Waukon baseball team begins season with single win in first four games
Career-high 12 strike-outs ... Waukon baseball junior pitcher Levi McGeough rears back for a pitch in the Indians’ 5-1 home victory over North Fayette Valley to open their 2018 season Tuesday, May 22. McGeough racked up a career-high 12 strike-outs in the complete-game pitching win, walking just one batter and allowing four hits in the Indian victory. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Knocking out a stolen base ... Waukon baseball senior third baseman Evan Armstead slides safely into second base ahead of a throw attempt as he steals the base in the Indians’ 5-1 season-opening victory at home over North Fayette Valley Tuesday, May 22. Armstead led the Indian offense with two hits in three at-bats that included a double that helped him drive in a team-high two runs in the contest. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Waukon baseball team got its 2018 season off to a busy start, although Mother Nature didn’t allow that initial week to be as busy as it could have been. The baseball Tribe got that full initial week off to a victorious start with a 5-1 home win over North Fayette Valley Tuesday, May 22 before coming up shy, 5-3, at South Winneshiek Wednesday, May 23. A home doubleheader with Charles City was rained out after just four innings of game one and rescheduled to be finished June 15 before the Indians had a doubleheader at Kee swept away from them on the weekend of the annual Shooky Fink Tournament Saturday, May 26 by scores of 5-4 and 11-1 in six innings.
The Indians were scheduled for another busy week, beginning with back-to-back home games with New Hampton and MFL/MarMac Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30, respectively, before finishing that week at Waverly-Shell Rock with a NEIC doubleheader Friday, June 1. Four nights the next week will continue to keep the Indians busy, beginning Monday, June 4 at home against Sumner-Fredericksburg before traveling to Oelwein and Turkey Valley Tuesday and Wednesday, June 5 and 6, respectively, and then wrapping up the week with a home doubleheader with Decorah Friday, June 8.
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