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The Waukon softball team played its lightest schedule of the season thus far with just three games this past week. Those three games of this past week followed a pair of Saturday, June 7 contests at the North Fayette Valley Tournament in West Union that are featured in this week’s write-up and included a 6-3 loss to Turkey Valley and 17-0 loss in three innings to Class 2A ninth-rated Osage. The three Indian contests that followed during this past week were all played in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) action at home, with the Tribe falling in all three by mercy-rule scores of 12-2 in six innings and 13-3 in four frames in a Tuesday, June 10 home doubleheader with New Hampton, and by a 14-1 final result in five innings to Charles City Thursday, June 12 in a game also played at home.

The Kee softball team came up one game shy of an undefeated week on the diamond this past week, having what amounted to a 12-game win streak finally snapped but needing a Class 2A top-five ranked team to bring a halt to that success, and only after a comeback effort on the part of that highly-regarded squad. Prior to its seven games played this past week, Kee’s diamond dwellers swept two games in the Saturday, June 7 competition of the North Fayette Invitational, posting a 15-5 mercy-rule win over Oelwein before upsetting Class 1A eighth-rated Edgewood-Colesburg by a 9-2 final result. Details of those two June 7 games are also included in this week’s coverage.

A strong start to this past week for the Waukon baseball team with wins in its first two games was derailed somewhat with losses in the diamond Tribe’s final three contests of the week. Prior to those results of this most immediate past week, the Indians battled Decorah to a pair of narrow losses at home Saturday, June 7 by scores of 7-5 and 10-9 in games rescheduled from an original June 3 date that was rained out.

The diamond Tribe then opened up this past week with a 7-0 road win at North Fayette Valley Monday, June 9 before splitting a road doubleheader at the home of a New Hampton squad recently ranked among Class 2A’s top-10 teams, securing a 5-1 win in game one before falling by a 9-1 count in the nightcap. The Indians wrapped up their week with another road doubleheader Friday, June 13, falling at Crestwood by scores of 3-1 and 3-0.

The Kee baseball team played to an undefeated week in five games on its schedule for the week, adding three more victories to its undefeated Upper Iowa Conference season at this point in the summer. Prior to this past undefeated week, the Hawks split two games at the Iowa Valley Triangular in Marengo Saturday, June 7, edging out Tipton by a 10-8 result before falling to the host Iowa Valley Tigers by just a 7-6 count in eight innings, with details of those two contests being included in this week’s Kee baseball coverage.

The Waukon baseball team played five games this past week, opening up its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season by putting two of those games in the win column. The week was supposed to begin with a Tuesday, June 3 home doubleheader against Decorah, but rain postponed that match-up to Saturday, June 7, when the diamond Tribe played the Vikings to narrow losses of just 5-3 and 10-9, with details of those two Saturday games being printed in the June 18 edition of The Standard. Prior to that make-up date, the Indians fell at home to Kee Wednesday, June 4 by a 7-1 result, and then opened their NEIC season with a home doubleheader sweep of Charles City Friday, June 6 by scores of 10-0 and 2-0.

The Kee softball team played to an undefeated week of six victories this past week, getting a strong start to its Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) season before playing to an even bigger finish of the week. The Lady Hawks swept through Central Elkader in their UIC opener on the road Wednesday, June 4 by mercy-rule scores of 12-0 and 20-4 in four innings each. They then swept through four games against both larger and highly-regarded teams at the North Fayette Valley Invitational Friday and Saturday, June 6-7, toppling a pair of Class 3A opponents with an 8-4 win over New Hampton and a 5-4 victory over Crestwood in Friday’s tournament action before handing Oelwein a 15-5 loss in four innings and upsetting Class 1A eight-rated Edgewood-Colesburg by a 9-2 result in Saturday’s play. Details of those two Saturday contests will be printed in the June 18 edition of The Standard.

Starting and ending this past week in non-conference play and getting its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) schedule underway in between, the Waukon softball team put one of this past week’s six games in the win column. Opening the week with a 13-9 win at Central Elkader Monday, June 2, the Lady Indians hosted Crestwood Wednesday, June 4 and fell by scores of 13-5 and 12-2 before also falling at Decorah by a 5-0 result for a winless start to their NEIC campaign. Two non-conference games played in the North Fayette Valley Invitational Saturday, June 7 also resulted in losses, 6-3 to Turkey Valley and 17-0 in three innings to Class 2A ninth-rated Osage.

The Kee baseball team was one game shy of a perfect week on the diamond, staying perfect in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play but surrendering just its final game of the week by only a single run. The Hawks opened their week with a UIC road sweep at Clayton Ridge/Central Elkader Monday, June 2 by scores of 9-1 and 9-3 but had a Tuesday, June 3 home date against North Fayette Valley postponed to June 18. Their winning ways continued with a 7-1 non-conference victory at Waukon Wednesday, June 4 and a 5-3 win at MFL/MarMac in UIC play Thursday, June 5 before the baseball Hawks split two games at the Iowa Valley Triangular Saturday, June 7, posting a 10-8 win over Tipton before falling to the host Tigers by a 7-6 final result, with results of those Saturday contests being printed in next week’s edition of The Standard.

The Waukon baseball team got its 2025 season off to an initially promising start but ended up having a season-opening victory be the only game to end up in the win column in this year’s opening week of play. The Indians opened this season with a 3-2 home win over Cascade Tuesday, May 27 before having a 5-3 result get away from them at home against Starmont Wednesday, May 28 and then falling to Class 2A 10th-rated Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, May 30 by an 11-2 final result.

Remaining at home this week, the Indians were next scheduled to host Decorah Tuesday, June 3, Kee Wednesday, June 4 and Charles City Friday, June 6. They will then play at North Fayette Valley Monday, June 9, at New Hampton Tuesday, June 10 and at Crestwood Friday, June 13.

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A promising start to the 2025 season for the Waukon softball team eroded away a bit as the Lady Indians’ initial week of competition played on this past week. The diamond Tribe opened this summer’s campaign with an 11-2 home win over Postville Tuesday, May 27 but then suffered back-to-back losses at home to close out the week, 8-6 to Kee Thursday, May 29 and 22-7 to North Fayette Valley Friday, May 30.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to play at Central Elkader Monday, June 2 before hosting Crestwood Tuesday, June 3, playing at Decorah Thursday, June 5 and competing in the North Fayette Valley Tournament Saturday, June 7. The softball Tribe will then host New Hampton Tuesday, June 10 and Charles City Thursday, June 12.

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