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Those who want to be active during the fall months should think about signing up an adult kickball team. The Waukon Park & Recreation league is open to sophomores (16 years old) in high school through adults.

Games will be played Monday nights (possibly some Tuesdays/Wednesdays if needed) at the Waukon Softball Complex (by the fairgrounds). The league will start either Monday, August 22 or August 29.

Those who would like to sign a team up or need questions answered should contact Jeremy Strub at director@waukonwellness.com or text/call 563-568-7131. Teams must be signed up by Wednesday, August 17.
 

The Waukon High School and Middle School football coaching staffs are planning to host the 2022 Waukon Indian Middle School Football Camp Monday through Wednesday, August 15-17. The camp, run by the Waukon football coaching staffs with help from current and former high school players, is a non-contact camp aimed at teaching those entering seventh and eighth grades this fall the fundamentals of offensive and defensive play for the Waukon football program.

Participants should plan to attend camp in shorts and a t-shirt, and should bring football cleats. Camp will take place at the middle school practice football field, which is located west of the Waukon High School parking lot.

The middle school camp for students entering seventh and eighth grades this fall will be held Monday-Wednesday, August 15-17. The camp will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. all three days.

For the second consecutive season, the Waukon baseball team played to 15 wins and hovered right around the .500 mark with its 2022 campaign of 15-17. Never losing more than three games in a row at any point in the season, the diamond Tribe had this summer’s campaign brought to a close in the second round of Class 2A district tournament play by a Dyersville Beckman squad ranked fourth that played its way to the Class 2A State Tournament, the Blazers having their season ended in the season grand finale semifinals by undefeated and now four-time Class 2A State Champion Van Meter.

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The 2022 Waukon softball season played out to an overall record of 8-16 for an overall young Lady Indian squad that didn’t have a single senior on this summer’s roster and most of the time had two-thirds of its players on the field be sophomores or younger, including as many as three freshmen and an eighth grader at certain points. The learning curve of this season’s squad seemed to be falling sharply as the season came to a close, as the diamond Tribe won three of its last four regular season games, but the Indians had their season brought to an early close in the opening round of their Class 3A regional tournament by a Dubuque Wahlert squad that eventually played its way to qualification for this season’s Class 3A State Tournament.

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Kee baseball senior Tyson Cota played for the Small Schools East squad in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) Senior All-Star Series played at Roosevelt Field in Mason City this past weekend, Friday-Sunday, July 29-31. The Small Schools East squad consisting of players from Class 1A and 2A players from the east side of the state won the series as it posted two victories in its three games played in the series, handing the Large Schools West squad its only loss of the series to tie with that team at a 2-1 series record and winning a head-to-head match-up between the two teams.

Waukon football senior linebacker Lincoln Snitker (at left in photo above) and Kee football senior Alex Goetzinger (photo below) were two of the nearly 50 Iowa high school graduated seniors who played for the North Squad in the 2022 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star football game played Saturday, July 23 in the UNI-Dome at Cedar Falls. Although no official statistics were reported, both were in on several tackles in helping their North Squad defeat the South Squad by a 24-17 final result, with Waukon football head coach Chad Beermann serving as an assistant coach for the North Squad as well. Both players will continue their football careers at the collegiate level this fall, Snitker at Winona State University and Goetzinger at Wartburg College. Submitted photos.
 

Kee baseball senior Tyson Cota has been chosen to play in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) Senior All-Star Series scheduled for this weekend, Friday, July 29-Sunday, July 31, in Mason City. Cota is one of three outfielders selected to play for the Small Schools East squad in the contest, joining Austin Hilmer of North Linn and Tanner Simon of Cascade in that team’s outfield trio.

The 2022 Kee softball team played to an overall season record that was right around average with a 17-15 mark, but for the second consecutive season the Lady Hawks played to an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) result that was well above average. The Lady Hawks played their way to a share of the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) season championship once again this season by tying Turkey Valley for this summer’s best UIC record at 14-2.

That second consecutive Upper Iowa Conference crown for her charges topped the list of this season’s high points for Kee softball coach Liz Hill. Accomplishing that feat with as many as four eighth graders on the field this summer adds a whole different dimension to not only this year, but many to come.

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Upper Iowa Conference colleague Warriors then fall to top-seed Remsen-St. Mary’s in first round

Not many would have thought that the 2022 Kee baseball season would have been ended shy of a return trip to the Class 1A State Tournament, and especially not by a team they had outscored by a 33-6 result in a three-game regular season sweep. What those many may not realize, however, is that the team that ended the veteran Hawks’ 2022 journey toward improving on their 2021 State Tournament Runner-Up finish in a Tuesday, July 12 Class 1A Substate 3 championship game played at Decorah is a South Winneshiek squad that has now qualified for the State Tournament in three of the past four seasons.

Waukon coach Chad Beermann will be North Squad assistant, Indian linebacker Lincoln Snitker, Kee lineman Alex Goetzinger take to the field

Allamakee County will be well represented both on the sidelines and on the playing field for the 2022 Iowa Shrine Bowl to be played this Saturday, July 23 in the UNI-Dome on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Waukon football head coach Chad Beermann has been selected as an assistant coach for the game’s North Squad, being one of eight coaches assisting North Squad head coach Steve Milder of West Central.

Sharing that Shrine Bowl experience with his head coach will be Waukon graduated senior linebacker/offensive back Lincoln Snitker, who has been selected to play for the North Squad and will wear number 18 on the field. Joining that Waukon contingency will be Kee High School graduated senior lineman Alex Goetzinger, who will wear number 76 for the North Squad.