Waukon baseball team ends regular season with single win in four games

The Waukon baseball team brought its regular season to a close this past week, winning one of its final four games on the regular season schedule to finish that slate with a 12-16 overall record that included a mark of 4-14 to place the Indians seventh in the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) standings. The Indians were first swept at Class 2A eighth-rated New Hampton, 11-2 and 10-0 in five innings, Tuesday, July 7 in the Chickasaws’ quest for their first NEIC season championship in 43 years. The baseball Tribe then played to a split at Crestwood Friday, July 10 in its regular season finale, pulling off a 9-8 victory but also falling by a 6-2 end result.
The Indians will now prepare for their first-round Class 3A District Tournament game at fourth-rated West Delaware to be played in Manchester this Friday, July 17, beginning at 7 p.m.

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