Waukon softball team wraps up regular season with three wins in final four games; Regional tournament play scheduled to begin Wednesday at Wahlert


Plate perfection ... Waukon softball sophomore right fielder Kloe Hemmersbach sends a pitch to the outfield in the Indians’ 8-7 win at home over Charles City Tuesday, June 28. Hemmersbach collected a single and a double in two at-bats to both score and drive in a run in the victory. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon softball team brought its regular season to a close with one of its best weekly results of this season, posting three wins in its four games scheduled this past week. The diamond Tribe ended up splitting a home doubleheader with Northeast Iowa Conference-leading Charles City, first handing the Comets an 8-7 defeat Tuesday, June 28 before having to postpone the second half of that twinbill to Thursday, June 30 due to stormy weather, a postponement that ended up being an 8-3 Indian loss. In between those two Charles City results, the softball Tribe witnessed and helped create history for sophomore pitcher Cameron Johnson, as she threw a perfect game in a 12-0 Indian victory at home over MFL/MarMac Wednesday, June 29. The Waukon girls wrapped up their week, and their regular season, with a 12-6 victory at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, July 1.

Wrapping up their regular season with an overall record of 8-15 that includes a mark of 3-12 in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) to place them sixth in the final NEIC standings, the Indians are scheduled to open Class 3A Regional Tournament play Wednesday, July 6 at and against Dubuque Wahlert.

Further details of those postseason possibilities are printed elsewhere in the Wednesday, July 6, 2022 print edition and e-edition Sports pages.

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