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Kee baseball team splits only two contests played this past week, wins home UIC match-up over Turkey Valley but falls in non-conference play at Wapsie Valley


Three-for-five with two doubles and team-high three runs ... Kee baseball senior catcher Dylan Walleser slides into homeplate ahead of the tag for a run in the Hawks’ 14-4 home win in six innings Monday, July 1. Walleser drilled two doubles and a single in five at-bats to score a team-high three runs and drive in another. Photo by Macie Hill. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee baseball team was limited to just a pair of games this past week, splitting those two contests that turned out to be half of what was originally scheduled. The Hawks first defeated Turkey Valley at home, 14-4 in six innings, Monday, July 1 in the first half of a home doubleheader that had the second game postponed until Monday, July 8 at Turkey Valley due to weather. The Kee boys then fell at Wapsie Valley, 7-4, Friday, July 5 in what turned out to be just a single game for the Hawks from an originally scheduled triangular event that was supposed to include Dunkerton and be played at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.

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Waukon softball team wraps up regular season with first season series win over Waverly-SR since 2012, sweeping loss at home to Crestwood


A single in each game ... Waukon softball freshman third baseman Brinley Jones takes a cut at a pitch in the Indians’ home doubleheader loss to Crestwood Wednesday, July 3. Jones popped a single in each game of the twinbill, one of just two Indians to get a hit in each game. Photo by Krystal Johnson. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon softball team brought its regular season to a close this past week, winning one of its three final games, all in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The week started with trekking in some unfamiliar territory, as the softball Tribe’s 7-1 win at Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, July 2 marked the first time since the 2012 season the Indians won a season series against the Go-Hawks, having split a doubleheader at Waverly earlier this season for Waukon’s first win over the Go-Hawks since that same 2012 season. The Lady Indians wrapped up the week, and their regular season, suffering a season sweep at the hands of Crestwood, falling in a road doubleheader rescheduled from June 27 at the home of the Cadets by scores of 11-1 in six innings and just 2-1 Wednesday, July 3.

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Kee softball team begins new UIC winning streak with doubleheader sweeps of MFL/Mar Mac and West Central, splits four games at Don Bosco Tournament


Three hits, two runs and RBI ... Kee softball senior Katie Brennan takes a cut at a pitch in the Hawks’ home doubleheader sweep of MFL/MarMac Monday, June 24. Brennan reached base four times in seven trips to the plate in the twinbill, collecting three singles, scoring two runs and driving in two more. Photo by Macie Hill. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

Another busy week of eight games for the Kee softball team saw the Lady Hawks win six of those eight games, giving life to another Upper Iowa Conference winning streak with two more sweeps of league opponents before splitting four games at a weekend tournament. The Kee softballers first posted wins of 4-2 and 11-1 in six innings over MFL/MarMac at home Monday, June 24 before doing likewise Wednesday, June 26 with West Central at home as well, 12-2 and 13-1, both in just five innings. The Hawks then played four games in the annual Don Bosco Tournament, splitting two games both Friday, June 28 - a 12-5 loss to Class 2A ninth-rated East Marshall before defeating Don Bosco, 9-8, in a 10-inning marathon - and Saturday, June 29 - a 14-3 loss to Class 3A fifth-rated Waterloo Columbus followed by a 13-3 win over West Marshall.

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Kee baseball team sweeps Postville in Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader, falls by just a 4-3 margin in late innings at Class 2A fifth-rated New Hampton

The Kee baseball team traveled near the end of each spectrum of success this past week and also ended up on each end of the win-loss spectrum in doing so. The Hawks first swept an Upper Iowa Conference pair at winless Postville Monday, June 24 by equal scores of 12-1 in five and seven innings before battling Class 2A fifth-rated New Hampton to just a 4-3 defeat Wednesday, June 26.

The Hawks were also supposed to play a non-conference doubleheader at home against Crestwood Thursday, June 27. That home twinbill was called off due to rainy weather and is not scheduled to be made up.

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Waukon softball team falls at Class 3A 12th-rated New Hampton

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Waukon softball team traveled to New Hampton Tuesday, June 25 for its final road doubleheader of the 2019 season against a Class 3A 12th-rated Chickasaw team sitting in second place in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) standings and hosting its final NEIC contest of the summer. The Tribe diamond dwellers battled the single-digit loss Chickasaws closely in game one before having that game yanked away, 4-3, with a walk-off solo homerun, but was then limited to just four hits in falling by a 9-2 result in game two.

