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Feb

Waukon boys basketball team splits pair of District 5 Tournament games to have season brought to a close


Heading to the hoop ... Waukon boys basketball sophomore Vaughn Stegen flies toward the basket in the Indians’ 59-50 home win over New Hampton in the opening round of Class 2A District 5 Tournament play Monday, February 17. Stegen finished the game with 21 points, and also recorded five rebounds and two assists. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon boys basketball team both began and ended its postseason tournament journey this past week, ultimately having its 2024-2025 campaign brought to a close in the process. The Indians opened their Class 2A District 5 Tournament road with a 59-50 home win over New Hampton Monday, February 17 but then fell victim to a 70-50 loss at ninth-rated Aplington-Parkersburg in the District 5 Semifinals Thursday, February 20 to have their season brought to completion.

Wed
26
Feb

Waukon girls basketball team gives fourth-rated Forest City strong battle but has season ended with 51-40 loss in Class 3A Region 3 semifinals


Closes out career with a double-double ... Waukon girls basketball senior Keira McCormick puts up a shot in the Lady Indians’ 50-41 loss at fourth-rated Forest City in the Class 3A regional tournament semifinals Wednesday, February 19. In the final game of her high school career, McCormick led the Indians with 21 points and 13 rebounds while also recording one each of steals, assists and blocked shots. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon girls basketball team faced a formidable task in seeking to continue its season, traveling to the home of a Forest City team that had just a single loss on the season and a number-four ranking among the Class 3A elite Wednesday, February 19 for a Class 3A Region 3 semifinals match-up against another squad of Indians. For three and a half quarters, Waukon’s Tribe paid little heed to the ranking or record of its fellow Indian opponent, trading leads with Forest City throughout the first half and trailing by just four points with two minutes left to play, but those final two minutes belonged almost entirely to the host Indians, as they finished the game with a final 8-3 surge to finally shake the visiting Tribe and end Waukon’s season with a 50-41 defeat.

Wed
26
Feb

Waukon boys wrestling freshman Kaden Mitchell, senior Holten Palmer each have Class 2A State Tournament journey ended after two matches


Wraps up career where every wrestler wants to be ... Waukon boys wrestling 157-pound senior Holten Palmer works to control Eagle Grove junior Hayden Schafer in their consolation match at the Class 2A State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday-Saturday, February 19-22. In his return to the season grand finale, Palmer lost both of the matches he wrestled among the 157-pound elite, surrendering a fall in his opening-round match before losing this match by 23-8 technical fall to have his season and high school career brought to a close where every high school wrestler strives to be during their high school tenure. Photo courtesy of the Iowa Newspaper Association Photo Pool.

The differing ends of the spectrum for the Waukon boys wrestling team at the Class 2A State Tournament ended up yielding the same result for the two Indian matmen who qualified for this season’s grand finale held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Wednesday-Saturday, February 19-22. The debut for freshman 120-pounder Kaden Mitchell and the return of senior 157-pounder Holten Palmer among the Class 2A elite in their respective weight classes were each cut short with losses in both matches the Tribe mat pair wrestled at the tournament.

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Wed
26
Feb

Kee girls basketball team continues its postseason roll with 59-42 home win over Turkey Valley and 51-42 triumph at fifth-rated Riceville


20-point average in two wins ... Kee girls basketball junior Addison Winters takes the ball to the basket in the Lady Hawks’ 51-42 triumph at fifth-rated Riceville in the Class 1A Region 5 Semifinals Friday, February 21. In Kee’s two Region 5 Tournament games this past week, Winters poured in an average of 20 points, scoring 22 points in the Lady Hawks’ 46-28 home win over Turkey Valley Tuesday, February 18 and another 18 points in Friday’s win at Riceville. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The postseason road for the Kee girls basketball team looked to have some curves in it this past week, as the Lady Hawks’ Class 1A Region 5 Tournament matched them up, first, with a co-champion of the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) they had just lost to about a month earlier and, then, took them to the home of one of Class 1A’s highest regarded teams. But Kee’s girls ended up sitting firmly in the driver’s seat in navigating both of those projected curves. The Hawks hosted fellow UIC foe Turkey Valley in a regional quarterfinals contest Tuesday, February 18, leaving little doubt in fully deciding a regular season split with the UIC co-champs by handing them a 46-28 drubbing in this third match-up that had much more riding on it than just win-loss bragging rights.

Wed
19
Feb

Proceeds from “Awesome Rides” calendar nearly double in second year to benefit Eastern Allamakee Schools ...

