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20
Jul

New Albin wins Stars of Tomorrow 12 and Under Tournament ...


New Albin wins Stars of Tomorrow 12 and Under Tournament ...

The team from New Albin pictured above won the 12 and Under division of the Stars of Tomorrow Tournament held in La Crosse, WI Friday-Sunday, July 8-10. The tournament consisted of three pools of five teams each, with the top-finishing team and one wild card team from each pool advancing on to a final championship bracket. The New Albin team first went undefeated in four pool play games, defeating East Dubuque, 13-5, and Osage, 5-1, Friday and Holmen, 8-2, and Shelby, 5-2, Saturday to advance to Sunday’s final championship round, along with Shelby as the pool’s wild card team. After defeating that Shelby team once again in its first championship bracket game Sunday, 9-5, New Albin then went on to claim the tournament crown with a 15-5 ten-run rule victory in four innings over Janesville, WI in the championship game.

Wed
20
Jul

Waukon baseball takes #3 New Hampton to the edge in 2-1 season-ending loss in district semifinals


Waukon baseball senior Peyton Hesse unloads on a pitch in the Indians’ 2-1 loss in Class 2A District Tournament semifinal play at third-rated New Hampton Tuesday, June 12. Hesse stroked a double, a single and a triple in three at-bats to score the Tribe’s only run and pace the Indian offense in his final game in a Waukon baseball uniform. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Waukon baseball team had its season ended with a loss at third-rated New Hampton in the semifinal round of Class 2A District Tournament play Tuesday, July 12, but somehow that 2-1 shortcoming certainly doesn’t feel like a defeat. Having played the highly-regarded Chickasaws on three occasions earlier in the regular season during Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Tribe had yet to last more than six innings or score a run against the back-to-back Northeast Iowa Conference champions, actually having been outscored by a 40-0 margin in those three previous contests - including losses of 16-0 in four innings and 14-0 in five innings exactly one week earlier.

Wed
20
Jul

Kee baseball splits pair of district games to have season ended


Kee baseball eighth grade third baseman Lewis Peters tags out a Wapsie Valley runner during a rundown in the Hawks’ 7-1 home win over Wapsie Valley in the quarterfinal round of Class 1A District 7 Tournament play Tuesday, July 12. Peters smacked a double and drew a walk to score a team-high two runs in the Hawk win. Photo by Mikey Mitchell. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Kee baseball team had its 2016 season brought to a close in one of the most unexpected fashions, bringing a more typical Kee baseball season of 20-plus wins to an end in not so typical Kee baseball fashion. After a rare first-round postseason tournament loss to Wapsie Valley last season, the Hawks opened this summer’s postseason tournament with a bit of revenge, paying back those Warriors with a 7-1 defeat in the Class 1A District 7 quarterfinals Tuesday, July 12 at home. That win matched the Hawks up with fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Edgewood-Colesburg, a team Kee had swept in two previous UIC contests but that soundly turned the tables on the Hawks to hand them their worst defeat of the season, a 19-0 season-ending loss in four innings in a District 7 semifinal game played at Jesup Thursday, July 14.

Mon
18
Jul

Kee softball girls open State Tournament with 11-4 triumph, advance to Thursday's semifinals

The second-rated Kee softball team began its Class 1A State Tournament journey with an opening-round triumph, 11-4, over unranked Belle Plaine Monday, July 18. The Hawks used a seven-run first inning and a pair of homeruns by sophomore first baseman Chloe Severson to overcome an early 2-0 deficit and pull away to victory.

Kee will next compete Thursday evening, July 21 at 5 p.m. against fourth-rated Martensdale-St. Mary's, 8-0 first-round winners over unranked Charter Oak-Ute, with that winner advancing on to the Class 1A State Championship game Friday, July 22 at 4:55 p.m. Other first-round winners also taking their first step toward the Class 1A championship game were top-ranked Akron-Westfield, 13-1 in four innings over unranked West Harrison, and ninth-rated Newell-Fonda, 2-1 winners over fifth-rated New London.

Full coverage of all three of Kee's State Tournament games will appear in the July 27 edition of The Standard.

 

Wed
13
Jul

WE’RE BACK!! Kee softball team completes State Tournament return with 1-0 triumph


Members of the Kee softball team infield celebrate after the final out that sealed the Hawks’ return to the Class 1A State Softball Tournament with a 1-0 triumph over 11th-rated North Butler Monday, July 11. Making their third trip to the season grand finale in school history, and their second in three years, the Hawks will now play their first-round Class 1A State Tournament game Monday, July 18 on Mittera Field at Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge at 5:30 p.m. against unranked Belle Plaine (20-10). View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more at the “Photo Galleries” link.

by Val Meyer

It’s been two years since the unranked Kee softball team sent shockwaves through Class 1A by playing their way to a State Runner-Up finish in the Class 1A State Tournament, and after a year’s absence the now second-rated Hawks are ready to make waves again in Fort Dodge. It is last year’s absence that likely fueled this year’s return trip to the season grand finale for the Hawks, as a one-run loss in the regional finals last season has been a motivating factor for what played out this past week to be a three-game sweep through this season’s Class 1A Region 3 Tournament bracket and another trip back to Fort Dodge.

