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The Lady Raiders traveled to Parkston last Thursday night in girls basketball action. Both teams would start out cold as Parkston would finally score 3 minutes into the game and take an early 5-0 lead. Wagner would then connect on 4 triples and finish the quarter on a 13-6 run holding a 13-11 lead. The 2nd and 4th quarters would haunt the Raiders as they would only score a total of 12 points combined and fall to the Trojans 55-40. Wagner would be led by Abby Brunsing’s 16 points, 9 boards and 2 assists. Macy Koupal would add 7 points, 6 boards and dish out 2 assists. Eve Zephier would chip in 6 points. Shalayne Nagel would net 4 points, grab 4 boards and dish out a team high 5 assists. Caydynce Olson would also chip in 4 points for the Raiders. Kya Kjeldgaard and Ashlyn Koupal would round out the scoring with 2 and 1 points. Wagner would shoot 15-45 for 33%. Parkston would go 17-41 for 42%. The game would be won on the charity stripe as Parkston would convert on 17-20 while Wagner would go 5-8. Wagner would get out rebounded 32-25 and commit 19 turnovers compared to Parkston’s 13.
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The Gregory Gorilla’s traveled to Wagner last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. Wagner would jump out to an early 18-10 lead. Gregory would storm back in the second to time the game 26-26 and hold for the final shot to take the lead. Jayla Bruguier would come away with a steal and pass ahead to Ashlyn Koupal for the Raiders to take a 28-26 lead into the half. The Raiders would have a stellar third quarter connecting on 4 triples. 2 from Macy Koupal and 1 apiece from Jayla Bruguier and Abby Brunsing. They would out score Gregory 22-8 and take a 50-34 lead. The lead would never really change the 4th quarter with Wagner winning 64-50. Wagner would hit 24-57 from the floor for 42%. Gregory would convert 15-54 from the field for 28%. Wagner would shoot 8-10 from the line while the Gorillia’s would hit 11-21. Wagner would own the glass with a 38-34 advantage but would commit 16 turnovers compared to 11 from Gregory.Macy Koupal would lead all scorers with a game high 27 points, 4 boards, and dish out 4 assists. Abby Brunsing would also score double figures with 16 points, grab a 9 boards, and dish out 3 assists. Shalayne Nagel would chip in 6 points, get 3 steals, dish out a team high 8 assists and tie Brunsing for the team high 9 boards. Jayla Bruguier would add 6 points off the bench. Kya Kjeldgaard would add 4 points and 4 boards off the bench. Caydynce Olson would add 2 points, grab 6 boards, and dish out 4 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would also add 2 points, grab 4 boards, and dish out 3 assists. Sydney Cournoyer would round out the scoring with 1 point. “We did a great job of moving the basketball, finding shooters, being ready to shoot, and knocking down shots. We still need to continue to do a better job on rebounding. Defensively we have to talk better as they had three scorers knock down shots with us stride for stride. We still have to look for that inside outside presence but we did an awesome job of cutting and hitting those cutters. When you get 22 assists in a game that is great team work and ball distribution so I give credit to our players playing with in themselves.”
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The Red Raiders outscored Menno by 20 points in the first period at home Friday night, January 15th. Wagner led 25-5 after the first quarter and led 39-18 heading into half time. He Red Raiders kept the pressure on Menno in the second half winning the game 73-40. The Red Raiders were extremely balanced, Alex Cournoyer led the team with 12 points and had 7 rebounds. Nolan Carda scored 11 and had 9 rebounds, Simon Freier scored 8 points and had 3 assists, Chris Nelson and Jayden Aungie each scored 6, Toby Zephier, Jaden Peters and Niko Darpeau each scored 5, Marcus Zephier, Daelyn Red Buffalo and Calvin Wright each scored 2. The Red Raiders are now 5-2.
Read moreWagner lost to the Trojans in Parkston on Thursday night, January 14. The Red Raiders jumped to an early 11-0 lead, Parkston went on a run of their own making the score 17-15 after the first period. Wagner had trouble stopping Parkston in the second quarter allowing 18 points and only scoring 9 and trailing at half time 33-26. Parkston came out ready to go int eh second half outscoring Wagner by 5 in the third quarter and expanding their lead to 18 at times. The Red Raiders played hard down the stretch cutting the lead to 7 a few times but never got closer than that. The final score was Parkston 70 Wagner 60. Nola Carda scored 13 points and had 11 rebounds for Wagner. Toby Zephier also had 13 points and 4 assists. Simon Freier scored 11 points and had 3 steals, Dustin Honomichl scored 10 points, Marcus Zephier added 6, Alex Cournoyer 3 and Chris Nelson 2.
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The Wagner boys improved to 4-1 on the year with an exciting overtime win over Gregory on Tuesday night. Wagner jumped out to an 18-13 lead after the first period and led 29-23 at the half. It looked like he Red Raiders were going to pull away from Gregory in the second half leading by as many as 14 points early in the fourth quarter but the Gorillas had other ideas. Gregory came storming back late in the fourth quarter to take a 1 point lead with less than a minute left. Toby Zephier got fouled on a drive and made a free throw tie the game at 52 and send it into overtime. Wagner scored 11 points in the extra 4 minutes to win the game 63-58. Toby Zephier led the way for Wagner with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 deflections and 3 steals. Dustin Honomichl added 10 points and 4 rebounds, Nolan Carda had 10 points and a team high 13 rebounds, Marcus Zephier scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 steals, Simon Freier scored 6 points Alex Cournoyer 4 and Jaden Peters 2.
Read moreA 30 point second quarter proved to be the difference in Wagner’s win over Bon Homme on Friday night, January 14th. The two teams were tied at 14 after the first period before Wagner went on a 30-10 run to take a 20 point lead into half time. The two teams played even the rest of the game, Wagner outscored the Cavaliers by two in the third quarter and by four in the fourth making the final score Red Raiders 82-Bon Homme 56. Five players scored double digits for Wagner, led by Nolan Carda who finished with 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals. Dustin Honomichl scored 13 points, Alex Cournoyer added 12, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Simon Freier added 11 points and 3 steals and Toby Zephier scored 10 points and had 5 assists. Chris Nelson finished with 9 points and 3 assists, Niko Drapeau scored 5 points, Camden Roth, and Jaden Peters finished with 4 points each.
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The Wagner Red Raider boys won their second game in as many days on Saturday night, January 9th, defeating Corsica Stickney. Both teams came out on fire, scoring a combined 46 points in the first period, Wagner led 25-21. The Red Raiders built a lead in the second quarter outscoring the Jaguars 19-14 making the score 44-35 at half time. Wagner would lead by as many as 15 in the second half at times but Corsica Stickney is a good team and would not quit. Wagner held on to win the game 69-59. Wagner had another balanced scoring attack with four players scoring double digits. Dustin Honomichl led the way with 16 points, Jaden Peters added 12, Toby Zephier had 12 points, 3 steals 3 assists and 4 rebounds, Nolan Carda added 12 points and had 6 rebounds. Simon Freier scored 9 points Marcus Zephier added 6 and Chris Nelson 2.
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Your 2020-21 Basketball Cheerleaders are, back row from left: Emma Hofer, Keeva Weddell, Kea'ona Doren, Aubrey Gray; front row, from left are the Cadets: Brooklyn Hubers, Alyssa Middendorp, Muriel Tiger and Kaylise Drappeau. Cheer Coach is Samantha Frederick (not pictured). These girls do a great job every game lifting team and fan spirits. Photo by Barb Pechous
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