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The Waukon baseball team put together its most successful stretch of the season for another winning week, starting that timeframe with four consecutive wins to extend a five-game winning streak before having that streak ended by a three-game sweep suffered to end the week. That winning beginning started with a 10-3 home win over Clayton Ridge/Central Tuesday, June 12 before the Indians got their first Northeast Iowa Conference victory of the season with a doubleheader sweep at Crestwood Wednesday, June 13 by scores of 5-4 and 2-0. Those winning ways continued with an 11-6 triumph at Osage Thursday, June 14 before that success streak was halted by three losses all on the same night against Charles City Friday, June 15.

The Kee baseball team played to an undefeated week to extend a current eight-game win streak, including a yet undefeated 6-0 start to the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) season that currently has the Hawks at an 8-2 overall mark. This week’s unblemished schedule included a sweep of a pair of UIC opponents, including wins of 7-2 and 14-4 in five innings over Clayton Ridge/Central at home Monday, June 4 and by scores of 13-2 and 12-2 in five innings Thursday, June 7. The Hawks were also scheduled to play two games in the Charles City Tournament Saturday, June 9, but that tournament was first moved to St. Ansgar due to wet field conditions before being called off due to stormy weather. It is not anticipated to be rescheduled.

The Kee softball team played to an undefeated week in six games this past week, perhaps showing a renewed focus after suffering its first two losses of the season in back-to-back games against top-15 rated opponents to end the previous week of competition. That renewed focused showed itself in a couple different aspects, as the Lady Hawks got their Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) season off to an undefeated start by outscoring UIC opponents by a combined 68-0 in four games, including doubleheader sweeps of 14-0 and 29-0 at Postville Monday, June 4 and 12-0 and 13-0 at home over Clayton Ridge Wednesday, June 6.

In addition to Waukon boys track and field senior Abe Schwartz being a State Meet qualifier in the 4x200 for the Indians this season, he also showed an overall balance of athletics and academics by also earning Academic All-State honors from the Iowa Association of Track and Field Coaches. To earn such recognition, a senior track and field athlete must have achieved a 3.8 or higher grade point average (GPA) and a cumulative score of 28 or higher on the ACT, and be a participant in the Iowa High School State Track and Field Meet in at least one event during his or her year of application.
 

The Waukon baseball team posted a winning week on the field this week, winning two of three games played but remaining in search of its first Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) victory this season. The baseball Tribe opened the week with a 13-5 home triumph over Sumner-Fredericksburg Monday, June 4 before falling by a 4-0 count at Oelwein Tuesday, June 5 but bouncing back with a 6-5 victory at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 6. A Friday, June 8 home doubleheader with Decorah was postponed by rainy weather until Tuesday, June 19.

The Waukon softball team put together its first win streak of the 2018 season in winning two of three games played this past week to currently hold a 4-9 overall record that includes a mark of 2-5 in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The Indians scored back-to-back NEIC wins, 9-6 Monday, June 4 at Decorah and 10-2 at home over Oelwein Wednesday, June 6, before having that streak ended by a 7-4 loss at New Hampton Thursday, June 7. The softball Tribe was also supposed to play in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 9 but that event was canceled due to stormy weather.

The Waukon baseball team played through four more games this past week and for the second consecutive week picked up a single win in those four games. The Indians split a pair of home games, falling to New Hampton at home Tuesday, May 29 by an 8-3 result before securing a 9-3 win at home over MFL/MarMac Thursday, May 31 in a game postponed from Wednesday, May 30 by rain. The baseball Tribe wrapped up its week with a road doubleheader at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, June 1, falling by mercy-rule scores of 15-0 and 11-1, both in five innings.

The Waukon softball team played through another single-win week on the diamond this past week, although coming close to adding to that victory total on several occasions. The Indians first fell at MFL/MarMac by a 3-1 result Tuesday, May 29 before being swept in a home Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) doubleheader by Class 4A third-rated Charles City by scores of 10-0 and just a 7-6 margin Thursday, May 31. The Tribe diamond dwellers then fell at South Winneshiek, 4-3, Friday, June 1 before splitting a pair of games at the Charles City Tournament Saturday, June 2, falling to St. Ansgar by a 7-5 count but defeating Woodward-Granger by a 5-4 final result.

The Kee softball team ended up with just one competition venue this past week, as the Hawks’ Wednesday, May 30 home date with South Winneshiek was postponed to June 21 by rainy weather. The Kee diamond dwellers’ lone remaining competition spanned two days and ended in differing results each of those days, as the Lady Hawks split four games at the North Fayette Valley Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2. The Lady Hawks swept both Friday opponents, 11-1 in five innings over Maquoketa Valley and 7-1 over Dyersville Beckman, but had that fortune reversed Saturday against a pair of teams rated in the top-15 in their respective classes, Kee falling to Class 4A 10th-rated Adel, ADM by a 12-0 count in six innings and also being tripped up, 3-2, by Class 1A 12th-rated AGWSR.

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Kee baseball team opened its Upper Iowa Conference season in dominating fashion, making short work of Postville in a pair of mercy-rule victories at home Tuesday, May 29 by scores of 14-2 in five innings and 18-2 in just three innings. The Hawks were also supposed to host Riceville Saturday, June 2 for a non-conference doubleheader, but had those games postponed to a date yet to be determined.

Holding a 4-2 season record that includes a 2-0 start to their Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) schedule, the Hawks were scheduled to host Clayton Ridge in another UIC twinbill Monday, June 4 before playing a UIC double-dip Thursday, June 7 at Turkey Valley and then playing two games at Charles City in a tournament Saturday, June 9. Kee will then be on the road the entire next week, playing doubleheaders at Starmont, Monday, June 11, at South Winneshiek, Thursday, June 14, and at Davenport Assumption, Friday, June 15.