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11
Dec

Waukon boys basketball team falls in pair of games vs. UIC foes to start its season, 67-45 at MFL/MarMac and 56-46 at home against N. Fayette Valley


Double-digit scoring brothers lead the way ... Waukon boys basketball brothers, junior Dylan Stegen (photo above) and sophomore Vaughn Stegen (photo below), each take the ball to the basket in the Indians’ 56-46 home loss to North Fayette Valley Thursday, December 5. Dylan finished the game with a team-high 14 points and Vaughn also tossed in double digits with 10 points, with Dylan pulling down two rebounds and Vaughn grabbing six boards and recording one each of assists and steals in the ballgame. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon boys basketball team got its 2024-2025 season off to a non-conference start this past week, playing a pair of Upper Iowa Conference squads to book-end the week’s worth of play. Both of those ballgames ended up falling shy of the win column for the bucket Tribe, as the Indians first fell at MFL/MarMac Monday, December 2 by a 67-45 final result and then suffered a 56-46 defeat at home to North Fayette Valley Thursday, December 5.

Waukon’s boys were next scheduled to play at Kee Monday, December 9 before hosting New Hampton Tuesday, December 10. A final busy week before the holiday break will include a Tuesday, December 17 contest at Decorah followed by a non-conference road game at Sumner-Fredericksburg Thursday, December 19 and then hosting Charles City Friday, December 20.

Wed
11
Dec

Kee boys basketball team splits first two games of the season, falls in overtime at Class 3A Charles City, 66-57, bounces back with 70-40 home rout of Turkey Valley

The Kee boys basketball team got its 2024-2025 season underway on the opposite ends of many spectrums this past week, playing two games that were split between away and home, non-conference and Upper Iowa Conference (UIC), larger school and smaller school, and ultimately, loss column and win column. The bucket Hawks opened this season falling to one of just three teams to beat them during last season’s historic campaign, suffering a similar but much closer fate in falling at Class 3A Charles City Tuesday, December 3 by a 66-57 final result in overtime. They bounced back in considerable fashion from that first loss with a 70-40 domination at home of UIC foe Turkey Valley Friday, December 6.

Wed
11
Dec

Kee girls basketball team begins its home schedule with 39-30 win over Turkey Valley to maintain undefeated beginning to its season

The Kee girls basketball team had just one game on its schedule this past week but was able to continue its early-season winning ways with a 39-30 home win over Turkey Valley Friday, December 6. In an early-season match-up between two undefeated Upper Iowa Conference foes, the Lady Hawks used a five-minute silencing of their Trojan guests to start the second half on the way to a 14-4 third quarter eruption that loomed large in Kee’s final margin of victory.

On the shoulders of double-digit scoring leadership by junior Addison Winters and sophomore Rylee Mudderman that outpaced Turkey Valley’s entire team total, the Hawks had their final scoreboard advantage come equally from inside the arc and at the free throw line. Being outgunned a bit by a 9-6 count beyond the three-point line, Kee’s 11-for-15 free throw effort eclipsed the Trojans’ five-for-eight charity result by the same count as the Hawks’ 22-16 interior advantage.

Wed
04
Dec

Kee girls basketball team opens season with 43-28 win at South Winneshiek

The Kee girls basketball team’s 2024-2025 got off to a strong start, much like the strong start the Lady Hawk defense got off to in three of the game’s four quarters in their Tuesday, November 26 season-opener at South Winneshiek in Upper Iowa Conference play. Holding the host Warriors scoreless for the first three to four minutes in quarters one, three and four, the Kee girls were finally able to pull away for good in the game’s final frame to bring home a 43-28 victory.

The Kee girls were next scheduled to host Turkey Valley Friday, December 6 before doing likewise on back-to-back nights with Waukon, Monday, December 9, and Postville, Tuesday, December 10. The Lady Hawks will then travel to West Central Friday, December 13 before returning home for hostings of Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 17 and Central Elkader Friday, December 20.

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04
Dec

Waukon boys basketball team will return five varsity letterwinners for its 2024-2025 campaign looking to improve on a 7-15 end result


2024-2025 Waukon boys basketball team ... Left to right - Front row: Frankie Ghegan, Lawrence Fenton, Hayden Dahlstrom, Colton O’Neill, Noah Hager, Issac Johanningmeier; Middle row: Issiah Moudy, Dylan Stegen, Dajian Mitchell, Dalton Frick, Dalton Ellickson; Back row: Zach Perkins, Braxton Howe, Connor Stilwell, Vaughn Stegen, Talin Hemann, Ethan Palmer, McKinley Rostvold, Cody Dunham, Jaxon Brinkman. Not pictured: Joey Courtney, Reid Deeney, Brayden Engrav.

The Waukon boys basketball team will field a good-sized team in participation numbers for this 2024-2025 season, as a combined 23 young men ranging from all four of the high school grade levels have reported for early-season practices at the varsity level. Five of those young men return with varsity letterwinning experience from last season’s squad that posted a 7-15 overall record that included a 4-6 mark that placed the Indians in fourth place in the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) standings.

A large senior class of eight of the uppermost classmen this season will be headlined by three of those letterwinning returnees in Jaxon Brinkman, Dalton Frick and McKinley Rostvold. An even larger class of 12 juniors will feature the other two experienced veterans coming back this season in Colton O’Neill and Zach Perkins, although Perkins is still recovering from a knee injury suffered during the summer baseball season.

