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In a week heavy on each end but light in the middle, the Kee softball team won half of its six games played this past week. The Lady Hawks opened the week with a sweep of an Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader at MFL/MarMac Monday, June 12 by scores of 13-1 in four innings and 12-7. They then played four games at the two-day West Delaware Tournament this past weekend, falling in two games Friday, June 16 by scores of 12-3 to Class 4A fifth-rated Western Dubuque and 6-5 to Edgewood-Colesburg before splitting two games Saturday, June 17 with an 8-2 win over Class 5A Cedar Rapids Washington followed by a 5-0 loss to North Fayette Valley to finish in 14th place in the 16-team tournament.

The Kee baseball team hit the road for nearly all of its games this past week, putting four of the week’s seven games into the win column. Three of those wins came early in the week, as the Hawks swept an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader at Clayton Ridge by scores of 13-1 in six innings and 11-2 Monday, June 5 before winning at Nashua-Plainfield, 10-1, Tuesday, June 6. Kee battled Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek to a 3-0 loss at home Thursday, June 8 before winning at Postville Friday, June 9, 16-0 in four innings, and dropping two games at the Cedar River Classic Saturday, June 10 in Charles City, 4-3 to St. Ansgar and 10-0 in five innings to the host Comets.

Seven games on just three different dates resulted in a trio of those contests being put in the win column for the Kee softball team this past week, as the Lady Hawks picked up a single win on each of those dates. A Monday, June 5 home doubleheader split with North Fayette Valley included a 7-4 win and a 13-2 loss in five innings before a similar split result was recorded at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 7 with a 19-15 loss followed by a 12-6 victory. Kee’s diamond dwellers wrapped up the week with three games at the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10, falling to St. Ansgar, 6-3, and Hudson, 10-2, but also recording an 8-6 win over Class 2A 14th-rated Osage.

Currently holding a 5-10 season record that includes a 4-2 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the softball Hawks were next scheduled to host MFL/MarMac for a varsity doubleheader Monday, June 12 before playing in the two-day West Delaware Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 16-17.

The Waukon softball team battled through a busy week that resulted in two of seven games being put in the win column. One of those victories came right away to open the week, a 15-5 triumph in five innings at Central Elkader Monday, June 5 before the Lady Indians came up a bit short in a home doubleheader with New Hampton Tuesday, June 6 by scores of 6-3 and 2-1. The softball Tribe wrapped up the week falling at home to Charles City, 7-2, Friday, June 9 and in two of three games at the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10, including losses of 13-0 to Class 2A 14th-rated Osage and 13-5 to Riceville, but picking up a 9-5 win over St. Ansgar.

The Waukon baseball team played one of its busiest schedules of this season, playing seven games in a span of five nights and coming up just three runs shy of recording an undefeated week. Putting four of those seven games in the win column, the Indians opened the week with a doubleheader sweep at Turkey Valley Monday, June 5 by scores of 6-0 and 10-0 in six innings before being tripped up by single-run losses of 5-4 in each game of another road doubleheader at Crestwood Tuesday, June 6. The diamond Tribe returned to the win column with a 10-4 home victory over Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, June 8 before playing to a split of another road doubleheader at Class 2A 10th-rated New Hampton Friday, June 9, allowing the first game to get away in the bottom of the seventh inning by just a 3-2 final margin before rallying back for a 3-1 win in the nightcap.

The Waukon softball team picked up its schedule pace this past week, but also picked up its first losses of this season, playing to a 4-2 record in six games played but being only four runs from remaining undefeated on the year. The Indians swept a pair of closer ballgames from Crestwood at home Tuesday, May 30 by scores of 5-4 in eight innings and 5-2 before suffering their first loss of the week, 10-9 in nine innings, at Decorah Thursday, June 1 but bouncing back with a 5-2 win at South Winneshiek Friday, June 2. The diamond Tribe wrapped up its week splitting its two games played at the North Fayette Valley Tournament Saturday, June 3, falling to Edgewood-Colesburg by a 6-3 result before defeating MFL/MarMac by a 10-5 final result.

The Kee softball team posted a 2-4 record in games played this past week, getting its Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) schedule off to a successful start before back-to-back days of weekend tournament play. That UIC success came at Clayton Ridge Wednesday, May 31, where the Lady Hawks swept a doubleheader from the host Eagles by scores of 10-5 and 14-3 in five innings. The Kee girls then took part in the two-day North Fayette Valley Tournament, falling to Don Bosco, 15-0 in four innings, and to Charles City, 6-0, in Friday, June 2 competition before wrapping up the tournament Saturday, June 3 with another pair of losses to Edgewood-Colesburg, 10-5, and Waterloo Columbus, 13-4.

The Waukon baseball team battled through a nearly winless week in a busy schedule of three doubleheaders played over a course of four evenings, waiting until the final three innings of its final game to secure its lone win of the week. The Tribe first fell at home to Decorah Tuesday, May 30 by scores of 14-10 and 14-9 before doing likewise at home Thursday, June 1 against Sumner-Fredericksburg by scores of 16-8 and 11-0 in six innings. The Indians wrapped up their week with a split of a home doubleheader with Charles City Friday, June 2, falling in game one by a 4-1 count before bouncing back from a similar deficit in the nightcap to post a 6-4 win.

The Waukon softball team has its 2023 season off to an undefeated start following a pair of home victories over two Upper Iowa Conference teams this past week. The Lady Indians began their summer campaign with a 12-0 home romp over Clayton Ridge in four innings Wednesday, May 24 before battling intra-county squad Kee to a 5-2 victory Thursday, May 25.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled for a busy week, opening Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play Tuesday, May 30 at home against Crestwood with a doubleheader before traveling to Decorah Thursday, June 1 and South Winneshiek Friday, June 2 prior to playing in the North Fayette Valley Tournament Saturday, June 3. The diamond Tribe is then slated to play at Central Elkader Monday, June 5, host New Hampton for another NEIC doubleheader Tuesday, June 6, host Charles City Friday, June 9 and play in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10.

The Kee softball team got its 2023 campaign underway with a pair of games on the road played against larger schools from the Northeast Iowa Conference this past week, having final-inning rallies fall short against both of those host squads. The Lady Hawks started the season with a 10-5 loss at Crestwood Monday, May 22 before also falling at Waukon Thursday, May 25 by a 5-2 final result.

The softball Hawks were next scheduled to open Upper Iowa Conference (UIC)play Wednesday, May 31 at Clayton Ridge before playing in the North Fayette Valley Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. The Kee girls will then host North Fayette Valley Monday, June 5 and play at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 7 - both in UIC doubleheaders - before playing in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 10.