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The Avon Lady Pirates traveled to Corsica Tuesday, February 21st for Region play against Corsica/Stickney. The girls played a great game but suffered the tough loss 30-42 to end their season.
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Every year the American Legion Auxiliary does an Americanism poem and essay contest. This year's poem theme was 'Thanking our Veterans for our Freedom' and grades 3rd through 6th were eligible to participate. This year's essay title was 'What does patriotism mean to you?' Only our 4th graders under the guidance of their language arts teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Hill participated. We appreciate all the students that took the time to participate, and their hard work representing Wagner so well with your creativity and sharing their thoughts about what Americanism means to you. The winners of the poem and essay contest will now be sent on to Districts. Poems and more photos on page 4.
Read moreThe Wagner 7/8 boys’ basketball teams travelled to Parkston on Friday, February 17, for a pair of games against the Trojans. In the 7th grade game, the Raiders were without a couple of their regular starters and it showed as they struggled offensively for most of the game. After falling behind in the first quarter, the Raiders settled down some in the 2nd and managed to keep the game close at half as they trailed 16-9. Baskets were hard to come by in the second half as they Raiders just couldn’t get anything to fall. The Trojans were able to pull away in the second half to defeat the Raiders by a score of 37-11. The loss dropped the Raiders record to 9-5 on the season. Leading scorers were Cruise Koupal with 7 and Jacob Kotab and Beau Otte each added 2.
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.
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 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!”
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