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On Thursday November 9th, the Avon Pirate football team traveled to the Dakota Dome, where they faced the Faulkton Area Trojans. The Pirates were ranked number one with a record of 9-2 whereas the Trojans were ranked number two with a record of 10-1. At the end of the first quarter the Trojans were up 8-0. Right at the beginning of the second quarterPaxtonBiermahada quarterback keeper and ran intotheendzoneforaPirates touchdown. Toward the end of the quarter Aziah Meyer ran a 91- yard touchdown. With 2:16 left on the clock, after the two point conversion, thePiratesledthegame 16-8. The Trojans returned Meyers' play with a 72- yard touchdown, and a two point conversion. At the half, the score was tied. At the start of the third quarter Landon Mudder grabbed a deflected pass and ran into the endzone from 13-yards out. The Piratestwopointconversion was good, giving the Pirates the leading score of 24-16. Just after that the Trojans returned with a 41-yard touchdown,leavingthescore 24-22. In the fourth quarter Paxton Beirma punched the ball 3-yards, and the Pirates two point conversion was good leaving the score 32-22. Faulkton Area threw a 66--yard touchdown, and a successful twopointconversion, leaving the score 32-30. Just after that, Faulkton threw a 22-yard touchdown, but it didnotcountastherewasan ineligiblereceiverdownfield. This led to the Avon Pirates 6th State Champions Title.
Read moreTwo Wagner students, Madison Robertson and Emma Kreeger under the guidance of their FFA Advisor, Evan Papousek, attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN October 31st- November 4th. Evan and the students drove to Beresford where they joined the Garretson, Menno, Tyndall and Wessington Springs FFA chapters to share a charter bus for the 12-hour trip the convention.
Read moreWhat an amazing season these 26 young men had playing for the Avon Pirates High School Football team. Withanoverallrecordof10-2 and Class 9B State Football Champions title, a first-year head coach and his team could not ask for a better season. The seniors on the footballteamcouldnotagree moreandafewwantedtosay a few things to their coaches, teammates,andcommunity.
Read moreOn November 6th the school had its Fall Concert. It began with three musical selections fromtheJuniorhighchoirthen three musical selections from the Junior high band. All of the songs they played were all chosen themselves. After that, was three musical selections fromthehighschoolchoir.Next was three selections from the Highschoolband.Thelastsong at the end of the night was sung by the High school choir as a dedication to Mrs. Schultz’s father, who is battling cancer. The song’s title is “In Jesus Name,” for many people who are sick or have lost a loved one to sickness.
Read moreOn Wednesday, November 8, the Veterans Program was held in the auxiliary gym. The coloredguardPastorRushsaid some prayers and the student body president Kocmich and Mr. Culver did a little speech and a video. The choir sang a song called, There She Stands. The song is about the veterans who protect our country and Mr.Culvershowedsomevideos abouttheaboutformerveteran painted rocks in every county in Iowa. Then Pastor Rush did the closing prayer and then retreated the colored flags.
Read moreKatelyn Ulmer has been teaching2ndGradeinAvonfor eight years. A day in her classroom typically starts out with the second graders completing a morning paper, followed by calendar,dailynews,andshow and tell. Mrs. Ulmer says that shelovesdailynewsbecause“I get to hear about what’s going on in the lives of my students.” Herclassthenattendsspecialsmusic, library, or computers. The second graders love computers becausetheygettolearn how to type! After specials, the class completes their daily math lesson before enjoying a break at morning recess. The second graders are working on adding and subtracting two digitnumbers.Afterrecess,the second graders go to reading piratetimewhichiswherethey splitintogroupsamongvarious teachers and work on reading. Second grade concludes their morningbypracticingspelling words and then eating lunch andgoingtorecess.Intheafternoon, the second graders work onphonics.Afterphonics,they split into groups again, this time for math pirate time. The rest of the afternoon focuses on reading.
Read moreThe Wagner Lady Red Raiders traveled to Pierre Tuesday, November 7th to face the Mobridge- Pollock Tigers in the SoDak 16 match. It was a hardfought battle between both programs. Wagner came out strong in the 5th set and didn’t look back winning with scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, and 15-7 to earn their way back to the state tournament for the third year in a row.
Read moreEmma Yost, 2023 Wagner Community School (WCS) graduate and stand-out athlete, wasted no time making a big impression on the Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) fans. The first basketball game of her freshman season with the Tigers, Yost scored 22 points and had 4 rebounds helping to lead her team to their first win of the season against Valley City State of ND with a score of 86-55. She shot 61.6% (8 of 13) from the field and was 6 of 9 from the free throw line. Emma’s performance earned her DWU Women’s Tiger of the Week the week of November 6th.
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