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It was home, sweet home for the Waukon boys cross country team, as the Indian distance dandies recorded their best team finish of the season with a second-place team effort at their home invitational meet Tuesday, September 23. The Indians placed all five of their scoring runners within the top 16 individual runners, scoring 59 team points to finish second behind perennial power Decorah’s 24 team points in the nine-team field.
The Indians will now prepare for the Saturday, October 4 Crestwood Invitational. The Tribe will then have just the South Winneshiek Invitational October 7 remaining before the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet October 14 being held at Decorah this year.

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by Dick Schilling, Editor Emeritus

The Waukon football team opened up its Class 2A District 3 schedule in fine fashion by building a 20-8 halftime lead at Dyersville Beckman Friday, September 19, but had that lead erode away in the second half to, instead, suffer a 30-20 loss. It was big plays that put the Indians on the scoreboard, including passes of 63 and 58 yards and a 43-yard run, but it was the “little things” that added up to ultimately let the win get away in the second half.
Now holding a 1-3 overall record with a 0-1 start to District 3 play, the Indians will return home this Friday, September 26 for their Homecoming game, playing host to Class 2A top-five rated North Fayette Valley. The TigerHawks come off a 42-14 home victory over Oelwein this past Friday and currently hold a 3-1 record that includes an even, 1-1 mark in Class 2A District 3 play.

The Waukon volleyball team pulled off a feat that has not been accomplished in 10 years, as the Indian netters played to the tournament championship of their own home invitational in the friendly confines of the Waukon High School gymnasium Saturday, September 20. The Tribe went undefeated in five matches on the day, losing just two of 12 sets played at the tournament, to win the event for the first time since the 2004 season.
Now holding a 12-5 overall match record, 0-1 in Northeat Iowa Conference (NEIC) play, the Indians were scheduled to return to dual match play Tuesday, September 23 at home against Oelwein in a NEIC match. They will then travel to Class 4A top-15 rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 30 before hosting their final home dual match of the season Thursday, October 2 against New Hampton.

In its largest meet of the season, the Waukon girls cross country team placed 13th out of 23 scoring teams at the Starmont Invitational Tuesday, September 16. The Indians scored 338 team points to tally that finish just beyond the top half of the team-scoring field.
The Indians were scheduled to host their own Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 23 and will then have more than a week to prepare for their next meet October 4, when they compete at the Crestwood Invitational. The Indians will then have just the South Winneshiek Invitational October 7 before competing in their Northeast Iowa Conference Meet October 14 at Decorah.

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For the third consecutive meet, the Waukon boys cross country team placed fourth as a team, trailing just behind some of the area’s top-10 rated teams at the large Starmont Invitational Tuesday, September 16 with 153 team points. That early-season trend, however, has landed the Indians  their own top-10 ranking, as the Iowa Association of Track Coaches has the Tribe distance dandies listed at number 10 in its latest Class 2A rankings.
The Indians were scheduled to host their own Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 23 and will then be idle until October 4, when they compete at the Crestwood Invitational. The Indians will then have just the South Winneshiek Invitational October 7 before the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet October 14 being held at Decorah this year.

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The Kee cross country team competed in another pair of meets this past week, its second consecutive two-meet week. The Hawks only competed at the junior varsity level at the Tuesday, September 16 Starmont Invitational, finishing 11th out of 13 teams, before coming in eighth place at the Central Invitational Thursday, September 18 in Elkader.
The Hawks were scheduled to compete in the Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 23 before participating in the Jesup Invitational Tuesday, September 30. Kee will then have more than a week off to prepare for the New Hampton Invitational Thursday, October 9.

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The Kee football team made it the happiest of Homecomings Friday, September 19 with a 52-0 domination of Central City. The Hawks, literally, ran away with the contest, amassing 281 yards and all six of their touchdowns on the ground to outgain the visiting Wildcats by a 313-73 final count in total yardage, Central City managing just 50 rushing yards in the ballgame.

The Hawks will remain home this week, playing host to Cedar Valley Christian this Friday, September 26. Cedar Valley Christian holds a 1-3 record on the season and comes off a 94-7 loss to Central Elkader this past Friday, September 19.

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The Kee volleyball team scored its first Upper Iowa Conference victory of the season before posting an even record at the Waukon Tournament this past week. The Hawk netters secured a five-set triumph at home over Central Elkader Tuesday, September 16 before winning two of four matches to finish in sixth place at the 12-team Waukon Tournament Saturday, September 20.
Holding a 6-7 overall record, 1-2 in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to host both MFL/MarMac and Postville Tuesday and Thursday, September 23 and 25, respectively, this week and will then have a week to prepare for another home UIC date with Clayton Ridge Thursday, October 2.

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The Kee volleyball team worked its way through a full late-week schedule to win one of its four matches played this past week. The Hawks fell in their lone dual match of the week in three straight sets at Class 2A South Winneshiek, 17-25, 16-25 and 13-25, Thursday, September 11 before posting a match win over Class 5A Waterloo West but falling to Class 3A New Hampton and Class 2A Lisbon to finish in a fifth-place tie at the annual Kepros Tournament hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Saturday, September 13.
Holding a 3-5 overall record, 0-2 yet in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play, the Hawks were scheduled to resume UIC play Tuesday, September 16 at home against Central Elkader before playing in the Waukon Tournament this Saturday, September 20. Kee will then host both MFL/MarMac and Postville Tuesday and Thursday, September 23 and 25, respectively.