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The Waukon boys golf team played a very busy early part of this past week, ultimately recording its first meet wins of the season. The golf Tribe first fell at Waverly-Shell Rock, 203-149, Monday, April 12 before tallying 190 strokes to defeat both MFL/MarMac (192) and Postville (256) in a non-conference road triangular at Tri-City Golf Course near Luana to hold a 2-3 meet record on the season.

The Indians were next scheduled to play at Decorah Monday, April 19 before playing their first home meet Tuesday, April 20 against Caledonia, MN. The golf Tribe will then host Crestwood Monday, April 26 before playing at Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, April 27 and then hosting New Hampton Friday, April 30.

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In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Kee girls track team made the most of that lone opportunity at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 15, winning the meet by more than 40 points. The Lady Hawks claimed victory in 10 of the meet’s events to rack up 153 team points on the way to that title, winning five of the six individual non-hurdle running events and four of the six non-hurdle relays as well.

Prior to that dominant performance, the Kee track girls were also scheduled to compete in the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13. That meet was called off due to cold and windy conditions.

Mike Kramer of Waukon displays his prizewinnings of $50 in Standard Bucks and his winning entry responsible for his championship effort in The Standard’s 2021 College Basketball Bracket Challenge. Kramer was one of 18 of this year’s entries to choose Baylor to defeat Gonzaga in winning the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, the Bears doing so by an 86-70 final margin. One of those other entries, Jen Moose of Waukon, also ended up with the same amount of total contest points as Kramer in this season’s Bracket Challenge, 144 points to top this year’s remaining contest field, forcing a tie-breaker to determine an outright winner of this year’s contest.

The Waukon boys track team fit in another pair of meets this past week, traveling less than a half hour to compete in each of them. The Indians finished fourth in the Decorah Early Bird Invitational Monday, April 5 before literally running away with the team title at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 8 by more than 60 team points.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete again at Decorah Monday, April 12 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 15. The track Tribe will then make yet another trip back to Decorah Monday, April 19 before hosting six other teams - Central Elkader, Crestwood, Decorah, New Hampton, Osage and Postville - in its own Indian Relays Friday, April 23, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Kee girls track team took to the competition trail on two different occasions this past week, finishing third in both meets on its schedule. The Kee girls opened the week finishing third at the Postville Relays Tuesday, April 6 before doing likewise at the Starmont Invitational Thursday, April 8.

The Lady Hawks were next scheduled to compete at the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13 before competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 15, but that Waukon meet was already called off Monday due to forecasted cold and windy weather. The Kee track girls will then compete at Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 before hosting three other teams at their own home invitational Thursday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Waukon girls track team pulled double duty this past week in competing in a pair of nearby meets. The Lady Indians finished fourth in both of those meets, finishing behind a trio of Upper Iowa Conference squads at the Postville Invitational Tuesday, April 6 and doing likewise behind a trio of Northeast Iowa Conference foes at Decorah Thursday, April 8.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to host their own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 13, but that meet was called off Monday due to forecasted cold and windy weather conditions. The track Tribe was slated to compete at New Hampton Thursday, April 15 before traveling to Crestwood Tuesday, April 20 and then to North Fayette Valley Friday, April 23.

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The Kee boys track team competed in a pair of meets this past week, both of those competitions being larger multi-team events. The Hawks finished 14th in the 15-team Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 6 before placing sixth in the nine-team field of the Foster-Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville Thursday, April 8.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the Crestwood Invitational at Cresco Tuesday, April 13 before competing at MFL/MarMac in Monona Thursday, April 15. The Kee track boys will then host a trio of other teams for their own home invitational Thursday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

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The Waukon boys track team was finally able to compete for the first time in nearly two years when it took part in a pair of early-season meets this past week. The track Tribe first took to the competition circuit at the Frostbite Invitational hosted by Sumner-Fredericksburg Tuesday, March 30, placing second out of nine teams, and then hosted its own Early Bird Invitational Thursday, April 1, finishing third in that seven-team field.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete this week at Decorah Monday, April 5 and at Postville Thursday, April 8. The track Tribe will then return to Decorah for another invitational Monday, April 12 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 15 and then making yet another trip back to Decorah Monday, April 19.

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The Kee boys track team got its 2021 season underway not too far from home, taking part in the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Thursday, April 1. The Hawks tallied a handful of top-five event finishes among a field mostly filled with larger schools, tallying 32 team points to finish sixth in the seven-team event.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete Tuesday, April 6 at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational before taking part in the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 8. The Kee boys are then slated to take part in the Crestwood Invitational at Cresco Tuesday, April 13 before competing at MFL/MarMac in Monona Thursday, April 15 and then traveling to Oelwein Monday, April 19.

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The 2021 Waukon girls golf team will be headlined with upperclassman leadership, but that veteran experience may be more limited than in typical seasons as those upperclassmen have not been on the high school competition course for nearly two years due to the cancellation of last season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Waukon girls golf coach Kathy McMillan also feels that last season’s pandemic absence will have additional impacts on her program, including the most evident impact of just one sophomore and no freshmen taking to the course this season for the Lady Indians.

“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and having to miss last season hurt my enrollment in the golf program,” Coach McMillan explained. “We were not able to work out in practice and build upon each golfer’s fundamentals. Not playing summer golf also hurt their skill improvement.”