Kee baseball team begins season with single win in first four games
Kee baseball senior Clay Olson fires a pitch toward homeplate in the 6-0 victory of the Hawks’ home doubleheader split with Waterloo West Saturday, May 27. Olson allowed just two hits and struck out nine batters without a walk in the victory. Photo by Jordyn Burroughs. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Kee baseball team got its 2017 season underway with what ended up being a pair of doubleheaders that resulted in just a single win, although the Hawks were on the brink of at least two more. The week began with the Hawks being swept at Decorah Tuesday, May 23 with a 3-2 loss in the final inning of game one followed by a 6-0 loss in the nightcap. Kee was then scheduled to host its annual Shooky Fink Tournament Saturday, May 27, but a scheduling conflict, instead, turned that date into a doubleheader with Waterloo West, which was split between a 6-0 Kee victory and an 8-6 Hawk loss.
A busy upcoming week for the Hawks begins with a home doubleheader against Edgewood-Colesburg Tuesday, May 30 before Kee travels to Clayton Ridge Thursday, June 1 and then hosts Riceville Saturday, June 3, both of those dates doubleheaders as well. That trend continues at home with Starmont Monday, June 5 before traveling to South Winneshiek Thursday, June 8.
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