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On Thursday, August 17 the Pirates kicked off their season with a win against Colome. Right away in the game, Paxton Bierma took the opening kickoff 88 yards untouchedtotheendzonefor a touchdown. At the end of the first quarter, the Pirates were up 14-0. In the third quarter, Landon Thury had a 2-yard touchdown pass, and Trace Pelton had a 27yard touchdown pass as well. The Pirates defeated the Colome Cowboys 42-12. The Pirates will travel to BurketotakeontheCougars on August, 25.
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Voni Hubbell graduated from Avon High School in 2012 and continued her education at Dakota State University, whereshegraduated in 2017. She chose to become an English teacher because she really enjoyed English in high school. Voni is happily married to Chris Hubbell, and together they have three children: Kinglee-5, Vonnagail-3, and Champ-1. Somehobbiesthatsheenjoys include baking, singing, and painting. Voni chose to teach in Avon because she wanted to come back home. Mrs. Hubbell has also taught
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The Andes Central/Dakota Christian Cross Country team is a very young team. They are coached by first year coach, Beth Harrington. There are no seniors or juniors on the team and only one sophomore and one freshman. Only one returning athlete has experience, and that is Eilie DeHaan. She qualified in 2022 for the state cross-country meet.
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Forthe2023footballseason,Avonwillseeanewhead coachtakechargeofthefootballprogram.ThePirates welcome new head coach, Justin Lukkes. Lukkes is a 2003 graduate of Avon High School. He grew up on a farm outside of Dante, and then moved to Avon when he started high school. Lukkes was very involved in Avon sports, being a part of the football, basketball, track, golf, baseball, and swim teams growing up. After graduation, Justin attended Mitchell Technical College where he majored in architectural design and building construction.
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The Avon Lady Pirate Volleyball team has put in a lot of workoverthesummerinorder to get ready for this year’s season. Amy Tyler was invited to host a two-day skills camp to help sharpen the players’ skill setsandopengymswereaconstant throughoutthesummer.
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On Saturday, August 26th the Wagner JV and Varsity teams traveled to Parkston to compete in the first tournament of the year. The JV team finished the day 1-3. Losses came from Parkston (15-25, 23-25), McCook Central/Montrose (17-25, 25-22, 7-15), and Warner (25-20, 13-25, 9-15). Then ended the day with a win over Kimball/White Lake (25-18, 27-25). The Varsity team finished 3-1. They defeated Parkston (25-19, 26-24), McCook Central/Montrose (25-14, 25-13), and Kimbal/White Lake 25-18, 25-18). The only loss on the day was to a tough Warner program (8-25, 10-25).
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The Lady Raider’s Volleyball team entered the 2023 season ranked #3 by the Midco Sports SD Class A Volleyball Media Poll. Last year the volleyball team ended the season playing in the State Tournament, bringing home 7th place and ending the season with a 32-5 record. The team won the Southeast South Dakota Conference (SESD) and the Little Missouri Valley Conference (LMVC) championships.
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