win at Central City this past Friday, September 26 and currently hold a 2-3 overall record that includes a 2-1 mark in district play.

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