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The Waukon boys cross country team landed one All-Conference honoree and just missed two others in running to a third-place finish at the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Meet held Tuesday, October 14 at Decorah. Sophomore Tyler O’Neill finished within the meet’s All-Conference top-15 individuals, with junior Isaac Fink and sophomore Austin Day finishing just beyond that honoring mark to help the Indians tally 88 points for third place in the seven-team field. The Indians will now prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet set for Thursday, October 23 at New Hampton, beginning at 4 p.m.

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The Waukon football team took the possibility of its third consecutive State Play-Off qualification right down to the final play of its Class 2A District 3 clash at 6-2 Center Point-Urbana Friday, October 17. But, much like all three of the Indians’ final passes in the ballgame from just four yards away from the end zone, their play-off hopes also fell just shy of completion with a 27-20 loss to the host Stormin’ Pointers. The loss leaves the Indians with a 2-6 overall record, including a 1-4 mark in Class 2A District 3 play that will keep the Indians from reaching the district’s fourth-place and final play-off qualification spot. Instead, the Indians will wrap up their 2014 season this Friday, October 24 with a home game against Oelwein. At 1-5 overall, the Huskies have an equal 1-4 District 3 record with - like the Indians - that lone win coming over Waterloo Columbus. Oelwein comes off a 26-18 non-district loss to Benton Community this past Friday.

The Waukon volleyball team locked itself into a pair of one-win Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) results this past week, wrapping up its regular season before heading into Class 3A postseason tournament play Monday, October 27 at home against Crestwood. The Indians had their NEIC dual match season brought to a close at a 1-5 NEIC record with a three-set defeat at Class 4A sixth-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 14 and then managed just one win in six matches while hosting the NEIC Tournament Saturday, October 18.
The end result of that final NEIC stretch leaves the Indians with a 15-21 overall match record, 1-5 in NEIC play. The Indians will now prepare to host their first-round Class 3A Regional Tournament match against Crestwood Monday, October 27, beginning at 7 p.m.

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The Kee volleyball team brought its regular season to a close this past week with a full slate of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) action. The Hawks fell in three sets to Starmont at home Tuesday, October 14 by scores of 12-25, 10-25 and 12-25 before splitting four matches at the Upper Iowa Conference Tournament to advance from their original four-team tournament pool and finish as one of the top eight teams at the tournament.
Wrapping up their regular season with an 11-16 overall match record, 4-5 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to open postseason tournament play with their Class 1A Regional Tournament Tuesday, October 21 at home against Central Elkader, beginning at 7 p.m.

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The Waukon volleyball team posted just a single win out of five total matches this past week, but what a win it was. In a battle of teams in search of their first Northeast Iowa Conference victory of the season at Crestwood Tuesday, October 7, the Indians fought back from the brink of remaining winless by claiming the final three of five sets, 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18 and 15-7. Waukon’s winning for the week was stopped there, however, as the Tribe netters fell in all four of their matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 11 to teams from Edgewood-Colesburg, Center Point-Urbana, Hudson and Iowa Valley.

The Kee volleyball team opened this past busy week of competition with a three-set sweep at West Central, but had its fortunes reversed in going winless the remainder of the week in five matches. The Hawks swept their West Central hosts by scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 25-22 Tuesday, October 7, but won just a single set in being tripped up at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, October 9 by scores of 23-25, 25-20, 22-25 and 9-25. The Kee netters were then swept in four straight matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 11, falling to the host school, as well as to Center Point-Urbana, AGWSR and Edgewood-Colesburg once again.

The Kee football team rebounded from its second District 4 loss of the season suffered a week earlier by establishing itself early and often on the way to a 52-18 rout of Springville at home Friday, October 10. The Hawks made a statement with a touchdown on their first offensive play of the ballgame and never looked back on the way to pounding out nearly 400 rushing yards to fuel a 473-227 advantage in total yards.
Improving to a 5-2 overall record on the season, 3-2 in district play, the Hawks will hit the road for one of the greatest challenges on their schedule when they face undefeated and top-five rated Central Elkader this Friday, October 17. The Warriors have not scored fewer than 62 points in any of their games this season, posting a pair of 94-point outings on the way to outscoring their opponents by a 520-114 margin that includes a 68-0 romp at Central City this past Friday, October 10.

In its only competition of the week, the Waukon boys cross country team ran to another second-place finish behind perennial power Decorah Tuesday, October 7 at the South Winneshiek Invitational. The Indians tallied 54 team points to earn those runner-up honors in the field of five scoring teams.
The Indians were scheduled to compete in 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 at New Hampton.

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The Waukon girls cross country team competed as a team in one high school race at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 7, finishing seventh in the seven-team field. The Indians had nine high school runners competing in the race, but were without the services of their consistent number-five scoring runner, sophomore Katelynn Griffith, in totaling 168 team points.
The Indians were scheduled to compete in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 14 being hosted by Decorah this year. The Tribe will then take part in its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet that has been scheduled for Thursday, October 23.

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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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