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In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Kee girls track team was locked in some epic battles with fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Turkey Valley in the Lady Hawks’ only home meet of this season Thursday, April 22. The Kee girls were also slated to compete at Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 but had that meet canceled due to cold, windy weather.

The ultimate battle between the long-time UIC rivals was in the final team score, where Turkey Valley edged out the Kee girls by just a single point, 116-115. It was the visiting Trojans’ depth that helped them claim this year’s Kee Invitational title, as they had 19 young ladies score points, in comparison to 13 Lady Hawks scoring, including four Turkey Valley girls who scored just a single point.

The Waukon girls golf team continued its early-season streak of success by defeating four more opponents to remain undefeated two weeks into this spring’s campaign at 7-0. The Lady Indians first began their home schedule with a second Northeast Iowa Conference victory, 203-229 over Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 12. The golf Tribe then swept three opponents in a home quadrangular Tuesday, April 13, tallying 210 strokes to leave Decorah (280), Postville (284) and MFL/MarMac (310) well behind.

Creed Welch breaks nearly century-old long jump record with leap of 22’0.75”

The Waukon boys track team ran, threw and jumped its way to a pair of runner-up team finishes on the tracks of fellow Northeast Iowa Conference squads this past week. The Indians finished behind the host squad at the Decorah Relays Monday, April 12 and did likewise behind Clear Lake at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 15.

At the April 12 Decorah meet, history was made when the longest-standing record in Waukon High School boys track history was finally broken after nearly standing for nearly a century in the school record books. A long jump distance of 21’10” posted by Noel Robey in 1924 was finally bettered 97 years later when Indian senior Creed Welch launched a leap of 22’0.75” on that cool, breezy afternoon to win that event.

The Waukon boys golf team played a very busy early part of this past week, ultimately recording its first meet wins of the season. The golf Tribe first fell at Waverly-Shell Rock, 203-149, Monday, April 12 before tallying 190 strokes to defeat both MFL/MarMac (192) and Postville (256) in a non-conference road triangular at Tri-City Golf Course near Luana to hold a 2-3 meet record on the season.

The Indians were next scheduled to play at Decorah Monday, April 19 before playing their first home meet Tuesday, April 20 against Caledonia, MN. The golf Tribe will then host Crestwood Monday, April 26 before playing at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, April 27 and then hosting New Hampton Friday, April 30.

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In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Kee girls track team made the most of that lone opportunity at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 15, winning the meet by more than 40 points. The Lady Hawks claimed victory in 10 of the meet’s events to rack up 153 team points on the way to that title, winning five of the six individual non-hurdle running events and four of the six non-hurdle relays as well.

Prior to that dominant performance, the Kee track girls were also scheduled to compete in the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13. That meet was called off due to cold and windy conditions.

Mike Kramer of Waukon displays his prizewinnings of $50 in Standard Bucks and his winning entry responsible for his championship effort in The Standard’s 2021 College Basketball Bracket Challenge. Kramer was one of 18 of this year’s entries to choose Baylor to defeat Gonzaga in winning the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, the Bears doing so by an 86-70 final margin. One of those other entries, Jen Moose of Waukon, also ended up with the same amount of total contest points as Kramer in this season’s Bracket Challenge, 144 points to top this year’s remaining contest field, forcing a tie-breaker to determine an outright winner of this year’s contest.

The Waukon boys track team fit in another pair of meets this past week, traveling less than a half hour to compete in each of them. The Indians finished fourth in the Decorah Early Bird Invitational Monday, April 5 before literally running away with the team title at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 8 by more than 60 team points.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete again at Decorah Monday, April 12 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 15. The track Tribe will then make yet another trip back to Decorah Monday, April 19 before hosting six other teams - Central Elkader, Crestwood, Decorah, New Hampton, Osage and Postville - in its own Indian Relays Friday, April 23, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Kee girls track team took to the competition trail on two different occasions this past week, finishing third in both meets on its schedule. The Kee girls opened the week finishing third at the Postville Relays Tuesday, April 6 before doing likewise at the Starmont Invitational Thursday, April 8.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to compete at the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13 before competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 15, but that Waukon meet was already called off Monday due to forecasted cold and windy weather. The Kee track girls will then compete at Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 before hosting three other teams at their own home invitational Thursday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Waukon girls track team pulled double duty this past week in competing in a pair of nearby meets. The Lady Indians finished fourth in both of those meets, finishing behind a trio of Upper Iowa Conference squads at the Postville Invitational Tuesday, April 6 and doing likewise behind a trio of Northeast Iowa Conference foes at Decorah Thursday, April 8.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to host their own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13, but that meet was called off Monday due to forecasted cold and windy weather conditions. The track Tribe was slated to compete at New Hampton Thursday, April 15 before traveling to Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 and then to North Fayette Valley Friday, April 23.

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The Kee boys track team competed in a pair of meets this past week, both of those competitions being larger multi-team events. The Hawks finished 14th in the 15-team Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 6 before placing sixth in the nine-team field of the Foster-Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville Thursday, April 8.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the Crestwood Invitational at Cresco Tuesday, April 13 before competing at MFL/MarMac in Monona Thursday, April 15. The Kee track boys will then host a trio of other teams for their own home invitational Thursday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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