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Roll of Excellence
Read moreThe 8th grade Wagner boys’ basketball team opened their season with a 36-11 win over Avon on Thursday in the Avon gym. They jumped out to a 10-2 lead after the first quarter and pulled away in the third quarter by outscoring the Pirates 15-2 on their way to victory. Leading the way in scoring was Parker Petry and Tate Bair with 10 each. Preston McFayden added 8, Deshawn Sully had 4, and Jackson Rolston and Treyson Zephier each had 2 to round out the scoring. The Raiders are next in action on January 14 at home against Bon Homme in the auxiliary gym at the school. There will be a 7th and 8th grade game.
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The Lady Raiders hosted the Bon Homme Cavaliars last Friday night in girls basketball action. Wagner started out hot hitting 7 of its first 10 shots to open up a 20-10 lead after one. Bon Homme out scored Wagner 13-9 in the second as the Raiders would hold a 29-23 advantage going into half. Wagner stretched its lead to as much as 11 but Bon Homme would battle back to trail 53-51. Wagner finished on a 10-4 run to win 61-55. Wagner shot 25-44 from the field for a blistering 57%. Bon Homme was 23-48 for 48%. Wagner out rebounded the Cavaliars 23-21. Wagner commited 22 turnovers to Bon Hommes 12.
Read moreThe Lady Raiders hosted the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers last Tuesday in girls basketball action. The Chargers would hold a 14-9 edge after one. Wagner would cut the lead to 4 trailing 18-22 at the half. The Raiders would knot up the score at 22 three minutes into the 3rd period but then find themselves trailing 30-36 after three quarters of action. Wagner would be stuck on 30 points for 7 minutes and 35 seconds and lose the game 33-54. Abby Brunsing would lead Wagner with 14 points, 8 boards, and4 steals. KyaKjeldgaard would add 6 points and grab 8 rebounds. Sydney Cournoyer would finish with 4 points and 3 boards, while Macy Koupal would also add 4 points, 3 steals, and 2 assists. Jayla Bruguier and Caydynce Olson would round out the scoring with 3 and 2 points. Wagner would win the battle on the glass 28-25 but would commit 27 turnovers to SFC 14. Wagner would shoot a cold percentage 11-42 for 26% from the floor while the Chargers would hit 22-51 for 43%. Wagner would hit 8-10 foul shots compared to 9-16 from the Chargers. “We made the work for everything defensively the first 3 quarters. Our turnovers in the 4th cost us as we let them lead to transition lay-ups for them. Again, we have to be more aggressive with the ball going to the rim and creating shots, but open shots and not forcing. We did a great job for the most part in half court defense. We rebounded well. We handled their press fairly well, but the half court unforced turnovers have to be more limited.”
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The Lady Red Raiders took their first road trip to Irene to face the Iren-Wakonda Eagles. Wagner would start off hot and take an early 8-2 lead but would find themselves trailing after the first period 14-16. Wagner’s would get out scored 39-22 in the next two periods and lose by a score of 45-57. Macy Koupal would lead Wagner with 17 points, 12 boards, and 4 assists. Abby Brunsing also nearly had a double-double with 12 points and 9 boards. Jayla Bruguier would add 6 points while Caydynce Olson and Sydney Cournoyer would each add 4. Caydynce would grab 6 boards and dish out a team high 5 assists. Sydney would also grab 3 rebounds. Kya Kjeldgaard would round out the scoring with 2 points and dish out 3 assists. Overall Wagner was 21-55 from the floor for 38% while the Eagles were 24-58 for 41%. Wagner owed the glass with a 38-29 margin. Would commit 16 turnovers to the Eagles 10. Wagner would only go 2-7 from the line while the Eagles were 3-7.
Read moreAfter their first victory of the season last Friday, the Raiders hosted the #1 Corsica-Stickney Jaguars who are riding a 23 game winning streak. The Jaguars would jump out to an early 13-21ead to start the first and end the quarter with a 17-8 lead. They would increase that lead to 29-15 going into the half. The Raiders would cut the lead to 13 after 3 quarters trailing 34-47. The Raiders would continue to chip away and cut the Jaguar lead to 4 with :38 seconds and the ball. Wagner would fail to score and lose a hard fought battle 50-56. Wagner would shoot 16-41 for 40% while the Jaguars would shoot 22-59 for 37%. Wagner would convert 11-15 from the charity stripe with the Jaguars only making 9-16. The difference in the game would come down to the glass. Corsica Stickney would out rebound the Raiders 37-28, with 23 coming on the offensive end. Macy Koupal would lead Wagner with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Shalayne Nagel would add 8 points, grab a team high 10 boards, and dish out 6 assists, and record 4 block shots. Sydney Cournoyer would add 7 points and grab 4 boards. Abby Brunsing would also net 7 points, grab 3 boards, and dish out 3 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would finish with 6 points and grab 3 rebounds. Kya Kjeldgaard would finish the scoring with 4 points and 2 boards. Caydynce Olson would dish out 3 assists for the Raiders. “We were very pleased with our effort and fighting adversity early in the game. We never quit and just kept coming back. Rebounding was our achilles heel this game again. So many second chance points were given up. We shot a better percentage but when we are out shot by 18 shots that was costly. We took good shots, and we made some big shots. We ended with a season low 10 turnovers and did a much better job tonight than we did last night where we had nearly 20 turnovers in the half court. We are making steps in the right direction and just need to keep building on that.”
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