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Legion Sweepstakes winner -Jeremy Ortman. Courtesy Photo
Read moreFollowing some unfortunate events in the spring of 2020 where remembrance items were removed and destroyed from the sites of local graves, local families gathered last summer at an open community meeting held at Wagner Lake to discuss the future of the ZCBJ Cemetery. Community members in attendance volunteered to serve on a newly formed board to manage the perpetual care and maintenance of the local cemetery. Research into the ZCBJ Cemetery was conducted and there no longer being a ZCBJ Lodge in Wagner, the closest lodge in Utica did not want to be responsible for a cemetery in Wagner. This gave the community board the opportunity to reorganize recently as the Wagner Cemetery Association and the former ZCBJ Cemetery winnow be known as the Wagner Cemetery. Work has been going on to transfer the care of the former ZCBJ Cemetery to the Wagner Cemetery Association. A volunteer board has been formed consisting of the following members and officers. Mike Medricky-President, Chad Peters-Vice President, Patty Frei-Secretary, Linda Youngbluth-Treasurer, Dave Robertson, Todd Johannsen and Melissa Zacharias. The Wagner Cemetery is the portion from the old original cemetery in the middle to the southern edge. St John the Baptist Catholic Church maintains their own cemetery as a separate entity on the northern end.
Read moreThe Wagner Red Raiders had five wrestlers compete at the state wrestling tournament this year. The state tournament was held in Rapid City February 25th through the 27th at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The wrestlers included Karstyn Lhotak, Jhett Breen, Bradyn Lhotak, Riley Roberts and Nolan Dvorak. We returned home with four place winners, Jhett Breen (2nd), Bradyn Lhotak (3rd), Riley Roberts (8th), Nolan Dvorak (8th), capturing a 13th place finish as a team. Our senior, Bradyn Lhotak, wrestled an excellent tournament, ending his career with a well-deserved 3rd place finish. Bradyn battled back from a tough loss in the quarterfinal bout and later avenged that loss in the third and fourth place match-up against Lucas Huser (EPJ). Bradyn has been an excellent leader for this team and will be greatly missed. There is no doubt Bradyn will continue to do great things because of his strong work ethic and drive. We wish the best of luck to Bradyn in his future endeavors. Jhett Breen wrestled a flawless state tournament, unfortunately, he ended his season after his semi-final match where he dislocated his elbow in the final seconds of the match, leaving him unable to compete in his final match. Karstyn Lhotak wrestled a very tough tournament beating his first-round opponent, Gavin Braun, in a close match. Karstyn’s record against Braun is 3-2 with each match being within a couple points. Karstyn came up just one match short from placing. Riley Roberts exceeded expectations, entering the tournament unseeded and finishing in 8th place. Riley has been fun to watch as he has shown huge improvements from the beginning of the year to the end. Nolan Dvorak is another wrestler that wrestled above his seed. Nolan was seeded tenth coming into the tournament and due to some hard fought performances he ended up on the podium with 8th place. Overall, the Wagner wrestlers had a great season and look forward to many more.
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The middle school wrestling team sent four wrestlers to Pierre on February 13th for the State Middle School wrestling tournament. There were over 400 wrestlers in grades 6th -8th from all around the state competing. The boys competed very well against some very good competition.
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The Red Raiders defeated Parker in the Region 5 quarter final on Friday night in Wagner. The Red Raiders started out hot, shooting the ball in the first period scoring 22 points and leading 22-16. Parker came charging back in the second period, outscoring Wagner 23-18 making the half time score 40-39 in favor of the Red Raiders. Both teams’ offenses slowed down in the third period. Wagner scored 16 points and took a 56-50 lead into the final period. The Red Raiders never trailed in the fourth period and won the game by a final score of 77-70. Nolan Carda had a big night for Wagner with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Alex Cournoyer scored 21 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Toby Zephier added 10 points and 3 assists, Marcus Zephier scored 9 points had 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Simon Freier scored 8 points, and Jaden Peters scored 7. The Red Raiders went 15 of 28 from the line, Parker went 3 of 4. Wagner had its best shooting performance going 26 of 50 from the field for 52%. The Red Raiders advance to the SoDak 16 and will face the #3 seeded Sioux Valley Cossacks in Salem for a trip to the state tournament.
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Funeral services were held March 8, 2021 at the United Methodist Church in Wagner. Burial was in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner, with military honors. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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