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The Wagner Raiders hosted the Scotland Highlanders for a B game at the National Guard Armory on Thursday. The Raiders got off to a fast start and executed their offense well en route to a 9-5 lead after the first quarter. The shots weren’t falling in the second quarter and Scotland made a run to pull within 1 at the break by a score of 13-12. A back-and-forth third quarter saw a tied score of 21-21 heading into the final period. The Raiders had several good looks at the basket, but they just weren’t going in for them and Scotland pulled away with a final score of 23-28. The Raiders B team record drops to 1-6 on the season. Leading the way in scoring was Gabe Rouse with 6, Trasin Dilts with 5, AJ Kotab with 4 and Damien Redlightning, Kysin Cook, Paxton Kuhlman, and Jaxon End of Horn all added 2. Both Raider teams have a busy week ahead as they travel to Lake Andes on Tuesday and play Gregory at home on Thursday.
Read moreThe Red Raiders defeated Scotland in the JV game Thursday night. Wagner played a good first half and led 28-17 at the break. Scotland kept the game close but Wagner held on for a 42-32 victory. Preston McFayded and Braxton Knudsen scored 10 points each, Joey Cournoyer added 9, Carter Cournoyer scored 5, Glenn Cournoyer 4, Ted Slaba and Parker Petry each scored 2.
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The Lady Raiders hosted the Scotland Highlanders last Thursday night in girls basketball action. Wagner would open the game on a 11-0 run and never look back. They would open with an 18-5 lead. Then take a 33-10 halftime lead. The third quarter would be a slow one as they would score only 7 to hold a 40-16 lead but finish strong in the 4th out scoring Scotland 15-2 and winning the game 55-18. Emma Yost would lead all scorers and post a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards. She would also dish out 3 assists and come away with 3 steals. Lydia Yost would add 10 off the bench. She would also dish out 2 assists and come away with 2 steals. Eve Zephier was back in action scoring 8 points, grabbed 3 boards, and dished out 2 assists. Macy Koupal and Shalayne Nagel would each chip in 7. Koupal would grab 7 boards and dish out 3 assists. Nagel would grab 4 boards, dish out 3 assists, and come away with 3 steals. Sydney Cournoyer would add 4 points off the bench, as well as Jessica Kocer. Ashlyn Koupal would also score 2 points, grab 6 boards, and dish out 2 assists. Wagner would shoot 22-52 for 42% while holding the Highlanders to just 16%, 5-32. Wagner would own the glass with a 38-17 rebounding advantage. Wagner would commit 9 turnovers compared to 17 from Scotland. Wagner would hit 5-8 from the line while Scotland would be 7-16. “Defensively another great team effort. We just limited them to contested shots and then did a great job controlling the glass. In the third quarter we didn’t play very good offense. We settled for one to two pass shots and didn’t get the ball moving. When we did move the ball we weren’t ready to shoot. In the 4th we found our rhythm again and played great team basketball just like the first half. “
Read moreThe Lady Raiders hosted the Mt. Vernon Plankinton Titans in a fight for the top spot in Region 5 in class A. The Titan’s would come to put up a fight from the start. Wagner would jump out to an early 4-0 lead but find themselves trailing 9-8 after the first period. Wagner’s offensive struggles would continue in the 2nd quarter as the Titans would increase their lead to 7 going into half 22-15. Wagner would come alive in the third out scoring the Titans 20-7 and hold a 6-point advantage. Wagner would increase it’s lead to as much as 12 only to find themselves up by 2 42-40 with :38 remaining in the game. After a timeout by MVP and the Raiders ball in the back court, Wagner would set up a special. Shalayne Nagel would receive a bomb from Emma Yost and convert a lay-up putting the Raiders up 44-40. Wagner would get a stop and the Titans would have to foul 3 times to put Wagner in the bonus. By the time that happened there were :19 left on the clock as Ashlyn and Macy Koupal would each knock down two free-throws apiece to seal the victory for the Raiders 48-40. Wagner shot 18-45 for 40% while the Titans were 13-42 for 31%. Wagner won the battle