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The Waukon football team played to a happy Homecoming Friday, September 30 by rolling over fellow Class 2A District 4 opponent Monticello by a 44-6 final result. In a battle of air vs. ground attacks, the Indian passing game proved to be very little match on the scoreboard for the visiting Panthers’ rushing attack.

Even though the Indians gave up 270 rushing yards in the contest, that one-dimensional Monticello attack did not produce like the Tribe’s air show that resulted in 265 yards and all five of Waukon’s touchdowns. Not only was the Panther offense one dimensional on the ground - Monticello completing just one pass for 21 yards in the contest, but its rushing attack also proved one dimensional within itself, as junior quarterback Max Keleher accounted for 218 of those rushing yards all on his own.

The Kee football team played host to the sleeping giant that had been awakened last week with its first loss ever during the regular season of Eight-Player football, as top 10-rated Don Bosco traveled to Lansing Friday, September 30 after falling to Central Elkader last Friday. The Hawks, however, showed no signs of intimidation in striking the first blow and standing toe-to-toe with the high-powered Dons through much of the first half, trailing by just a 25-20 count midway through the second quarter before Don Bosco rattled off 49 unanswered points to deal the host Hawks a 74-20 defeat.

The Kee cross country team competed in another large meet when the Hawks traveled to Jesup Tuesday, September 27. Competing against nearly two dozen other teams, the Kee cross country girls had just enough runners to compile the Hawks’ only team score at the meet, finishing 14th out of 21 teams, while the Kee boys had just four runners compete in their varsity race and two compete in the junior varsity field.

“Jesup puts together a very good group of schools, there were several highly regarded 1A, 2A and 3A schools in the 29-team field,” Kee cross country coach Pat Wagner said. “Looking at times and placings, I feel like we are in a good spot. All of our runners can shave a little time but our girls match up well with other top-notch area 1A schools. All Hawk runners need to work on our second and third miles. At this point of the season we need to be concerned about continually getting better.”

The Waukon volleyball team played through a winless week, suffering both a single dual match loss before falling to the same fate in three more weekend tournament matches. The Indian netters were swept at home by New Hampton Tuesday, September 27 before winning just one of seven total sets in falling in three matches at the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 1.

Now holding a 7-14-1 overall record, including a 1-3 Northeast Iowa Conference mark, the volleyball Indians were scheduled to travel to Class 4A sixth-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 4 before playing in the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 8. The Waukon netters will then wrap up their regular season with a Tuesday, October 11 home dual against Decorah before playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament Saturday, October 15.

The Kee volleyball team was scheduled for a pair of Upper Iowa Conference matches this week, but for an unprecedented second time this season the Hawks had a match postponed due to area flooding. After falling at South Winneshiek in four sets Monday, September 19, the volleyball Hawks had their Thursday, September 22 home match with 15th-rated Starmont postponed to this Thursday, September 29.

Sporting a 4-12 season record, including a 1-4 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play, the Hawks were scheduled to travel to MFL/MarMac Tuesday, September 27 before making up that Starmont postponement Thursday, September 29. The Kee netters will then play in a double dual at Turkey Valley against the host Trojans and New Hampton Tuesday, October 4 before playing at Thursday, October 6.

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The Waukon girls cross country team hosted its home invitational Tuesday, September 20, finishing just beyond the middle of the nine-team scoring field. The Lady Indians tallied 149 team points to finish in sixth place.

GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES
Decorah 31; Crestwood 68; Central Elkader 83; Kee 128; North Fayette Valley 137; WAUKON 149; Clayton Ridge 171; New Hampton 175; MFL/MarMac 237

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM SCORES
Decorah 23; WAUKON 40; Clayton Ridge 83; North Fayette Valley 89

The Indians will now prepare for the Crestwood Invitational scheduled for this Saturday, October 1. The distance Tribe will then prepare to compete at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 4.

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The Kee cross country team made its shortest road trip of the season Tuesday, September 20 to compete at the Waukon Invitational. The Kee girls ran to a fourth-place finish in the nine-team varsity field, while the Kee boys did not have enough runners to compile a varsity team score at the meet.

GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES
Decorah 31; Crestwood 68; Central Elkader 83; KEE 128; North Fayette Valley 137; Waukon 149; Clayton Ridge 171; New Hampton 175; MFL/MarMac 237

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM SCORES
Decorah 40; North Fayette Valley 88; Crestwood 91; Postville 104; KEE 106; Central Elkader 131; Waukon 159; Oelwein 191

The Hawks were next scheduled to compete at the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, September 27. Kee will then take part in the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 4.

The Waukon volleyball team faced a tall task in traveling to Class 4A 11th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 20 for its only competition of this past week. The highly-regarded Go-Hawks handed the Tribe netters defeats of 5-25 an 6-25 before the Indians battled them much closer to just a 23-25 defeat in the third and final set.

Now holding a 7-10-1 overall record, including a 1-2 Northeast Iowa Conference mark, the volleyball Indians were scheduled to host New Hampton Tuesday, September 27 before taking part in the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, October 1. The Tribe netters will then travel to Class 4A fourth-rated Charles City Tuesday, October 4.

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The Waukon football team remained undefeated in its Class 2A District 4 quest so far this season, sinking the Sailors of Waterloo Columbus on their Homecoming night with a 43-7 road ambush Friday, September 23. Although holding just a single win this season, Waukon football coach Chad Beermann was not about to let his charges overlook the host Sailors, who had rallied for a furious comeback to give the football Tribe a 30-27 home scare last season. A stifling Indian defense that limited Columbus to just 123 total yards of offense, and an opportunistic Tribe offense that took advantage of seven Sailor turnovers in the ballgame left little doubt there would be no repeat scare this season.

In a game that may likely have play-off repercussions despite being played so early in the season, the Waukon football team played host to Cascade Friday, September 16 in a match-up between two teams battling with overall undefeated Class 2A District 4 colleagues Union of LaPorte City and North Fayette Valley atop the District standings. In trying to take care of that District 4 business, it was the team that took care of the ball best that ended up remaining among the District’s unbeatens, as the football Indians took advantage of two Cascade fumbles and two interceptions to come away with a 20-14 home victory.