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The Waukon softball team played through a winless final full week of its regular season schedule this past week, falling in all four of its ballgames played to currently hold an 8-17 overall record that includes a 2-12 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The Lady Indians opened the week with a 9-4 loss at home to Oelwein Monday, July 1 before being swept in a home NEIC doubleheader with Charles City Wednesday, July 3 in a date rained out from the night before, first falling by a 15-10 result in a marathon 12 innings in game one before also falling by a 19-4 result in six innings in the nightcap. The diamond Tribe wrapped its week with a 10-5 loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Friday afternoon, July 5 in a game rescheduled from Friday, June 28 and played at Decorah.

The Waukon baseball team played to a split of what amounted to four games being played this past week, getting both those wins the first night of the week with a home doubleheader sweep of Charles City Monday, June 24 by scores of 12-6 and 10-0 in six innings. The Indians then fell to MFL/MarMac at home, 16-9, Wednesday, June 26 before falling by just a 4-3 result in a five-inning game played at Class 2A sixth-rated New Hampton that was supposed to be part of a road doubleheader Friday, June 28 but instead had its second contest postponed to this Wednesday, July 3.

The Kee baseball team was an inning shy of a perfect week of play this past week, recording three wins in four games. The Hawks first swept a home Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader from North Fayette Valley Monday, June 24 by mercy-rule results of 12-1 in five innings and 10-0 in six frames before splitting two games played at the home of the Waterloo Bucks, Riverfront Stadium, Wednesday, June 26, defeating Mount Pleasant by an 8-5 result before allowing a 12-run inning in falling by a 15-10 count to Waterloo Columbus.

Now holding a 21-10 season record that includes a 12-5 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were next scheduled to play at Turkey Valley Monday, July 1 and host Riceville Tuesday, July 2 in a make-up game from May 16 and Janesville Wednesday, July 3 before opening Class 1A District Tournament play Saturday, July 6 at home against Edgewood-Colesburg.

The Waukon softball team posted one win in four games played this past week, dropping three games in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play and having its lone win come against an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) opponent. The Lady Indians first made up their Friday, June 21 postponed home game with New Hampton Monday, June 24, falling by a 2-0 result, before being swept at Decorah, 10-0 in six innings and 12-2 in five frames, Tuesday, June 25. The softball Tribe wrapped up its schedule of played games with a 5-0 win at home over MFL/MarMac Thursday, June 27 before their Friday, June 28 game at Waverly-Shell Rock was postponed by weather to Friday, June 5 in a game to now be played at 2 p.m. in Decorah.

The Kee softball team played through a schedule of just four games this past week, having the two-day Don Bosco Tournament trimmed to just one day and two games played Saturday, June 27, where the Lady Hawks fell to Hudson by a 10-2 result and to Cascade by a 22-5 final result. Prior to that tournament, the Kee girls also fell in a pair of single-run games at South Winneshiek Wednesday, June 26 in a doubleheader battle between Upper Iowa Conference unbeatens, 5-4 and 12-11.

Currently holding a 15-15 season record that now includes their first losses in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play at a 10-2 league record, the Lady Hawks were next scheduled to host West Central Monday, July 1, Riceville Tuesday, July 2 and North Fayette Valley Wednesday, July 3 before playing at Jesup Friday, July 5 and hosting Sumner-Fredericksburg Saturday, July 6. Kee’s diamond dwellers are then scheduled to begin Class 1A District Tournament play Monday, July 8 at home against Central Elkader.

The Waukon baseball team played just three games this past week and had just one of those three narrow battles end up in the win column to currently hold a season record of 6-14 that includes a mark of 3-11 in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The diamond Tribe opened the week with a 4-3 home win over Turkey Valley Monday, June 17 before falling in two hard-fought battles at home against Decorah Wednesday, June 19 by scores of 6-4 in nine innings and 4-3. Due to unforeseen circumstances, details of those Wednesday games against Decorah will be printed in the July 3 edition of The Standard.

The Kee softball team put together a nearly perfect week on the diamond but was able to remain perfect in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play with all six of this week’s wins coming against UIC opponents. That UIC perfection included doubleheader road sweeps by double-digit margins, beginning with wins of 15-4 and 12-0 in three innings at MFL/MarMac Monday, June 17 and victories by margins of 20-5 in five innings and 14-1 in four innings at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 19. The lone blemish on this week’s Kee results came in a 9-6 loss at Class 4A Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, June 20, with the Lady Hawks bouncing back to hand Clayton Ridge UIC losses of 4-1 and 15-1 Friday, June 21 in games rescheduled by rain from June 12. Due to unforeseen circumstances, details of those final five games of this past week will be printed in the July 3 edition of The Standard.

The Waukon softball team had a relatively light week get even lighter when its Friday, June 21 home game with New Hampton was postponed by rainy weather to Monday, June 24. Prior to that postponement, the Lady Indians played to a split at Crestwood Tuesday, June 18, winning game one by a 12-8 result before falling by a 4-2 loss in the nightcap, and then falling by just a 9-8 result at North Fayette Valley Thursday, June 20. Due to unforeseen circumstances, details of that loss at North Fayette will be printed in the July 3 edition of The Standard.

The Kee baseball team ended up playing five games this past week, having two games against Sumner-Fredericksburg and Don Bosco slated to be played at the South Winneshiek Tournament canceled due to rainy weather this past Saturday, June 22. Prior to that cancellation, the Hawks had a pair of Upper Iowa Conference road doubleheaders get away on back-to-back nights, including losses of 6-0 and 3-2 at MFL/MarMac Monday, June 17 and 5-2 and 3-1 at UIC-leading South Winneshiek Tuesday, June 18. Kee’s diamond dwellers bounced back for their lone win of the week, a 5-0 home victory over Clayton Ridge-Central Thursday, June 20. Due to unforeseen circumstances, details of those games with South Winneshiek and Clayton Ridge-Central will be printed in the July 3 edition of The Standard.

The Waukon baseball team book-ended this past week with its only two victories of a five-game stretch, playing to a current season record of 5-12 that includes a mark of 3-9 in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The diamond Tribe opened the week splitting two games at home against Crestwood Monday, June 10, winning by an 11-5 result before falling by a 4-1 count in the nightcap. Three games in less than 24 hours to end the week saw the Indians fall in two games at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, June 14, 6-2 and 11-1 in six innings, before wrapping up the week with a rare matinee game Saturday, June 15 where the Tribe posted a 4-3 comeback win at Riceville, with details of that Saturday contest being printed in the June 26 edition of The Standard due to an early print deadline for this June 19 edition because of the Juneteenth postal holiday.