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04
Dec

Kee’s 2024-2025 boys basketball team brings back eight varsity letterwinners looking to take last winter’s historic season further


2024-2025 Kee boys basketball team ... Left to right - Front row: Braxton Pohlman, Isaiah Wagner, Justin Wagner, Irey Mettille, Aleks Stankovich, Kaeden Weber, Carter Verthein, Sam Janzen; Back row: Tanner Troendle, Jarod Reams, Trey Cota, Jordan Cota, Brayden Darling, Karsen Strong, Dalton Mudderman, Parker Leppert. Photo by Danielle Potter.

2024-2025 Kee boys basketball returning letterwinners ... Left to right - Front row: Tanner Troendle, Trey Cota, Jarod Reams, Parker Leppert; Back row: Karsen Strong, Brayden Darling, Jordan Cota, Dalton Mudderman. Photo by Danielle Potter.

The 2024-2025 Kee boys basketball season is being looked to with great anticipation as the Hawks come off their best season in program history and return five of their six top statistical contributors to that trailblazing effort. Furthering that optimism is even further returning depth in the eight varsity letterwinners coming back from last season that account for exactly half of this winter’s total high school participation numbers and an even greater percentage of the 12 young men who will make up this season’s varsity roster.

Wed
04
Dec

Waukon bowling teams split season opener at home with Tripoli; Girls begin with a win, boys come up a bit short

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams got their 2024-2025 season underway at home, hosting Tripoli Tuesday, November 26. That season-opening date resulted in a split for the two squads, as the Lady Indians recorded a 1939-1851 victory and the Waukon boys ended up on the short end of a 1922-1774 final result.

The Waukon bowling teams are next scheduled to compete at Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, December 5. The bowling Tribe will then begin its regular Friday afternoon dual meet schedule with road dates at New Hampton Friday, December 13 and at North Fayette Valley Friday, December 20.

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Wed
27
Nov

Waukon girls basketball team returns plenty of height in group of six letterwinners for 2024-2025 campaign


2024-2025 Waukon girls basketball team ... Left to right - Front row: Claire Schulte, Emma O’Neill, Elle Wilkins, Kara Helgerson, Marissa Schullo; Middle row: Sophia Palmer, Kaylin Regan, Bella Moudy, Nora Davis, Norah Palmer, Cora Miller, Tegan Dahlstrom; Back row: Bryiah Stewart, Haylee Jeglum, Blythe Bucknell, Keira McCormick, Reese McCormick, Willa Troendle, Molly Kurth, Hayley McNamara, Jamiah Larson. Not pictured: Bobbi Finney and Callie O’Neill.

2024-2025 Waukon girls basketball returning letterwinners ... Left to right: Blythe Bucknell, Keira McCormick, Reese McCormick, Willa Troendle, Bella Moudy, Elle Wilkins.

The 2024-2025 Waukon girls basketball will benefit from the return of six varsity letterwinners from its 13-9 campaign last season. Those six experienced veterans include the spectrum of grade levels in leading an overall high school squad that includes a total of 23 young ladies from the freshman on up through senior grade levels.

Leading that high school program, in addition to making up half of this season’s returning letterwinning core, is this winter’s trio of seniors in Keira McCormick, Reese McCormick and Bella Moudy. The junior pair of Willa Troendle and Elle Wilkins and sophomore Blythe Bucknell complete that list of veteran returnees from last winter’s hardcourt campaign.

“These girls will provide good leadership for us,” second-year Waukon girls head basketball coach John O’Neill said of his letterwinning returnees. “They have experience from last year and hopefully that will make them more comfortable and confident this year.”

Wed
27
Nov

Waukon girls and boys bowling teams will each field teams of similar size for their 2024-2025 campaigns


2024-2025 Waukon girls bowling team ... Left to right - Front row: Megan Huinker, Olivia Shelton, Peyton Koester, Mercedes Wilkins; Back row: Lauryn Howard, Brooklyn Moen, Molly Peake, Tori Zezulka.

2024-2025 Waukon boys bowling team ... Left to right - Front row: Harley Puent, Mayson Miller, Colton Snitker, Keigan Leiran; Back row: Gabe Sellers, Trey Hammel, Michael Koester, Dekota Bechtel. Not pictured: Kevin Troester.

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams will both be facing similar participation numbers in their respective squads for their 2024-2025 campaigns, as the Lady Indians have eight young ladies reporting for early-season duty and the Indian boys will have nine competitors take to the lanes this winter for a total of 17 bowlers between the two teams being led by a combination of five returning letterwinners. With a large number of freshmen rolling their way into this season, just over half of this season’s girls squad will be returning participants from last winter, while only about one-third of the boys team will be made up of previous bowlers in the program. The teams will be coached by both Kim Shelton and Jesse Peterson in a co-coaching effort for this season.

Wed
27
Nov

Kee football team plays to second consecutive season with 5-4 overall record and State Play-Off qualification

The Kee football team played its way to a 5-4 season record for its 2024 campaign, qualifying for the Eight-Player State Play-Offs for the second consecutive season as the third-place team in the final District 3 standings behind the two District 3 teams to beat the Hawks, Don Bosco and Riceville. Even though that 5-4 mark is just above average, the teams responsible for those four losses were all well above average in playing to a 30-2 combined record during their regular season schedules, and each won at least one State Play-Off game, including a Gladbrook-Reinbeck team that ended

Kee’s grid campaign in the opening round of those Play-Offs on the way to finishing as this year’s Eight-Player State Runner-Up this past weekend.

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