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The Lady Raiders opened the state tournament against a very good Rapid City Christian team that featured one of the top players in the state scoring over 2400 points in her career. That wouldn’t scare the Raiders as they would jump out to an early 12-0 lead and then hold a 16-3 lead after one.

Avon 15 4 9 14 12 54 ACDC 10 8 14 10 6 49 Avon Pirates hosted the Andes Central/Dakota Christian Thunder team on February 27 where the Pirates defeated the Thunder in overtime to take the win 54-49. This was an exciting game that had fans on their feet throughout.

AC/DC 10 18 32 42 48 Avon 15 19 28 42 54 Andes Central/Dakota Christian Thunder's season came to an end after they went neck and neck with Avon on Monday, February 27th in the first round of regions. They fell short, 48-54 to the Pirates in overtime.

The number 6 seeded Red Raiders traveled to Alexandria to take on the number 3 seeded Hanson Beavers in the first round of region 5 play on Tuesday night. Wagner got off to a bit of a slow start, they trailed 21-7 after the first quarter.

The Red Raiders played their final regular season game Monday night against the Watch Dogs from Beresford. Wagner led 13-9 after the first period and 24-22 at the half.

The Red Raiders played their final game of the season Monday against Beresford. Wagner started off strong and led 8-4 after the first quarter and 18-9 at half time. Beresford’s pressure defense would prove to be too much for Wagner to handle in the second half and the Red Raiders fell 41-33.

RAIDERS CLASH WITH TITAN’S IN THE SODAK 16 The Lady Raiders traveled to the Corn Palace last Thursday night to clash with the Tea Titan’s. It wasn’t your usual #2 vs #15 match-up.