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ON TO STATE! Kee girls basketball team pays little attention to accolades of fourth-rated Springville on the way to 55-43 Region 4 Championship triumph


STATEBOUND!!! Lady Hawks advance to Class 1A State Tournament with Region 4 Championship ... Members of the 15th-rated Kee girls basketball team display the banner and “Ticket Punched” poster celebrating their Class 1A Region 4 Championship and the State Tournament qualification the Lady Hawks earned with a 55-43 upset triumph over fourth-rated Springville in that regional finals game played Wednesday, February 25 at West Delaware High School in Manchester. The Hawks bolted to a 17-5 headstart by the end of the game’s first quarter and never really took their foot off the gas for the game’s remainder, building as much as a 20-point lead in the third quarter and fighting off a late Oriole surge in the latter minutes of the fourth period to earn the Kee girls basketball program’s third Class 1A State Tournament qualification, with the other two coming during the 2016 and 2018 seasons. Kee’s girls will now open Class 1A State Tournament play as the number-eight seed Wednesday, March 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, taking on top-rated and top-seeded Algona Bishop Garrigan, a team that holds a 22-2 season record and is riding a streak of seven consecutive qualifications for the Class 1A State Tournament. Pictured above, left to right, are Head Coach Ben Wagner, team manager Areona Claycomb, Maddie Mauss, Layla Mathis, Josy Connelly, Rylee Mudderman, Lilah Strong, Morgan Mohn, Grace Hornseth, Lillian Kolsrud, Elena Schulte, Addison Winters, Rose Wheeler, Evelynn Dibert, Assistant Coach Pat Wagner, and Maddie Martin. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

Lady Hawks soar higher than touted Orioles to earn program’s third State Tournament qualification

The Kee girls basketball team had its focus solely on the number “one” when they took to the court in the Class 1A Region 4 championship game against Springville Wednesday, February 25 at West Delaware High School in Manchester.

Wed
04
Mar

Long-time Allamakee Community School District teacher, coach Deb (Kaune) Tweedy to be inducted into IGHSAU Basketball Hall of Fame this Saturday


Deb Tweedy is pictured above late in her teaching career in the Allamakee Community School District, prior to her passing May 12, 2018.

Inducted into IGHSAU Hall of Fame for her career at West Central ... Deb (Kaune) Tweedy, a teacher in the Allamakee Community School District for a tenure of 41 years that began in the fall of 1977, will be inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Basketball Hall of Fame this Saturday, March 7 for the accolades and results she accumulated during her high school basketball career at West Central High School in Maynard. Pictured above making a move to the basket during her senior year at the 1972 State Tournament, the former Deb Kaune was named to the All-Tournament Team (pictured third from right in the photo immediately above this photo caption as a member of that All-Tournament Team) after she not only led her West Central team to a third-place finish after losing to eventual State Champion Roland-Story by a single point, 91-90, in the tournament semifinals, but also led the entire State Tournament field in scoring that year with her 189 points in four games. Submitted photos.

Multiple Waukon connections in this State Tournament team photo ... Deb (Kaune) Tweedy, a teacher in the Allamakee Community School District for more than four decades prior to her passing in 2018, will be inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Basketball Hall of Fame this Saturday, March 7 for the accolades and results she accumulated during her high school basketball career at West Central High School in Maynard. The former Deb Kaune is pictured above wearing her #41 uniform in the center of the West Central team photo from the 1972 IGHSAU State Tournament program, and basketball fans may also recognize another Waukon connection in the above photo, as the West Central teams that (Kaune) Tweedy played on were coached by former Waukon High School basketball coach Gene Klinge, who is pictured standing in the back on the far right. Also pictured standing in the back at the far left is Tony DiCecco, who went on to be the head coach of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) women’s basketball team. Submitted photo.

A long-awaited honor will be bestowed upon a long-time teacher and coach from the Allamakee Community School District this Saturday, March 7, but that honoring will be for the work she did on the basketball court long before Waukon became her home.

Deb (Kaune) Tweedy, a teacher of 41 years at Waukon High School and more recently East and West Elementary Schools before her passing May 12, 2018, will be inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2026 in a ceremony scheduled for halftime of the Class 2A State Tournament Championship game, which is scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. this Saturday and will be televised as part of Iowa PBS coverage of this year’s State Tournament, as well as livestreamed on iowapbs.org and the Iowa PBS YouTube channel.

Wed
25
Feb

Waukon varsity football assistant coach Ted Snitker to be honored as Class 2A Assistant Coach of the Year Saturday at IFCA Annual Banquet


Named Class 2A Assistant Coach of the Year ... Waukon varsity football assistant coach Ted Snitker is pictured in the middle of a huddle of defensive players during a Waukon football game, doing what he is being honored for this weekend. Snitker was selected by the Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA) as one of two Class 2A Assistant Coach of the Year honorees following the 2025 high school football season and will receive his recognition for the honor at the IFCA Annual Banquet this Saturday, February 28. Submitted photo.