For the second consecutive year, 1973 Kee High School graduate Ray Burroughs of Waukon created and sold an “Awesome Rides” classic car calendar to benefit all extracurricular activities in the Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD). Pictured above, Burroughs (right) presents a $7,100 donation check to Eastern Allamakee Community School District PK-12 Principal Donna Thomas (left) during halftime of the Kee girls varsity basketball game of the Friday, February 7 boys and girls basketball doubleheader with MFL/MarMac. That donation amount is nearly double the $3,700

Burroughs was able to donate last year, and he said this year’s amount would not have been possible without the 36 sponsors who helped defray the costs of printing and creating the calendars. “The sponsors are what made this year’s larger donation possible, so please go see them for anything you might need, and tell them Ray the Calendar Guy sent you.”

Wed
19
Feb

Busy, undefeated week for Waukon girls basketball team involves pair of wins over Crestwood, including 44-40 opener in Class 3A regional tournament play


A “grand” moment ... Members of the Waukon girls basketball team are pictured above gathering around senior Keira McCormick to celebrate her achievement of scoring the 1,000th point of her varsity career, a moment depicted in the photo at right on this shot in the lane early in the third quarter of Waukon’s Tuesday, February 11 home win over Crestwood. McCormick becomes the fifth Waukon girls five-on-five basketball player to achieve 1,000 career points, joining all-time leading scorer Samantha (Reiser) Collins, Mary (Halvorson) Rogers, Daneshia Snitker and Annika Headington. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon girls basketball team played through a busy week with undefeated results this past week, bringing its regular season to a close and opening its postseason tournament trail with consecutive wins over fellow Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) squad Crestwood to clinch sole possession of second place in the final NEIC standings and also take a first successful step forward in the Class 3A Region 3 Tournament. The Lady Indians opened the week with a 46-42 win at home over La Crescent-Hokah out of Minnesota Monday, February 10 before the week’s initial win over Crestwood, 43-35 at home, Tuesday, February 11 in their final regular season game. A second match-up of the week - and third of the season - with Crestwood, Saturday, February 15 at home, advanced the bucket Tribe further into postseason play while ending the Cadets’ season with a 44-40 Waukon victory in the opening round of Class 3A Region 3 tournament play.

Wed
19
Feb

Waukon boys wrestling team claims fifth-place District team finish; Kaden Mitchell, Holten Palmer qualify for Class 2A State Tournament

The continuation of the 2024-2025 season was on the line for the Waukon boys wrestling team when the Tribe competed in its Class 2A District 9 Tournament at New Hampton Saturday, February 15. Needing an individual championship or runner-up finish in their respective weight classes in order to earn continuation of the season with qualification for the Class 2A State Tournament, the Indians had a pair of matmen wrestle their way to that accomplishment and make their way into this week’s State Tournament that begins this Wednesday, February 19.

Those two State qualifiers included freshman Kaden Mitchell winning the district title at 120 pounds and senior Holten Palmer wrestling his way to a runner-up finish at 157 pounds. That qualifying pair was part of nine out of 13 Indians competing in the tournament who grappled to top-four placewinnings to help the mat Tribe compile 117 team points and finish fifth in the eight-team final standings.

Wed
19
Feb

Kee girls basketball team wraps up regular season with 53-41 home win over Spring Grove, MN, begins postseason with 58-30 triumph over Clayton Ridge

The Kee girls basketball team both ended its regular season and began its postseason in successful fashion this past week, continuing what has now become an eight-game winning streak to also continue its season further into the Class 1A Region 5 tournament bracket. The end to the Lady Hawks’ regular season featured a 53-41 home win over Spring Grove, MN Tuesday, February 11 before Kee’s bucket brigade began regional tournament play Thursday, February 13 with a 58-30 dominance of fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Clayton Ridge.

Wed
12
Feb

Waukon boys basketball team falls in pair of close battles, 71-68 at home to Central Elkader and 66-63 at Charles City

The two games the Waukon boys basketball team had on its schedule this past week were different in that one was played at home and outside the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) and the other was on the road and played within its NEIC schedule. The similarities, however, were all too unfortunate, as both games came down to a final shot attempt at the buzzer, and both games ended up as three-point losses for the Indians when those final shots missed their mark, including a 71-68 loss at home to Central Elkader Monday, February 3 and a 66-63 NEIC loss at Charles City Friday, February 7.

Wed
12
Feb

Waukon girls basketball team splits pair of home contests against Class 1A schools, defeats Central Elkader, 50-32, but falls to fifth-rated Riceville, 53-37

The Waukon girls basketball team hosted a pair of non-conference opponents this past week, splitting those two contests for an even week on the court. The Lady Indians first secured a 50-32 home win over Central Elkader Monday, February 3 but had those tables turned Thursday, February 6 when Class 1A fifth-rated Riceville traveled to Waukon, as the Tribe fell by a 53-37 final tally.

Now holding a 12-7 season record, including a 3-2 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play, the Lady Indians were next scheduled to host La Crescent-Hokah, MN Monday, February 10 and then against Crestwood Tuesday, February 11 to close out their regular season schedule. They will then host that same Crestwood team again to open their Class 3A Regional Tournament schedule this Saturday, February 15.

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