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Waukon softball team closes out regular season with home loss to Crestwood, has 2024 campaign ended with first-round regional defeat at New Hampton


Flying toward a fly-out ... Waukon softball senior right fielder Ava Bossom reaches out to haul in this fly ball on the run for an out in the Indians’ 11-1 loss at New Hampton in the opening round of Class 3A regional tournament play Thursday, July 11. In the final game of her high school career for Waukon, Bossom recorded three such fly-outs and also reached base one time on an error in the fourth inning. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon softball team had both its regular season and overall season brought to completion this past week with two final losses that wrapped up the diamond Tribe’s 2024 campaign. The Lady Indians first ended their Northeast Iowa Conference and regular season schedule with a 6-2 loss at home Monday, July 8 to Crestwood before starting and finishing their overall season with an opening-round loss in Class 3A Regional Tournament play, 11-1, in a mercy-rule six innings at New Hampton Thursday, July 11.

That regional loss brings the Tribe’s 2024 diamond campaign to an end with an overall record of 8-20 that includes a 2-13 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play that placed the Indians sixth in the final NEIC team standings. With that regional win over the Indians, New Hampton advanced to the regional semifinals Saturday, July 13 where they also had their season brought to a close with a 6-1 loss at home to Independence.

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17
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Waukon baseball team’s split of Class 2A District Tournament games includes 5-0 win over Starmont and 5-1 storm-shortened loss to Denver to have season ended


Two-hit shut-out with eight strikeouts ... Waukon baseball sophomore pitcher Colton O’Neill rears back to fire a pitch in the Indians’ 5-0 win over Starmont at Monona in the semifinal round of Class 2A District Tournament play Tuesday, July 9. O’Neill limited the Stars to just two hits and two walks while recording eight strikeouts in the shut-out victory, and he reached base three times with a bunt single, a walk and being hit by a pitch to score one run. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon baseball team had its 2024 season brought to an unfortunate close by two forces of nature - one in name only - in its furthest advancement in postseason tournament play since 2021.

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Kee baseball team takes another step down postseason trail with 10-0 win over Turkey Valley, has season ended in another classic battle with South Winn, 3-1


One hit, 7 K’s in five shut-out innings ... Kee baseball senior pitcher Cam Lind delivers a pitch in the Hawks’ 10-0 home win over Turkey Valley in the Class 1A District 8 semifinal round of tournament play Tuesday, July 9. Lind allowed just one hit and two walks while striking out seven batters in five innings of scoreless mound work in the victory, also collecting a pair of singles in three at-bats to both drive in and score a run. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee baseball team had its 2024 season brought to a close this past week, both by an all too common foe in recent years yet in a very rare and unfortunate manner. After playing its way to the Class 1A District Championship game for a third time in the past four seasons with a 10-0 mercy-rule win in six innings at home over Turkey Valley Tuesday, July 9 in the district semifinals, the baseball Hawks were matched up for the fifth time in the past six seasons with fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) top contender South Winneshiek in a postseason battle that has also turned out to be a stepping stone for eventual State Tournament qualification for one of the two squads in each of the four postseason match-ups prior to this season.

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Kee softball team’s split of two regional games includes 10-0 home win over Central Elkader and 5-0 season-ending loss at Central City


Hammers a homer, records all her outs on strikes ... Kee softball sophomore pitcher Addison Winters steps on home plate as she’s greeted by her teammates after blasting a solo homerun in the Hawks’ 10-0 home mercy-rule win in five innings over Central Elkader in the opening round of Class 1A Region 7 Tournament play Monday, July 8. Winters went three-for-four at the plate in the win, crushing this round-tripper and two singles while also recording the rare pitching feat of recording all of her outs by strikeout, as she posted 12 strikeouts in her four innings in the circle while allowing just one Central Elkader hit. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The 2024 Kee softball season was brought to a close this past week, but not before the softball Hawks took a strong initial step down their postseason path and then battled to the end in their season-halting loss. The Kee girls opened their Class 1A District 7 Regional Tournament with a 10-0 home triumph in a mercy-rule five innings over fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Central Elkader Monday, July 8 before having this summer’s campaign brought to a close with a 5-0 loss at Central City Wednesday, July 10 in the regional quarterfinals, but not before battling the host Wildcats to just a 1-0 deficit until the bottom of the sixth inning.

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Waukon Golf & Country Club hosts 4-Gal Best-Shot Invitational Tournament won by four-generation team with Waukon ties


Tournament Champion ... Left to right: Brenna Bodensteiner, Amy Bodensteiner, Cathy Angel and JoAnn Peake shot a 66 to win the Championship Flight. Submitted photo.

The Waukon Golf & Country Club hosted its annual 4-Gal Invitational Tournament Monday, June 24. In addition to crowning a tournament champion with its own unique story this year, the tournament has also adopted a theme in the past two years of “Pink Out” in support of breast cancer awareness.

Chris Weymiller of Harpers Ferry inspired the tournament participants with her talk about her own breast cancer journey from 2023, and the tournament raised $500 this year that is being donated to the Veterans Memorial Hospital Mammography Program. The tournament received donations from Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon Golf and Country Club, Pop’s Produce, Howard’s Home Furnishings, Aztec Parlor, Hello Sunshine, Steel Cow, Laurie Moody, and the committee of Barb Hanson, Nancy Einck and Linda DeBuhr.

