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Kee boys basketball team ends regular season with 53-42 home loss to Turkey Valley, begins postseason with 65-35 home win over Starmont


Nearly outscores them himself ... Kee boys basketball sophomore Jordan Cota looks to attack the Starmont defense in the Hawks’ 65-35 home win over the Stars in the first round of Class 1A District Tournament play Friday, February 10. Cota scored 29 points in the win and also recorded five rebounds, one assist, two steals and four blocked shots. 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 on this webpage.

The Kee boys basketball team brought its regular season to a close and opened up its postseason on opposite ends of the final results spectrum at home this past week. That regular season was ended with a 53-42 loss at home to Turkey Valley Tuesday, February 7 but the Hawks then began their Class 1A District Tournament trail with much more success, a 65-35 win at home over Starmont Friday, February 10 to extend their season.

Holding a 7-14 season record that includes a 6-10 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play, the Hawks were next scheduled to play in their next round of Class 1A District 3 Tournament Monday, February 13 at Wapsie Valley. The winner moves on to a Thursday, February 16 quarterfinal match-up at Wapsie Valley, beginning at 7 p.m., taking on the winner of a first-round match-up between Waterloo Christian and Nashua-Plainfield.

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Kee girls basketball team has season ended with first-round regional tournament loss at Ed-Co


Chasing down a chance ... Kee girls basketball senior Jaylyn Walleser chases down the basketball in the Lady Hawks’ 79-29 loss in the opening round of Class 1A Regional Tournament play Thursday, February 9 at Edgewood-Colesburg, while fellow senior Alison Wagner prepares to assist. Walleser scored two points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out one assist in her final game in a Kee basketball uniform. 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 on this webpage.

The Kee girls basketball team had both its regular season and overall season brought to a close this past week for its 2022-2023 campaign, suffering a pair of losses in two games played. The Lady Hawks first fell at home, 66-43, to Waukon Monday, February 6 in a game rescheduled from January 3 to bring its regular season to a close, before then having its overall 2022-2023 season ended in the opening round of Class 1A Regional Tournament play with a 79-29 loss at Edgewood-Colesburg Thursday, February 9.

The losses bring the Lady Hawks’ season to a close with a 5-16 overall record that includes a 5-11 mark that placed the Kee girls sixth in the final nine-team Upper Iowa Conference standings. With its regional win, Edgewood-Colesburg advanced on to play 10th-rated Central Elkader Tuesday, February 14 in the Region 6 quarterfinals.

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Undefeated week of three games for Waukon girls basketball team includes 66-38 victory in 3A Regional opener at North Fayette Valley


A nearly-perfect dozen ... Waukon girls basketball senior Emma Palmer puts up a shot under the basket in the Indians’ 66-38 first-round Class 3A Region 7 Tournament victory at and against North Fayette Valley Saturday, February 11. Palmer connected on six of her seven shots to score 12 points, and she also collected one rebound in the win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Senior Maggie Criswell claims another assist record with new single-season mark

The Waukon girls basketball team played a busy week of three games this past week but put all of them in the win column, including the end of its regular season and Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season, as well as the beginning of its postseason. The Lady Indians first defeated Kee, 66-43, in a non-conference road game Monday, February 6 in a game made up from January 3, then wrapped up their regular and NEIC seasons with a 76-37 win at Charles City Tuesday, February 7, before opening Class 3A Region 7 Tournament play with a 66-38 win at North Fayette Valley Saturday, February 11.

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Feb

Waukon girls wrestling team represented well by trio at first-ever IGHSAU-sanctioned State Wrestling Tournament


Kurth is third-place finisher at first-ever IGHSAU Girls State Wrestling Tournament ... Waukon girls wrestling 100-pound junior Mia Kurth (third from right in photo above) stands with the other state of Iowa 100-pound wrestling elite on their placewinning podium at the first-ever Girls State Wrestling Tournament sanctioned by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union held February 2-3 at the Xtream Arena in Coralville. Pictured above, left to right, are this year’s 100-pound top-eight finishers: Mid Prairie junior Gabi Robertson - eighth place; Ames sophomore Greta Goodman - sixth place; North Central sophomore Mariah Michels - fourth place; Osage sophomore Gable Hemann - Runner-Up; Raccoon River Northwest freshman Katie Biscoglia - Champion; Waukon junior Mia Kurth - third place; Cedar Rapids Prairie senior Myah Rausch - fifth place; and Council Bluffs Lewis Central senior Ava McNeal - seventh place. Photo by Melissa Simon courtesy of Driftless Media.

Third-place finish among state of Iowa’s 100-pound elite ... Waukon girls wrestling 100-pound junior Mia Kurth has Anamosa freshman Emily Fritz all locked up in their second-round match at the State Wrestling Tournament at Coralville Thursday, February 2. Kurth went on to pin Fritz in 2:38 as part of her five victories in six matches at the season grand finale, with four of those wins coming by fall to help her claim a third-place finish in that 32-wrestler bracket. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Mia Kurth wins five of six matches to finish third among 100-pound elite

A trio of Waukon girls wrestling team members were part of the first-ever State Wrestling Tournament sanctioned by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) held at the Xtream Arena in Coralville Thursday and Friday, February 2-3. Those three Lady Indians gained valuable experience at this year’s season grand finale, winning seven of their 12 matches wrestled to help score 31 team points and finish in a two-way tie with West Lyon for 37th place out 137 teams scoring at the tournament and 157 overall teams having wrestlers competing in this year’s State Tournament.

