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The Kee volleyball team headed toward the final stretch of its 2015 season with one of its busiest weeks of the season. The Hawks kept up their recent winning ways by extending their Upper Iowa Conference dual match streak to a seventh consecutive victory with sweeps of both West Central, 25-12, 25-9 and 25-21, Tuesday, October 6 and Edgewood-Colesburg, 25-23, 25-18 and 25-19, Thursday, October 8. Kee then suffered its first match losses in the last three weeks by falling in three matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 10 to finish fourth in its four-team pool.

The Waukon volleyball team played through a second consecutive week without a match victory, still remaining in search of its first victory of the Northeast Iowa Conference season after falling at home to Class 4A seventh-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 6 in three straight sets. The Indians were then swept in three matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 10 by Class 1A seventh-rated Iowa Valley, Edgewood-Colesburg and the host school, Hudson, to finish fourth in their four-team pool and miss out on advancing to championship bracket play.
Holding a 5-21 season record, 0-5 in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season dual schedule at Decorah Tuesday, October 13 before playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock Saturday, October 17. Waukon will then begin postseason tournament play Monday, October 26 at and against New Hampton.

The Waukon girls cross country team ran with its smallest overall team of the season but recorded its highest team finish of the season at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, October 3. With all seven varsity runners for the Indians posting their best times of the season, the Tribe placed third in the five-team field at Crestwood, tallying 100 team points.
The Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season schedule at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6 before preparing for the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 13 at New Hampton. Waukon will then have its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 22 at a site yet to be determined.

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The Waukon football survived a dormant second half to outlast the visiting Sailors of Waterloo Columbus for a 30-27 Homecoming victory Friday, October 2. The Indians had rolled up 22 points in a productive second quarter to bolt to a 30-12 halftime advantage, but then silent on the offensive side of the ball for the entire second half, holding off a late Columbus charge during that same timeframe and surviving a potential game-tying field goal that missed its mark in the game’s final 1:20. The Homecoming victory improves the Indians to a 5-1 overall record that bettered to a 2-1 mark in Class 2A District 3 play. The Tribe will head to New Hampton this Friday, October 9 to take on a Chickasaw team yet undefeated against District 3 opponents but sporting a 4-2 overall season record after a 40-13 victory at Oelwein this past Friday, October 2.

The Waukon boys cross country team was just a few individual placewinnings away from a team championship at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, October 3, finishing second to South Winneshiek by a mere three points in the meet’s final varsity team scoring. The Indians placed all five of their team scoring runners within the meet’s top 22 competitors, but were without the services of senior Isaac Fink, a usual top-five finisher for the Tribe. The Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season schedule at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6 before preparing for the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 13 at New Hampton. Waukon will then have its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 22 at a site yet to be determined.

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The Kee cross country team competed in its largest meet so far this season, taking part in the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, September 29 that featured 30 teams, 25 of those being able to post team scores. The Hawks did not have enough runners in any of the evening’s races to compile a team score.
Sophomore Nicki Wood was the lone female competitor for the Hawks at the event. She clocked in at a time of 23:19 to finish 76th out of 156 runners in the varsity girls race.
The Kee varsity boys had just four runners competing at Jesup, not enough for a team score. Junior Evan Whalen continued to pace the Hawk effort, finishing 150th out of 179 runners in the varsity race with a clocking of 21:38. Sophomore Jack Mooney was next in line with his 161st-place finish in 22:28, with the freshman pair of Ryan Whalen and Jacob Berns rounding out Kee’s varsity effort in 163rd in 22:32 and 177th in 25:48, respectively.

The first two offensive possessions for the Kee football team in its Friday, October 2 home game with West Central looked as if it would be a happy Homecoming for the Purple and Silver, as the Hawks marched down the field for a pair of touchdowns and a 14-8 early advantage over the visiting Blue Devils. But, the final three quarters of the contest proved otherwise, as those first two Kee drives would end up accounting for a majority of the Hawk offensive production in the ballgame, while West Central established that same early pace but carried it over into the game’s remainder on the way to a 62-14 Kee defeat.
Falling to a 2-4 overall record, 2-2 in Eight-Player District 4, the Hawks hit the road this week, playing at Springville this Friday, October 9. The Orioles have a 2-5 record on the season, including a 1-3 mark in Eight-Player District 4 play after coming off their first district win, 47-30, at Central City this past Friday, October 2.

The Kee volleyball team swept through the two dual matches on its schedule this past week, taking care of business on the road in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Lady Hawks first pulled through an early awakening at MFL/MarMac Tuesday, September 29 to complete that first sweep of the week by scores of 25-23, 25-12 and 25-18, and then waged war at Clayton Ridge Thursday, October 1 to come away with that three-set victory as well, 25-22, 25-23 and 25-19.
Improving to a 10-7 overall record, including a 5-1 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to wrap up their home regular season schedule this week, hosting West Central Tuesday, October 6 before a Thursday, October 8 home date with Edgewood-Colesburg. Kee will then play in the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 10 before its final regular season dual match this fall at Starmont Tuesday, October 13.
 

The Waukon volleyball team battled through a busy week without a win, falling in a pair of dual matches before being swept in three additional matches at a weekend tournament. The Indians were swept at home by MFL/MarMac Monday, September 28, 23-25, 22-25 and 19-25, in a match rescheduled from September 8, and then fell at New Hampton Tuesday, September 29 by scores of 16-25, 17-25 and 7-25. The Tribe’s troubles continued against some formidable opponents at the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 3, the Indians being swept in three consecutive matches by BCLUW and Class 4A top-15 rated Independence and Marion to miss out on advancing out of the tournament’s pool play round.

The Waukon girls cross country team was a gracious host at its own Waukon Invitational held Tuesday, September 22 at the Waukon Golf & Country Club. The Lady Indians ran to an eighth-place finish out of nine teams at the meet, tallying 211 team points.
The Indians will next compete this Saturday, October 3 at the Crestwood Invitational in Cresco before wrapping up their regular season schedule at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 6.

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