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The Wagner Raider 7/8 basketball teams hosted the Tripp-Delmont/Armour Nighthawks for a pair of games at the Armory on Monday, January 30. In the 7th grade game, the Raiders got off to a fast start on offense and built a double-digit lead early in the game. They were able to maintain that lead into the half as they led 24-9. In the second half, the teams traded baskets as TDA wasn’t able to make a run at the Raiders. The final score saw the Raiders victorious 39-23. The win lifted their record to 5-3 on the season. Leading the way scoring was Steven Peters with 20, including 4 three pointers, Cruise Koupal added 11, Jacob Kotab had 4 and Payne Petry and Paxton Kuhlman each added 2.
Read moreThe Wagner 7th grade boys’ basketball team traveled to Scotland for a game against the Highlanders on Thursday, January 26. They played a mixed squad of 8th, 7th and 6th graders. The Raiders got off to a quick start and built a 10-7 lead after the first quarter. Scotland fought back in the 2nd and took the lead 15-14 heading into the half. The Highlanders got hot in the 3rd quarter as they outscored the Raiders by 10 and pushed their lead to 30-19 heading into the final period. The Raiders outscored Scotland in the 4th, but it wasn’t enough as the Raiders fell by a score of 37-28. The loss drops their record to 4-3 on the season. Leading scorers were: Steven Peters with 17, Jacob Kotab with 5 and Cruise Koupal and Brock Cournoyer each with 3. The Raiders are back in action on Monday against TDA.
Read moreThe Wagner 7/8 basketball teams travelled to Gregory to face the Gorillas for a pair of games on Thursday, February 2. In the 7th grade game, the Raiders got off to a slow start on offense as they faced a 2-3 zone defense for the first time this season. Despite that, the Raiders held a slim 4-2 lead after the first. In the second quarter, their offense got going and found the weak spots in the Gorillas zone and pushed their lead to 16-5 at the half. The Raiders had some great ball movement on offense and made the extra pass to find the open players which led to them increasing their lead at the end of the 3rd to 30-9. Everyone got a lot of playing time in the 4th and the Raiders ended up winning 32-14. The win raises their record to 6-3 on the season. Leading scorers were Steven Peters with 16, Payne Petry with 6, Cruise Koupal and Kingston Brunelle with 4, and Brannon Bruguier with 2.
Read moreThe Lady Raiders traveled to the campus of the University of Mt. Marty in Yankton to take on the Lady Cougars of Viborg-Hurley this last Saturday night in girls basketball action. This was a make-up game from the Sacred Hoops Classic that was held at Augustana University January 28th. Cimpl Arena held a few more high school fans than were at the college games that happened right before. Wagner would strike first with a 3-0 lead but only see the Cougars answer with 8 straight of their own to capture a 8-3 lead on the Raiders. Wagner would time the game at 8 apiece and then the teams would go back and forth the remainder of the way only to see Wagner claim the lead on a last second shot to take a 14-13 lead into the second quarter. Wagner would never trail again. The Raiders would build a 6 and 8 point lead in the second quarter but the Cougars kept on fighting back and would trail the Raiders 25-22 at halftime. Wagner would clamp down hard in the second half and out score the Cougars 38-19 and claim the high anticipated match-up 63-41. Both teams would not shoot the best the first half as Wagner was 38% and Viborg-Hurley was 37%, but in the end Wagner would shoot 54% for the game and the Cougars only 33%. Wagner would convert on 20-37 shooting while the Cougars would be 14-42. Wagner again would dominate the glass with a 31-20 advantage. Wagner would commit 8 turnovers compared to 10 from Viborg-Hurley. Emma Yost would lead all scorers with another double-double 18 points, 11 boards, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Eve Zephier liked getting use to her future home next year as she will be playing at Mt. Marty. She was 4-5 from the field and 1-1 from the line for 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. Shalayne Nagel filled the stat sheet once again with 10 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would net 9 points, 3 assists, and 2 boards. Lydia Yost would finish with 6 points, and 5 boards. Macy Koupal would tally 5 points, and 4 assists. Hayden Fischer would round out the scoring with 1 point. “Just another night for the Raiders! Another great team win defensively. They have two all-state players on their defending championship team with all their players back from a year ago. We handled our composure in a close game at half. We cranked up the D in the second and were very efficient. We only took 37 shots but yet still managed 63 points. We made 20 shots and 19 were all assisted. We were 9-17 from beyond the arc which was the college line. We had at least 3 of those missed go around the world so our shooting was fantastic. We need to continue to build up on this game and keep getting better game after game no matter what the competition brings.”
