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Avon High School had its first annual mock election on March 10. Keegan McAdaragh (Republican candidate), Haden Cahoy (Democratic candidate), and Riley Rucktaeschel (Reform candidate) voiced their political parties’ beliefs. There were 26 questions in total with five “zinger” questions. These questions had to be answered off of the candidates’ knowledge about their parties’ beliefs on the subject.
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As spring rolls around, so does Prom…and a lot of responsibilities for the junior class. The theme of this year's 2022 Prom is Unlock the Enchanted Night. It is March 26 with the junior and senior class banquet at 6:00 p.m., Grand March at 7:30 p.m., and the dance from 8:30-11:30 p.m.
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On March 21, band director Mataya Larsgaard took selected students from the 7th through 12th band to the Area Band Festival at the Scotland High School. Throughout the day they performed a variety of jazz, lyrical, and march music with a variety of schools such as Viborg-Hurley, Parkston, Menno, Bon Homme, Alcester-Hudson, Armour, Irene-Wakonda, and Scotland.
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Rachael DeJong was born on December 4, 2003 to Dean and Christa DeJong. She has two brothers, Jason and Riley DeJong.
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Monday, February 28, the Avon Boys Basketball Team traveled to Kimball to take on the Kimball-White Lake WildKats for the first round of Region 6B basketball. Unfortunately, the Pirates’ season was cut short due to a 31-54 loss against the WildKats. The Pirates ended the season with a record of 3-18.
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On March 9, Mrs. Autumn Schultz's middle school students went to Alcester-Hudson for the Middle School Music Festival. The festival was made up of schools in the southwest part of South Dakota.
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Riley Rucktaeschel was born on October 21, 2003, to Josh Rucktaeschel and Kim Johnson. He has two siblings, Devin Rucktaeschel and Taylor Johnson.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Brookings last Wednesday to partake in the State A Girls basketball tournament. The support Wagner had made it feel like three home games. Wagner would take on the Red Cloud Crusaders in the opening round of the tournament that was loaded from top to bottom. Both teams would start out fast as the Crusaders would hold a 18-15 lead after the first. Both teams would score 17 in the second as the Crusaders would hold a 35-32 lead. With a shot at the buzzer Red Cloud would post a 12 point lead entering the 4th and would increase it to 14 early. Wagner would begin to chip away hitting big shot after big shot and shutting down the potent Red Cloud offense and out score the Crusaders 22-4 in the 4th and post a 68-62 victory. Emma Yost would post a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards. She would also dish out 5 assists and come away with 2 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would also net 17 off the bench and grab 7 boards and dish out 3 assists. Shalayne Nagel would be the third Raider in double figures while also posting a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards. She would also dish out 4 assists. Lydia Yost would add 9 points off the bench, grab 4 boards and dish out 2 assists. Macy Koupal would chip in 6, grab 5 boards, and dish out 5 assists. Eve Zephier would round out the scoring with 3 points, grab 4 boards and dish out 2 assists. Wagner was 25-56 for 45% from the field while holding Red Cloud to 38% from the floor. Wagner crashed the boards with 43 against only 26 from Red Cloud. Wagner committed 15 turnovers against 5 from Red Cloud. “Talk about two teams lighting it up on the score board. 20 made threes, 10 from each team. We did a great job controlling the glass the second half get 12 offensive rebounds that half and finishing with 16. Defensively in the 4th we locked down once we fouled out Derby. The girls were resilient and just kept working to finish the game.”
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