ON TO STATE!

Members of the Waukon Indian girls basketball team celebrate after earning a second consecutive trip to the Iowa High School Girls Basketball State Tournament with a 46-34 triumph over Dubuque Wahlert at Oelwein Friday, Feb. 25 in the Class 3A Region 6 championship. The win allows the Indians to return to Des Moines with another unblemished regular season record that has now run its way to 24-0 through postseason play.

The Indians will now prepare to make another run at the Class 3A State Championship next week, beginning defense of last year’s crown Tuesday, March 8 with a 6:30 p.m. match-up with 14th-rated MOC-Floyd Valley at Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines. Further details of the Tribe’s regional championship victory and return to state tournament glory are on this week’s sports pages.