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The Waukon boys basketball team returned from its holiday break to pour in its highest point total so far this season on the way to an 80-72 home triumph over Clayton Ridge Friday, January 2. The Indians used a 50% shooting efficiency, both overall and in racking up 10 three-point blasts, to build as much as a 24-point lead before holding off a late Clayton Ridge comeback effort to secure the non-conference victory.
Improving their overall season record to 4-3, the Indians were slated to begin this week at home with back-to-back games, Monday, January 5 against Kee and Tuesday, January 6 against Crestwood, before also hosting a Saturday, January 10 game against Prairie du Chien, WI. Another full slate awaits the Tribe next week with back-to-back road games to begin the week, Monday, January 12 at Spring Grove, MN and Tuesday, January 13 at Oelwein, followed by a home contest against top-five rated Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 16.

The Kee girls basketball team book-ended its recent holiday break from school with a pair of trips to Wisconsin, returning home victorious in both journeys to improve the Lady Hawks’ overall season record to 9-1. The Hawks first defeated North Crawford by a 63-22 end result Monday, December 22 prior to the break before returning to action Friday, January 2 to pull out a 48-46 triumph at Seneca.
The Hawks were scheduled to play at West Central Tuesday, January 6 before hosting Central Elkader Thursday, January 8. Kee will then play at Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, January 13 before hosting MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 15 and then traveling to Postville Friday, January 16.

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The Kee boys basketball team put up some of its highest point totals of the season in its two games this past week, but also allowed some of its highest point totals in having its recent losing streak extended to six games. The Hawks suffered a 71-52 loss at home to South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 before falling at Starmont Friday, December 19 by an 80-54 final result.
“We need to have a good Christmas break,” Kee boys basketball coach Pat Wagner said. “We need to get back to basics and become better fundamentally, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. We must identify our opponents’ key personnel better and we have to maintain better stances, positioning and vision on defense.”

The Kee girls basketball team returned to its sweeping ways with back-to-back victories this past week over Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) foes. The Lady Hawks improved their season record to 7-1 overall, 4-1 in the UIC with a 49-40 win at home over South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 followed by a 60-51 victory at Starmont Friday, December 19.
The Hawks were scheduled to wrap up their pre-holiday schedule with a Monday, December 22 game at North Crawford rescheduled from Monday, December 8. The Hawks will return to action after the holiday break Friday, January 2 at Seneca, WI.

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The Waukon wrestling team fell to a pair of Northeast Iowa Conference opponents in its only dual meet action of the week, prior to securing a fourth-place tournament finish over the weekend. The wrestling Tribe fell to both New Hampton, 54-24, and Crestwood, 63-15, in a double dual at New Hampton Thursday, December 18 before crowning a single champion on the way to a fourth-place team finish at the Starmont Tournament Saturday, December 20.
The Indians enter the holiday break with an overall record of 2-4, 0-3 in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC). Following the break, the Indians will return to action with a Saturday, January 3 multi-team dual event at Crestwood featuring the host Cadets, Saint Ansgar, South Winneshiek and Fillmore Central. The wrestling Tribe will then compete in another NEIC double dual at Decorah against the host Vikings and Charles City Thursday, January 8.

The Waukon girls basketball team split its two games this past week, snapping what had become a four-game losing streak. The Lady Indians first fell at home to undefeated and Class 4A ninth-rated Waverly-Shell Rock, 55-31, Tuesday, December 16 but bounced back to secure a 58-51 triumph at home over New Hampton Friday, December 19 to result in a 2-5 overall record, 1-3 in the Northeast Iowa Conference prior to the holiday break.
The Indians will resume action after the holiday break Friday, January 2 at home against Clayton Ridge. The Tribe will then play at Crestwood Tuesday, January 6 before hosting MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 8.

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The Waukon boys basketball team competed in its busiest week of the season so far, wedging a lone home victory in between two road losses to Northeast Iowa Conference foes. The Indians were dealt a 64-48 loss at Class 3A top-five rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, December 16 before a split of back-to-back games to end the week, including a 66-56 win at home over MFL/MarMac Thursday, December 18 and an 81-55 loss at New Hampton Friday, December 19.
Sporting an even, 3-3 overall record, 0-3 in Northeast Iowa Conference play prior to the holiday break, the Indians will resume action Friday, January 2 with a home non-conference match-up with Clayton Ridge. The Tribe will then remain at home Monday, January 5 against Kee, Tuesday, January 6 against Crestwood and Saturday, January 10 against Prairie du Chien, WI.

The Kee girls basketball team suffered its first chink in its early-season armor in splitting a pair of Upper Iowa Conference games this past week. The Lady Hawks opened the week with a 57-14 drubbing of Postville at home Tuesday, December 9 before falling at Turkey Valley by a 54-44 count Friday, December 12 for Kee’s first loss of the season. Kee also had a Monday, December 8 non-conference game at North Crawford in Wisconsin rescheduled by winter weather to Monday, December 22.

The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up its busiest week of the season so far, falling to a pair of perennial mat powers in its two dual meet opponents before finishing seventh as a team at the South Winneshiek Tournament. The Indians fell victim to Caledonia, MN by a 62-12 count in their first home dual meet of the season Tuesday, December 9 before suffering a similar fate, 73-6, at Class 3A Waverly-Shell Rock in the Tribe’s first Northeast Iowa Conference match of the season Friday, December 12. The Indians then wrestled to a seventh-place finish at the South Winneshiek Tournament Saturday, December 13.

The Kee boys basketball team completed its busiest week of the season so far with a trio of ballgames within a five-day span, but had to do so without some key components due to injury. Missing as many as three early-season starters from their line-up at certain points this past week, the Hawks opened the week with a 62-38 home loss to Postville Tuesday, December 9 before falling in back-to-back nights of competition, 66-28 at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12 and by a 71-39 count at home against Mabel-Canton, MN Saturday, December 13.