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The Kee girls track team worked its way through its most difficult week of the season, both in competition and otherwise. A schedule of three track meets in four nights proved difficult enough, but the Lady Hawks also mixed in their final farewells to a fallen former teammate, last season’s lone senior on the track team Erin Rud. Despite that most difficult week, the Kee track girls battled their way to a second-place finish at the West Central Invitational hosted by Oelwein High School Monday, April 10 before finishing fourth in a limited slate at the Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11 and then finishing up the week in third place at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 13, setting a couple school records along the way.

The Waukon boys track team battled to near opposite ends of the spectrum this past week, a more complete team yielding much better results for the track Tribe later in the week. The Indians posted a sixth-place finish out of eight teams at the Decorah Invitational Monday, April 10 before battling to a team championship at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 13.

The Indians were next scheduled to return to Decorah Monday, April 17 for the third consecutive week for the Viking Relays before hosting their own Indian Relays Friday, April 21, details of which can be found elsewhere in a shaded box in the print or e-editiopn of The Standard. The track Tribe is then scheduled to compete at the Oelwein Invitational Tuesday, April 25 for its only meet next week.

The Waukon girls track team found home, sweet home this past week in its pair of meets, the track Tribe winning its own Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 11 with a whopping 154 team points. The Lady Indians traveled to New Hampton later in the week, Thursday, April 13, to finish fifth.

The Indians were next scheduled to travel to Crestwood Tuesday, April 18 and then to the North Fayette Valley Invitational in West Union Friday, April 21 before preparing for their own Indian Relays home invitational Tuesday, April 25 and then competing at MFL/MarMac Thursday, April 27. Further details of the track Tribe’s own Indian Relays can be found in a shaded box elsewhere in the print or e-edition of The Standard.

The Waukon boys golf team was able to begin its 2017 season, but only able to get in one of two scheduled meets this past week. That one meet was a home date with Charles City Tuesday, April 4, where the Indians fell by a 199-168 final result to the visiting Comets. The golf Tribe also had a Monday, April 3 home date scheduled with South Winneshiek postponed to April 21.

Against Charles City, the Indians were led by sophomore Michael Headington and his round of 44, with freshman Logan Houg next in line for the Tribe with his round of 48. Senior Logan Sullivan turned in a round of 50 and junior Jess Kloke wrapped up the Indian team scoring with his round of 57.

Ernie Palas of Waukon displays his winning bracket and prizewinnings of $50 in Standard Bucks for topping this year’s field of 285 entries in The Standard’s NCAA Basketball Bracket Challenge. Palas actually tied with Gregg Jones of Waukon with 136 points each at the end of the contest, but Palas’ choice of 161 points in the tie-breaker of total points scored in the championship game was closer to this year’s NCAA Basketball Championship game total of 136 points than Jones’ guess of 184 points, awarding this year’s contest championship to Palas. Palas and Jones were the only entries in the contest to choose North Carolina to beat Gonzaga in this year’s title game. The Standard appreciates all of this year’s entries and sponsors making this year’s contest possible.
 

The Waukon boys track team finally saw its first outdoor competition of the season, being able to get both of its scheduled meets in this past week, despite a one-day delay of one of those. That Tuesday, April 4 Decorah Early Bird Meet was postponed from Monday, April 3 but saw the Indians finish third in the final five-team standings before a more short-handed track Tribe worked its way to a second-place team finish out of 11 nearly all Upper Iowa Conference squads at the Postville Invitational Thursday, April 6.

The Indians were next scheduled to return to Decorah on back-to-back Monday evenings, including April 10 and April 17, with a co-ed invitational at New Hampton scheduled in between, Thursday, April 13. The track Tribe is then scheduled to host five other teams at its own Indian Relays Friday, April 21, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Kee boys track team was able to finally get on the outdoor track this past week, actually getting in a pair of meets within a couple days of one another. The Hawks finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, April 4 before placing 10th out of 11 teams at the annual Foster Kiesau Relays hosted by Postville High School Thursday, April 6.

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete in the West Central Invitational at Oelwein High School Monday, April 10 before taking part in the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, April 13. Kee will then prepare to host its own home invitational Thursday, April 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office reports that at approximately 3:53 a.m. Sunday, April 2 the County dispatch center received a report of a serious injury accident near the intersection of Morgan Bridge Road and Pine Tree Drive in Allamakee County, approximately five miles southwest of New Albin about a mile south off of Iowa River Drive.
According to the Sheriff's Office report, a pick-up truck operated by Travis Scott Colsch, age 20, of rural New Albin was traveling northbound on Morgan Bridge Road when a female passenger in the vehicle, 19-year-old Erin Marie Rud of rural New Albin, fell from the moving vehicle and suffered what is being reported as serious injuries. Rud was transported by air ambulance from the scene to a La Crosse, WI hospital for treatment of her injuries. Those injuries have since claimed her life.

The Waukon boys golf team will field an overall young squad for its 2017 season, as just two seniors and one junior pace the upperclassman leadership for this spring’s squad. This year’s limited leadership experience also returns just one varsity veteran from each eligible grade level from last season, as senior Logan Sullivan, junior Jess Kloke and sophomore Michael Headington headline this season’s squad of 13 members as returning letterwinners from last spring.

“I will look for their leadership to help guide the underclassmen around the golf course,” Waukon boys golf coach Tharin Benson. “I will also look for them to shoot consistent scores and help the team be competitive this year.”

The two youngest grade levels make up the largest groups for this year’s squad, as five each of sophomores and freshmen will also take to the course this season.