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It’s happened just once before in program history, but never in such dominating fashion.
The Kee softball team mastered its way through three regional tournament games this past week by a scoring margin of 35-1 to earn just the second State Tournament berth in program history, the Hawks last making a trip to Fort Dodge during the 2002 season, placing sixth among that year’s Class 1A elite. Kee first blasted Central Elkader, 12-0 in three innings, Wednesday, July 9 before handing Turkey Valley an 11-1 rout Friday, July 11, both of those games played on Kee’s home field. The culmination of that eye-opening tournament run, however, was another 12-0 Kee pounding of 12th-rated Mason City Newman Monday, July 14 at Cresco that punched the Hawks’ ticket to next week’s Class 1A State Tournament in Fort Dodge.

The Kee baseball team was one win away from an undefeated week in wrapping up its 2014 regular season. The Hawks posted extremes in recording a sweep of Edgewood-Colesburg at home Monday, July 7, routing the visiting Vikings, 21-0 in four innings, in game one before escaping with a 5-4 victory in the nightcap. The Hawks then traveled to Dubuque Wednesday, July 9 to earn a split of a non-conference doubleheader scheduled just this past week with Dubuque Senior, winning a 3-1 result but also falling by a 12-10 count, before wrapping up their regular season Thursday, July 10 by winning at Postville, 12-0 in five innings, in a game rescheduled from June 16.
Now holding a 22-16 overall record, 10-6 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to open postseason tournament play Tuesday, July 15 at Postville against Wapsie Valley.

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The Waukon baseball team wrapped up its home schedule for the 2014 season this past week, winning one game out of a pair of home doubleheaders in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Indians split their first doubleheader of the week by extremes Tuesday, July 8, defeating New Hampton by a 13-3 count in five innings in game one but having those tables turned by an 18-1 count in five frames in the nightcap. The Tribe then finalized its home schedule with a sweep suffered at the hands of Crestwood Friday, July 11 by the narrow scores of 5-4 and 2-0.
The Indians currently hold a 5-24 record on the season that includes a mark of 3-14 in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe has just one regular season game remaining, traveling to Charles City Tuesday, July 15 for a game to be made up from Monday, June 30. The Indians will then open postseason tournament play this Friday, July 18 at Class 3A second-rated Waverly-Shell Rock.

The 2014 Waukon softball season was brought to a close Tuesday, July 8 in the opening round of Class 3A Regional Tournament play at Cresco. The softball Indians matched the host Crestwood Cadettes fairly well with their bats, collecting six hits to just eight for Crestwood, but committed a total of eight errors to allow seven unearned runs in falling by a 9-1 final result.
The Indians finished up their 2014 season with a 7-25 overall record that includes a 2-16 mark that placed them seventh in the final Northeast Iowa Conference standings. Crestwood went on to fall to New Hampton in the regional semifinal round of postseason tournament play Friday, July 11 by an 11-7 final result.

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The Waukon baseball team worked to snap what had become a 13-game losing streak this past week, picking up a single win in four games played as the regular season begins to wind down. The Indians opened the week suffering a doubleheader road sweep in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play at Decorah by scores of 3-0 and 11-0 in five innings Tuesday, July 1 before splitting another NEIC doubleheader at Oelwein Thursday, July 3, falling by a 13-3 result in six innings and pulling out an 11-6 victory.
The Indians currently hold a 4-21 record on the season that includes a mark of 2-11 in Northeast Iowa Conference play.

The Waukon softball team wrapped up its regular season in less than desirable fashion, sliding in each of its final five regular season games this past week to finish the season on a seven-game skid. The Indians dropped a Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader to New Hampton in their final home contest of the season by scores of 7-3 and 13-5 Tuesday, July 1 before suffering an 8-0 loss at Class 1A 15th-rated Kee Wednesday, July 2. The softball Tribe then brought its regular season to a close with another Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader sweep suffered at Crestwood Thursday, July 3 by scores of 5-1 and 10-0 in six innings.
The Indians finished up their regular season with a 7-24 overall record that includes a 2-16 mark that placed them seventh in the final Northeast Iowa Conference standings.
The Indians are scheduled to return to Crestwood Tuesday, July 8 for the first round of Class 3A Regional Tournament play.

The Kee softball team wrapped up its regular season by winning a narrow majority of its final games played this past week, clinching top honors in the Upper Iowa Conference along the way. The Hawks played to a split in an Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader at MFL/MarMac Monday, June 30, falling in game one by a 3-2 result before bouncing back with a 5-0 triumph in the nightcap, before posting a home non-conference win against Waukon, 8-0, Wednesday, July 2. The Hawks swept their final Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader of the season at Clayton Ridge Thursday, July 3 by scores of 12-2 and 12-0 in just five frames before winning one of four games played at the Don Bosco Tournament Friday and Saturday, July 4 and 5.

The Kee baseball team had a total of six games scheduled for this past week, but had half of those impacted by weather. The Hawks had a Monday, June 30 Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader at MFL/MarMac called off because of stormy weather, and only got through half of a home UIC double-dip with North Fayette Valley Tuesday, July 1 - falling by an 11-1 result in five innings - before having the second game postponed by weather to Saturday, July 5, where the Hawks bounced back with a 5-1 victory. Kee also swept a non-conference doubleheader at Crestwood Thursday, July 3 by scores of 5-0 and 8-5.

The Kee baseball team played a fairly light schedule this past week, turning out an even 2-2 result in four games. That evenly-split foursome included an equally split home debut on the renovated Shooky Fink Field in New Albin against Turkey Valley Thursday, June 26, Kee falling in game one by a 7-3 result before bouncing back for a 3-0 nightcap victory behind a no-hit pitching effort tossed by senior Jared Donahue. Kee then took part in the annual Jeff Houg Memorial Baseball Tournament in Waukon Saturday, June 28, finishing third after falling to eventual tournament runner-up Waterloo Columbus by a 19-8 count before securing a consolation victory over Waukon, 11-1 in five innings.

The Waukon baseball team was denied in its efforts this past week to add any of its five games played to the win column, as the Indians dropped to a 3-18 overall record that includes a mark of 1-7 in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe dropped a home doubleheader to Class 3A fourth-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, June 23 by scores of 10-0 and 12-2 in five innings each, surrendered a 6-4 loss at home to Postville Wednesday, June 25 and then finished fourth at its own Jeff Houg Memorial Baseball Tournament Saturday, June 28, falling by a 15-1 count in five innings to eventual tournament champion, Class 2A eighth-rated South Winneshiek, before losing an 11-1 decision in five innings to Kee in the consolation finals of the tournament.