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Waukon baseball team ends nine-game streak outside the win column with 18-3 win over Starmont, falls just short of win in final NEIC battle

The Waukon baseball team was able to pick up a convincing win this past week in the middle of a final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) stretch against teams on each end of the NEIC spectrum. The Indians opened the week suffering a home doubleheader sweep at the hands of Class 2A fifth-rated New Hampton Tuesday, June 25 by scores of 17-4 and 12-0 in five innings before rolling to an 18-3 win at home in just four innings over Starmont Wednesday, June 26. The baseball Tribe then came up just shy once again in a third consecutive one-run ballgame against Crestwood, falling by a 2-1 result for a second time at Cresco Friday, June 28.

A Thursday, June 27 non-conference road date at Postville was also scheduled for this past week. That ballgame was postponed by stormy weather and has been rescheduled for Friday, July 5.

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Waukon baseball team plays through winless week, falls to four NEIC foes before battling to a similar fate at its own Jeff Houg Tournament


Final home tournament ... The Waukon baseball senior pair of second baseman Michael Headington (photo above) and third baseman Patrick Waters (photo below) are pictured recording outs in the Indians’ annual Jeff Houg Tournament played Saturday, June 22. Headington and Waters joined fellow seniors Pryce Hesse and Levi McGeough in playing in the final home tournament of their high school baseball careers Saturday. Photos by Krystal Johnson. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon baseball team battled through a week without a win, falling to four Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) opponents during weekday competition before suffering that same fate to a non-conference pair in the Tribe’s own weekend home invitational tournament. The Indians opened the week with a 10-0 loss at Waverly-Shell Rock in six innings Monday, June 17 before falling in a NEIC doubleheader at Oelwein Wednesday, June 19 by scores of 11-7 and 8-0. A home NEIC loss to Decorah Friday, 11-0 in five innings, gave way to another two-game sweep at home in the Tribe’s own annual Jeff Houg Tournament, the Waukon boys first falling to Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek by an 11-0 count in five innings before battling to a 15-6 loss to Kee in the tournament finale.

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Waukon softball team improves outcomes as week progresses, even split of busy week of eight games includes runner-up finish at Decorah Tournament

The Waukon softball team had a full week of eight games get better as the week progressed, the Lady Indians ultimately splitting those eight contests to pick up another pair of Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) wins before playing to a runner-up finish at the Decorah Tournament over the weekend. The softball Tribe opened the week with a 13-0 loss in just three innings to Class 4A third-rated Charles City Monday, June 17 before being swept at Decorah Wednesday, June 19 by scores of 3-2 and 14-10. The Indians began their turn for the better with a NEIC doubleheader sweep of Oelwein at home, 4-3 and 11-4, Thursday, June 20 before winning two of three games at the Decorah Tournament Saturday, June 22 to finish as the tournament runner-up, defeating Turkey Valley, 10-0, and Kee, 7-6, before falling to that same Decorah team for a third time in the past week, 8-5, in the tournament championship game.

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Softball Hawks have UIC win streak halted at 70 games by same team that last beat them four years ago, finish third at Decorah Tournament


Looking to connect ... Kee softball senior third baseman/pitcher Makayla Walleser keeps her eyes on an incoming pitch in the Hawks’ home doubleheader loss to North Fayette Valley Wednesday, June 19. Walleser went two-for-four in the second game of that twinbill loss, belting a double and a single to score a team-high two runs. Photo by Macie Hill. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Kee softball team played to a 6-3 record in a full week of games this past week, first playing six games in three nights before playing three games in a single-day Saturday tournament. Most notable within that busy week was the extension of the Lady Hawks’ win streak spanning four seasons of Upper Iowa Conference games to 70 consecutive games before that streak was finally snapped by the last team to beat them in UIC play midway through the 2015 season.

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Kee baseball team’s five wins in six games include sweeps of North Fayette Valley and Clarke before split of pair in weekend tournament

The Kee baseball team won five of six games this past week, sweeping a pair of weekday doubleheaders before splitting a weekend tournament pair. The Hawks opened their week with two wins at home over North Fayette Valley, 5-2 and 5-0, Monday, June 17 before doing the same in a non-conference twinbill against Clarke of Osceola played at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo Wednesday, June 19. Kee then split two games at the Jeff Houg Tournament hosted by Waukon Saturday, June 22, first falling to South Winneshiek by a third straight one-run decision, 8-7, before defeating the hosts, 15-6.

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