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The Waukon girls track team competed in a pair of larger meets this past week, as the regular season begins to wind down. The Lady Indians battled to a second-place team finish in the 10-team field at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 18 before coming in fourth at the eight-team North Fayette Valley Invitational Friday, April 21.

The Indians were next scheduled to host their own Indian Relays home invitational Tuesday, April 25 before competing at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 27. The track Tribe will then compete at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Monday, May 1 before battling for conference supremacy at the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet to be hosted by Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, May 4. The Lady Indians will then prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet to be held at North Fayette Valley in West Union Thursday, May 11, details of which can be found in a shaded box on this week’s Sports pages in the print edition and e-edition.

After having its first two meets of the season postponed, the Waukon girls golf team was finally able to get out on the links for a pair of back-to-back nights of competition, defeating two of three teams the Indians faced. The Lady Indians started their season off on a high note with a 197-241 home triumph over Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 10 before shooting a 211 at home Tuesday, April 11 to finish between North Fayette Valley’s 203 and MFL/MarMac’s 260.

The Waukon golf girls were scheduled to take part in their busiest week of the season, hosting Decorah Monday, April 17 and playing at Caledonia, MN Tuesday, April 18 and at Sumner-Fredericksburg Thursday, April 20 before making up a postponed April 3 home date with South Winneshiek Friday, April 21. The golf Tribe will then host both Crestwood, Monday, April 24, and New Hampton, Friday, April 28.

The Kee girls track team worked its way through its most difficult week of the season, both in competition and otherwise. A schedule of three track meets in four nights proved difficult enough, but the Lady Hawks also mixed in their final farewells to a fallen former teammate, last season’s lone senior on the track team Erin Rud. Despite that most difficult week, the Kee track girls battled their way to a second-place finish at the West Central Invitational hosted by Oelwein High School Monday, April 10 before finishing fourth in a limited slate at the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11 and then finishing up the week in third place at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 13, setting a couple school records along the way.

The Waukon boys track team battled to near opposite ends of the spectrum this past week, a more complete team yielding much better results for the track Tribe later in the week. The Indians posted a sixth-place finish out of eight teams at the Decorah Invitational Monday, April 10 before battling to a team championship at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 13.

The Indians were next scheduled to return to Decorah Monday, April 17 for the third consecutive week for the Viking Relays before hosting their own Indian Relays Friday, April 21, details of which can be found elsewhere in a shaded box in the print or e-editiopn of The Standard. The track Tribe is then scheduled to compete at the Oelwein Invitational Tuesday, April 25 for its only meet next week.

The Waukon girls track team found home, sweet home this past week in its pair of meets, the track Tribe winning its own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11 with a whopping 154 team points. The Lady Indians traveled to New Hampton later in the week, Thursday, April 13, to finish fifth.

The Indians were next scheduled to travel to Crestwood Tuesday, April 18 and then to the North Fayette Valley Invitational in West Union Friday, April 21 before preparing for their own Indian Relays home invitational Tuesday, April 25 and then competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 27. Further details of the track Tribe’s own Indian Relays can be found in a shaded box elsewhere in the print or e-edition of The Standard.

The Waukon boys golf team was able to begin its 2017 season, but only able to get in one of two scheduled meets this past week. That one meet was a home date with Charles City Tuesday, April 4, where the Indians fell by a 199-168 final result to the visiting Comets. The golf Tribe also had a Monday, April 3 home date scheduled with South Winneshiek postponed to April 21.

Against Charles City, the Indians were led by sophomore Michael Headington and his round of 44, with freshman Logan Houg next in line for the Tribe with his round of 48. Senior Logan Sullivan turned in a round of 50 and junior Jess Kloke wrapped up the Indian team scoring with his round of 57.

Ernie Palas of Waukon displays his winning bracket and prizewinnings of $50 in Standard Bucks for topping this year’s field of 285 entries in The Standard’s NCAA Basketball Bracket Challenge. Palas actually tied with Gregg Jones of Waukon with 136 points each at the end of the contest, but Palas’ choice of 161 points in the tie-breaker of total points scored in the championship game was closer to this year’s NCAA Basketball Championship game total of 136 points than Jones’ guess of 184 points, awarding this year’s contest championship to Palas. Palas and Jones were the only entries in the contest to choose North Carolina to beat Gonzaga in this year’s title game. The Standard appreciates all of this year’s entries and sponsors making this year’s contest possible.
 

The Waukon boys track team finally saw its first outdoor competition of the season, being able to get both of its scheduled meets in this past week, despite a one-day delay of one of those. That Tuesday, April 4 Decorah Early Bird Meet was postponed from Monday, April 3 but saw the Indians finish third in the final five-team standings before a more short-handed track Tribe worked its way to a second-place team finish out of 11 nearly all Upper Iowa Conference squads at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 6.

The Indians were next scheduled to return to Decorah on back-to-back Monday evenings, including April 10 and April 17, with a co-ed invitational at New Hampton scheduled in between, Thursday, April 13. The track Tribe is then scheduled to host five other teams at its own Indian Relays Friday, April 21, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Kee boys track team was able to finally get on the outdoor track this past week, actually getting in a pair of meets within a couple days of one another. The Hawks finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 4 before placing 10th out of 11 teams at the annual Foster Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville High School Thursday, April 6.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the West Central Invitational at Oelwein High School Monday, April 10 before taking part in the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 13. Kee will then prepare to host its own home invitational Thursday, April 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m.