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10
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Waukon baseball team sweeps Crestwood for two wins in final three regular season games, opens district play with 4-0 win over Postville


Three-hit shut-out includes nine strikeouts ... Waukon baseball senior pitcher Gabe Weighner unleashes a pitch in the Indians’ 4-0 home win over Postville in the opening round of Class 2A District Tournament play Saturday, July 6. Weighner limited the Pirates to just three hits and one walk while striking out nine batters in his complete-game victory of seven innings. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon baseball team wrapped up its regular season winning two of its final three games of that pre-tournament slate this past week to bring its scheduled regular season games to a close. That final week in regular season play started with a road sweep of Crestwood Monday, July 1 by scores of 11-0 and 3-1 before Mother Nature forced a series of reschedulings that included cancellation of a Tuesday, July 2 home date with North Fayette Valley by rainy weather and a Wednesday, July 3 home game with Oelwein being called off in order to make up a final Northeast Iowa Conference game at Class 2A sixth-rated New Hampton that had been rained out as part of a Friday, June 28 doubleheader and ended up in a narrow loss, 3-1, for the diamond Tribe.

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Kee baseball team wraps up regular season with three final wins, gets postseason tournament started with 6-1 home win over Ed-Co


Delivering a double ... Kee baseball junior left fielder Carter Seitz focuses on meeting a pitch at the plate in the Hawks’ 6-1 home victory over Edgewood-Colesburg Saturday, July 6 in the opening round of Class 1A District Tournament play. Seitz belted out Kee’s only extra-base hit in the ballgame with a double while recording one put-out on defense. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee baseball team finished off its regular season this past week with three final wins before starting postseason tournament play. That final week of the regular season included an 8-3 win at Turkey Valley in the Hawks’ Upper Iowa Conference finale Monday, July 1 before Kee’s diamond dwellers wrapped up their regular season with consecutive non-conference victories at home, 10-2 over Riceville Tuesday, July 2 in a game that had been suspended from May 16 and an 8-4 triumph over Janesville Wednesday, July 3.

The Hawks wrapped up their regular season with a 24-10 overall record that includes a 13-5 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play that placed them third in this season’s final UIC team standings. They then opened Class 1A District Tournament play Saturday, July 6 at home against Edgewood-Colesburg with a 6-1 victory.

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Kee softball team’s four wins in final seven games of regular season include pair of UIC sweeps before preparing for postseason with strong weekend slate


Two of the hits, all of the runs ... Kee softball sophomore center fielder Addison Winters connects with a pitch for a hit in the Hawks’ 12-2 home loss to Class 3A seventh-rated Sumner-Fredericksburg Saturday, July 6 that closed out Kee’s regular season schedule. Winters joined fellow sophomore Lilly Kolsrud in each belting out two singles in four at-bats to combine for four of the Hawks’ five hits in the ballgame, with Winters also reaching on an error to get on base in all three of her plate appearances and scoring both of Kee’s runs in the loss. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Kee softball team wrapped up its regular season schedule this past week with a busy final week of seven games. The Hawks put four of those seven games in the win column, with those four wins all coming in Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader sweeps at home, 7-2 and 13-1 in three innings over West Central Monday, July 1 and 7-3 and 11-1 in five innings over North Fayette Valley Wednesday, July 3. The three non-conference games the Lady Hawks played this past week all ended up in the loss column, including a 6-0 loss at home to Riceville in a rain-shortened game of five innings Tuesday, July 2 and a 7-1 loss at Jesup Friday, July 5 followed by a 12-2 mercy-rule loss at home in five innings to Class 3A seventh-rated Sumner-Fredericksburg Saturday, July 6.

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10
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Waukon softball team battles through winless week of four games

The Waukon softball team played through a winless final full week of its regular season schedule this past week, falling in all four of its ballgames played to currently hold an 8-17 overall record that includes a 2-12 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play. The Lady Indians opened the week with a 9-4 loss at home to Oelwein Monday, July 1 before being swept in a home NEIC doubleheader with Charles City Wednesday, July 3 in a date rained out from the night before, first falling by a 15-10 result in a marathon 12 innings in game one before also falling by a 19-4 result in six innings in the nightcap. The diamond Tribe wrapped its week with a 10-5 loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Friday afternoon, July 5 in a game rescheduled from Friday, June 28 and played at Decorah.

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Waukon baseball team splits four games played, including sweep of Charles City, losses to MFL/MarMac and sixth-rated New Hampton

The Waukon baseball team played to a split of what amounted to four games being played this past week, getting both those wins the first night of the week with a home doubleheader sweep of Charles City Monday, June 24 by scores of 12-6 and 10-0 in six innings. The Indians then fell to MFL/MarMac at home, 16-9, Wednesday, June 26 before falling by just a 4-3 result in a five-inning game played at Class 2A sixth-rated New Hampton that was supposed to be part of a road doubleheader Friday, June 28 but instead had its second contest postponed to this Wednesday, July 3.

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