Sports

The Kee baseball team capped off one of its most successful seasons in the past decade by taking the program back to every high school baseball team’s ultimate destination this past week, as the diamond Hawks played their way to the Class 1A State Tournament for the first time since the 2011 season.

The Waukon High School and Middle School football coaching staffs are planning to host the 2021 Waukon Indian Middle School Football Camp August 22-24. The camp, run by the Waukon football coaching staffs with help from current and former high school players, is a non-contact camp aimed at teaching the fundamentals of offensive and defensive play for the Waukon football program.

Participants should plan to attend camp in shorts and a t-shirt, and should bring football cleats. Camp will take place at the middle school practice football field west of the Waukon High School parking lot.

The middle school camp for students entering seventh and eighth grades this fall will be held Sunday-Tuesday, August 22-24. The camp will be held from 5-7 p.m. both Sunday and Monday evenings, and then from 3:35-5:35 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Playing in its first Class 1A Substate Championship game since the 2017 season and looking to earn qualification for the Class 1A State Tournament for the first time in 10 seasons and the first time ever without legendary head coach Gene Schultz at the helm, the Kee baseball team was matched up with a team looking to make its own bit of history in the Class 1A Substate 2 Championship game played at Charles City High School Tuesday, July 20.

There will be  a cross country camp Monday through Friday, August 2-6 for boys and girls entering grades 7-12 in the Allamakee Community School District this fall. As always, there is no fee for the camp, which will start at 6 p.m. each day and be held at the cross country course behind Waukon High School.

Boys and girls entering seventh grade will need to have their completed physical form turned in to the middle school office, or they must bring them to camp, before they will be allowed to participate. All other grades can use their physical exam from the last school year for camp. Participants should bring a completed registration form (below) to the first day of camp, August 2.
 

The Waukon High School football coaching staff is planning to host its 2021 Waukon Indian Football Camp Monday through Friday, August 2-6. The camp, run by the Waukon coaching staff, is a non-contact camp aimed at teaching fundamental instruction in offensive/defensive techniques necessary for the execution of Waukon’s system of play.

Participants should plan to attend camp in shorts and a t-shirt, and should bring football cleats as well as shoes appropriate for the gym. Camp will take place behind Waukon High School on the practice football fields. In the event of lightning or inclement weather, the camp will be held indoors.

The high school camp is for students entering grades 9 through 12 this fall and will be held at Waukon High School from 4:30-8 p.m. each evening. Friday, August 6 will last later because it will involve equipment check-out for the season.

The Waukon baseball team had its 2021 campaign brought to a close this past week with a split of two Class 2A District 8 Tournament games, but not before venturing farther than any diamond Tribe has in postseason play since 2011, when the Indians made their last State Tournament bid, and providing Waukon baseball fans with some thrilling memories and hope along the way. After posting a 10-0 first-round district triumph over a winless Postville squad more than a week ago, this year’s postseason surge continued against two much stronger squads in games played at Jesup, the baseball Tribe first waging war against Waterloo Columbus (21-12) Tuesday, July 13 to pull out a 9-7 triumph in 11 innings before then battling eighth-rated Jesup (25-3) right to the very end of just a 3-2 loss at the home of the highly-regarded J-Hawks Saturday, July 17 to have the 2021 diamond season brought to an end.

The Kee baseball team’s postseason path would end up crossing this past week with a pair of teams the Hawks had fallen to in back-to-back games nearly three weeks earlier. Fortunately, Kee’s diamond dwellers would avenge both of those regular season losses with a pair of two-run triumphs at home that have now pushed the Hawks to their first District Championship and Substate berth since the 2017 season.

Waukon Park & Recreation is excited to be offering a tennis program for the first time this summer, teaming up with instructor Aaron Gentes to provide this opportunity. The program is for girls and boys ages seven to 17.

Participants will gain a better understanding of the sport along with learning basic tennis technique and form. The classes will be divided by age groups as follows:

• 7-8 year olds (5-5:50 p.m.)
• 9-10 year olds (6-6:50 p.m.)
• 11-17 year olds (7-7:50 p.m.)

The tennis program will be held Monday evenings at the times listed above, taking place at the Waukon Tennis Courts (across from the Wellness Center) starting July 26 and running for five weeks. Program dates are July 26, August 2, August 9, August 16 and August 23. In the event of rain, a make-up date will be determined at that time.

The Waukon baseball team both ended its regular season and opened its postseason this past week, both of those games ending in 10-0 results in five innings and the diamond Tribe ending up on each end of that results spectrum. The Indians brought their regular season to a close with a 10-0 loss to West Delaware in five innings Tuesday, July 6 in a game played at the Mt. Mercy University baseball field in Cedar Rapids but reversed that fortune in opening Class 2A District 8 Tournament play with a 10-0 home win in five innings over Postville Saturday, July 10.

The Waukon softball team had its 2021 season brought to a close after splitting its first two Class 3A Region 6 Tournament games this past week, but not before giving its fans all the thrills involved with a pair of one-run final results in those two games. The Indians began their postseason journey hosting fellow Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) squad New Hampton Tuesday, July 6, the Tribe continuing a season-long history of high-scoring, one-run battles with the Chickasaws by pulling out a 10-9 victory at home in the opening round of Class 3A Region 6 competition.