Waukon baseball team splits with Charles City, defeats MFL/MarMac to close out regular season, opens postseason play with win over Clayton Ridge/Central


From the tag to the bag ... After tagging this Clayton Ridge/Central baserunner, Waukon baseball junior second baseman Nathan O’Neill prepares to make a throw to first for a double play in the sixth inning of the Tribe’s 11-9 win over the WarEagles in the opening round of Class 2A District Tournament play at Monona Saturday, July 2. O’Neill vacuumed up a ground ball and alertly tagged this runner trying to advance to second on the play before firing a shot to junior first baseman Isaac Roe to turn the twin-denial. O’Neill also collected two singles in four at-bats to score two runs and drive in another in the Indian win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon baseball team both wrapped up its regular season and began its postseason with victories that came in narrow fashion, the Indians closing out their regular season with a 14-16 overall season record that includes a mark of 7-13 that placed the baseball Tribe fifth in the six-team final Northeast Iowa Conference standings. That final week of the regular season saw the Indians first play to a split at home against Charles City Monday, June 27, winning game one by a 5-4 count before falling in game two by a 6-5 final result in nine innings. The Waukon diamond dwellers then wrapped up their 2022 regular season with a 6-4 home win over MFL/MarMac Wednesday, June 29 before getting their postseason journey underway with an 11-9 win over Clayton Ridge/Central in their Class 2A District 4 Tournament opener Saturday, July 2 at Monona.

Following its opening-round postseason tournament victory, the baseball Tribe was next scheduled to play at and against fourth-rated Dyersville Beckman Tuesday, July 5. Further details of the Indians’ postseason possibilities are printed in a shaded box elsewhere in the Wednesday, July 6, 2022 print edition and e-edition Sports pages.

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