Sports

After a week idle from competition, the Waukon girls track team was able to get a pair of meets in this past week, including its own Early Bird Invitational, where the Lady Indians placed third out of seven teams. The track Tribe then finished fourth out of eight teams at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14.

The Indians were scheduled to compete at the Crestwood Invitational Tuesday, April 19 before taking part in the North Fayette Invitational Thursday, April 21. The Waukon girls will then host their own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 26, details of which appear in a shaded box elsewhere on these Sports pages.

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The Waukon boys golf team participated in its busiest week of the season, splitting two early-season dual meets before competing in the Waverly-Shell Rock Tournament Saturday, April 16. The Indians opened the week with a 168-179 home loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 11 before tallying their first win of the season, 180-187, over MFL/MarMac at Luana Tuesday, April 12. The Tribe linksters then wrapped up their busy week with a sixth-place team finish at the Waverly-Shell Rock Invitational Tournament held Saturday, April 16.

The Indians were scheduled to host Decorah Monday, April 18 before playing at Caledonia, MN Tuesday, April 19 and then making up an April 5 Charles City postponement Friday, April 22. The Tribe linksters will then host Crestwood Monday, April 25, Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, April 26 and New Hampton Friday, April 29.

St. Patrick School in Waukon hosted its annual 5K Fun Run Saturday, March 26. Pictured above are the top-two finishers in each division of competition from the race. Left to right: Kevin Benjegerdes, Second-place Age 36-45 male (29:29); Randy Nordheim, First-place Age 46 and Over male (21:40); Kris Kovarik, First-place Age 36-45 male (26:03); Sean Cooper, Second-place Age 14 and Under male (24:17); Beth Fitzpatrick, First-place Age 46 and Over female (25:45); Tyler O’Neill, First-place Age 15-35 male (19:16); Jack O’Neill, First-place Age 14 and Under male (23:37); Kate Einck, First-place Age 15-35 female (23:06); Bailey Schafer, First-place Age 14 and Under female (24:55); Sheila Mellick, Second-place Age 46 and Over female (31:10); Trish Wilkins, First-place Age 36-45 female (25:12); Hannah Bloxham, Second-place Age 14 and Under female (25:25); Nicole Schulte, Second-place Age 36-45 female (26:31); and Austin Day, Second-place Age 15-35 male (19:56).

The Kee boys track team went another week without competition this past week, having an originally scheduled Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational moved from Tuesday, April 5 to Monday, April 18 before having the Postville Invitational scheduled for Thursday, April 7 canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. The Hawks were scheduled to take part in the West Central Invitational hosted by Oelwein High School Monday, April 11 before competing in the MFL/MarMac Invitational at Monona Thursday, April 14 and then adding that Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational to an already busy week Monday, April 18.

KEE INVITATIONAL
Both the Kee boys and girls track teams are scheduled to host their own home invitational meet Thursday, April 21, beginning at 5 p.m. Both teams are slated to host West Central and De Soto, WI, with the Hawk boys also playing host to teams from Central Elkader and Turkey Valley, and the Kee girls also being visited by Clayton Ridge.

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Kee girls track team battled more than just the seven other teams at the Starmont Invitational Thursday, April 7, as the Lady Hawks competed in cold, damp conditions as well. Despite all those opposing forces, the Kee girls racked up half a dozen medal-winning performances - half of those being event wins - on the way to compiling 67 team points and a fifth-place team finish.
“It was finally nice to get outside and run a meet,” Kee girls track coach Chad Winters said. “It was cold and windy, which affected the times, but we were able to compete.”

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Waukon boys track team wasn’t competing at full strength at the Decorah Early Bird Meet Monday, April 4, not having all team members in attendance, much less in their strongest events. With that being the case, the Indians tallied a handful of top-three event finishes to help pace themselves to 30 team points and end up fifth in the five-team final team scoring.

The Indians were also scheduled to compete at Postville Thursday, April 7, but had that meet canceled by weather. The track Tribe was scheduled to return to Decorah Monday, April 11 before competing at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14. The Indians are then scheduled to compete at Decorah for a third consecutive Monday, April 18 before preparing to host their own Indian Relays home invitational Friday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Waukon girls track team had both of its scheduled meets this past week canceled due to inclement weather conditions. The Indians were scheduled to compete at Charles City Tuesday, April 5 and at Decorah Friday, April 8, but had both events called off due to cold, wet conditions.

The Lady Indians were scheduled to host their own Waukon Early Bird Invitational Tuesday, April 12 before competing at New Hampton Thursday, April 14. The track Tribe is then slated for competition at the Tuesday, April 19 Crestwood Invitational at Cresco and Thursday, April 21 North Fayette Valley Invitational at West Union.

The Waukon boys golf team got its season underway this past week, but not with the results the Indians wanted. Those less than desirable results included the postponement of the Tribe’s Tuesday, April 5 Northeast Iowa Conference dual at Charles City that followed a season-opening loss at South Winneshiek Monday, April 4.

That loss at South Winneshiek came by a result of 153-183 at the varsity level for the Indians, with no Indians managing to shoot below 43. “Each varsity player had one or two bad holes, so next time out we’re looking for more consistency and will try to eliminate the big numbers on some holes,” Waukon boys golf coach Tharin Benson said. “Overall, we need to improve on our short game, chipping and putting.  We left a lot of shots out there around the greens.”

In what turned out to be its only competition of the week, the Waukon girls golf team showed good balance in its season-opening dual meet hosted by South Winneshiek High School at Ossian Monday, April 4 but could not edge that balance low enough to avoid a 200-215 loss to the host Warriors at the varsity level. Senior Leslie Sivesind paced that Indian varsity effort with her round of 51, with junior Annika Anderson turning in a 54, and junior Kayla Palmer and sophomore Kylee Hager each carding rounds of 55.

The junior varsity Indians were able to get past their South Winneshiek hosts, winning their dual competition by a 241-252 final count. Senior Jessica Sholes shot a 52 to pace that Indian JV effort, with sophomore Abby Dixon adding a 55, junior Hannah Hennessy carding a 65 and senior Alyvia Jones completing the Indian team score with her round of 69.

The Waukon boys track team ended up with just one evening of competition this past week, as the Indians’ own Early Bird Invitational was canceled due to the return of winter-like weather Thursday, March 31. That left the Indians with just the Tuesday, March 29 Frostbite Invitational hosted by Sumner-Fredericksburg High School.
The Indian track boys made their presence known in that first outdoor meet of the season, not only winning a handful of events but the entire meet championship at that Frostbite Invitational. The Indians won five events and placed second in four more to pace the squad to 135 team points and the invitational team title.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete at the Decorah Invitational Monday, April 4 and then at Postville Thursday, April 7. The track Tribe will then return to Decorah Monday, April 11 before competing at the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, April 14.