Efforts spanning over three decades, with 29 of those years coming on the same field where Waukon native Ted Snitker grew his love of the game of football, will be recognized this Saturday, February 28 at the Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Annual Banquet. Snitker, an All-State selection as a player for the Waukon Indians prior to his graduation in 1986, and a fixture in the grid Tribe’s coaching staff for nearly 30 years, is being recognized by the Iowa Football Coaches Association as one of this year’s two honorees as Class 2A Assistant Coach of the Year.

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25
Feb

Kee girls basketball team’s journey down another long postseason road includes pair of regional home wins, 68-27 over Clayton Ridge, 57-45 over Marquette Catholic


Rising for the rebound ... Kee girls basketball senior Addison Winters skies for this rebound in the Lady Hawks’ 57-45 home win over Marquette Catholic in the semifinal round of the Class 1A Region 4 Tournament Friday, February 20. Winters scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds in Kee’s postseason victory. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

The Kee girls basketball team took a couple steps down the postseason path this past week, making its way into a third consecutive regional semifinals contest and eventually its second straight regional championship game with back-to-back victories at home in Class 1A Region 4 Tournament play. The Lady Hawks opened their postseason possibilities with a third consecutive victory of this season over Clayton Ridge, 68-27 at home, in the Region 4 quarterfinals Tuesday, February 17, advancing to the regional semifinals Friday, February 20, where Kee’s girls played to a 57-45 home win over Marquette Catholic to bring themselves to the very brink of State Tournament qualification for the second consecutive season.

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25
Feb

Waukon boys basketball team’s split of pair of district tournament games includes 76-34 home win over Postville and 80-57 loss at Crestwood to have season ended

The Waukon boys basketball team had a pair of postseason opportunities in front of them this past week, making the most of the first of those to obtain the second, which ultimately proved to be the end of the bucket Tribe’s 2025-2026 season. The Indians opened their Class 2A District 7 Tournament scoring one of their highest point totals of the season in a 76-34 home triumph over Postville Monday, February 16. That win advanced Waukon’s boys to the District 7 semifinals where they were matched up Thursday, February 19 for the third time this season with a Crestwood squad that had beaten them twice during the regular season, surrendering their highest point total of this season in suffering that same fate in postseason play with an 80-57 loss that brought the Tribe’s season to an end.

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25
Feb

Waukon girls basketball team has 2025-2026 campaign ended with 71-30 loss at Class 3A fourth-rated Dubuque Wahlert in Region 4 Tournament semifinals

After an opening-round step down the postseason path with a first-round Class 3A Region 4 Tournament win over Oelwein the weekend before, the Waukon girls basketball team’s tournament trail took a much steeper direction when the Lady Indians had to travel to fourth-rated Dubuque Wahlert Wednesday, February 18. Coached by 1978 Waukon High School graduate Kris Spiegler, the Golden Eagles returned more than half their starting line-up from a Class 3A State Tournament Runner-Up finish from last season and added a sharp-shooting freshman to the mix who nearly outscored the Indians all on her own in firing in seven three-pointers to lead Wahlert to a 71-30 defeat of the bucket Tribe.

Wed
18
Feb

ON TO STATE! Waukon boys wrestling sophomore Kolton Grotegut finishes as 120-pound runner-up to earn State Tournament qualification


On to State with runner-up finish at 120 pounds ... Waukon boys wrestling 120-pound sophomore Kolton Grotegut battles Decorah sophomore Meison Tollefson in their semifinals match at the Class 2A District 7 Tournament hosted by Osage High School Saturday, February 14. Having lost to Tollefson by fall in an earlier dual meet between their two squads, Grotegut turned the tables this time in recording a 7-3 win by decision on his way to ending up as the 120-pound District Tournament runner-up to earn qualification for this year’s Class 2A State Tournament. Grotegut will now compete among the Class 2A 120-pound elite beginning this Thursday afternoon, February 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Casey’s Center, formerly known as Wells Fargo Arena, in Des Moines. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

Regan, Keeling, Lange and Egan earn wrestleback opportunities, join Stortz and Mitchell in third place

The Waukon boys wrestling team competed in its Class 2A District 7 Tournament at Osage Saturday, February 14, an event that offered the opportunity to extend the season for any wrestlers finishing within the top two of their weight class but also held the reality of an end to any wrestler’s season. In a tournament field loaded with at least a dozen wrestlers ranked within the top eight of their respective weight classes, including eight from a Decorah squad that had recently wrestled to a Team Dual State Tournament runner-up finish, the Indian matmen ended up advancing one wrestler to this season’s Class 2A State Tournament but had six others on the brink of qualification who all ended up in third place, all helping the mat Tribe to a third-place team finish in this year’s eight-team District Tournament field.

