Sports

Wed
31
Aug

First-year Waukon head volleyball coach Madison Wagner inherits six letterwinners for 2016 season

With six returning letterwinners and a total of nine seniors on this year’s squad of 45 high school girls, the 2016 Waukon volleyball team enters the season with an abundance of familiarity. However, a new face will emerge at the top of that Indian volleyball totem pole, as first-year head coach Madison Wagner has taken the reins of the varsity volleyball head coaching position.

Wagner is in her first year of teaching at Waukon Middle School and is a native of Lancaster, WI. She earned her teaching degree from Ashford University in Clinton, where she played college basketball after a multi-sport high school athletic career.

Wed
31
Aug

Waukon football team opens season with 54-8 road romp at Class 1A MFL/MarMac

The Waukon football team got its 2016 season underway in strong fashion, rolling over Class 1A MFL/MarMac by a 54-8 final result Friday, August 26 in Monona. The Indians amassed nearly 200 yards each on the ground and through the air, while also benefiting from seven turnovers by the host Bulldogs, five of which the football Tribe pushed to the scoreboard to help build a 48-0 lead by the halftime break.

“I did not expect the score to be quite so lopsided,” Waukon football coach Chad Beermann said. “MFL/MarMac has improved up front, and they did give us some problems there. The big difference seemed to be the skill players in space, on both offense and defense. And, they did give us plenty of turnovers.”

Wed
24
Aug

Waukon football team returns large collection of varsity experience for 2016 campaign


2016 Waukon football returning letterwinners: Left to right: Brayden Mulholland, Max Swartz, Tanner Mathis, Aaron Sherman, Brandon Regan, Abe Schwartz, Mitchell Snitker, Kyle Gordon, Nathan Benzing, Andrew Dickson, Carson Schwartzhoff, Alex Brink, Evan Armstead. Not pictured: Blain Swenson, Lukas Larson, Jadon Johnson, Jared Campbell, Isaiah Welch, Tristan Hansmeier, Chance Opperman, Colin Waters, Tanner Peterson, Landon Berns, Ethan Krueger, Dalton Brookins.

2016 Waukon football freshmen through seniors: Left to right - Front row: Dawson Palmer, Lance Egan, Logan Houg, Carson Jones, Logan Kucera, Christian Hernandez, Justin Strub, John Ronan, Tyler Block, Miles Hansmeier, Tanner Mitchell, Carter Benzing, Dawson Baures, Baldemar Villarreal. Middle row: Max Swartz, Colin Waters, Isaiah Welch, Tanner Mathis, Riley Wyninger, Tanner Peterson, Brandon Regan, Abe Schwartz, Mitchell Snitker, Kyle Gordon, Nathan Benzing, Andrew Dickson, Carson Schwartzhoff, Ethan Krueger, Chance Opperman, Alex Brink, Landon Berns. Back row: Reed Kelly, Pryce Hesse, Logan Sullivan, Lars Larson, Brandon Bieber, Peyton Bieber, Michael Sweeney, Brayden Mulholland, Tristan Hansmeier, Jadon Johnson, Evan Armstead, Aaron Sherman, Luke Pladsen, Asher Fahey, Nathan Johnson, Kaedan Snitker, Zach Thornton. Not pictured: Jared Campbell, Blain Swenson, Thomas Byrnes, Lukas Larson, Robbie Drew, Connor Berryman, Brock Hatlan, Carson Wille, Brixen Hanson, Alyx Ede, Bren Regan.

The 2016 Waukon football team looks to return a long list of players with varsity experience from a team that played to a 10-2 overall record last fall and the third State Play-Off venture to at least the quarterfinal round of postseason play in the last four seasons. Fourth-year coach Chad Beermann lists 25 young men as returning letterwinners, many of them gaining that letterwinning experience due to the success of last season’s squad that won a share of the Class 2A District 3 season championship and made another deep play-off run.

“One of the benefits of getting to play 12 games last season instead of just nine was to get the sophomores in practice with the varsity for three weeks,” Coach Beerman explained. “That helps them. We don’t have a large group of seniors, but several of them worked very hard.  They have to set the tone to keep everyone moving and on the same page.”

Wed
24
Aug

Kee football team returns more than half its squad with varsity letterwinning experience for 2016


Left to right - Front row: Casey Carroll, Brock Colsch, Jacob Walleser, Noah Spearbecker, Brock Flack. Back row: Cody Rosendahl, Aidan Winters, Tristan Rolfs, Tyler Reinhart, Clay Olson, Tucker Colsch. Not pictured: Eric Rud, AJ Gagner, Johnathon Mooney. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

A significant reversal of fortune in returning experience from last season to this season hopes to pay the same dividends in game results for the Kee football team as the 2016 gridiron campaign gets set to get underway. After playing to a 2-7 record on the experience of just six returning letterwinners during the 2015 season, the Hawks return over half of their 26-player high school roster with letterwinning experience this fall.

