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The Waukon girls basketball team opened its home season in victorious fashion, pulling out a 43-36 triumph over South Winneshiek Tuesday, November 25. The Indians methodically pulled away in the first two quarters of each half, but then also held off a late charge in each half by the visiting Warriors to help secure the victory.

“Our defense improved from our first game against Kee,” Waukon girls basketball coach Andy Sires said. “We did a much better job of getting back on defense and did not give up points in transition. Also, we stayed out of foul trouble.”

The Waukon wrestling team has a rather large collection of 29 young men to choose from for its 2014-2015 season, hoping to continue to build upon the progress made under first-year head coach Matt Pladsen last season. Improving from just one dual match victory two seasons ago to five last season, the Indian matmen will look to continue that progression this season.

The Kee girls basketball team continued its early-season roll with one of the most lopsided victories ever recorded in program history. The Hawks limited their guests from Coulee Christian High School out of Westby, WI to no more than eight points in any of the game’s four quarters on the way to a 63-18 pounding of the visiting Eagles.

The Kee volleyball team put together a 12-17 record for its 2014 campaign, tempering a dash of returning veteran leadership with a dose of young athleticism. That combination played out to a 4-5 UIC record that placed the Hawk netters in the middle of the final UIC standings, but also meshed well enough to allow the entire team to grow and peak when it mattered most, as the Hawks won their opening round of Class 1A Regional Tournament play over Central Elkader before having their season ended once again at the hands of top-10 ranked Turkey Valley in a hard-fought battle.

The 2014-2015 Waukon boys basketball team returns six varsity letterwinners from a 9-13 season last winter. Head coach Jed Hemann will field a nearly equal team balance of six seniors and eight juniors this season that will provide some contributions beyond just those returning varsity veterans.

The Kee boys basketball program will have a collection of 20 young men to choose from for its 2014-2015 season, but only one of those players will bring back varsity letterwinning experience from last season’s team that posted a 3-18 season record. Senior Dylon Peterson will be the lone returning varsity veteran this year, but brings with him multiple years of letterwinning experience in addition to team leadership numbers in scoring and three-point field goals while also ranking second on last year’s team in steals, blocked shots and assists on his way to receiving All-Conference Honorable Mention.

The 2014-2015 season got off to a promising start for the Kee girls basketball team, as the Hawks opened the new season with a 61-39 win at home over intra-county foe Waukon Friday, November 21. The Hawks benefited from a strong second half on both ends of the floor, using their overall height advantage to open up a rather close, 25-22 halftime advantage with an 18-6 third quarter outscoring that helped widen the gap to victory.

The Waukon girls basketball team got its 2014-2015 season underway with a not so happy homecoming debut for first-year head coach and Kee High School graduate Andy Sires. The Indians were outsized and outgunned by the host Hawks in the second half, allowing just a 25-22 halftime deficit to get away to a 61-39 loss in Lansing Friday, November 21.

The Kee football team had its 2014 season brought to a close where half of Iowa’s high school football teams in the Eight-Player classification wished they could, meeting a majority of its team goals in the process. The Hawks played to a 6-3 regular season record that included a 5-0 mark at home and 4-3 District 4 record to earn State Play-Off qualification for the sixth consecutive season, ultimately having that play-off journey ended by second-rated and undefeated Janesville in the opening round of postseason play to finish the season with a 6-4 record.

The 2014 Waukon boys cross country season provided a great deal of “firsts” for fourth-year head coach Tara Stein, the greatest among those being the first time she has coached a team or individual runner to State Meet qualification. After a five-year complete absence from the season grand finale held at Fort Dodge each season, Coach Stein guided both her team - with its third-place State Qualifying Meet finish - and an individual runner - sophomore Tyler O’Neill and his seventh-place State Qualifying Meet finish - to every high school cross country team’s ultimate destination.