Waukon football team secures a second-half shut-out, along with a third straight win and another State Play-Off qualification with 20-8 home triumph over Osage
Key third-down pick-up ... Waukon football sophomore Jared Snitker drags this Osage defender on the way to a third-down run in the third quarter of the Indians’ 20-8 home win over the Green Devils Friday, October 6. On a third-and-two situation late in the third quarter at the Osage 16-yard line, and the score tied at 8-8, Snitker powered out this nine-yard run to set up a first-and-goal at the seven-yard line and the eventual go-ahead touchdown for the Indians on that drive. Snitker carried the ball five times in the contest, including this third-down conversion, and also recorded one each of solo and assisted tackles. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
Playing for a chance to solidify a seventh consecutive berth in the Class 2A State Play-Offs, the Waukon football team ground out 20 unanswered points and a second-half shut-out against an Osage team battling for its own play-off life in a Friday, October 6 District 3 home match-up. After slugging out a scoreless tie late into the second quarter, the two 3-3 teams with reversed district records traded late tallies to form an 8-8 halftime tie before the Indians put two final touchdowns on the board in the fourth period to untie that scoreboard knot and secure their 20-8 victory that extended the Tribe’s postseason qualification streak and also brought Osage’s play-off hopes to an abrupt halt.
The football Indians will be playing for a chance at a sixth consecutive Class 2A district championship when they wrap up their regular season schedule this Friday, October 13 at New Hampton in a battle of two of the three teams locked atop the current Class 2A District 3 standings with a district record of 3-1. A win by the Tribe and a North Fayette Valley loss to Crestwood in a rare Thursday night game this week would give the Indians the outright district title with the only 4-1 record in District 3 play, with wins by both the Indians and TigerHawks leaving them both atop the District 3 standings at 4-1 but North Fayette Valley holding the head-to-head upperhand by owning the grid Tribe’s lone district loss thus far, a 34-7 defeat to start this fall’s Class 2A District campaign.
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