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The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up its busiest week of the season so far, falling to a pair of perennial mat powers in its two dual meet opponents before finishing seventh as a team at the South Winneshiek Tournament. The Indians fell victim to Caledonia, MN by a 62-12 count in their first home dual meet of the season Tuesday, December 9 before suffering a similar fate, 73-6, at Class 3A Waverly-Shell Rock in the Tribe’s first Northeast Iowa Conference match of the season Friday, December 12. The Indians then wrestled to a seventh-place finish at the South Winneshiek Tournament Saturday, December 13.

The Kee boys basketball team completed its busiest week of the season so far with a trio of ballgames within a five-day span, but had to do so without some key components due to injury. Missing as many as three early-season starters from their line-up at certain points this past week, the Hawks opened the week with a 62-38 home loss to Postville Tuesday, December 9 before falling in back-to-back nights of competition, 66-28 at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12 and by a 71-39 count at home against Mabel-Canton, MN Saturday, December 13.

In its only competition of the past week, the Waukon girls basketball team had difficulty putting the ball in the basket in a Northeast Iowa Conference match-up at home against Decorah Tuesday, December 9. An overall team shooting percentage of just under 23% kept the Indians from posting more than single-digit totals in any of the game’s four quarters on the way to a 55-22 Indian loss.

“We just couldn’t put the ball in the hoop,” Waukon girls basketball coach Andy Sires said. “We played great defense in the first half, but overall it was a very difficult night for the Indians.”

The road has not yet been kind to the Waukon girls basketball team this season, as all three of the Lady Indians’ losses so far this year have come away from home, including the two suffered this past week. The Indians opened Northeast Iowa Conference action with a 54-39 loss at Charles City Thursday, December 4 before falling to defending Class 2A State Runner-Up and currently 12th-rated Hudson, 57-46, in a game played as part of a high school girls basketball series held at Wartburg College in Waverly Saturday, December 6.
The Indians were scheduled to remain in Northeast Iowa Conference action when they hosted Decorah Tuesday, December 9 before having a week to prepare to host Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, December 16. The Tribe will then wrap up the 2014 portion of its schedule with a Friday, December 19 home game against New Hampton before heading into the holiday break.

The Waukon boys basketball team opened its 2014-2015 season in undefeated fashion, taking a pair of non-conference home games from two teams from the Upper Iowa Conference. The Indians topped Postville at home by a 59-47 count Monday, December 1 before doing likewise to North Fayette Valley Thursday, December 4 in nail-biting fashion by a narrow 53-52 end result.
The Indians were next scheduled to open Northeast Iowa Conference play at Decorah Tuesday, December 9 before traveling to Waverly-Shell Rock the following Tuesday, December 16. The Tribe will then play host to MFL/MarMac Thursday, December 18 and travel to New Hampton Friday, December 19 before entering the holiday break.

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The Waukon wrestling team opened its 2014-2015 season in fairly successful fashion, sweeping its first two dual matches of the season before finishing fifth at the Chris Davis Tournament hosted by Wapsie Valley High School. The mat Tribe began its season with dual match victories at Clayton Ridge over Riceville, 46-21, and the host school, 54-18, Thursday, December 4 before having seniors Adam Benzing and Gunnar Grangaard win individual titles to pace the Indians to their middle-of-the-pack team finish at Wapsie Valley Saturday, December 6.

The Kee girls basketball team pieced together another pair of victories last week to remain undefeated on the season. The Lady Hawks pulled out a pair of seven-point wins in back-to-back road contests against Upper Iowa Conference opponents, 54-47 at Central Elkader Tuesday, December 2 and 36-29 at MFL/MarMac Friday, December 5.
The Hawks were scheduled for back-to-back nights of action to begin this week, playing at North Crawford, WI Monday, December 8 before hosting Postville Tuesday, December 9, and will next play at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12. Kee will then wrap up its pre-holiday break schedule with a home game against South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 followed by a Friday, December 19 road trip to Starmont.

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The Kee boys basketball team began the new season with a split of a pair of Upper Iowa Conference contests this past week. The Hawks opened their season with a 58-54 home win over Central Elkader before falling at MFL/MarMac Friday, December 5 by an 87-62 final.
The Hawks were next slated to host Postville Tuesday, December 9 before back-to-back nights of competition to end this week, at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12 and at home against Mabel-Canton, MN Saturday, December 13. Kee will then host South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 before playing at Starmont Friday, December 19 to wrap up its schedule prior to the upcoming holiday break.

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The Waukon girls basketball team opened its home season in victorious fashion, pulling out a 43-36 triumph over South Winneshiek Tuesday, November 25. The Indians methodically pulled away in the first two quarters of each half, but then also held off a late charge in each half by the visiting Warriors to help secure the victory.

“Our defense improved from our first game against Kee,” Waukon girls basketball coach Andy Sires said. “We did a much better job of getting back on defense and did not give up points in transition. Also, we stayed out of foul trouble.”

The Waukon wrestling team has a rather large collection of 29 young men to choose from for its 2014-2015 season, hoping to continue to build upon the progress made under first-year head coach Matt Pladsen last season. Improving from just one dual match victory two seasons ago to five last season, the Indian matmen will look to continue that progression this season.