Waukon girls basketball team plays to 14-7 overall record, finishes tied for second with 9-3 NEIC mark under first-year head coach during 2017-2018 season

Despite seeing its fourth head coach in the past five seasons, the Waukon girls basketball program took a strong step forward during its 2017-2018 campaign, that step taking the Lady Indians to their best overall season record, 14-7, during that same five-year timeframe under the direction of first-year head Tribal leader Greg Criswell. Further evidence of the positive steps made this season could be found in the Tribe’s Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) mark of 9-3 that placed the Indians in a tie for second place in the final NEIC standings and proved to tie their best NEIC record since the Indians’ last State Qualifying season of nearly perfect 2009-2010.

Even with all the returning statistical and award-winning leadership eligible to come back for next season and beyond, Coach Criswell knows very well from his many years of coaching experience that it takes more than the return of previous accolades to guarantee success. That’s one reason why the potential for future seasons has already begun to be worked on shortly after this past season was completed.

“We started off-season training March 12, and that includes three days a week of strength and conditioning workouts and four days a week of basketball skill development sessions,” Coach Criswell explained. “Our team must get physically stronger and become better shooters.”

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