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The Wagner Raider 7/8 basketball teams hosted the Tripp-Delmont/Armour Nighthawks for a pair of games at the Armory on Monday, January 30. In the 7th grade game, the Raiders got off to a fast start on offense and built a double-digit lead early in the game. They were able to maintain that lead into the half as they led 24-9. In the second half, the teams traded baskets as TDA wasn’t able to make a run at the Raiders. The final score saw the Raiders victorious 39-23. The win lifted their record to 5-3 on the season. Leading the way scoring was Steven Peters with 20, including 4 three pointers, Cruise Koupal added 11, Jacob Kotab had 4 and Payne Petry and Paxton Kuhlman each added 2.
Read moreThe Wagner 7/8 basketball teams travelled to Gregory to face the Gorillas for a pair of games on Thursday, February 2. In the 7th grade game, the Raiders got off to a slow start on offense as they faced a 2-3 zone defense for the first time this season. Despite that, the Raiders held a slim 4-2 lead after the first. In the second quarter, their offense got going and found the weak spots in the Gorillas zone and pushed their lead to 16-5 at the half. The Raiders had some great ball movement on offense and made the extra pass to find the open players which led to them increasing their lead at the end of the 3rd to 30-9. Everyone got a lot of playing time in the 4th and the Raiders ended up winning 32-14. The win raises their record to 6-3 on the season. Leading scorers were Steven Peters with 16, Payne Petry with 6, Cruise Koupal and Kingston Brunelle with 4, and Brannon Bruguier with 2.
Read moreThe Lady Raiders traveled to the campus of the University of Mt. Marty in Yankton to take on the Lady Cougars of Viborg-Hurley this last Saturday night in girls basketball action. This was a make-up game from the Sacred Hoops Classic that was held at Augustana University January 28th. Cimpl Arena held a few more high school fans than were at the college games that happened right before. Wagner would strike first with a 3-0 lead but only see the Cougars answer with 8 straight of their own to capture a 8-3 lead on the Raiders. Wagner would time the game at 8 apiece and then the teams would go back and forth the remainder of the way only to see Wagner claim the lead on a last second shot to take a 14-13 lead into the second quarter. Wagner would never trail again. The Raiders would build a 6 and 8 point lead in the second quarter but the Cougars kept on fighting back and would trail the Raiders 25-22 at halftime. Wagner would clamp down hard in the second half and out score the Cougars 38-19 and claim the high anticipated match-up 63-41. Both teams would not shoot the best the first half as Wagner was 38% and Viborg-Hurley was 37%, but in the end Wagner would shoot 54% for the game and the Cougars only 33%. Wagner would convert on 20-37 shooting while the Cougars would be 14-42. Wagner again would dominate the glass with a 31-20 advantage. Wagner would commit 8 turnovers compared to 10 from Viborg-Hurley. Emma Yost would lead all scorers with another double-double 18 points, 11 boards, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Eve Zephier liked getting use to her future home next year as she will be playing at Mt. Marty. She was 4-5 from the field and 1-1 from the line for 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. Shalayne Nagel filled the stat sheet once again with 10 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would net 9 points, 3 assists, and 2 boards. Lydia Yost would finish with 6 points, and 5 boards. Macy Koupal would tally 5 points, and 4 assists. Hayden Fischer would round out the scoring with 1 point. “Just another night for the Raiders! Another great team win defensively. They have two all-state players on their defending championship team with all their players back from a year ago. We handled our composure in a close game at half. We cranked up the D in the second and were very efficient. We only took 37 shots but yet still managed 63 points. We made 20 shots and 19 were all assisted. We were 9-17 from beyond the arc which was the college line. We had at least 3 of those missed go around the world so our shooting was fantastic. We need to continue to build up on this game and keep getting better game after game no matter what the competition brings.”
Read moreThe Wagner 7th grade boys’ basketball team traveled to Scotland for a game against the Highlanders on Thursday, January 26. They played a mixed squad of 8th, 7th and 6th graders. The Raiders got off to a quick start and built a 10-7 lead after the first quarter. Scotland fought back in the 2nd and took the lead 15-14 heading into the half. The Highlanders got hot in the 3rd quarter as they outscored the Raiders by 10 and pushed their lead to 30-19 heading into the final period. The Raiders outscored Scotland in the 4th, but it wasn’t enough as the Raiders fell by a score of 37-28. The loss drops their record to 4-3 on the season. Leading scorers were: Steven Peters with 17, Jacob Kotab with 5 and Cruise Koupal and Brock Cournoyer each with 3. The Raiders are back in action on Monday against TDA.
Read moreThe Red Raider JV suffered its second loss of the season to MVP on Tuesday. The Red Raiders led 21-18 at halftime but struggled with the press of the Titans and lost 50-40. Preston McFayden and Braxton Knudsen each scored 8 points for Wagner, other scorers were; Parker Petry 7, Deshawn Sully 6, Hunter Lhotak and Joey Cournoyer 5 each, and Brady Cournoyer 1 point.
Read moreThe Wagner C team defeated the Titans 51-44 on Tuesday night. Wagner trailed by 1 point 14-13 after the first quarter and led 2927 heading into halftime. The Red Raiders trailed by 3 heading into the fourt quarter but they played great defense and took a late lead to win the game. Jesse Zephier scored a game high 12 points, Brady Cournoyer and Shae Kjeldgaard each scored 10, Deshawn Sully added 7, Frank Soukup scored 5, Kobe Drapeau scored 4 and Ky Arpan added 3.
Read moreThe Red Raiders scored 21 points in the fourth quarter and defeated Scotland on Thursday night to pick up a road win. Wagner trailed 8-6 after the first period and 25-23 at halftime. Scotland outscored Wagner in the third period by 2 and led 38-34 heading into the fourth quarter. The Red Raiders made some big shots in the final minutes of the game and won by a final score of 55-46. Chris Nelson led the team with 22 points, Preston McFayden added 11, Joey Cournoyer scored 8, Glenn Cournoyer 5, Parker Petry 4, Matt Link 2, Ted Slaba 2 and Carter Cournoyer had 1 point. Wagner improves its record to 5-6
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