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The Wagner Volleyball team traveled to Tyndall on Saturday, September 17th to take part in the Cavalier Clash which is a sixteen-team tournament. The Lady Raiders came ready to play and went 6-0 in the tournament. The girls played with focus and great energy and were crowned champions. Wagner faced Gayville-Volin (25-19, 25-9), AC/DC (25-13, 25-9), Alcester Hudson (25=14, 25-14) in pool play. The Raiders then moved into bracket play to face Platte/Geddes (25-18, 25-20), Elk-Point Jefferson (25-15, 25-17), and then met Bon Homme (25-17, 25-22) in the championship.
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The Lady Raider volleyball team was in action on Tuesday, September 13th and took on the Avon Lady Pirates. The Raiders came away with the win with scores of 25-11, 25-11, and 25-15.
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The Wagner Red Raiders hosted the Redmen of Sisseton Friday night. It was win number two on the season for the Raiders edging their opponent 14-0. The Raiders rolled up 281 total yards of offense on the night, while only allowing 69 yards on the defensive side of the ball. These young men are continually growing and becoming more confident in their positions. We still had some costly penalties, but they were effort penalties not lack-of-focus penalties.
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The boys golf team traveled to Winner on Tuesday, September 13th for the Winner Golf Invitational. Wagner brought 6 golfers to the event with two competing in varsity and six competing in junior varsity. Matt Link (15th) and Colby Krcil (25th) were the varsity golfers at the event for Wagner. Both boys played well and continue to improve their game. Carter Smejkal (9th), Caleb Zephier (15th), Jacob Anderson (17th), and Vince Bechen (18th) were the JV golfers for the event. It was a great opportunity for these athletes to test their skills and take on the challenge of competition. The next action for the team is Tuesday, September 20th at Fish Lake.
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Dressler is a Veteran of the Korean War, having enlisted May of 1952. Dressler chose to enlist because everybody around him was enlisting and he wanted to be able to choose his military branch. Gene was born and raised in Claflin, KS where he enlisted. He attended boot camp for sixteen weeks at Fort Pickett in VA. Dressler was part of the Army Medical Corp. After basic training, Dressler spent the next seven months in Denver, CO at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. He was trained as a medic, an army job that he was able to choose. Dressler had orders for the Far East Command, but shortly after receiving those orders, he was one of four taken off of the list and was instead sent to Mainz-Gonsenheim, Germany. He felt that he was very lucky to have not been sent to Korea, as the opposition was specifically targeting medics. He spent a year in Germany before taking a ship back to the United States where he was discharged from Ft. Knox, KY in May of 1954. Dressler did not see any combat, but had some very interesting experiences during his military enlistment. During his time in Denver, he and other soldiers were bussed to different ski resorts around the Denver area. So every weekend for the six months he was there he skiied. While stationed in Germany, Dressler had the opportunity to try out for the All European Skeet Team. It took him a month to join the team. As a member of the team he was able to go and shoot skeet for a week in Garmisch, Germany. During his time in Germany, Dressler was able to take two-two week leaves where he traveled throughout Europe. He traveled to England, Italy, Switzerland, France, Bavaria and Prague. Bavaria being his favorite place that he has traveled to during his life. He received a Good Coduct Medal while stationed in Germany. After being discharged from the army as a sergeant, Dressler immediately went to college for six years at Kansas State University to become a veterinarian. He spent his summers during college in Alaska. In Alaska he did construction, fought forest fires, and even gold mined. After college, Dressler moved to Miller, SD to work as a vet. He practiced in Miller for two years. While in Miller, Gene met his wife, Gertie Stratton of Marion, SD. They moved to Wagner and raised their six kids: Kimberly, Michael, Michelle, Jodie, Todd and Douglas. Doc Dressler was a vet here in Wagner for 34 years before retiring.
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(WAGNER) – RF Buche, President of G.F. Buche Co., has been selected as a featured panelist for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, September 28 th in Washington, D.C. The event marks the first conference of its kind in over 50 years. At the previous meeting, a groundbreaking nutrition education and food voucher program called WIC (Women, Infants and Children) was developed. The goal of the conference is to bring together public and private sectors to coordinate a strategy to end hunger, improve nutrition and increase physical activity. Buche is very familiar with the disparities surrounding these issues. “We see it every day in our rural and native American communities,” said Buche. “There’s a lack of healthier options and affordable options and this conference is an opportunity to be part of the solutions.” The agenda will feature discussions on the federal government’s national strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases - and how leaders can best help. Specifically, Buche will discuss his experience working with native American communities, and the initiatives G.F. Buche Company has undertaken. He hopes to underscore the urgency of the health and nutrition crisis.
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The Andes Central/Dakota Christian Girls Cross Country Team of Lexi Schoenfelder and Anna and Eilie DeHaan were the team champions at the Wagner Meet on Monday, September 13. The team scored 11 points ahead of Gregory 16 and Scotland 18 at the Meet held at the Randall Hills Golf Course in Pickstown.
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