Providing further promise is the fact that eight of this year’s returning letterwinners are seniors this season, providing a solid foundation of veteran experience. That senior crew includes Casey Carroll, Brock Colsch, AJ Gagner, Jon Mooney, Clay Olson, Tyler Reinhart, Cody Rosendahl and Jacob Walleser. Juniors Tucker Colsch, Brock Flack, Tristan Rolfs, Eric Rud and Noah Spearbecker, as well as sophomore Aidan Winters, also return with considerable game experience from last season.

Wed
24
Aug

Kee cross country program gets boost for 2016 season from handful of newcomers for girls team, return of all top scorers for boys team


Left to right - Front row: Laura Colsch, Nicki Wood, Makayla Peters, Rachel Walleser, Katie Brennan, Makayla Walleser. Back row: Theron Maddox, Jacob Berns, Evan Whalen, Spencer Colsch, Ryan Whalen, Jack Mooney. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

When second-year Kee cross country coach Pat Wagner says, “I definitely feel Kee’s boys and girls will make some strides in distance running this fall,” he’s not just talking about the steps taken by his Hawk runners as they navigate the course. Instead, it’s no loss of runners to graduation from last season and a considerable increase in female participation this year so that both the boys and girls squads can now compile a team score that has Coach Wagner seeing his Kee distance charges taking considerable steps forward with the strides they take.

“We lost no one to graduation, that should automatically make us better,” Coach Wagner said. “And we have added several quality people. I have been pleased with how early season workouts have gone. Cross country is a hard sport so you do have to do some work on a daily basis. The student athletes have come in and done that. They have shown enthusiasm, and we are off to a good start.”

Wed
17
Aug

Wrestling legend Dan Gable to speak Thursday at Waukon High School for Booster Club Membership Kick-Off, Sports Drink Scrimmage Change in date, Meet the Team introductions among other changes in this year’s event

Dan Gable …
Dan Gable …

A number of changes are taking place for this year’s Sports Drink Scrimmage and Allamakee Athletic Booster Club Membership Kick-Off that annually gets the athletic seasons underway at Waukon High School for the new school year. Although the traditional Booster Club membership meal and intrasquad scrimmages for the Waukon High School fall athletic teams will remain as staples of the annual event again this year, a featured speaker and “Meet the Team” introductions for each high school athletic team will be added to the evening’s events, which, will also all be held on a different night than usual this year - Thursday, August 18 instead of the traditional Friday evening due to a scheduling conflict.

Wed
17
Aug

Female overall Elvelopet 5K winner at Nordic Fest has local ties ...

Jordan Winke
Jordan Winke

Jordan Winke, age 17, of Albia won the overall woman’s division of the Nordic Fest Elvelopet 5k run held Saturday, July 30 in Decorah with a time of 19:42. She is the daughter of 1982 Waukon High School graduate Bill and Pam Winke, who currently reside in Albia, and the granddaughter of Jim and Shirley Winke of Waukon. Jordan is an accomplished runner having placed at the Iowa State Track Meet each year of her high school career thus far, including a third-place finish in the Class 2A 1500 meter run and a fifth-place finish in the 800 meter run this past spring as a junior. She will begin her senior year at Albia High School this fall. Her younger brother, Andrew is also a track stand-out, excelling at shorter distances. Submitted photo.
 

Wed
10
Aug

Dan Gable to speak at WHS Scrimmage Night

Former University of Iowa wrestling coach and Olympic wrestling champion Dan Gable will be the featured speaker at the annual Sports Drink Scrimmage being held at Waukon High School Thursday, August 18. The annual event is being switched to that Thursday from its traditional Friday date due to a scheduling conflict with the Waukon Corn Days event.

Additional changes to the annual scrimmage/membership event for the Allamakee Athletic Booster Club include the featured speaker this year, with wrestling legend Dan Gable speaking at 5 p.m., and a Meet the Team event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. with introduction of this fall’s Waukon athletic teams. The membership meal begins at 4 p.m., with each team also scheduled to hold intrasquad scrimmages throughout the evening. See the advertisement printed below on this page for Booster Club membership and schedule details.
 

Wed
10
Aug

Michael J. Hager Award winners ...


Michael J. Hager Award winners ...

Each year the Waukon Swim Club honors swimmers with the Michael J. Hager Award given in memory of Michael J. Hager (1960-1991), who was the son of Bonnie and the late James Hager of Waukon. This year’s Michael J. Hager Award recipients are Bailey Shafer (left photo), daughter of Bill and Beth Shafer of Waukon, and Joe Schwartz (right photo), son of Dr. Dave and Joan Schwartz of Waukon.

Michael Hager loved swimming. In 1976, as a lifeguard at the pool, he started the Waukon Swim Club. He worked as a lifeguard, swam with the club and coached until he graduated from high school in 1978. He went on to attend college for one year at William Penn University and then transferred to Luther College, where he swam for the Norse for three years. Each summer, Hager would come home to coach the swim team and lifeguard at the pool until he graduated from Luther in 1982.

Wed
10
Aug

Wins Elvelopet 5K at Nordic Fest ...


Wins Elvelopet 5K at Nordic Fest ...

Austin Day of Waukon placed first overall at the Nordic Fest Elvelopet 5K Run held in Decorah Saturday, July 30. He topped the entire 404-runner field in a time of 18:35.62. He will be a senior at Waukon High School this fall. Submitted photo.
 

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