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Wed
25
Oct

Waukon boys cross country team crowned Class 2A State Qualifying Meet Champions to earn fourth consecutive State Meet qualification


State Qualifying Meet Champions advance to grand finale for fourth straight season ... The seven members of the Waukon boys cross country team pictured at right display the banner they were awarded after winning the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Thursday, October 19. All seven of those runners finished within the top 21 individual finishers in the meet’s 90-runner field, as the distance Tribe scored 49 team points to claim the meet’s team championship and advance on to the Class 2A State Meet for the fourth consecutive season. Left to right are junior Caleb Helgerson, senior Connor Cahoon, sophomore Brandon Leppert, junior Isaac Reisinger, seniors Wyatt Gulla and Skyler Dugan, and sophomore Colton O’Neill. The Indians will now compete in that Class 2A season grand finale for the fourth consecutive season this Saturday, October 28 at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Competing “four” so much more!

That’s what the Waukon boys cross country team will be doing after qualifying for the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet for the fourth consecutive season at its State Qualifying Meet held at Monticello Thursday, October 19. That fourth consecutive qualification for the season grand finale came in championship style as the distance Tribe placed all seven of its runners within the top 21 individuals in the 97-runner field, including its five scored runners within the top 19 runners to score 49 team points and win this season’s State Qualifying Meet Championship.

Wed
25
Oct

Bryan Ward wins final week of Halfback Harry; Kip Troendle wins Game of the Week grand prize

The 2023 season for The Standard’s Halfback Harry contest has now drawn to a close, and the final week saw a battle between several entries that required some tie-breaking to figure out. A total of four entries emerged at the top of this week’s collection of contestants with five incorrect guesses each.

Jeremy Hogan, Verland Lenth and Bryan Ward of Waukon and Jan Pfiffner of Harpers Ferry were all locked atop this week’s entry pile with those five missed guesses, forcing the total winning points tie-breaker to be utilized to determine this week’s contest winner. With this week’s 15 winning teams compiling a total of 458 points, it was Ward’s guess of 421 team points that came closest to that total and gave him the final Halfback Harry victory of this season, edging out Hogan’s selection of 416 team points. Lenth’s choice of 505 points was just a bit further off, with Pfiffner guessing 622 points.

Wed
18
Oct

Kee volleyball team falls in five-set home marathon with MFL/MarMac to wrap up UIC season schedule


Diving for a dig ... Kee volleyball senior Mallory Mohn gets low for this dig in the Hawks’ home loss in five sets to MFL/MarMac in Upper Iowa Conference play Tuesday, October 10. 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 volleyball team brought its 2023 regular season schedule to a close with its final Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) match of the season as well, hosting MFL/MarMac Tuesday, October 10 on Pink Out Night for cancer awareness and honoring of those it impacts. With both teams coming into the contest with 1-6 records in UIC play, the Lady Hawks and visiting Bulldogs played to a match result nearly as close as their same UIC records, with MFL/MarMac finally pulling out the marathon match victory in the fifth and final set.

The loss wrapped up Kee’s regular season with a 2-18 season record that includes a 1-7 mark that places the Lady Hawks eighth in the final nine-team Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings. The Lady Hawks were scheduled to open Class 1A postseason tournament play Monday, October 16 at Starmont, with brief results of that match printed in the Wednesday, October 18, 2023 edition of the Standard.

Wed
18
Oct

Kee football team wraps up regular season with 70-50 home loss to Edgewood-Colesburg in non-district play


Leading the way ... Kee football sophomore lineman Sam Janzen (right) leads the way blocking for senior Jackson Schulte (left) carrying the ball in the Hawks’ 70-50 home loss to Edgewood-Colesburg Friday, October 13. Janzen and his offensive line teammates helped pave the way for 375 yards of total offense compiled by the Hawks in the ballgame. 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.

Hawks will begin Eight-Player State Play-Offs this Friday at Central City

Wrapping up its regular season playing a non-district game at home Friday, October 13 against an Edgewood-Colesburg (Ed-Co) team having a very similar season - both teams sporting 5-2 records overall and sitting pretty firmly in third place in their respective districts with marks of 4-2, the Kee football team found itself in a shoot-out in a game that had no play-off implications for either team but certainly put on a show with a combined 120 points scored and nearly 1,000 yards of total offense. Whether any “Friday the 13th” superstitions or persuasions played a role or not, the game saw the Hawks give up their highest point total of the season but also scored the most points the visiting Vikings have given up all season in the 70-50 Kee defeat.

Wed
18
Oct

Waukon football team stuffs New Hampton’s two-point conversion run in overtime to clinch a 28-27 road triumph and Tribe’s sixth consecutive district championship

Indians will open Class 2A State Play-Offs at home this Friday against Union

“Deja vu while going for two!”

That could very well be the final battle cry of the Waukon football team’s 28-27 overtime triumph in its 2023 regular season finale played at New Hampton Friday, October 13, as for the second straight season the Indian defense stopped the Chickasaws short of their ultimate goal on their final offensive play in consecutive games with strong play-off implications. That latest feat came on this past Friday’s final play of the game, a two-point conversion run in overtime by New Hampton workhorse senior Braden McShane that was stuffed short of not only deciding the ballgame in the Chickasaws’ favor but also this season’s Class 2A District 3 champion, the Indians now owning their sixth consecutive district crown.

