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The Red Raiders won their eighth game on Thursday night easily defeating Burke 68-38. The Red Raiders went back and forth with Burke in the first period, then Wagner held Burke to just 1 point in the second quarter and took a 30-9 lead into half time. Wagner extended their lead to 30 points in the second half. Preston McFayden tied the school record, he made 9 three pointers, Paul Kuhlman made 9 in a game in the 1998 season. McFayden had a game high 28 points. Ted Slaba added 13 points, Joey Cournoyer added 10, Chris Nelson 9, Carter Cournoyer 4 and Parker Petry 4.
Read moreWagner shot the ball well early and had a 14-10 lead after the first period. Vermillion scored 25 points in the second period and took a 35--
Read moreWagner's C team improved to 6-1 on the season with a big win over Chamberlain. Wagner led 14-8 after the first period and 22-13 after the first half. Wagner held the Cubs to 8 second half points and won the game 44-21. Jesse Zephier scored 12 points to lead the team. Brady Cournoyer and Shae Kjeldgaard each scored 10 points, Hunter Lhotak and Javian Pesicka each scored 5 and Kobe Drapeau scored 2.
Read moreWagner held the Cubs to 9 first half points and led 31-9 after the first half. Chamberlain could not cut into Wagner’s lead in the second half, the Red Raiders won the game 53-31. Parker Petry led the team with 13 points, Joey Cournoyer scored 12, Preston Mc-Fayden added 10, Brady Cournoyer had 6, Jesse Zephier and Braxton Knudsen each scored 5 and Hunter Lhotak scored 4 points.
Read moreThe Red Raiders picked up their seventh win of the year Friday night at home against Chamberlain. The Cubs were ahead 11-13 after the first period and Wagner led 28-27 after the first half. Wagner held Chamberlain to 4 points in the third period and took a 42-31 heading into the fourth quarter. Wagner held on to their lead and won the game 54-40. Matt Link led the team with 12 points, Chris Nelson added 11. Carter Cournoyer added 10, Parker Petry 8, Preston McFayden 4, Ted Slaba 2 and joey Cournoyer scored 1. Wagner went 14-19 from the foul line and out rebounded Chamberlain 33-26.
Read moreWith a trip to the SoDak 16 on the line the Lady Raiders hosted the MVP Titans this past Saturday in girls basketball action. The first quarter would be like a heavy weight fight, both teams getting a feel for one another. Once the second quarter started the Lady Raiders put their feet on the gas pedal and never let up out scoring the Titans 63-27. Wagner would advance to the Sodak 16 with a 7336 victory. Wagner would scorch the nets shooting 55%, 28 for 51 from the floor while holding the Titans to 31% 14-45. Both teams would commit 10 turnovers. Unlike the first match-up earlier this year where the Raiders held a 1 advantage, today they out rebounded the Titans 39-16. Shalayne Nagel led all scorers with 25 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 2 blocks, and 4 steals. Emma Yost would record yet another double-double with 15 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would add 13 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Macy Koupal would be the 4th Raider in double figures with 11 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Eve Zephier would add another 6 points, 3 boards, 3 steals, and 2 assists. Lydia Yost would round out the scoring with 3 points and 6 boards. “Just another great team win by our young ladies! We needed to win the rebound battle and we crushed it! We needed to get post touches and then look for people slashing to the rim and we executed that very well. We wanted to push the tempo to get touches early to our posts before the help came and that was key to us starting our run in the second quarter. They then really packed it in the paint and that’s were we connected on 4 of our 8 made 2 pointers. To put up 73 points in a game and only score 10 in the first quarter is just awesome! We just need to focus now on the next big game whomever it may be, get ourselves mentally ready to go and then come out and execute!”
Read moreThe Lady Raiders hosted the Kimball White-Lake Wildkats last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. The Lady Raiders would harass the Wildkats early and often taking a 19-0 after the first. Wagner would extend their lead to 38-9 after the second. Wagner would continue to stretch its lead to 51-12 after three quarters. Wagner would win 61-22 to advance to the second round of Region play to host Plankinton Mt. Vernon. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with a double-double posting 18 points, 10 boards, 4 steals, 3 assists, and 2 blocks. Emma Yost would follow that up with 14 points and 8 points. Macy Koupal would be the third Raider in double figures with 12 points, 5 points, and 4 assists. Lydia Yost would net 8 points. Shalayne Nagel would finish with 4 points, 9 boards, 7 assists, 6 steals, and 2 blocks. Braxton Nedved would finish with 3 points, while Eve Zephier 2 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. Wagner would scorch the nets by shooting 26-45 for 58% while holding the Wildkats to 8-37 shooting for 21%. Wagner would dominate the glass with a 37-12 adrebound vantage. Wagner would commit 10 turnovers compared to 17 for Kimball White-Lake. “A great way to start of tourney play! Defensively we got after them early and often. We did a great job in transition also in the first half. Offensively we were a little stagnate in the half court. We have to do a better job of moving the ball around. When we did we got good looks at the rim. Just have to keep taking 1 game at a time and now we move onto the Region Semi Finals.”
Read moreOn Saturday, February 18, the Wagner 8th grade basketball team travelled to Parkston to play in the Parkston Tournament. The Raiders were matched up with Parkston for their first game. It was an exciting back-and-forth first half as both teams shot the ball well and played an up-tempo game. It was a completely different game from the previous night as the Raiders trailed by only 4 at the half by a score of 32-28. The Raiders kept it under 10 for most of the second half, but just couldn’t get over the hump. In the last minute and a half, Parkston was able to pull away for a 59-41 victory. The game was much closer than the final score indicates though. Leading scorers for the Raiders were Jesse Zephier with 19, Carolos Galindo with 13, Javian Pesicka with 5 and Benny Greger with 4.
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