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South Dakota State Wrestling was held on February 25-27 in Rapid City at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Avon was represented in the 126 lb. weight class by sophomore Brady Bierema. Seeded seventh for Class B, after three days of wrestling Bierema came away with third place. His path to the podium started with Andrew Evens from Parker where he won by decision 11-4. His only loss came to Owen Hanson from Burke with a tech fall 23-8. Wrestling back through the losers bracket, Bierema faced Christian Ehresmann of Groton winning by decision 8-3. He then took the mat with Dylan Zell from De Smet winning 4-2 by decision. Defeating Kale Ask from Canton by decision 3-1 put him into contention for 3rd against Porter Neugebauer from Parkston. Bierema won 3-1 by decision.
Read moreThe technology in the past twenty years has had a phenomenal effect on both hunting and fishing. Hunting wise, laser rangefinders, digital trail cameras, and computerized rifle scopes have taken big game hunting into uncharted waters ethics wise. Consider my friend Ron Spomer’s recent Texas aoudad hunt. Allow me to quote Ron’s story, “The Best Little Aoudad Hunt in Texas,” that appears in the March/April 2021 issue of Sporting Classics magazine.
Read moreAvon Pirates basketball season comes to an end after their game in Marty Monday, March 2. The Marty Braves defeated the Pirates 71-51.
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Read moreAndes Central/Dakota Christian's basketball season comes to an end after their game in Platte Tuesday, March 2. The Platte-Geddes Black Panthers defeated Thunder 64 to 37.
Read moreThe Marty Braves hosted the Avon Pirates on Tuesday, March 2 and defeated them by 20 points with a final score of 71-51.
Read moreThe Thunder Ladies traveled to Centerville March 4th to play Viborg-Hurley in the SoDak 16 Tournament where they suffered the loss, 46-55 to end their season.
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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