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The Waukon boys track and field team came away from its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at North Fayette Valley High School Thursday, May 14 knowing its members had earned two automatic qualifications for this year’s State Track Meet in Des Moines with either a first- or second-place finish in those events at a meet that took longer than eight hours to complete due to extensive lightning delays.

Senior completes climb to All-Conference pinnacle for Waukon’s first conference medalist in 25 years

The first venture into the new format of the Upper Iowa Conference Tournament for the Waukon boys golf team proved to be somewhat historical and very well may have been much more if not for a bit of misfortune Monday, May 4 at Big Rock Country Club at Fayette. The Indians were without the services of half of their four seniors most consistently in their varsity line-up this season due to illness and other unforeseen circumstances but had one senior make the most of his final chance at continuing to climb up the All-Conference ladder and had two other golfers end up earning All-Conference honors as well to pace the golf Tribe to a team score of 332 strokes and a third-place team finish in the 11-team final results of that Upper Iowa Conference season finale.

Winters is 4x UIC Champion in a couple different ways, Strong wins UIC high jump crown, and shuttle hurdle relay of Winters, Strong, Mudderman and Mohn breaks own school record, wins title once again

The Kee girls track and field team competed in two final meets this past week to bring its regular season schedule to a close and gear up for its postseason path that lies ahead. A squad limited in personnel due to the annual senior class trip tied for ninth place in the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, May 4 before the Lady Hawks placed fifth overall in the new format of the Upper Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 7, with Kee’s team point total earning the Hawks the team championship among the six teams of the Small School Division of this year’s new Upper Iowa Conference format.

The Waukon girls golf team had just one competition on its schedule this past week, that lone event being its largest competition of this season with 11 teams taking to the course at Big Rock Country Club in Fayette Tuesday, May 5 for the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Tournament. With their four scored golfers finishing near the middle of the pack of this season’s enlarged UIC Tournament field, the Lady Indians tallied 431 team points at the 18-hole event to finish in seventh place in this year’s UIC team scoring field.

The Lady Indians will now prepare for their Class 3A Regional Tournament scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at Manchester for a chance to qualify for the State Tournament.

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Brandon Leppert is triple UIC Champion in 800, 1600 and 4x800, Easton Bucknell wins pair of UIC crowns in 110 hurdles and shuttle hurdle relay, and Blayzen Stewart wins 400 meter dash UIC title

The Waukon boys track and field team brought its regular season schedule to a close and set the tone for its postseason possibilities with two final meets this past week, winning some first-ever titles and setting a new record along the way. The Indians opened the past week with a fourth-place finish at the New Hampton Invitational Monday, May 4 before claiming six Upper Iowa Conference event championships in placing second at the track and field Tribe’s first-ever Upper Iowa Conference Meet, with the shuttle hurdle relay quartet of juniors Gabe McCormick and Issiah Moudy and sophomores Easton Bucknell and Silas Keeling breaking the school record in that event that was set nine seasons ago.

In its only meet scheduled for this past week, the Waukon boys track and field team finished in the middle of the eight-team field at the Crestwood Co-Ed Invitational Thursday, April 30. The Indians recorded a trio of event victories at the meet to lead the way to a team total of 82 points that placed them fourth out of eight competing teams at the meet.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete in the New Hampton Invitational Monday, May 4 before competing in their first-ever Upper Iowa Conference Meet under this year’s new conference arrangement Thursday, May 7 hosted by Clayton Ridge High School in Guttenberg. The Tribe’s Class 2A State Qualifying Meet is scheduled for Thursday, May 14  at North Fayette Valley High School in West Union.

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Senior Addison Winters breaks her own 400 meter hurdles record once again

The Kee girls track and field team competed in a final week of two invitational meets this past week, finishing in the middle of the team score pack in each of those events. The Lady Hawks first finished third out of five teams at the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 28 before placing fourth out of seven teams at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 30.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, May 4 before taking part in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet hosted Thursday, May 7 by Clayton Ridge in Guttenberg. They will then prepare for their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet taking place at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, May 14.

The Waukon girls track and field team almost got a full pair of meets in this past week, but did end up claiming a pair of runner-up team finishes in both meets. The Lady Indians completed a full meet in placing second at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 21 before having the West Delaware Invitational rained out with just four events left but ending up with another runner-up team finish in that meet through the 15 events that were completed. The Waukon girls also had their 4x100 relay squad compete at the Drake Relays in Des Moines Saturday morning, April 25, placing 50th in that fleet-of-foot elite collection of 96 teams and breaking a school record more than 20 years old in the process.

The Waukon boys golf team had a busy early part of this past week before sitting idle for its remainder, playing on back-to-back nights to start last week. The Indians first shot a 158 to finish in second place behind the host squad at the Waverly-Shell Rock triangular Monday, April 20 before winning a dual match at home with New Hampton, 153-164, Tuesday, April 21.

The Indians were next schedule for a busy week this week, playing in a quadrangular hosted by Clayton Ridge at Guttenberg Monday, April 27 and then playing in a triangular at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, April 28 and in another triangular at West Delaware Thursday, April 30 before hosting both Caledonia and Houston from Minnesota Friday, May 1. The golf Tribe will then prepare for its Upper Iowa Conference Tournament hosted at Big Rock Country Club in Fayette Monday, May 4.

The Waukon boys golf team remained undefeated at home when the Indians topped the three-team field of their own home triangular Monday, April 13. The golf Tribe had all four of its scored golfers finish within the top seven individuals at the triangular, including a tie for medalist honors, to compile a team score of 154 strokes that finished ahead of MFL/MarMac’s team score of 162 strokes and the 173 strokes tallied by Central Elkader.

The Indians were next scheduled to play at Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 20 against the host Go-Hawks and New Hampton. They will then host New Hampton Tuesday, April 21 in a girl-boy dual meet for each squad before playing in a Clayton Ridge quadrangular at Guttenberg Monday, April 27, playing at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, April 28 and competing in the West Delaware 18-hole quadrangular Thursday, April 30. They will begin the month of May with a May 1 home triangular against Caledonia and Houston out of Minnesota.