of the boards 32-20. Both teams committed 15 turnovers. The Raiders were 9-12 from the line while the Titans were 7-11. Emma Yost led Wagner with 17 points, 8 boards, 3 steals and 2 assists. Shalayne Nagel would follow that up with 16 points, 4 boards, 3 steals and 2 assists. Ashlyn Koupal was Q107.3 player of the game and had a huge third quarter scoring 7 of her nine points in a :40 span to help overcome the deficit. She also contributed 6 boards and 2 blocks. Macy Koupal added 5 points, 6 boards and dished out a team high 4 assists. Lydia Yost rounded out the scoring with 1 point, grabbed 8 boards, had 2 steals, and dished out 2 assists. “This was by far the best defensive pressure in the half court we have seen thus far. I thought MVP did a great job helping from the backside. We did a great job of adjusting in the second half and cutting to the basket to create one on one opportunities. Defensively, we only let 3 players score. Fox had an on night for them as she was knocking down shots in the first half. The second half we lost her a couple of times and left her for open looks. When guarded we did a really good job defensively on her. Controlling the glass was huge again as we out rebounded them by 12. We fought adversity which is good and now know what it feels like to come from behind and to win a close game.”
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The Lady Raiders attended the Sacred Hoops Classic at the University of Augustana last Saturday in girls basketball action. Their opponent was the 13-3 Laverne Cardinals of Minnesota. The game would start out slow, like two heavy weight boxers feeling themselves out, but the Raiders would be trailing 4-0. They would then find themselves leading 7-6 after the first period. The Raiders would get rolling in the second quarter doubling up the Cardinals 18-9 and holding a 25-15 point advantage going into half-time. Wagner would increase their lead to as much as 16 mid way through the third but their lead would be cut to 5 points 35-30. The Raiders would lock down on defense as the Cardinals would cut the lead to 41-40 but the Raider would knock down 4 free throws in the final :32 seconds to seal the victory. Wagner would shoot 14-39 from the field for 36% while the Cardinals would shoot 14-46 for 30%. Wagner would get our rebounded 32-28. They would commit 14 turnovers to 15 from Laverne. Wagner would hit 10- 19 from the line while Laverne would go 7-11. Sacred Hoops Player of the Game, Ashlyn Koupal would lead Wagner with 18 points off the bench. Emma Yost would record yet another double-double with 12 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Lydia Yost would net 6 points of the bench, come away with 3 steals and take a charge. Macy Koupal would put in 5 points, grab 9 boards, and dish out 2 assists and take a charge. Shalayne Nagel would have 3 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Sydney Cournoyer would round out the scoring with 1 point. “This was a very good test for us. Luverne challenged us with a lot of size, and quickness, playing 3 players well over 6’. They pressed the entire game, we got in a bit of foul trouble, so we had to battle adversity once again and find a way to win. On the defensive end we did a very good job holding them to 40 points. They have put up over 80 points almost a handful of times this year. I thought we did a great job of handling their pressure. Offensively we got tired on that end and didn’t get enough movement without the basketball in the late third and 4th quarter, which made the game closer than it should have been. Have to give Luverne credit for battling back, but then our girls deserve a lot more credit for not folding when they made a push to take the lead late. We took two charges on their stud and fouled her out with about 3 minutes left in the game. We got some big steals on their last 2 possessions and knocked down free throws to seal the game. We talk about how there are 5 plays in a close game that can win or lose a game. We made those plays today!”
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Karstyn Lhotak 106 2nd – WBF Tucker Gruis (Sully Buttes) (:59), WBF Lane Stuwe (Potter County) (1:40), Dec Tukker Boe (Philip Area) (3-0), Loss Dec Tray Weiss (Custer)
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