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The Thunder Ladies traveled to Centerville March 4th to play Viborg-Hurley in the SoDak 16 Tournament where they suffered the loss, 46-55 to end their season.
Read moreThe Wagner Red Raiders had five wrestlers compete at the state wrestling tournament this year. The state tournament was held in Rapid City February 25th through the 27th at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The wrestlers included Karstyn Lhotak, Jhett Breen, Bradyn Lhotak, Riley Roberts and Nolan Dvorak. We returned home with four place winners, Jhett Breen (2nd), Bradyn Lhotak (3rd), Riley Roberts (8th), Nolan Dvorak (8th), capturing a 13th place finish as a team. Our senior, Bradyn Lhotak, wrestled an excellent tournament, ending his career with a well-deserved 3rd place finish. Bradyn battled back from a tough loss in the quarterfinal bout and later avenged that loss in the third and fourth place match-up against Lucas Huser (EPJ). Bradyn has been an excellent leader for this team and will be greatly missed. There is no doubt Bradyn will continue to do great things because of his strong work ethic and drive. We wish the best of luck to Bradyn in his future endeavors. Jhett Breen wrestled a flawless state tournament, unfortunately, he ended his season after his semi-final match where he dislocated his elbow in the final seconds of the match, leaving him unable to compete in his final match. Karstyn Lhotak wrestled a very tough tournament beating his first-round opponent, Gavin Braun, in a close match. Karstyn’s record against Braun is 3-2 with each match being within a couple points. Karstyn came up just one match short from placing. Riley Roberts exceeded expectations, entering the tournament unseeded and finishing in 8th place. Riley has been fun to watch as he has shown huge improvements from the beginning of the year to the end. Nolan Dvorak is another wrestler that wrestled above his seed. Nolan was seeded tenth coming into the tournament and due to some hard fought performances he ended up on the podium with 8th place. Overall, the Wagner wrestlers had a great season and look forward to many more.
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The middle school wrestling team sent four wrestlers to Pierre on February 13th for the State Middle School wrestling tournament. There were over 400 wrestlers in grades 6th -8th from all around the state competing. The boys competed very well against some very good competition.
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The Red Raiders defeated Parker in the Region 5 quarter final on Friday night in Wagner. The Red Raiders started out hot, shooting the ball in the first period scoring 22 points and leading 22-16. Parker came charging back in the second period, outscoring Wagner 23-18 making the half time score 40-39 in favor of the Red Raiders. Both teams’ offenses slowed down in the third period. Wagner scored 16 points and took a 56-50 lead into the final period. The Red Raiders never trailed in the fourth period and won the game by a final score of 77-70. Nolan Carda had a big night for Wagner with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Alex Cournoyer scored 21 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Toby Zephier added 10 points and 3 assists, Marcus Zephier scored 9 points had 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Simon Freier scored 8 points, and Jaden Peters scored 7. The Red Raiders went 15 of 28 from the line, Parker went 3 of 4. Wagner had its best shooting performance going 26 of 50 from the field for 52%. The Red Raiders advance to the SoDak 16 and will face the #3 seeded Sioux Valley Cossacks in Salem for a trip to the state tournament.
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Karstyn Lhotak scored 2.0 team points. Round 1- Lhotak won in sudden victory -1 over Braun (Parkston) 23-9 (SV-14-2), Quarterfinal - Brozik (Winner Area) 30-3 won by major decision over Lhotak (MD 11-3), Cons. Round 2 - Gilligan (Kingsbury Co) 26-9 won by decision over Lhotak (Dec 4-2)
Read moreThe Red Raider boys finished their regular season with a win over Beresford Monday night. Wagner got down early in the first quarter but played well the last four minutes and had a 17-12 lead after the first period. Wagner outscored Beresford 20-14 in the second period and led 37-26 at half time. The Red Raiders led 52-36 heading into the fourth period and at times stretched their lead to 22 points. Wagner won the game 68-47. Nolan Carda led the team with 17 points. Dustin Honomichl added 14 points and nine rebounds, Toby Zephier scored 14 points and had four assists, Simon Freier finished with 10 points, Marcus Zephier added four, Jayden Aungie three, Jaden Peters and Matt Link each added two. Wagner finishes the season 10-10. They will wait until the end of the week to find out who and when they play in the region tournament.
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The Thunder Ladies advance to the SoDak Tournament and will take on Viborg/Hurley on Thursday, March 4 at Centerville. Back row from L to R - Coach Shane Niewenhuis, Lexie Vander Pol, Halle Olson, Abigail Svatos, Josie Brouwer, Mackenzie Muckey, Olivia Tiger, Allison Muckey, Claire Johnson, Ona'ka Doren, Kylie Olson and Ben Kroese. Front row - Nadia Van Zuidam, Sonya Hansum, Isabella Brouwer, Shawna Godfrey, Mahpiya Irving, Leah Brown and Erin Knudsen. Courtesy Photo
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