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Waukon High School 2014 graduates Parker Hesse and Marcus Weymiller provided a “full circle” moment when they recently made the decision to designate proceeds from the sale of t-shirts (worn and displayed at far left in the above photo) by the Waukon High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter in honor of the former Waukon football teammates’ September 15 collegiate match-up in their final seasons with the Iowa Hawkeye and UNI Panther football teams, respectively. The two were tasked by Waukon High School FBLA Advisor Joan Schwartz with the decision of where the $2,000 raised by the sale of 378 of the t-shirts would be donated, with the two deciding upon the Waukon Youth Sports Foundation (YSF) football program, the tackle football program offered for fifth and sixth grade students in the Allamakee Community School District.

The Kee girls basketball team added two more games to its winning streak of four games started with the new year, posting a pair of home wins by differing degrees over a pair of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) opponents. The Lady Hawks first fended off a late South Winneshiek effort to secure a 29-26 win over the Warriors Tuesday, January 8 before allowing their lowest point total of the season in a 57-8 home drubbing of Postville Friday, January 11.

Now holding a 12-2 record on the season, including a 9-1 mark in UIC play, the Lady Hawks were next scheduled to play at Clayton Ridge Tuesday, January 15 for their only competition of the week. They will make up for that slower week with a busy following week on the road, playing at Turkey Valley Tuesday, January 22, at Seneca, WI Thursday, January 24 and at Central Elkader Friday, January 25.

The Kee boys basketball team hosted a two-game home stand this past week, coming out on the same unfortunate end of both contests but by differing degrees. The Hawks first fell to South Winneshiek, 69-44, Tuesday, January 8 before battling Postville to a much closer final result but still ending up on the short end, 40-38, Friday, January 11.

Falling to 2-9 overall, 2-8 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were next scheduled to travel to Clayton Ridge Tuesday, January 15 before also hitting the road to take on Houston, MN Thursday, January 17. The Kee boys will then play a busy following week, hosting Seneca, WI Monday, January 21 before playing at Turkey Valley Tuesday, January 22 and at Central Elkader Friday, January 25.

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The Waukon boys basketball team played its busiest schedule of the season so far with three games this past week. The start to that week was very successful, with the Indians not only snapping a seven-game losing streak but also beginning a winning streak with back-to-back nights of victory, 82-49 at home over North Fayette Valley Monday, January 7 and 73-63 at MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 8. The end to the week saw the basketball Tribe have that winning streak brought to an end and also extend a season-long winless streak, thus far, in Northeast Iowa Conference play with a 60-44 loss at New Hampton Friday, January 11.

Now holding a 4-8 season record, the basketball Tribe was next scheduled to host Oelwein Friday, January 18 for its only competition of this week. The Indians will then play at Crestwood Tuesday, January 22 and then at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 25.

The Waukon girls basketball team faced its busiest week of the season this past week, but added all three of those games to what is now a seven-game win streak since its only loss of the season just a month ago. The basketball Lady Indians began the week with back-to-back non-conference road wins of 61-29 at North Fayette Valley Monday, January 7 and 44-35 at the home of previously undefeated MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 8 before finishing off the week with a 44-29 home win over New Hampton Friday, January 11.

The Waukon wrestling team completed a very busy end to its past week of competition, wrestling what amounted to six dual meets within less than a 24-hour period after an idle early portion of the week. The mat Indians first fell at Caledonia, MN Friday, January 11 by a 78-6 final result before wrestling to a third-place consolation finish at the Decorah Duals Tournament, winning just one of five duals at the event Saturday, January 12. The grappling Tribe first fell to all three teams in its Red Pool at the tournament, 56-24 to Waterloo West, 58-18 to South Winneshiek and 64-15 to St. Charles, MN, before splitting its two Consolation Pool duals, falling to Wapsie Valley, 36-30, before defeating Postville, 54-24, to end up third in that final pool.

The Waukon bowling teams returned to competition following the holiday break, playing host to North Fayette Valley Friday, January 4. That return proved to be a sweeping success, as both the girls and boys teams recorded victories over the visiting TigerHawks, the Indian ladies posting their second win of the season in five competition tries, 2121-1158, and the Waukon bowling boys holding on for a 2698-2638 victory for their fourth win of the season against just one defeat.

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The Waukon boys basketball team returned from the holiday break looking to put an end to a four-game losing streak and yet winless Northeast Iowa Conference start to the season. The Indians came within a couple seconds and a couple points of doing both, falling by just a 78-76 result at home against Charles City Friday, January 4 before suffering a 63-54 loss to Dike-New Hartford Saturday, January 5 at Wartburg College in Waverly.

Now holding a 2-7 season record, the basketball Tribe will next play a busy schedule of three games this next week, including back-to-back nights hosting North Fayette Valley Monday, January 7 and then playing at MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 8 before playing at New Hampton Friday, January 11. The Indians will then host Oelwein Friday, January 18.

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The Waukon wrestling team returned from its holiday break with a busy latter half of the first week of the new year. The mat Indians first wrestled in a double-dual at Decorah Thursday, January 3, falling to both Decorah, 57-18, and Sparta, WI, 58-24. The wrestling Tribe then competed at the annual Flanagan Invitational hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Saturday, January 5, finishing 10th in the final 11-team standings of that tournament event.

The wrestling Tribe was next scheduled to wrestle at Caledonia, MN Friday, January 11 before competing in the Decorah Tournament Saturday, January 12. The Indians will then take on both Waverly-Shell Rock and Charles City at Waverly Thursday, January 17 before competing in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, January 19.

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The Kee girls basketball team played a pair of busy book-ends to the holiday break, winning three of four games that were spread evenly on each side of the new year. The basketball Lady Hawks split the first half of that book-end competition, winning at De Soto, WI, 58-24, Thursday, December 20 before suffering their first loss in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play since the 2016-2017 season, 47-28, to a yet undefeated MFL/MarMac squad Friday, December 21 prior to the holiday break. When the Kee girls returned to the court, they also returned to their winning ways, sweeping back-to-back games with wins of 63-17 at West Central Friday, January 4 and 51-33 at Mabel-Canton, MN Saturday, January 5.

Now holding a 10-2 record on the season, including a 7-1 mark in UIC play, the Lady Hawks were next scheduled to play host to South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 8 and then Postville Friday, January 11. The Kee girls will then play at Clayton Ridge Tuesday, January 15.