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Waukon wrestling 145-pound senior Adam Benzing will continue his final high school season at every wrestler’s ultimate destination after wrestling to a runner-up finish at the Class 2A District 5 Wrestling Tournament in Independence Saturday, February 14. This year’s qualification will be Benzing’s second such trip to the Class 2A State Tournament, as he first qualified two seasons ago in much the same manner as a sophomore but was denied a return trip last season after recovering from a mid-season knee injury.
Coming into Saturday’s District Tournament as a runner-up finisher from the previous Saturday’s Sectional 9 Tournament, Benzing was matched up with Sectional 10 Tournament champion Charlie Engelbrecht, a junior from Mount Vernon ranked 10th among Class 2A 145-pound wrestlers. Benzing struck first with a first-period takedown, allowing Engelbrecht an escape to lead by a 2-1 result after one period.

The Waukon girls basketball team has had its season brought to a close, suffering losses in both its regular season finale and opening round of postseason tournament play this past week. The Indians surrendered a 45-42 loss at home to Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, February 10 to bring their regular season schedule to a close, and then had their 2014-2015 season brought to completion with a 60-37 loss at Dyersville Beckman Saturday, February 14 in the opening round of Class 3A regional tournament play. That loss brings the Indians’ season to a close with a 7-15 overall record, 4-8 in Northeast Iowa Conference play for a fifth-place finish in the final league standings, while Beckman advanced on to play Crestwood Wednesday, February 18 in the regional semifinals.

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The 2014-2015 high school wrestling season came to an end for all but one member of the Waukon wrestling team Saturday, February 7, as at least a runner-up finish was required to advance on from the Class 2A Sectional Tournament hosted by North Fayette Valley High School in West Union. That one team member was senior Adam Benzing, who finished as the 145-pound runner-up to lead the Indians and earn advancement to this Saturday’s District Tournament at Independence High School.
Benzing tallied the Indians’ top individual finish at the tournament, with three other Indians finishing third. Three fourth-place finishes, and two each of fifth- and sixth-place finishes rounded out the Indian individual efforts on the day, all those adding up to 110 team points and a sixth-place team finish for the Tribe.

In what turned out to be its only contest of the week, the Kee boys basketball team fell to Clayton Ridge at home by a 70-46 end result Friday, February 6. The Hawks also had a Tuesday, February 3 home date with North Fayette Valley postponed to Monday, February 9 due to winter weather. Holding a 2-17 overall season record, 1-13 in the Upper Iowa Conference, the Hawks were slated to wrap up their regular season by hosting back-to-back games, including that Monday, February 9 date with North Fayette Valley rescheduled from Tuesday, February 3 and a Tuesday, February 10 home date with Seneca, WI. Kee will then open postseason tournament play Monday, February 16 at Edgewood-Colesburg High School against East Buchanan.

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The Waukon boys basketball team split its pair of games this past week against teams on each end of the success spectrum. The Indians were dealt a 91-48 home loss Tuesday, February 3 by a highly-regarded Caledonia, MN team, but recovered from that loss to pull out a 60-53 home win Friday, February 6 over an Oelwein team with just two wins so far on the season.
Currently holding a 10-9 overall record, 4-7 in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC), the Indians were scheduled to hit the road one final time for the regular season, Monday, February 9 at South Winneshiek before wrapping up their regular season with a Tuesday, February 17 home game with Charles City in a battle for fifth place in the final league standings between two teams with identical NEIC records this season. The Tribe will then open postseason tournament play Monday, February 23 at Decorah against Crestwood, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Kee girls basketball team split its pair of games this past week, having its schedule rearranged a bit to end up with back-to-back nights of basketball. The Hawks’ Tuesday, February 3 game at North Fayette Valley was postponed by winter weather, but could only be worked into the host Hawks’ schedule Monday, February 9, which was supposed to be Kee’s regular season finale at De Soto, WI.
Instead, the De Soto game was moved to Thursday, February 5 and resulted in a 54-12 Kee rout of the host Pirates. The following night, however, the Lady Hawks were dealt just their third loss of the season, 59-42, by a Clayton Ridge team that is one of the other top teams in the Upper Iowa Conference.

The Waukon girls basketball team split its pair of road contests this past week to bring its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season to a close with a fifth-place team finish in the final seven-team league standings. The Lady Indians first fell at Caledonia, MN Monday, February 2 by a 71-47 final result before bouncing back with a 60-42 NEIC win at Oelwein Friday, February 6.
Now holding a 7-13 overall record and completing a 4-8 season in the Northeast Iowa Conference, the Indians were scheduled to wrap up their regular season schedule at home against Prairie du Chien, WI Tuesday, February 10. The Indians will then open postseason tournament play Saturday, February 14 at Dyersville Beckman, beginning at 7 p.m.

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The Kee girls basketball team got back on the winning track this past week after just its second loss of the season in the week prior, starting up another winning streak with back-to-back wins at home. The Lady Hawks were able to pull out a 48-46 win over Starmont Tuesday, January 27 before running away from West Central Friday, January 30 by a 55-28 end result.
Improving to 16-2 overall, 11-2 in the Upper Iowa Conference, the Hawks were scheduled to travel to North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 3 before hosting their final regular season home game Friday, February 6 against Clayton Ridge and then bringing the regular season schedule to a close with a Monday, February 9 non-conference road game at DeSoto, WI. The Kee girls will then begin postseason tournament play Thursday, February 12 at home against Central Elkader at 7 p.m. and will host a second-round game as well Tuesday, February 17.

The Kee boys basketball team started a final regular season home stretch with a pair of losses this past week. The Hawks were handed a 61-57 loss by Starmont Tuesday, January 27 before also falling to Upper Iowa Conference-leading West Central, 72-48, Friday, January 30.
Holding a 2-16 overall season record, 1-12 in the Upper Iowa Conference, the Hawks were slated to host North Fayette Valley Tuesday, February 3 and Clayton Ridge Friday, February 6 before wrapping up their regular season schedule with a Tuesday, February 10 home date with Seneca, WI. Kee will then open postseason tournament play Monday, February 16 at a site and against an opponent yet to be determined as of press deadline.

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The Waukon girls basketball team battled through its busiest week of the season, playing four games in a matter of five nights this past week. The end results of that busy week started off well for the Indians with a 68-52 home win over Spring Grove, MN Monday, January 26, but got progressively worse, as the Tribe fell at New Hampton Tuesday, January 27, 54-48, suffered a 58-49 home loss to MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 29 in a game rescheduled from earlier in the month, and then surrendered a 52-31 loss at home to Class 3A sixth-rated Crestwood after playing the highly-regarded Cadettes to just a two-point halftime deficit.