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This past week of Waukon bowling saw the start - and continuation - of the postseason for the Waukon girls bowling team, and the end to the regular season for the Waukon boys team in a final flurry on the lanes. The Waukon boys ended up falling short of qualifying for the final eight-team bracket in their North Central Conference Baker Tournament in Waterloo Wednesday, February 4 before falling to Charles City, 2034-2927, in a final home dual match Friday, February 6.

Senior Colton O’Neill becomes all-time leader in career assists for Waukon boys basketball

The Waukon boys basketball team played through its most challenging week of the season with a full schedule of three games this past week, two of which did not make the win column to end up doubling the number of losses the Indians have experienced this season. The bucket Tribe opened the week trying to avenge one of its earlier season losses, taking that opportunity into overtime before falling to Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) leader Crestwood for a second time this season, 77-70, in a Tuesday, February 3 battle at home. The Indians suffered a second consecutive loss for the first time this season with a 61-47 home defeat suffered against Decorah Thursday, February 5 in a game rescheduled from December 18, but they bounced back from those back-to-back losses to record a 41-32 road victory at North Fayette Friday, February 6.

The Waukon girls basketball team ended up with three games on its schedule this past week, sandwiching two Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) victories around a lone non-conference loss. The Lady Indians opened the week with a 36-33 overtime victory at home over Crestwood Tuesday, February 3 before falling at home to Class 4A Decorah by a 54-47 final result Thursday, February 5 in a game rescheduled from January 18. Waukon’s girls then closed out the week getting back on the winning track the very next night with a 49-36 victory at North Fayette Valley Friday, February 6.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to host Charles City Tuesday, February 10 to wrap up their regular season before Class 3A Regional Tournament play is scheduled to begin Saturday, February 14 at home against Oelwein.

The Kee girls basketball team played through an undefeated week in sweeping two non-conference games this past week to build upon a now seven-game win streak since an initial loss to start the new year. The Lady Hawks traveled to East Buchanan Monday, January 26 to make up a January 19 postponement and came home with a 75-50 victory before also disposing of Edgewood-Colesburg with relative ease, 59-39, at home Thursday, January 29 to currently hold a 12-5 season record that includes a mark of 8-2 in Upper Iowa Conference play, where they currently sit in second place behind Class 1A 11th-rated Turkey Valley in the Upper Iowa Conference Small School Division standings.

Jorja Johnson, Lily Baxter, Danika Reiser earn wrestleback opportunities, end up in third place

The lone competition for this past week for the Waukon girls wrestling team was one of opportunity for continuation of this 2025-2026 season with a required top-two individual finish, or quite possibly an end to it, as the Lady Indians competed in the Class 1A Region 3 Tournament hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Friday, January 30. That opportunity came to reality for one Lady Indian, as junior Makenna Kurth wrestled her way to the 120-pound championship and qualification for this year’s Class 1A State Wrestling Tournament.

Sophomore pair of Kolton Grotegut, Brock Stortz wrestle to UIC Runner-Up honors

The Waukon boys wrestling team began to wind down its regular season this past week, wrestling one final home dual meet before competing in the annual Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) Tournament. The Indians first wrapped up their home schedule with a final dual meet, defeating Arcadia, WI Thursday, January 29 by a final score of 42-31. The mat Tribe then competed in the Upper Iowa Conference Tournament Saturday, January 31, finishing fourth as a team and having a couple matmen wrestle their way to UIC runner-up finishes.

The Indians are next scheduled to wrap up their regular season schedule with a double-dual at Prairie du Chien, WI Thursday, February 5. They will then prepare for their Class 2A District Tournament at Osage Saturday, February 14.

The Kee boys basketball team played its way to an undefeated week on the court, with that busy and successful week resulting in three consecutive victories, all by double-digit margins. The Hawks opened the week making up a January 19 postponement at East Buchanan and recording a 66-39 victory Monday, January 26, before winning back-to-back home games, 64-44 over Postville Tuesday, January 27 and 71-61 over Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, January 29.

The Hawks were next scheduled to play at Central Elkader Tuesday, February 3 before making up a January 22 postponement at Turkey Valley Thursday, February 5 and then hosting Clayton Ridge Friday, February 6. They will then wrap up their regular season schedule with a Tuesday, February 10 game at West Central before preparing for Class 1A District Tournament play that can begin as early as Friday, February 13, with postseason schedules to be released later this week.

In what turned out to be their only competition of this past week, the Waukon girls and boys bowling teams each competed in the North Fayette Valley Baker Tournament in West Union Tuesday, January 20, competing against the host TigerHawks, Waterloo Columbus and Oelwein. Each team initially bowled eight Baker games to determine seeding for a bracketed tournament that included both a semifinal and final round, with the Waukon girls ending up on top of their four-team tournament field and the Waukon boys taking their competition to the brink before ending up in fourth place.

A Friday, January 23 meet at Oelwein was rescheduled to Tuesday, January 27 due to frigid weather, with that make-up date starting off this week’s schedule for the Indians. The Waukon girls will then compete in their North Central Conference Baker Tournament Wednesday, January 28 and the Waukon boys will wrap up the month of January hosting Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 30.

In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Kee girls basketball team was riding a four-game win streak over the past week-plus and continued to ride that recent wave to their highest single-game total of this season in a 71-28 home victory Tuesday, January 20. Bolting to a 25-9 headstart by the end of the first period, Kee never let a winless West Central squad score more than 10 points in any of the game’s four quarters, including a scoreless fourth quarter.

The Lady Hawks were also scheduled to play at East Buchanan Monday, January 19 and at Turkey Valley Friday, January 23, a game that was initially moved to Thursday, January 22 due to forecasted cold weather. That frigid weather made an even earlier appearance and forced postponement of that Turkey Valley game to a date yet to be determined as of press time for this week’s edition of The Standard. The East Buchanan game was scheduled to be made up Monday, January 26.

The Kee boys basketball team split the two contests it was able to play this past week, posting a 74-48 win at home over West Central Tuesday, January 20 to halt what had amounted to a nine-game losing streak over the past month’s time. The Hawks followed that win with a 66-54 loss to Wapsie Valley in one of this weekend’s games played in the Upper Iowa University (UIU) Shootout at Fayette Saturday, January 24.

The Hawks were also scheduled to play at East Buchanan Monday, January 19 and at Turkey Valley Friday, January 23, a game initially moved to Thursday, January 22 due to forecasted cold weather. That frigid weather made an even earlier appearance and forced postponement of that Turkey Valley game to a date yet to be determined as of press time for this week’s edition of The Standard. The East Buchanan game was scheduled to be made up Monday, January 26.