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Shuttle hurdle relay earns automatic qualification; 4x800, Reisinger in the 3200m and Leppert in the 800m also advance

The Waukon boys track and field team was looking to extend its season as much as it could when the Indians competed in their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Thursday, May 15. Following immediate completion of that qualifying event, the track Tribe knew the season would continue on for one event after the shuttle hurdle relay squad claimed a required top-two placewinning, but as the dust settled over the next couple days it became clear that three other events also earned their way to the season grand finale by way of at-large qualification by virtue of one of the next eight-best performances at the eight Class 2A State Qualifying Meets from across the state of Iowa.

Members of the girls and boys track and field teams from all five schools still in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) came together for this group photo at the end of this year’s NEIC Meet hosted by Waukon High School Thursday, May 8. This 2024-2025 school year marks the end of the Northeast Iowa Conference, which started in 1920 as the state of Iowa’s first interscholastic conference. The NEIC had been a seven-team athletic conference since 1970, when Waukon joined the conference, and remained that way until Oelwein departed in 2022. Waverly-Shell Rock was voted out of the conference and ceased membership at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, with Waukon, New Hampton and Crestwood now joining the Upper Iowa Conference for the 2025-2026 school year, Charles City joining the North Central Conference this next school year as well, and Decorah and Waverly-Shell Rock remaining as independent schools without any conference affiliation for the upcoming school year.
 

The Waukon girls golf team played in a pair of final dual or invitational events this past week, coming up shy of recording a win over any of its three opponents faced. The Lady Indians played their final dual meet and home event Monday, May 5, hosting Class 2A fourth-rated New Hampton and falling by a 224-175 final result, before finishing third at the 18-hole Turkey Valley triangular Thursday, May 8.

The Waukon girls were next scheduled to wrap up their regular season with the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Tournament at Charles City Monday, May 12 before playing in their First Round Regional Tournament Friday, May 16 at New Hampton.

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The Waukon boys golf team played in a pair of multi-team events this past week and came out on top of both of those competitions, leaving all five of the teams they competed against behind to play to an undefeated week. The Indians won a four-team quadrangular of nine-hole competition at New Hampton Tuesday, May 6 before doing likewise against two other teams in 18 holes of play at the Turkey Valley triangular Thursday, May 8.

The Waukon boys were next scheduled to wrap up their regular season playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Golf Tournament hosted by New Hampton Monday, May 12. They will then prepare for their Class 2A Sectional Tournament being played Wednesday, May 14 at North Fayette Valley.

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The Kee boys track and field team brought its regular season schedule to a close this past week with a pair of final meets, both of them hosted by MFL/MarMac in Monona. The Hawks finished sixth at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Monday, May 5 before claiming a seventh-place finish at the annual Upper Iowa Conference Meet held Thursday, May 8.

The Hawks are next scheduled to try and extend their season as much as they can when they compete in their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet scheduled for Thursday, May 15 at Edgewood-Colesburg.

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The Waukon girls track and field team took part in a pair of meets this past week to add another pair of top-three team finishes to its season results. The Tribe tracksters opened the week with a third-place finish at their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 29 before nearly literally running away with all the relay events in claiming the team title at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, May 1.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to wrap up their regular season slate with the Monday, May 5 Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational before hosting the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Meet ever Thursday, May 8. They will then prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet scheduled for Thursday, May 15 at Crestwood High School in Cresco, with details of that season extender or ender printed in a shaded box on the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Sports pages.

The Waukon boys golf team played in a pair of competition dates this past week, hosting its final home date of this season before taking part in a multi-team event later in the week. The golf Tribe finished ahead of just one of the three teams it matched up against in those competitions, falling at home to Charles City, 157-153, Tuesday, April 29 before finishing in second place at the South Winneshiek Triangular Thursday, May 1.

The Waukon boys were next scheduled to play in a quadrangular at New Hampton Tuesday, May 6 before playing in another triangular Thursday, May 8 at Turkey Valley. Waukon’s boys will then wrap up their regular season playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Golf Tournament hosted by New Hampton Monday, May 12 and then preparing for their Class 2A Sectional Tournament being played Wednesday, May 14 at North Fayette Valley.

Winters, Mudderman, Strong and Mohn rewrite own shuttle hurdle relay record in both meets this week

The Kee girls track and field team competed in a pair of meets hosted by fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squads this past week, placing third at both meets. The Lady Hawks scored 85 team points to finish third in the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 29 before scoring 65 team points to also finish in third place at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, May 1.

Both meets also featured a continued trend of new school records for the Lady Hawks. The shuttle hurdle relay team of junior Addison Winters, sophomores Rylee Mudderman and Lilah Strong, and freshman Morgan Mohn continued to lower its own school record at both meets, clocking in at 1:11.29 at Clayton Ridge but then bettering that new mark once again at MFL/MarMac with a time of 1:11.01, with both of those efforts earning gold medals for Kee.

The Waukon girls golf team played through a busy past week, playing in three different events over the course of the final three days of the week. After being idle the first half of the week due to weather, the Lady Indians finished second at the South Winneshiek Triangular Thursday, May 1 before falling at Charles City, 232-226, Friday, May 2 in a dual meet rescheduled from Monday, April 28. The Waukon lady linksters wrapped up their week finishing fourth at the 18-hole Decorah Quadrangular Saturday, May 3.

Level 10 gymnast Ava Hooten of rural Waterville has once again earned her place among the nation’s best, qualifying for the 2025 USA Gymnastics Development Program Level 10 National Championships, set to take place May 8-11 in Salt Lake City, UT. Hooten secured her spot by achieving the qualification score and finishing within the top seven individuals all-around at the USA Gymnastics Region 4 Championships held April 11-13 in Minneapolis, MN.

Region 4 is comprised of gymnasts from seven states, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, and Nebraska. Hooten competes for TNT Gymnastics out of Richland Center, WI and this is her second consecutive year qualifying for Nationals.