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The Kee boys basketball team played one of its busiest schedules this past week, competing in three games within four nights. That stretch also proved to be the Hawks’ most successful timeframe of this campaign, as two of those three games ended up in the win column to begin Kee’s first winning streak of this season. The Hawks shook off an 86-68 loss to South Winneshiek at home to start the week Monday, January 30 in a game made up from mid-December, following that loss with a 75-44 season-sweep win at West Central the next night, Tuesday, January 31 before completing another season sweep with a 69-51 win at Central Elkader Thursday, February 2 in a game made up from late November.

It was a week of differences for the Waukon girls basketball team, as they played two games that were split between away and home, non-conference and in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC), against unranked and highly-ranked opponents, and, ultimately, in and out of the win column. That week started with a 55-41 win at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 31 before the bucket Tribe fell at home to Class 4A fifth-rated Decorah Friday, February 3 by a 61-42 result.

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Kloe Hemmersbach, Mia Kurth and Faith Cooper to compete this week at historic season grand finale

The Waukon girls wrestling team had the 2022-2023 season brought to a close for all but three of its wrestlers this past week, as three young ladies battled their way to advancement to this year’s first-ever State Wrestling Tournament sanctioned by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU). Prior to the extension of this season for that trio, the Indian mat ladies wrestled in one final dual competition at the MFL/MarMac Scramble in Monona Tuesday, January 24. They then competed in the first-ever IGHSAU Region 8 Tournament Thursday, January 27 at Luther College in Decorah for the right to advance to this year’s season grand finale, with three of eight competing Indians finishing within the required top four in their respective weight classes to earn State Tournament qualification.

Senior Jakob Regan wins second consecutive NEIC crown, ties school record for career wins

The Waukon boys wrestling team wrapped up its regular season this past week with some final dual and tournament action in preparation for its upcoming postseason tournament journey. The mat Tribe first won three of four duals at the MFL/MarMac Scramble Tuesday, January 24, falling to Class 1A top-five rated Nashua-Plainfield, 57-20, before sweeping its remaining three opponents by final results of 70-9 over Clayton Ridge, 57-18 over Postville and 42-39 in comeback fashion over the host MFL/MarMac squad.

The Kee girls basketball team recorded a split of its two games played this past week, both of those taking place in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play against teams sharing the latter half of the UIC standings with the Hawks. The Lady Hawks first fell at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 24 by a 37-25 result before completing their regular season sweep of Postville by pulling out a 52-47 win at home Friday, January 27.

The Kee boys basketball team played to a split of its two games played this past week, both of those games coming in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play. The Hawks opened the week with a 55-40 loss at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 24 before pulling out a 40-38 triumph at home over Postville Friday, January 27.

The Waukon bowling teams each recorded a victory in their Friday, January 20 home meet with Oelwein. The Indian girls faced a limited Husky squad that had just two young ladies competing, tallying 1810 pins for their varsity total to easily improve their season record to 5-1. The Waukon boys rolled to a 2604-2474 victory to get back on the winning track and advance to a 4-2 season mark.

The bowling Indians were next scheduled to compete in their Conference Meet Wednesday, January 25 in Waterloo before hosting Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 27 and then competing at North Iowa Monday, January 30 in a match rescheduled from December 9 by weather. The Tribe will then host Denver Friday, February 3 before bowling at New Hampton Friday, February 10.

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Coming off its busiest week of the season, the Kee boys basketball team was looking to build off a dramatic win that ended that previous week, playing a pair of games in Upper Iowa Conference competition this past week. Facing a pair of teams battling for second place in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings behind a yet UIC-unbeaten MFL/MarMac squad, the Hawks couldn’t quite continue that late-week momentum into this past week, falling at North Fayette Valley by a 56-48 count Tuesday, January 17 before suffering a similar fate at home, 66-48, to Clayton Ridge Friday, January 20.

The Kee girls basketball team earned a split of its games played this past week - both in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, snapping what had turned into a month-long, six-game non-winning streak with a two-point triumph to wrap up the week. The Lady Hawks opened last week’s effort with a 72-32 road loss at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 17 before bouncing back with a 34-32 triumph at home over Clayton Ridge Friday, January 20 in a close battle from start to finish to snap that six-game slide that began prior to the holiday break.

The Waukon boys wrestling team ended up competing in just one event this past week but within that event the Indians wrestled three duals. After a Thursday, January 19 home double-dual with Crestwood and St. Ansgar was canceled due to winter weather, the mat Tribe took part in the Denver Duals Tournament Saturday, January 21, winning two of the three duals wrestled by the Indians and being awarded a forfeit in their final placewinning dual to claim a third-place team finish in the eight-team field.

The three duals wrestled by the Tribe at the tournament all came in the initial pool round of competition, with the Indians matched up against fellow Northeast Iowa Conference mat squad Crestwood, the host Denver Cyclones and Dyersville Beckman in Pool A of the Tournament. Pool B featured New Hampton/Turkey Valley, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, North Fayette Valley and Fennimore, WI.