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Dec

Waukon boys basketball team falls to pair of NEIC opponents during busy week


Waukon boys basketball senior Jake Ronan finishes a break-away dunk to end the first quarter of the Indians’ 66-56 home victory over MFL/MarMac Thursday, December 18. Ronan finished the game with 13 points, four rebounds and team highs of eight assists and two steals, a defensive honor he shared with junior Peyton Hesse. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

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.

Wed
17
Dec

Kee girls basketball team dealt first loss of season in UIC split


Kee girls basketball freshman Kendra Cooper muscles her way through the Postville defense on her way to the basket in the Hawks’ 57-14 home win over the Pirates Tuesday, December 9. Cooper tallied team highs of eight rebounds and four assists and scored four points in the triumph. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

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.

Wed
17
Dec

Waukon wrestling team falls to Caledonia, MN and Waverly-Shell Rock, places seventh at S. Winn


Waukon wrestling 145-pound senior Adam Benzing works over Caledonia’s Tylor Nelson in their early match in the Indians’ 62-12 dual meet loss at home to the Warriors Tuesday, December 9. Benzing eventually worked Nelson to his back for the Tribe’s only win by fall in the meet in a time of 3:40. Standard photo by Bob Beach.

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.

Wed
17
Dec

Kee boys basketball team battles through busy week with injury-depleted squad


Kee boys basketball senior Marquise Phillips soars above his Postville defender in the Hawks’ 62-38 home loss to the Pirates Tuesday, December 9. Phillips finished the game with 11 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

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.

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17
Dec

Waukon girls basketball team falls hard at home to Decorah


Waukon girls basketball senior Lyvia Bulman gets this shot off over a Decorah defender in the Indians’ 55-22 home loss to the Vikings Tuesday, December 9. Bulman finished the game with three points, four rebounds and one steal.

In its only competition of the past week, the Waukon girls basketball team had difficulty putting the ball in the basket in a Northeast Iowa Conference match-up at home against Decorah Tuesday, December 9. An overall team shooting percentage of just under 23% kept the Indians from posting more than single-digit totals in any of the game’s four quarters on the way to a 55-22 Indian loss.

“We just couldn’t put the ball in the hoop,” Waukon girls basketball coach Andy Sires said. “We played great defense in the first half, but overall it was a very difficult night for the Indians.”

Wed
10
Dec

Waukon girls basketball team falls in pair of road contests

The road has not yet been kind to the Waukon girls basketball team this season, as all three of the Lady Indians’ losses so far this year have come away from home, including the two suffered this past week. The Indians opened Northeast Iowa Conference action with a 54-39 loss at Charles City Thursday, December 4 before falling to defending Class 2A State Runner-Up and currently 12th-rated Hudson, 57-46, in a game played as part of a high school girls basketball series held at Wartburg College in Waverly Saturday, December 6.
The Indians were scheduled to remain in Northeast Iowa Conference action when they hosted Decorah Tuesday, December 9 before having a week to prepare to host Class 4A 12th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, December 16. The Tribe will then wrap up the 2014 portion of its schedule with a Friday, December 19 home game against New Hampton before heading into the holiday break.

Wed
10
Dec

Waukon boys basketball team pulls out 53-52 victory to begin season at 2-0


Waukon boys basketball junior Brock Berns soars to the hoop for one of his back-to-back buckets that helped the Indians both recover from and keep better pace with a strong North Fayette Valley effort in the first half of the Tribe’s 53-52 home win over the TigerHawks Thursday, December 4. On two separate occasions in the first half Berns converted back-to-back baskets to finish the game with eight points while also grabbing three rebounds, swiping one steal and swatting a team-high two blocked shots. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Waukon boys basketball team opened its 2014-2015 season in undefeated fashion, taking a pair of non-conference home games from two teams from the Upper Iowa Conference. The Indians topped Postville at home by a 59-47 count Monday, December 1 before doing likewise to North Fayette Valley Thursday, December 4 in nail-biting fashion by a narrow 53-52 end result.
The Indians were next scheduled to open Northeast Iowa Conference play at Decorah Tuesday, December 9 before traveling to Waverly-Shell Rock the following Tuesday, December 16. The Tribe will then play host to MFL/MarMac Thursday, December 18 and travel to New Hampton Friday, December 19 before entering the holiday break.

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Wed
10
Dec

Waukon wrestling team sweeps double-dual at Clayton Ridge, places fifth at weekend Wapsie Valley Tournament

The Waukon wrestling team opened its 2014-2015 season in fairly successful fashion, sweeping its first two dual matches of the season before finishing fifth at the Chris Davis Tournament hosted by Wapsie Valley High School. The mat Tribe began its season with dual match victories at Clayton Ridge over Riceville, 46-21, and the host school, 54-18, Thursday, December 4 before having seniors Adam Benzing and Gunnar Grangaard win individual titles to pace the Indians to their middle-of-the-pack team finish at Wapsie Valley Saturday, December 6.

Wed
10
Dec

Kee basketball girls remain undefeated with wins at Central and MFL

The Kee girls basketball team pieced together another pair of victories last week to remain undefeated on the season. The Lady Hawks pulled out a pair of seven-point wins in back-to-back road contests against Upper Iowa Conference opponents, 54-47 at Central Elkader Tuesday, December 2 and 36-29 at MFL/MarMac Friday, December 5.
The Hawks were scheduled for back-to-back nights of action to begin this week, playing at North Crawford, WI Monday, December 8 before hosting Postville Tuesday, December 9, and will next play at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12. Kee will then wrap up its pre-holiday break schedule with a home game against South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 followed by a Friday, December 19 road trip to Starmont.

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Wed
10
Dec

Kee boys basketball team splits Upper Iowa Conference pair to begin 2014-2015 season


Kee boys basketball junior Nate Wood dives for this loose ball in the Hawks’ 58-54 season-opening win at home over Central Elkader Monday, December 1. Wood knocked down a trio of three-pointers to help him score 11 points in the Kee victory, in addition to grabbing three rebounds and posting one each of steals and blocked shots to further aid the Hawk cause. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link.

The Kee boys basketball team began the new season with a split of a pair of Upper Iowa Conference contests this past week. The Hawks opened their season with a 58-54 home win over Central Elkader before falling at MFL/MarMac Friday, December 5 by an 87-62 final.
The Hawks were next slated to host Postville Tuesday, December 9 before back-to-back nights of competition to end this week, at Turkey Valley Friday, December 12 and at home against Mabel-Canton, MN Saturday, December 13. Kee will then host South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 16 before playing at Starmont Friday, December 19 to wrap up its schedule prior to the upcoming holiday break.

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