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The Waukon boys basketball team had just one game on its schedule this past week, hosting Charles City Friday, February 5. Having already battled the Comets to a close victory less than a month ago, this game would prove to be even closer, resulting in a 54-52 Indian defeat that saw its share of difficulties for the hosting Indians.
The loss drops the Indians’ overall season record to 8-9, evening up its Northeast Iowa Conference record at 5-5. The Tribe was scheduled to wrap up its regular season with a busy final week, beginning with a final home game Monday, February 8 against South Winneshiek before playing at Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and then at New Hampton Friday, February 12. The Indians will then begin postseason tournament play in the Class 2A field at home Monday, February 15.

The Waukon boys basketball team faced a difficult week with the top two teams from the Northeast Iowa Conference on its schedule this past week, but was able to work a split of those two contests to stay even overall on the season and just ahead of that average pace in Northeast Iowa Conference play. That split began with a 56-52 home triumph over Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before playing out to a 74-60 loss at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29. The split recorded by the Indians kept their overall season record even at 8-8, including a 5-4 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe will host Charles City Friday, February 5 before wrapping up its regular season with a busy final week, beginning with a final home game Monday, February 8 against South Winneshiek before playing at Decorah Tuesday, February 9 and then at New Hampton Friday, February 12.

The Kee girls basketball team began another winning streak with a pair of road victories in Upper Iowa Conference play this past week, one of them in the most dominating fashion of the season. The Lady Hawks handed Starmont a 58-40 loss Tuesday, January 26 before racking up a school record point total in a 91-27 romp at West Central Friday, January 29.
The Hawks’ “sweeps week” moves their season record to 16-2 overall, including a 10-2 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Kee ladies were scheduled to host North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 2 before making up their original January 8 home game with Central Elkader - postponed again from January 25 - Thursday, February 4 and then playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5. The Hawks will then prepare to open postseason tournament play Tuesday, February 16 at home.

The Kee boys basketball team ended up in both the win and loss column within their two-game schedule this past week, both games on the road in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Hawks hung on for a 54-49 victory at Starmont Tuesday, January 26 before coming up just a bit short, 73-65, at West Central Friday, January 29.
The week’s split runs the Hawks’ season record to 4-12 overall, including a 4-8 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play. Kee is scheduled to play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 2 before making up its original January 8 game at Central Elkader - postponed again from January 25 - Thursday, February 4 and then playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5. The Hawks are slated to wrap up their regular season Friday, February 12 at Coulee Christian in West Salem, WI before opening postseason tournament play at a date and location to be determined soon.

The Waukon girls basketball team battled through a winless week, experiencing losses on each end of the spectrum in its two games. The basketball Tribe was dealt a heartbreaking, 51-48 loss at the final buzzer Tuesday, January 26 at Crestwood before falling to Class 4A 11th-rated and Northeast Iowa Conference-undefeated Waverly-Shell Rock by a 57-27 final result at home Friday, January 29. The winless week leaves the Indians at a season record of 8-10, including a 4-6 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Indians were scheduled to play at Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, February 2 - but has now had that game postponed to an unknown date as of this printing due to Tuesday’s snowstorm. The basketball Lady Indians will next travel to Charles City Friday, February 5 before wrapping up their regular season Tuesday, February 9 at home against Decorah. The Indians will then open Class 3A postseason tournament play at home Saturday, February 13 against Oelwein.

The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up its regular season at the annual Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Tournament hosted by Oelwein High School Saturday, January 30. The Indians followed up their seventh-place finish in the final regular season NEIC standings with the same placement in the NEIC Tournament, having just one wrestler make his way into the championship match at his respective weight, ultimately finishing second to lead the Indians to 76 team points.
Senior Joe Frieden wrestled his way to the 182-pound championship match, starting his day with a first-round bye and winning his semifinal match by decision to earn the championship berth. In that title bout, Frieden lost by major decision to top 10-rated Jamiir Moore of Waverly-Shell Rock to finish as the 182-pound NEIC runner-up, the Indians’ best finish of the tournament.

The Waukon girls basketball team came up just shy of posting a second consecutive undefeated week, instead splitting a pair of home Northeast Iowa Conference games. The Indians opened the week with a 52-48 triumph over Charles City Tuesday, January 19 before looking to be in the driver’s seat to do the same against Oelwein Friday, January 22 but, instead, having the visiting Huskies pull off a late comeback to leave the Indians with a 54-53 defeat.
The week’s split leaves the Indians at an even season record of 8-8, including a 4-4 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Indians were scheduled to play at Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before hosting Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29. The basketball Tribe will then play at Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, February 2 before traveling to Charles City Friday, February 5.

The Kee boys basketball team put the skids on a five-game non-winning streak in dramatic fashion in splitting its two games played this past week. Mounting a furious fourth-quarter comeback, the Hawks pulled off a 45-42 Upper Iowa Conference victory at Turkey Valley Tuesday, January 19, but were then dealt a 68-37 non-conference blow at home by Houston, MN Thursday, January 21.
The week’s split runs the Hawks’ season record to 3-11 overall, including a 3-7 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play. The Hawks were scheduled to make up their postponed January 8 game at Central Elkader Monday, January 25 before playing at Starmont Tuesday, January 26 and then traveling to West Central Friday, January 29. Kee will then play at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 2 before playing at Clayton Ridge Friday, February 5.

The Waukon boys basketball team put together an undefeated week of competition, posting a pair of road victories in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Indians outlasted Charles City for a 71-64 win at the home of the Comets Tuesday, January 19 before posting a season-high regulation play point total in claiming a 73-44 victory at Oelwein Friday, January 22.
The Indians’ undefeated week evens their season record to 7-7, including a 4-3 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play. The Tribe was scheduled to host Crestwood Tuesday, January 26 before playing at Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 29. The Tribe will then have a week before taking the court again, hosting Charles City Friday, February 5.
“These two wins give us some momentum as we get into a big week for us,” said Waukon boys basketball coach Jed Hemann.

The Kee girls basketball team had another considerable win streak - eight games - brought to a halt, but it took one of the highest-regarded teams in Class 1A to again pull off that feat. The Lady Hawks suffered just their second loss of the season this past week, 52-38 in a Tuesday, January 19 road game, to the same undefeated and, this time, top-rated Turkey Valley team that also owns Kee’s only other loss of the season. On each side of that loss, it was business as usual for the seventh-rated Lady Hawks, as they posted double-digit wins of 56-41 at home over Seneca, WI Monday, January 18 and 50-38 at MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 21.