Sports

Softball season came to an end for the Lady Pirates when they fell to Bon Homme on Tuesday, May 23 at Regions in Tyndall. Photos by Jenna Petrik

The Award winners for the first season of Avon High School Softball were: Most Improved and Miss Positive: Kim Tolsma, Best Hitter: McKenna Kocmich, Most Valuable: Ashley Tolsma, Best Pitcher: Karlie DeVries and Macy Voigt, Most Hustle, Courtney Sees and Rilyn Thury.

The Wagner Red Raiders finished their season with a tough loss to Elk Point Jefferson in the Sweet 16 with a final score of 1-14. Going in as the 8th seed battling against the 9th seed, we knew we were in for a good game.

Wagner’s seven athletes traveled to Sioux Falls’ Howard Wood Field to compete in the 2023 State Track and Field Championships May 25-27. Matt Link competed in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.74 which would not be fast enough for the finals.

Girls Lila Vanderlei – Discus, Shot Put Kaeli Wallinga – Discus Ashley Tolsma – Discus Courtney Sees – Long Jump Girls 4x100 and 4x200 – Courtney Sees, Mylie Bares, Ella Small, Lila Vanderlei Boys Al Gunter – Shot Put and Discus Aziah Meyer – Long Jump BradyBierema–LongJump Trace...

Girls Shot – Lexi Vanderlei 6th Discus - Lila Vanderlei 2nd, Kaeli Wallinga 3rd, Ashley Tolsma 5th Long jump – Courtney Sees 1st 400m Maesa Kuhlman 4th 100mhurdles–Bree Vanderlei 5th 4x100 – 3rd – Sees, Bares, Small, Vanderlei Boys Shot put – Caleb...

MS Results for AC/DC – May 9 Boys Shot Put – 6th place – Dale Smikle – 28’ 0.75” Discus – 4th place – Dale Smikle – 102’ 8” 4 x 1 - 4th place – (T. Kaczor, L. Niewenhuis, R. Loeffler, D. Smikle) 56.4 200M – 6th place – Dale Smikle – 30.