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Waukon football seniors Alyx Ede (photo above) and Tyler Block (photo below) have each been named among the more than 90 Iowa high school football seniors selected for the Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Academic All-State Honor Roll following completion of the 2019 football season. Players named to the list must be nominated by their head coach, must be a senior starter on the football team, must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or better at the end of their junior year, and must be involved in other extra-curricular activities.

The Waukon wrestling team returned from the holiday break to get the 2020 portion of this season’s schedule underway, the mat Tribe wrestling in a pair of double duals in its first week back on the mat, as well as competing in its first weekend tournament of the new year. The Indians first wrestled a pair of non-conference squads at South Winneshiek Friday, January 3, falling to both Fillmore Central out of Minnesota, 55-24, and the host squad, South Winneshiek, by a 60-9 final result. After nearly a week away from competition, the wrestling Indians hosted a pair of Northeast Iowa Conference opponents Thursday, January 9, falling to Oelwein by a 48-27 final count before suffering a 74-0 loss to Crestwood. Following those double duals, the Indians then traveled to Cresco Saturday, January 10 to compete in the Crestwood Tournament, placing seventh.

The Waukon basketball team played three games within a week’s time this past week, coming up just a few points short of pulling off an undefeated series of those three contests. The Indians handled a single-win Jesup team, 74-54, as part of a basketball showcase at Upper Iowa University in Fayette Saturday, January 4 before also pulling out a 66-65 win at Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, January 7. The Indians returned to Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) action Friday, January 10, coming close to handing that Comet squad its first NEIC loss of the season, but coming up just shy of doing so, 67-64.

The Kee girls basketball team returned from the holiday break to play three games within a week’s time, posting two of those three games to the win column. That win streak did not come right away, as the Hawks opened the new year extending a losing streak by another game with a 45-28 home loss Friday, January 3 to North Fayette Valley before tallying back-to-back home wins each by around a 30-point margin, 54-21 Tuesday, January 7 over West Central and 64-35 Friday, January 10 over South Winneshiek.

Holding an 8-4 season record that includes a 5-4 Upper Iowa Conference mark, the Kee girls were next scheduled to play at Postville Tuesday, January 14 before traveling to Turkey Valley Friday, January 17. The Hawks will then host Clayton Ridge Tuesday, January 21 before making up an early-season rescheduled contest at Waukon Thursday, January 23.

The Kee boys basketball team returned from the recent holiday break to a busy schedule of five games within just over a week’s time. The Hawks put just one of those five games in the win column, tallying a 66-34 victory at home over West Central Tuesday, January 7. Prior to that win, Kee’s boys dropped back-to-back games to begin the new year, 42-34 at home against North Fayette Valley Friday, January 3 and 71-46 to Waterloo Columbus in a basketball showcase hosted by Upper Iowa University in Fayette Saturday, January 4. The Hawks capped off that busy week with a 62-52 home loss to South Winneshiek Friday, January 10 before falling at Seneca, WI Saturday, January 11 by a 61-39 final result.

The Waukon bowling teams returned to the lanes Friday, January 3 after a weather-induced and holiday break from competition of nearly a month in length. That return to action saw the Indians earn a split with a nearby Decorah squad, the Indian ladies falling to the visiting Vikings by an 1887-2471 final result and the Waukon boys rolling to a 2914-2765 victory over their Decorah guests.

The bowling Indians are next scheduled to compete at North Fayette Valley Friday, January 10 before making up a Friday, December 13 home date claimed by weather Monday, January 13 against North Iowa. The Tribe will then host Waterloo Columbus Friday, January 17.

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A return to action following the holiday break saw the Waukon boys basketball team play host to a Decorah squad that has its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season off to an opposite start (2-1) than the Indians’ 1-2 start thus far in NEIC play. That differing start tended to show itself on the court in this initial post-holiday affair for both squads, as the visiting Vikings handed the basketball Tribe a 94-59 defeat behind a three-point sharp-shooting effort that saw Decorah drop in 15 three-point blasts to account for nearly half the Viking point total in the ballgame.

The Kee boys basketball team split its pair of home games this past week, ending up on opposite ends of the results column against a pair of Upper Iowa Conference foes. The Hawks opened the week with a 53-34 win at home Tuesday, December 17 over winless Central Elkader before falling to a single-loss MFL/MarMac at home Friday, December 20 by an 84-41 final result.

Holding a 3-4 overall record, 2-3 in Upper Iowa Conference play, the Hawks are now on their holiday break. The Kee boys will return to the court in the new year with back-to-back days of competition, first hosting North Fayette Valley Friday, January 3 before playing Waterloo Columbus Saturday, January 4 at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.

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The Waukon wrestling team completed a busy latter half of this past week, hosting a pair of teams for a double dual before wrapping up its 2019 schedule with a final weekend tournament for the calendar year. The Indians played host to both Decorah and Caledonia, MN at that Thursday, December 19 double dual at home, falling by nearly equal team scores of 63-9 to the Vikings in a Northeast Iowa Conference dual and by a 62-9 count to the Warriors from north of the border in Minnesota. The mat Tribe wrapped up its week with an eighth-place finish at the annual Doug Guilford Tournament hosted by Starmont High School Saturday, December 21.

The wrestling Tribe is currently on its holiday break. The Indians will return to action Friday, January 3 for a multi-team dual event at South Winneshiek.

The Waukon boys basketball team hit the road to match up against two of the top teams in the Northeast Iowa Conference from last season this past week, falling to both after seeing strong early starts erode away later in each ballgame. The Indians suffered a 64-38 defeat at Crestwood Tuesday, December 17 before surrendering a 56-41 loss at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, December 20.

Holding a 2-3 season record that includes a 1-2 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians are now on their holiday break. They will return to competition in the new year with back-to-back days of basketball, hosting Decorah Friday, January 3 before taking on Jesup Saturday, January 4 in a basketball showcase being hosted by Upper Iowa University in Fayette.

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