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Bacchus was a member of the Roman pantheon of gods. In ancient times he had a variety of attributes,
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Senior Gage Joseph Bares, son of Kevin Bares and Jennie Leibel and brother to Keely and Mylie Bares, was born on July 8, 2002.
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WWith boys basketball ending, coaches from each region nominate players for Little Missouri Valley Conference (LMVC), and All Conference. The Avon boys basketball team placed one athlete on LMVC and two athletes on the All Conference. Senior Ashton Frank received All Conference and LMVC and junior Eli Watchorn received honorable mention for All Conference.
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Easter weekend brought temperatures in the high 70's and 80's to the area which brought many outdoors to enjoy . Fort Randall Dam was full of boaters trying their luck on catching their limit and the Pickstown Country Club was busy with golfers trying their luck on the greens and fairways.
Read moreThe Wagner boys basketball team qualified for the SODak 16 this season. They lost the state qualifying game to the eventual state A runner up, Sioux Valley. The Red Raiders finished with 11 wins and 11 losses. The team broke some team records that date back the last 11 seasons. The boys made 138 three pointers, shot 50% from two point, grabbed 717 rebounds, had 515 defensive rebounds and finished with 214 steals. Individual season records that were set were: Toby Zephier who shot 44% from three and Nolan Carda had 73 offensive rebounds. Career records that were set were: Jaden Peters games played - he finished his career playing in 91 games, Nolan Carda finished his career averaging 13 rebounds per game; Jaden Peters also set career records in assists with 268 and assists per game with 2.9, and Jaden finished on top of the list for charges taken in a career with 17. Nolan Carda scored 523 points in his career which is 5th all time, Nolan finished third all time in field goal percentage, shooting 55%. Nolan finished number 4 all time in 2 point baskets made with 210 and fourth in two pointers attempted with 373. Nolan shot the second most free throws, 208, had the second most offensive rebounds 140, and third most total rebounds 352. Nolan finished 5th all time in points per game averaging 13.2. Simon Freier finished his career playing in the 5th most games with 78, Simon finished fourth all time in three pointers made with 57 and finished third all time in attempts with 234. The team broke the single game record for rebounds with 53 against Irene Wakanda and broke the team record for three pointers made with 12 against TDA. Nolan Carda broke the single game record for offensive rebounds with 10 against Irene Wakanda.
Read moreAfter missing out on track in the spring of 2020, this year there are twenty-seven boys and girls out for track and field. Eleven are high school girls; thirteen are high school boys; sixteen are junior high girls; and fourteen are junior high school boys.
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South Dakota State Wrestling was held on February 25-27 in Rapid City at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Avon was represented in the 126 lb. weight class by sophomore Brady Bierema. Seeded seventh for Class B, after three days of wrestling Bierema came away with third place. His path to the podium started with Andrew Evens from Parker where he won by decision 11-4. His only loss came to Owen Hanson from Burke with a tech fall 23-8. Wrestling back through the losers bracket, Bierema faced Christian Ehresmann of Groton winning by decision 8-3. He then took the mat with Dylan Zell from De Smet winning 4-2 by decision. Defeating Kale Ask from Canton by decision 3-1 put him into contention for 3rd against Porter Neugebauer from Parkston. Bierema won 3-1 by decision.
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The technology in the past twenty years has had a phenomenal effect on both hunting and fishing. Hunting wise, laser rangefinders, digital trail cameras, and computerized rifle scopes have taken big game hunting into uncharted waters ethics wise. Consider my friend Ron Spomer’s recent Texas aoudad hunt. Allow me to quote Ron’s story, “The Best Little Aoudad Hunt in Texas,” that appears in the March/April 2021 issue of Sporting Classics magazine.
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