Waukon basketball girls have season ended with 67-30 loss at top-rated Crestwood


Lone senior salute ... Waukon girls basketball senior Carley Sweeney applies some strong defensive pressure in the Indians’ 67-30 Class 3A regional semifinals loss at top-rated Crestwood Wednesday, February 14. The lone senior on this season’s squad, Sweeney had the final say in the ballgame, collecting one final offensive rebound and returning it through the hoop for the final Indian basket of the ballgame. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.

The Waukon girls basketball team knew its postseason road would involve a climb through the pinnacle of the Class 3A rankings when top-rated and undefeated Crestwood was released as part of the basketball Tribe’s Region 4 bracket. That realization came Wednesday, February 14 in the Region 4 semifinals at Crestwood, but little did anyone know it would also involve season-high scoring efforts from the Cadets’ two leading scorers coupled with a defensive effort that would lead to a season-low scoring total for the Indians in a 67-30 defeat that brought the Tribe’s 2017-2018 campaign to a close.

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