Wed
18
Oct

Four of five scored runners for Waukon boys cross country team earn All-Conference as Tribe repeats as Northeast Iowa Conference Champion


Wraps up team scoring ... Waukon boys cross country junior Caleb Helgerson keeps pace with this Decorah runner at the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet at Waukon Tuesday, October 10. Helgerson wrapped up the Indians’ team scoring in their NEIC Championship repeat with his 16th-place finish in a time of 18:03.5, just missing All-Conference honors by one placewinning. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Getting the opportunity to defend the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) team championship in front of their hometown fans that they won last year, the Waukon cross country boys did just that Tuesday, October 10 at their Waukon Golf & Country Club home course. Placing four of their five scored runners within the All-Conference top-15 and their final scorer just outside of that accolade, the distance Tribe tallied 43 points to successfully repeat its NEIC Championship by an eight-point margin over second-place Decorah.

The Indians are next scheduled to compete in their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet that is slated for this Thursday, October 19, beginning at 4 p.m. at Monticello. Details about the distance Tribe’s postseason possibilities can be found in the Wednesday, October 18, 2023 print and e-edition of the Standard.

Wed
11
Oct

Paratriathlon National Champion ...

Michelle Dynes, daughter of Lynn Williams of Waukon and the late Dale Williams, won the Paratriathlon National Championships held in Williamsburg, VA September 10. Dynes competed in the PTS5 Women division and won the event by 10 minutes over her nearest competitor in a time of 1:39:14. Dynes competed in the sprint triathlon race, which consisted of a 750-meter swim, followed by a 20-kilometer bike ride, and a 7-kilometer run.

The win boosted Dynes to elite status and secured her a spot on the U.S. Elite Paratriathlon National Team. As a member of that team, Dynes represented the United States in the World Triathlon Para Cup held in Alhandra, Portugal this past Saturday, October 7, where she finished fifth in a time of 1:16.48. At the age of 48, she was the oldest competitor in her division in that World Triathlon Para Cup.

Wed
11
Oct

Waukon girls cross country team finishes third at South Winneshiek


Sprint to the end ... Waukon girls cross country senior Mia Kurth battles this Turkey Valley runner on the way to the finish line at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 3. Kurth led the Lady Indian effort with her ninth-place finish in a time of 21:04.1. 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 Waukon girls cross country team brought its regular season invitational schedule to a close, competing at the South Winneshiek Invitational at Calmar Tuesday, October 3. Behind a close one-two battle between the host school and its fellow Winneshiek County squad, the Lady Indians ran to a third-place team finish with 84 team points.

The Lady Indians were next scheduled to host the annual Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Meet Tuesday, October 10. They will then prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet that is scheduled for Thursday, October 19, beginning at 4 p.m., with no location officially announced as of yet but the closest hosting sites available being either Monticello or Dike-New Hartford.

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Wed
11
Oct

Waukon boys cross country team makes it four in a row with win at South Winneshiek


Finish line focus ... Waukon boys cross country sophomore Colton O’Neill heads toward the finish line at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 3. O’Neill finished 15th with a clocking of 17:57.5. 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 wins keep coming for the Waukon boys cross country team, and at just the right time as the distance Tribe wrapped up its invitational season this past week and begins to prepare for its postseason. The latest victory claimed by the Indian boys came at the South Winneshiek Invitational at Calmar Tuesday, October 3, where the Tribe placed all five of its scored runners in the meet’s top 11 individual finishers of the 135-runner high school field to finish as the team champion for a fourth consecutive meet.

The Indians were next scheduled to host the annual Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Meet Tuesday, October 10. They will then prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying Meet that is scheduled for Thursday, October 19, beginning at 4 p.m., with the closest hosting sites available being either Monticello or Dike-New Hartford.

Wed
11
Oct

Waukon football team secures a second-half shut-out, along with a third straight win and another State Play-Off qualification with 20-8 home triumph over Osage


Key third-down pick-up ... Waukon football sophomore Jared Snitker drags this Osage defender on the way to a third-down run in the third quarter of the Indians’ 20-8 home win over the Green Devils Friday, October 6. On a third-and-two situation late in the third quarter at the Osage 16-yard line, and the score tied at 8-8, Snitker powered out this nine-yard run to set up a first-and-goal at the seven-yard line and the eventual go-ahead touchdown for the Indians on that drive. Snitker carried the ball five times in the contest, including this third-down conversion, and also recorded one each of solo and assisted tackles. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

Playing for a chance to solidify a seventh consecutive berth in the Class 2A State Play-Offs, the Waukon football team ground out 20 unanswered points and a second-half shut-out against an Osage team battling for its own play-off life in a Friday, October 6 District 3 home match-up. After slugging out a scoreless tie late into the second quarter, the two 3-3 teams with reversed district records traded late tallies to form an 8-8 halftime tie before the Indians put two final touchdowns on the board in the fourth period to untie that scoreboard knot and secure their 20-8 victory that extended the Tribe’s postseason qualification streak and also brought Osage’s play-off hopes to an abrupt halt.

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