Read moreThe Andes Central-Dakota Christian Thunder came to town last Thursday night in girls basketball action. The game would sway back and forth midway through the first quarter until the Raiders would hold a 14-10 advantage. Wagner would increase its lead to 10 midway only to see the Thunder claw their way back with in six points at halftime where the Raiders would hold a 32-26 advantage. Wagner would continue it’s scoring attack in the second half out scoring the Thunder 35-23 to win the game 67-49. Wagner would shoot 50% from the floor connecting on 28-55 attempts while the Thunder would go 18-37 for 49%. Wagner once again would dominate the glass winning the battle of boards 30-14. ACDC would commit 19 turnover compared just 10 from Wagner. Wagner would be led by Ashlyn Koupal’s 24 points, 7 boards, and 7 blocks. Shalayne Nagel would pack the stat line with 21 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Macy Koupal would add 9 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. Emma Yost would finish with 6 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals, and two blocks. Eve Zephier would add 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Lydia Yost would round out the scoring with 3 points and 2 boards. “ACDC is a solid team and their record of 11-2 speaks for itself. Offensively we did a great job of executing sets in the half court. Defensively we forced them into a position in the second half where they were uncomfortable in their offense and got them to force some shots. They also made some big three’s when they needed to. We dominated again on the glass which in turn gave us 18 more shots than the Thunder. We have to do a better job from the free throw line as in close games those points could decide the outcome.”
Read moreThe Lady Raiders finally got to play in front of a home crowd. It was January 10th when they last played a game here in Wagner. It was no easy task as the Hanson Beavers came to town. Wagner would start of quick on a 9-2 run, and had multiple opportunities to extend that lead with very good shots right at the rim. The Raiders would hold a 22-12 advantage after the first. Wagner would continue to miss some bunnies under the basket but still manage to take a 39-22 halftime lead into the locker room. Hanson would come out the second half stifling the Raiders in the third out scoring them 14-4 and cut the Raiders lead to 43-36. That would be as close as the Beavers would get as Wagner would put up 19 points in the 4th quarter and claim the 62-46 victory. Wagner would shoot 26-65 for 40% while the Beavers would be 18-56 for 32%. Wagner would dominate the glass which would eventually determine the outcome of the game by out rebounding Hanson 51-26. The Raiders would convert 5-11 from the line while Hanson would go 7-11. Wagner would commit 17 turnovers to Hanson’s 14. Ashlyn Koupal would pace Wagner with 26 points, 5 boards, 5 blocks, and 3 assists. Emma Yost would record another double-double with 12 points, a game high 16 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. Macy Koupal nearly hit a triple-double with 10 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Shalayne Nagel would add 9 points, 11 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 assists. Eve Zephier would finish with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists. “This was a big win for us in our Region as we were both sitting #1 and #2. Offensively I thought we got a lot of great looks, but we didn’t convert. The officials in this game let people play physical and we have be able to mentally finish point blank shots that are contested and uncontested. Rebounding was a key to this game and for the lack of finishing shots we sure did an awesome job of hitting the boards. 16, 10, 9, 8, and 7 is what all of our starters finished with. We only gave up 7 offensive boards. We did a great job on their shooters as they were only 2-20 from threes. Now on to the next game on Thursday, another quality opponent in ACDC.”
Read moreThe Lady Raiders traveled to Irene to take on the Irene-Wakonda Eagles. Wagner would be the team flying high on this night. The Raiders would open the game on a 9-0 run. They would hold a 22-12 advantage after the first and then a 43-17 lead at the half. The Raiders would out score the Eagles 28-11 in the second and soar to a 71-28 victory. Wagner was led by Macy Koupal with 24 points, 2 boards, 3 assists and a team high 7 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would record a double-double with 23 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Emma Yost would be the third Raider in double figures with 15 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. Shalayne Nagel would finish with 9 points. 6 boards, dish out a team high 8 assists, and come away with 6 steals. Eve Zephier would grab 3 boards, dish out 6 assists, and come away with 3 steals. Wagner would shoot 27-49 from the field for 55% while the Eagles would go 10-30 for 33%. Wagner would control the glass with a 3411 advantage. The Raiders would commit 12 turnovers compared to 25 from the Eagles. “This was a great night shooting for us. We shot over 50% from down town hitting 10-19. We did a great job of moving the basketball and then finishing at the rim. We did a great job on the glass getting 18 offensive boards.”
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Andes Central Thunder traveled to Wagner on Thursday, February 6th where they fell to the Red Raiders 47-70.
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