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Wagner fell behind early to the Black Panthers on Friday night in Platte and never recovered. Wagner trailed 13-8 after the first period and 31-18 after the second period. The Red Raiders battled back into the game several times in the second half but Platte made some big shots late in the game to defeat Wagner 57-48. Nolan Carda had a big night with 20 points and 13 rebounds, Toby Zephier and Simon Freier each scored 7, Alex Cournoyer and Dustin Honomichl each scored 5 and Marcus Zephier added 4. Platte won the game by outrebounding the Red Raiders by 18.
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The Raiders competed with seven wrestlers Saturday at the Region 3B wrestling tournament held in Wagner. We competed well, placing five wrestlers in the top four. Karstyn Lhotak, Jhett Breen, Bradyn Lhotak, and Nolan Dvorak will be competing in Rapid City at the state wrestling tournament February 25-27th. Jhett Breen and Bradyn Lhotak both won the Region and look to set themselves up for the state tournament. Freshman Tim Bouza and Junior Brennan Leines both had great seasons and have proven to be assets to the team in many ways. I look forward to working with them both in the future. The team will be leaving Wagner at 8:15 Wednesday morning. Competition starts at 10AM Thursday morning, continuing until Saturday afternoon.
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Wagner High School senior Michelle Soukup is the South Dakota winner of the VFW Voice of Democracy essay contest and is now representing South Dakota at the national level, where the top award is a $30,000 scholarship.
Read moreDuring this time of year we find many students thinking seriously about what their future may hold and what will be needed to help them make their dream career a reality. Many find themselves wondering if they will be ready to deal successfully with what will be expected of them as many realize post-high education is very different than high school. Some students will be confident they are ready when they leave school to successfully compete for educational or career opportunities while others sometimes face the fear they will be unprepared for the next step in life.
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Wagner High School senior Faithleigh Podzimek has been awarded a Gold Key for the South Dakota Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, which is the highest regional honor. Podzimek is one of 27 students to earn a Gold Key Regional Award out of several hundred entries.
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Back row from L to R - Dave Stimpson, Trevor Deurmier, Doug Johnson, Tyler Hofer, Jeremiah Freidel, Randy Winckler, Cody Svatos & Connor florey. Middle row - Kevin Tronvold, Alex Evans, Matt Schmidt, Rod Bergin, Robin Donohue, Bill Kitchenmaster and Eric Schoenfelder. Front row - Josh Kaczor, Ryan Svatos and Darryl Deurmier. Courtesy Photo
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Last summer we heard the prediction that by the end of 2020, we would have a safe, effective vaccine to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which had only been discovered, of course, in December 2019, before causing countless deaths and mayhem in the world as we knew it. I must admit, I was skeptical.
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