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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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreKarstyn Lhotak scored 2.0 team points. Round 1- Lhotak won in sudden victory -1 over Braun (Parkston) 23-9 (SV-14-2), Quarterfinal - Brozik (Winner Area) 30-3 won by major decision over Lhotak (MD 11-3), Cons. Round 2 - Gilligan (Kingsbury Co) 26-9 won by decision over Lhotak (Dec 4-2)
Read moreThe Red Raider boys finished their regular season with a win over Beresford Monday night. Wagner got down early in the first quarter but played well the last four minutes and had a 17-12 lead after the first period. Wagner outscored Beresford 20-14 in the second period and led 37-26 at half time. The Red Raiders led 52-36 heading into the fourth period and at times stretched their lead to 22 points. Wagner won the game 68-47. Nolan Carda led the team with 17 points. Dustin Honomichl added 14 points and nine rebounds, Toby Zephier scored 14 points and had four assists, Simon Freier finished with 10 points, Marcus Zephier added four, Jayden Aungie three, Jaden Peters and Matt Link each added two. Wagner finishes the season 10-10. They will wait until the end of the week to find out who and when they play in the region tournament.
Read moreThe Thunder Ladies advance to the SoDak Tournament and will take on Viborg/Hurley on Thursday, March 4 at Centerville. Back row from L to R - Coach Shane Niewenhuis, Lexie Vander Pol, Halle Olson, Abigail Svatos, Josie Brouwer, Mackenzie Muckey, Olivia Tiger, Allison Muckey, Claire Johnson, Ona'ka Doren, Kylie Olson and Ben Kroese. Front row - Nadia Van Zuidam, Sonya Hansum, Isabella Brouwer, Shawna Godfrey, Mahpiya Irving, Leah Brown and Erin Knudsen. Courtesy Photo
Read moreTHUNDER LADIES ADVANCE TO SODAK TOURNAMENT
Read moreSouth Dakota State Wrestling was held this past weekend in Rapid City. Among those participating was Brady Bierema of the Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon team. On Thursday Bierema started off the tourney on the mat facing off againstAndrew Even of Parkston where he tookthe win. He struggled Friday morning against Owen Hansen and suffered the loss. He then wrestled back hard to earn the his spot in the 3rd place wrestling match where he faced off against Porter Neugebaur of Parkston. Bierema proved to be too much for Neugebaur as he tookthe win securing the 3rd place award. Photo by Barb Pechous
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