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Red Raider Cheer gets underway with their competitions on Saturday, August 31st at Gregory at 11 a.m. This year’s cheer team is led by coaches, Michaela Ziegler and Ciera Hansen. This is Coach Ziegler’s third year and Coach Hansen’s eleventh year coaching.
Read moreAvon softball concluded the 2024 season by winning the Gary Pepper Combined OverallAwardforthesecond consecutive year. The Gary Pepper Award is named in honor of longtime Scotland resident and athletic booster Gary Pepper who passed away this spring. Gary was instrumental in organizing the Little Missouri Valley Softball League during its inception. The award takes into consideration regular season finish, postseason finish, and sportsmanship in all three age divisions: 10U, 14U and 18U. Teams from 15 different towns competed in the LMVL this summer. This seasonAvonfinishedasrunner- up in 10U, runner-up in 14U and champions in 18U.
Read morePauline McEntee took 1st place in the 75+ age Womens division in the National Senior Bowling Tournament in Cincinnati Ohio this week. She competed with bowlers from 45 states and 5 Canada provinces! Congratulations Pauline! Also competing was former Wagnerite Max Honke who also placed 1st in the
Read moreOn Monday, July 29, Wagner’s Post 7319 16U teener squad played host to Madison. This would be the beginning of a best of three series, with the winner advancing to the state tournament.
Read moreThe Avon swim team has done it again. For the fourth year in a row, the Avon swim team took home the team title from the League Championship Swim Meet in Platte on July 17th and 18th. The team had 57 swimmers compete at the event. Not only did Avon win with the highest team points, but they also had many swimmers come home with high point trophies and other outstanding achievement awards. Coaches for the Avon swimteamincludeheadcoach, Becky Haenfler, and assistant coaches, Macy Voigt, Landon Mudder and Jordyn Voigt.
Read moreMadisonheldtheVFWYouth Baseball State Championships on July 12th – 14th. The Avon 8U baseball team under the guidance of coaches Nathan Schultz, Dwight Brandt, Kenny Podzimek and Colt Wolf recently played in the state tournament, bringing home a State Championship title. This particular group of 8U boys had been playing together for the past two years. They were a very young team last year, but it gave the boys time to learn how to play together and become a team. Coach Schultz knewthatgoingintothisseason that the team was going to be somethingspecial,andhecould not have been more correct. In addition to winning a state championship title, the team also ended the year with a 11-2 recordintheLMVCLeagueand an overall astonishing season record of 21-2.
Read moreThe Southeast Elite battled 20 other teams from around the state of South Dakota in the USA softball Class C 12U softball tournament.
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