Wed
18
Feb

Waukon girls bowling sophomore Megan Huinker bowls to sixth-place finish among Class 1A elite at 2026 IGHSAU State Bowling Tournament


Huinker finishes sixth among Class 1A State Bowling elite ... Waukon girls bowling sophomore Megan Huinker bowled her way to a sixth-place finish among the Class 1A bowling elite at the Iowa High School Girls Individual State Bowling Tournament held Tuesday morning, February 10 at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo. Pictured below, left to right, are Huinker and Waukon bowling coach Jesse Peterson after her sixth-place State Tournament finish. Pictured above are the top-eight individual finishers at this year’s Class 1A State Tournament. Left to right are Camanche sophomore Olivia Steines, State Champion; Maquoketa senior Hadley Ihrig, State Runner-Up; Louisa-Muscatine senior Keely Williams, 3rd Place; Waterloo Columbus senior Karlie Morgan, 4th Place; Camanche senior Kloey Tebbe, 5th Place; Waukon sophomore Megan Huinker, 6th Place; Clarinda senior Rylee Pulliam, 7th Place; Louisa-Muscatine freshman Payton Raisbeck, 8th Place. Photos courtesy of Amanda Peterson.

A second consecutive season of representation for the Waukon girls bowling program at the destination where every high school bowler and team longs to be provided some history of its own when sophomore Megan Huinker competed in the Class 1A Individual State Tournament Tuesday, February 10 at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo. Being the second consecutive Waukon girls bowler to compete in the season grand finale, after 2025 graduated senior Lauryn Howard made program history as the first Lady Indian to qualify for State Bowling last winter, Huinker created her own bit of history as she became the first Waukon girls bowler to bring home a State Tournament medal as a top-eight finisher at the event, bowling her way to a sixth-place finish among this season’s Class 1A bowling elite.

Wed
18
Feb

Waukon girls basketball team’s undefeated week ends regular season with 56-11 win over Charles City and opens regional tournament play with 56-46 victory over Oelwein


Powering up a possibility ... Waukon girls basketball junior Haylee Jeglum powers up a shot attempt between two Oelwein defenders in the Indians’ 56-46 home win over the Huskies in the first round of Class 3A Region 4 Tournament play Saturday, February 14. Jeglum finished the game with three points. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

The Waukon girls basketball team both ended its regular season and began its postseason within two games this past week, with both of those contests being played against fellow former Northeast Iowa Conference opponents at home and both ending up in the win column. The Lady Indians wrapped up their regular season schedule with a 56-11 home triumph over Charles City Tuesday, February 10 and then opened their Class 3A Region 4 Tournament with a 56-46 victory at home over Oelwein Saturday, February 14.

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Feb

Waukon girls wrestling junior Makenna Kurth splits six matches at State Tournament to finish sixth among Class 1A 120-pound elite


Podium placewinner among Class 1A’s 120-pound elite ... Waukon girls wrestling junior 120-pounder Makenna Kurth (second from left) stands on the final placewinning podium among the top eight placewinners in the Class 1A 120-pound weight class at the Iowa High School Girls State Wrestling Tournament held at Xtream Arena in Coralville Thursday and Friday, February 5-6. Pictured above, left to right, are Highland Riverside freshman Adley Sweeting, 8th Place; Waukon junior Makenna Kurth, 6th Place; West Liberty senior Kiley Collins, 4th Place; Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont junior Kate Krause, State Runner-Up; Don Bosco junior Erica Irvine, State Champion; Davenport Assumption sophomore Valentina West, 3rd Place; Woodward-Granger junior Hannah Brandhorst, 5th Place; and South Winneshiek freshman Remington Wadsworth, 7th Place. Kurth’s losses in the tournament came at the hands of the second-place, third-place and fifth-place finishers, all of whom were also State Tournament placewinners in previous seasons. Two of her three victories at the tournament came by fall, including one over this year’s eighth-place finisher. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

Looking for the fall in the first round ... Waukon girls wrestling 120-pound junior Makenna Kurth looks toward the official as she works Pekin senior Lila Miller to her back in the opening round of the Class 1A State Tournament Thursday morning, February 5 at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Kurth recorded the pin in 1:04 as one of two falls she racked up at the tournament on her way to splitting six total matches at the season grand finale and finishing in sixth place among Class 1A’s 120-pound elite wrestlers this season. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.

A return trip to every high school wrestler’s ultimate destination resulted in an extended stay this time around for Waukon girls wrestling junior Makenna Kurth, as the 120-pounder wrestled her way to a sixth-place finish among the Class 1A elite in this year’s Iowa High School Girls State Tournament held Thursday and Friday, February 5-6 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Having also qualified for that season grand finale two seasons ago as a freshman at 110 pounds, the first-year high school competitor at that time split the four matches she wrestled to have her first-ever high school state tournament ended on the first day of competition. This year, the 120-pound junior put together a pair of wins in three matches in her first day of competition to end up wrestling six total matches over two days, evenly splitting all those bouts with three wins and three losses to end up as the Class 1A 120-pound sixth-place finisher in her 16-wrestler bracket.

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