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After its first loss in nearly three weeks to start this past week, the Kee girls basketball team’s competition slate got consistently better as the week wore on, as the Hawks of the hardcourt won two of their three ballgames this past week. Beginning with a 47-42 loss in a January 12 make-up game at Central Elkader Monday, January 22 that snapped a four-game win streak and knocked them out of the share of the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) they had earned in the week prior, the Kee girls went back to work to remain in contention for a high-end UIC finish, starting with a 56-31 home win over

South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 23 followed by a 47-15 road rout at Postville Friday, January 26.

The Kee girls basketball team played through a busy week of three games this past week but took some huge strides in winning all three of those games to launch itself into a current three-way tie in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) team standings. In a pair of home games against the two teams who each own one of the Lady Hawks’ UIC losses this winter and previously stood in front of them in those league standings with just single UIC losses coming into each game, the Kee girls first avenged an early-season loss to North Fayette Valley with a 38-37 triumph Tuesday, January 16 before doing likewise in another home match-up with MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 18 by a 52-47 final margin. The Lady Hawks ended the week with a 60-39 victory at Clayton Ridge Friday, January 19.

After an idle week due to winter weather and an empty start to this past week, the Waukon girls basketball team’s competition schedule picked up steam as the week drew to a close with three consecutive days of basketball. The Lady Indians put all of those three consecutive weekend contests in the win column, including a 70-55 win at Houston, MN Thursday, January 18, a 60-52 triumph at home over New Hampton Friday, January 19, and avenging an earlier season loss with a 51-40 victory at Crestwood Saturday, January 20 in a game made up from Friday, January 12.

Sophomore Colton O’Neill sets new single-game record for steals with nine at Crestwood

The Waukon boys basketball team competed in one of its busiest weeks of the season with a trio of games this past week, landing all three of those in the win column. The bucket Tribe started the week pulling out a 58-55 non-conference win at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 16 before sweeping back-to-back games in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play,  74-58 at home against New Hampton Friday, January 19 and 71-50 in a Saturday, January 20 game at Crestwood made up from a January 12 postponement and featuring a new program record for steals in a single game set by sophomore Colton O’Neill with nine.

After a week of being completely idle due to winter weather, a busy week of three games saw the Kee boys basketball team ride a bit of a rollercoaster in taking more control of its current lead in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings but also having its season-long undefeated streak brought to a close. The stronger grip on the Hawks’ UIC reign came Tuesday, January 16 when they handed second-place North Fayette Valley just its second UIC loss of the season in completing a season sweep of the TigerHawks with a 69-56 home triumph. Coming off that fateful UIC win two  nights before, the Hawks had to make up a January 9 home game with MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 18 in a rematch with the defending undefeated UIC champion Bulldogs that again went right down to the wire before the Hawks ended up on the short end of a 57-54 final result for their first loss of this winter’s campaign.

Looking to find their first win of the new year, the Waukon boys basketball team traveled to MFL/MarMac Monday, January 8, a team riding a four-game win streak dating back to mid-December. Riding an early rollercoaster to a 23-22 lead early in the second quarter, the bucket Tribe fell off that early pace to score not much more than that total for the game’s reminder while the host Bulldogs tripled up their total in that same remaining timeframe to deal the Indians a 76-51 defeat.

The Waukon junior varsity boys wrestling team competed in the Central Invitational Saturday, January 6 following the holidays. The Indians had 11 wrestlers take to the mat against multiple teams in round-robin divisions of four wrestlers, with two of them wrestling to undefeated championships in their respective divisions and four more suffering just one loss on the way to division runner-up finishes.

The two Indians wrestling their way to tournament titles included junior Memphis Miller in Division 11 and freshman Trent Schullo in Division 16. Miller recorded two falls and received one forfeit in this three matches and Schullo pinned one opponent and claimed two wins by decision, including one in overtime.

Senior Mia Kurth claims 100-pound championship at Central; Tribe defeats Charles City, 39-30

The Waukon girls wrestling team returned from the holiday break with one of its busiest weeks of the season this past week, wrestling in three different events over a span of just four days, including two large tournament competitions. The Lady Indians opened the new year with a smaller line-up to finish 13th out of 21 teams at the Osage Tournament Tuesday, January 2 before securing their first dual match win of the season, 39-30, at Charles City Thursday, January 4. The mat Tribe then competed with a fuller squad at the 22-team Central Elkader Invitational Friday, January 5, finishing fifth as a team and crowning one individual champion in senior Mia Kurth at 100 pounds.

Freshman Tryston Johnson wins 215-pound crown, three others finish runner-up

The Waukon wrestling team returned to the mat following the holiday break to produce some of its best overall success so far this season, competing in both dual meet and tournament action this past week. The Indians began the new year securing their first Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) dual match win of this season with a 54-27 triumph at Charles City Thursday, January 4 before wrestling to a third-place team finish in the seven-team field at the Flanagan Invitational Tournament hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Saturday, January 6.

The mat Tribe was next scheduled to wrestle at New Hampton Thursday, January 11 before competing at the Cascade Tournament Saturday, January 13. The Indians will then host Crestwood Thursday, January 18 before competing in a double-dual at Caledonia, MN Friday, January 19.

The Kee boys basketball team picked up where it left off as the 2023-2024 season transitioned to the new year and the Hawks’ undefeated start to this season has remained intact through it all following two more wins this past week to start the 2024 portion of their campaign. That still unblemished result got a strong late test in a 52-45 victory at Waukon Tuesday, January 2 before the Kee boys rolled to a 78-49 home win over Turkey Valley Friday, January 5.