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The Waukon boys golf team played host to a pair of Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) teams this past week, being most gracious hosts by allowing both visiting squads to take home victories from those dual meet events. The Indians first fell at home to Crestwood Monday, April 26 by a 188-178 final result and then suffered the same fate against New Hampton at home Friday, April 30 by a 176-163 tally.

The Indians were next scheduled to play at Oelwein Monday, May 3 before hosting Charles City Friday, May 7. The golf Tribe will then prepare for its Class 2A Sectional Tournament Friday, May 14 at Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont beginning at 10 a.m.

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The Waukon girls track team was able to pull off double duty this past week, hosting its own home invitational before pulling out a meet win in Monona. The Lady Indians finished fifth in the seven-team field of their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 27 before edging out Central Elkader by a single point at the MFL/MarMac Invitational just two days later, Thursday, April 29.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to compete Monday, May 3 at Edgewood-Colesburg but had that meet canceled due to rain. They will now compete in the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 6 at Decorah. The track Tribe will then prepare for its Thursday, May 13 Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Jesup, details of which can be found in the May 5, 2021 print edition and e-edition of The Standard.

The Kee girls track team competed in a full schedule with a team at less than full strength this past week due to illness and injury. The result of those efforts left the Lady Hawks in third place at the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 27 and in fourth place at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 29.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to compete at Edgewood-Colesburg Monday, May 3 but had that meet canceled by rainy weather. They will next take part in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet this Thursday, May 6 hosted by North Fayette Valley in West Union. The Hawks will then prepare for their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, May 13, details of which can be found in the May 5, 2021 print edition and e-edition of The Standard.

The Waukon boys track team had just one competition on its schedule this past week, but certainly made the most of it by bringing home a win from the Warrior Relays hosted by Wapsie Valley High School at Oelwein Monday, April 26. The Indians recorded three each of event wins and runner-up finishes to tally 115 points and edge out the team victory by just two points.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete Monday, May 3 at New Hampton before preparing for their Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 6 at Decorah. The track Tribe will then prepare for its Thursday, May 13 Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Jesup, details of which can be found in the May 5, 2021 print edition and e-edition of The Standard.

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The Waukon boys golf team ended up splitting a pair of meets this past week, opening the week with a win and ending it on the other side of that result. The golf Tribe had a Monday, April 19 dual meet at Decorah postponed by cold, windy weather to Friday, April 23, where the Indians fell by a 393-368 final result in a rare 18-hole match-up. Prior to that loss, the Indians extended their win streak to a third consecutive opponent with a 183-198 home win over Caledonia, MN.

The Indians were next scheduled to host Crestwood Monday, April 26 before hosting New Hampton Friday, April 30. The golf Tribe will then play at Oelwein Monday, May 3 before hosting Charles City Friday, May 7 and then preparing for its Class 2A Sectional Tournament Friday, May 14 at Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont beginning at 10 a.m., details of which will be published after they are fully complete.

The Waukon boys track team wrapped up its home schedule Friday, April 23 when the track Tribe hosted six other teams at its annually scheduled Indian Relays. Winning four events and finishing second in three more - all in individual efforts, the Indians were able to rack up 137 team points and finish second in their final home meet of the season, with this season’s five seniors, Konnor Krambeer, Sawyer Krueger, Ryan Lubahn, John O’Neill and Creed Welch, each competing one final time at their home track and field venue.

Having a Monday, April 19 meet at Decorah canceled due to weather, the Indians were next scheduled to compete Monday, April 26 at Oelwein and again Monday, May 3 at New Hampton before preparing for their Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 6 at Decorah. The track Tribe will then prepare for its Thursday, May 13 Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Jesup.

In its only scheduled competition of this past week, the Kee boys track team hosted its only home meet of the season Thursday, April 22, welcoming three other teams to its home track and field facility in Lansing. The Hawks made themselves right at home in the field events, sweeping the gold medals in all four of those competitions, and also added a trio of runner-up finishes in other events to lead the way to 61 team points and a third-place finish at the meet.

The Hawks are next scheduled to take part in the Clayton Ridge Invitational  in Guttenberg Thursday, April 29. The Kee boys are then slated to compete at the MFL/MarMac Invitational in Monona Monday, May 3 before taking part in the Upper Iowa Conference Meet Thursday, May 6 at North Fayette Valley in West Union. The Hawks will then prepare for their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, May 13.

In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Kee girls track team was locked in some epic battles with fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Turkey Valley in the Lady Hawks’ only home meet of this season Thursday, April 22. The Kee girls were also slated to compete at Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 but had that meet canceled due to cold, windy weather.

The ultimate battle between the long-time UIC rivals was in the final team score, where Turkey Valley edged out the Kee girls by just a single point, 116-115. It was the visiting Trojans’ depth that helped them claim this year’s Kee Invitational title, as they had 19 young ladies score points, in comparison to 13 Lady Hawks scoring, including four Turkey Valley girls who scored just a single point.

The Waukon girls golf team continued its early-season streak of success by defeating four more opponents to remain undefeated two weeks into this spring’s campaign at 7-0. The Lady Indians first began their home schedule with a second Northeast Iowa Conference victory, 203-229 over Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 12. The golf Tribe then swept three opponents in a home quadrangular Tuesday, April 13, tallying 210 strokes to leave Decorah (280), Postville (284) and MFL/MarMac (310) well behind.

Creed Welch breaks nearly century-old long jump record with leap of 22’0.75”

The Waukon boys track team ran, threw and jumped its way to a pair of runner-up team finishes on the tracks of fellow Northeast Iowa Conference squads this past week. The Indians finished behind the host squad at the Decorah Relays Monday, April 12 and did likewise behind Clear Lake at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 15.

At the April 12 Decorah meet, history was made when the longest-standing record in Waukon High School boys track history was finally broken after nearly standing for nearly a century in the school record books. A long jump distance of 21’10” posted by Noel Robey in 1924 was finally bettered 97 years later when Indian senior Creed Welch launched a leap of 22’0.75” on that cool, breezy afternoon to win that event.