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Senior Creed Welch becomes “most helpful” player in program history as he surpasses career assist record of 252 assists held by 2000 WHS grad Ed Frick

The Waukon boys basketball team played a busy week of three games this past week and put all three games in the win column by increasingly convincing results to extend what has now amounted to a four-game win streak. The Indians opened the week pulling out a 67-64 victory at home in overtime against a previously undefeated North Fayette Valley team Monday, January 11 before notching another close victory at home, 61-53, Tuesday, January 12 over a Crestwood team that had beaten them earlier in the season in another close battle. The bucket Tribe wrapped up its week-long success with a 72-37 road win at Oelwein Friday, January 15.

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams hit the road for the first time in the new year and came home with a split of their meet results at Waterloo Columbus Friday, January 15, coming within less than 35 pins of recording a complete meet sweep of the host Sailors. The Indian girls fell just shy of that sweeping effort, having a Baker round comeback surge not be enough to avoid the short end of a 2095-2128 final result against their Columbus counterparts, while the Indian boys took control of their dual early before holding on late for their second victory of the season, 2361-2203.

The Kee girls basketball team played its way through its busiest week, by far, of this season’s schedule, with four games in a span of six days, and also played to its most successful week of this season, by far, by putting all four of those games in the win column, snapping what had amounted to a three-game losing streak that dated back to mid-December. The undefeated past week all came against Upper Iowa Conference opponents, starting with consecutive road wins at Clayton Ridge, 40-32, Monday, January 4 and at South Winneshiek, 50-27, Tuesday, January 5 before wrapping up at home with their highest scoring totals of the season, a 59-35 win over West Central Friday, January 8 and a 64-30 triumph over Postville Saturday, January 9.

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams returned to action following the holiday break, hosting North Fayette Valley Friday, January 8. The bowling Indians ended up splitting those two meets by close results, the Lady Indians securing their second win of the season, 1920-1854, and the Waukon boys coming up just shy of their second victory in falling by a 2407-2458 result.

The Indians are next scheduled to travel to Waterloo Columbus this Friday, January 15 before bowling at Oelwein Friday, January 22. The bowling Tribe will then host Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 29 before competing in its Conference Tournament Saturday, January 30 at Cadillac Lanes in Waterloo.

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The Kee boys basketball team got its first taste of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) action in the new year, earning a split of two games against UIC opponents this past week to not only get its first win of the new year but to also snap what had amounted to a three-game winless streak that began prior to the recent holiday break. The Hawks opened the week being held to their lowest UIC scoring total so far this season in suffering a 46-36 loss at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 5, but bounced back quite well with their highest point total overall for this season in a 70-36 home triumph over West Central Friday, January 8.

Returning from the holiday break to add a first win of 2021 to a three-game win streak, the Waukon basketball team followed that weekend win with a split of its two games this past week, both against Northeast Iowa Conference opponents. The Indians opened this past week with a 53-47 loss at Decorah Tuesday, January 5 to end up with a season split against the Vikings but then bounced back with an 80-54 home win over New Hampton Friday, January 8.

The holiday break came to an early end for both the Waukon and Kee girls basketball teams, as the two intra-county opponents took to the court together in Lansing Saturday, January 2 to begin the 2021 portions of their schedules. The larger school Indians used their team depth and aggressive nature to build double-digit leads in each of the game’s two halves, but also had to hold off some late Hawk charges in each of those halves before coming away with the 55-42 Waukon victory.

The Waukon and Kee boys basketball teams got the new year off to an early competition start when the Indians traveled to the home of the Hawks Saturday, January 2 for a non-conference match-up to start the 2021 portions of their respective schedules. Although the host Hawks had the leading scorer in the contest, with junior Dalton Dibert pouring in 23 points, the Indians had five players finish in double figures and nine players score overall on the way to an 88-42 win over Kee.

The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams are scheduled to resume their post-holiday competition schedule Friday, January 8 by hosting North Fayette Valley. The Waukon wrestling team will get action back underway on the mat following the holiday break with a Thursday, January 7 dual at Oelwein before competing at the Crestwood Tournament Saturday, January 9.
 

The 2020 Kee cross country experienced the spectrum of emotions from start to finish this past fall. Beginning with the fear of the unknown as to whether there would even be a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has had the entire globe in its grip since the first couple months of the year 2020, the Hawks had their fall campaign end at every team’s ultimate destination and also experienced the thrill of laying claim to one this season’s ultimate prizes when junior Haley Meyer ran to her Class 1A State Championship.