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Feb

Waukon bowling teams sweep both North Central and Denver, crowned champions of North Central Conference East Division

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams continued their winning ways in sweeping fashion with another pair of victories this past week, as both teams swept their same opponent for the sixth and seventh times this season. The Indian girls and boys both defeated North Iowa in a Monday, January 30 road match-up postponed from December 9, the Lady Indians claiming a 2107-1897 victory and the Waukon boys doing likewise by a 2711-2089 final result. Both those squads then wrapped up their home schedule for this season with another opponent sweep, as both teams defeated Denver Friday, February 3, including a 2315-1922 win for the Waukon girls and a 2745-2553 victory for the Indian boys.

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Two wins in three games for Kee basketball boys include 75-44 victory at West Central, 69-51 at Central Elkader following 86-68 home loss to S. Winn


Soaring and scoring ... Kee boys basketball sophomore Karsen Strong takes the ball to the basket in the Hawks’ 86-68 home loss to South Winneshiek Monday, January 30. Strong scored 16 points, grabbed six rebounds and recorded one steal and two each of blocked shots and assists. 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 on this webpage.

The Kee boys basketball team played one of its busiest schedules this past week, competing in three games within four nights. That stretch also proved to be the Hawks’ most successful timeframe of this campaign, as two of those three games ended up in the win column to begin Kee’s first winning streak of this season. The Hawks shook off an 86-68 loss to South Winneshiek at home to start the week Monday, January 30 in a game made up from mid-December, following that loss with a 75-44 season-sweep win at West Central the next night, Tuesday, January 31 before completing another season sweep with a 69-51 win at Central Elkader Thursday, February 2 in a game made up from late November.

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Waukon girls basketball team splits pair of contests this past week; Senior Maggie Criswell recognized for breaking career assists record


Defensive focus ... Waukon girls basketball junior Kaitlyn Krambeer focuses on stopping this Decorah ball handler in the Indians’ 61-42 home loss to the Vikings Friday, February 3. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

It was a week of differences for the Waukon girls basketball team, as they played two games that were split between away and home, non-conference and in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC), against unranked and highly-ranked opponents, and, ultimately, in and out of the win column. That week started with a 55-41 win at North Fayette Valley Tuesday, January 31 before the bucket Tribe fell at home to Class 4A fifth-rated Decorah Friday, February 3 by a 61-42 result.

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Feb

ON TO STATE!!! Waukon girls wrestling team qualifies three young ladies for first-ever IGHSAU-sanctioned State Wrestling Tournament


Qualifies for State as 170-pound runner-up ... Waukon girls wrestling 170-pound junior Kloe Hemmersbach works to turn Algona junior Gretchen Gorham to her back for a fall in the semifinal round of competition at the Region 8 Tournament at Luther College in Decorah Friday, January 27. Hemmersbach pinned Gorham in 20 seconds, following up a 12-second pin in the quarterfinals, but then falling herself in the championship match to finish as the 170-pound runner-up and advance to this year’s State Tournament. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Kloe Hemmersbach, Mia Kurth and Faith Cooper to compete this week at historic season grand finale

The Waukon girls wrestling team had the 2022-2023 season brought to a close for all but three of its wrestlers this past week, as three young ladies battled their way to advancement to this year’s first-ever State Wrestling Tournament sanctioned by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU). Prior to the extension of this season for that trio, the Indian mat ladies wrestled in one final dual competition at the MFL/MarMac Scramble in Monona Tuesday, January 24. They then competed in the first-ever IGHSAU Region 8 Tournament Thursday, January 27 at Luther College in Decorah for the right to advance to this year’s season grand finale, with three of eight competing Indians finishing within the required top four in their respective weight classes to earn State Tournament qualification.

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Waukon boys wrestling team wins three of four duals at MFL/MarMac, finishes fourth at NEIC Tournament behind Regan’s second NEIC title


Two-time NEIC Champion now shares all-time win record ... Waukon boys wrestling 126-pound senior Jakob Regan controls Decorah freshman Mason Avila in their championship match at the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Tournament hosted by the Indians Saturday, January 28. Regan won this title bout by a 2-1 decision for his second consecutive NEIC crown, and this victory also tied him with the Waukon wrestling record for career victories set more than two decades ago by 1999 Waukon High School graduate Paul Rea at 125 wrestling wins. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Senior Jakob Regan wins second consecutive NEIC crown, ties school record for career wins

The Waukon boys wrestling team wrapped up its regular season this past week with some final dual and tournament action in preparation for its upcoming postseason tournament journey. The mat Tribe first won three of four duals at the MFL/MarMac Scramble Tuesday, January 24, falling to Class 1A top-five rated Nashua-Plainfield, 57-20, before sweeping its remaining three opponents by final results of 70-9 over Clayton Ridge, 57-18 over Postville and 42-39 in comeback fashion over the host MFL/MarMac squad.

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Feb

Kee girls basketball team splits Upper Iowa Conference pair, including 37-25 defeat at Turkey Valley and 52-47 home victory over Postville


Pivoting past a Pirate ... Kee girls basketball senior Jaylyn Walleser makes a move on a Postville defender in the Hawks’ 52-47 home win over the Pirates Friday, January 27. Walleser finished the game with five points, seven rebounds, two assists and a steal. 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 on this webpage.

The Kee girls basketball team recorded a split of its two games played this past week, both of those taking place in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play against teams sharing the latter half of the UIC standings with the Hawks. The Lady Hawks first fell at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 24 by a 37-25 result before completing their regular season sweep of Postville by pulling out a 52-47 win at home Friday, January 27.

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