Wed
13
Jul

Kee baseball wraps up regular season with pair of victories; Postseason begins Tuesday

The Kee baseball team wrapped up its 2016 regular season schedule in undefeated fashion, posting a pair of victories in its final week of regular season play to head into postseason play riding a three-game winning streak. The Hawks opened their final  week of regulation play with a 13-3 handling of Janesville in six innings in a Tuesday, July 5 game played on the Upper Iowa University field in Fayette before wrapping up the week and their regular season slate with a 7-3 victory at Riceville Thursday, July 7.

Finishing the regular season with a 23-14 overall record and wrapping up an Upper Iowa Conference season championship with a 14-2 mark, the Hawks were slated to begin Class 1A district tournament play at home Tuesday, July 12 against Wapsie Valley.

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Wed
13
Jul

Waukon baseball team ends regular season with three losses, wins 1-0 district opener on final play


Kee baseball junior third baseman Logan Sullivan slides into home plate with the game-winning run in the Indians’ 1-0 Class 2A district tournament quarterfinals victory at home over Sumner-Fredericksburg Saturday, July 9. Sullivan started the Indian’s seventh inning at-bats off with a single, was sacrificed to second base by fellow junior Tyler O’Neill, took third on a passed ball, and also swiped home on a passed ball in senior Zach Troendle’s at-bat for this game-winning plate crossing. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Waukon baseball team wrapped up its regular season on a losing note but began its postseason with a dramatic win to keep its 2016 season rolling. The Indians brought their regular season to completion with three final home losses in Northeast Iowa Conference play, falling to Class 2A third-rated New Hampton Tuesday, July 5 by scores of 16-0 in four innings and 14-0 in five frames before doing likewise to Crestwood by a 12-3 final result. The Indians waited until the final inning of their Class 2A district tournament opener to finally pull out a 1-0 victory over Sumner-Fredericksburg at home Saturday, July 9, that victory being the first postseason win for the Indians since the 2011 season and this being the first year the Indians have not played in the Class 3A tournament bracket.

Wed
13
Jul

Waukon softball team has season ended with first-round regional loss at #12 Beckman


Waukon senior center fielder Madison Snitker slaps hands with head coach Amanda Eggerichs as she rounds third and heads for home after her first-pitch fireworks in the Indians’ 11-1 Class 3A Region 6 quarterfinal loss at Dyersville Beckman Wednesday, July 6. Snitker blasted the first pitch she saw in the opening-round contest over the right-center field wall for the only Indian run of the ballgame. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

What started with a display of power eroded into more of a one-sided result that ultimately brought an end to the 2016 season for the Waukon softball team. The Indian diamond dwellers traveled to Dyersville to match up with the 12th-rated Trailblazers of Beckman Catholic in a Class 3A Region 6 first-round tournament match-up Wednesday, July 6, returning home with an 11-1 defeat in five innings that closed out the Tribe’s summer campaign.

The Indians were limited to just three hits in the contest by Beckman freshman Sydney Steffen, who also drove in six of the Trailblazers’ 11 runs on the night in a three-for-three plate effort that included a two-run homerun and two run-scoring doubles. Steffen also got strong support from her teammates, who helped knock around a total of 13 hits on the night and also played nearly flawless defense to set the Indians down in order in the middle three of the game’s five innings.

Wed
06
Jul

Waukon softball team wraps up regular season with trio of home losses

Hurling toward home ...
Waukon senior pitcher Leslie Sivesind fires a pitch toward home plate in the Indians’ home doubleheader loss to New Hampton Tuesday, June 28. Sivesind recorded four strike-outs without a walk while also collecting two hits in three at-bats for the Indians in their 8-3 first-game loss in the twinbill. Photo by Krystal Johnson. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Waukon softball team wrapped up its regular season with three final home games this past week, falling in all three to complete their regular season with a 7-19 overall record. That mark includes a 3-12 result that places the softball Tribe one game ahead of Decorah in fifth place in the final six-team Northeast Iowa Conference standings, with Oelwein being unable to field a varsity softball team again this season. Those final three regular season losses came to New Hampton in a home doubleheader Tuesday, June 28, 8-3 and 14-1 in three innings, and a final home loss, 7-1, to Crestwood Thursday, June 30.

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Wed
06
Jul

Waukon baseball team begins postseason play this Saturday at home

The Waukon baseball team will get its postseason tournament underway this Saturday, July 9 at home, competing in the Class 2A District 6 bracket after dropping from the Class 3A ranks for this season. The Indians will play host to Sumner-Fredericksburg in the 7 p.m. match-up of a scheduled District 6 opening-round doubleheader that will also feature South Winneshiek vs. MFL/MarMac at 5 p.m.

The winner of the Tribe’s first-round game will advance on to the district semifinals Tuesday, July 12 at and against Class 2A third-rated New Hampton, beginning at 7 p.m. The district semifinals winner will advance on to the District 6 championship game to be played Saturday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at New Hampton, with that opponent being either South Winneshiek, MFL/MarMac or North Fayette Valley.

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