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Wagner Bon Homme gymnasts competed in one of their final regular season meets Thursday in Vermillion. The girls are always fun to watch. This fun bunch of girls always finds a way to take less than ideal situations and shine. They have found ways to shine for each other, or shine simply for oneself when needed. Although they may not have stuck the routines, as we had all hoped, and some scores were not where we had wanted, stuck together, remembered these less than fortunate moments do not define them as a person or a gymnast. However, the way they respond and can bounce back to learn from them are very character building and defining moments. Go out and truly believe in yourselves and teammates this final home meet. Give it your all in Hot Springs at the Region meet. Coach Schroeder and I believe in you!
Read moreWagner Bon Homme gymnasts competed in their first ever class AA invite. The girls were fun to watch. Surrounded by AA gymnasts, they stepped on to each event with confidence.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Yankton and played the Florence Henry Falcons this last Saturday at Ladie Cimpl Arena at Mt. Marty. Florence Henry would come out aggressive the first half attacking the paint off the dribble and stifle the Raiders offense holding them to only 15 points as the Falcons would take a commanding lead into half time 15-35. Wagner wouldn’t go down without a fight. The Raiders would cut the lead to 6 with about 3 minutes left but wouldn’t be able to capitalize on three possessions. The Raiders would out score the Falcons 25-14 the second half but fall short 40-49. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with 23 points 9 boards, and 4 blocks. Macy Koupal would add 8 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Hayde Knudsen would finish with 4 points and 5 boards. Braxton Nedved would finish with 3 points and Lydia Yost 2 points and 2 assists. Wagner would shoot 16-35 for 45% while the Falcons would go 20-44 for 45%. Both teams would go 6-8 from the line while Wagner would commit 13 turnovers to only 5 from the Falcons. “We didn’t start the game well defensively. We have to do a better job as they exploited the paint and got to the rim where we had to help and then they kicked to wide open shooters. Offensively we have to be confident shooters and ready to knock down shots in rhythm. We did a much better job defensively the second half and offensively we still struggled at times. We have to move without the ball and relocate so we can get some open opportunities from the perimeter.”
Read moreThe Lady Raiders hosted the Scotland Highlanders last Thursday night in girls basketball action. Wagner would jump out to an early 21-3 lead after the first quarter and take a 40-9 lead into halftime. The Raiders would allow only 2 points the second half and win the game 62-11. Macy Koupal would lead all scorers with 22 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would post another triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, dish out 10 assists, block 6 shots, and come away with 5 steals. Lydia Yost would be the third Raider in double figures with 16 points, 3 boards, 4 steals, and dish out 2 as-sists. Hannah Holzbauer would finish with 4 points, 3 boards, and 2 steals. Olivia Podzimek would add 2 points and Hayden Knudsen 1 point while grabbing 4 boards. Wagner would shoot 48% from the field while Scotland would only shoot 14%. Wagner out rebounded the Highlanders 28-18. “This was a good game to get back and work a little on transition which is something we haven’t been doing well the past few games. We got good spacing and nice easy looks at the rim. We did a much better job the second half of boxing out and getting people out of the lane. We also got all of our kids rotated in and get some game time experience.“
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The Lady Raiders ran into a buzz saw last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. The Titans would jump out to any early 6-2 lead and extend the lead to 38-19 at the half. Wagner would cut it back down to 10 early in the 4th but wouldn’t be able to overcome the deficit and fall 45-59. The Titans would shoot nearly 65% from the field the first half but the Raiders would play much better defense the second half to allow the Titans to shoot only 45% for the game. Wagner would only shoot 32% the first half and end the game at 39%. The Titans would dominate the glass our rebounding Wagner 32-18. Macy Koupal would lead Wagner 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would net 12 points, grab 6 boards, block 5 shots and dish out 2 assists. Braxton Nedved would finish with 5 points and 3 assists. Hayden Knudsen and Lydia Yost would both round out the scoring with 3 points. Hayden would grab 4 boards and dish out 2 assists. Lydia would have a team high 3 steals. “Offensively we never got in a rhythm. Early in the game we took a lot of open looks early in the shot clock but didn’t convert where they did on the other end. Once we started to attack the basket and force them to play defense we started to get things clicking offensively. We can’t allow 38 points to open up a half. They hit some tough shots but we didn’t have any help on drives where we should have. The second half we did a much better job containing their scorers. We also can’t get out rebounded like we did. We gave them a lot of second chance points the first half. We have to do a better job of boxing out.”
Read moreThe Raiders got their 6th win of the season Tuesday night in Wagner against MVP. The boys jumped out to a 20-11 lead after the first period and led 3026 at half time. The Titans made things interesting in the second half but Wagner led the majority of the way and won the game 59-52. Carter Cournoyer had another big night with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Parker Petry scored 15 points, Joey Cournoyer Jr added 12 points and 8 rebounds. Preston McFayden scored 6 points, Jesse Zephier had 3, Brady Cournoyer and Javian Pesicka each scored 2. Wagner shot 25 free throws to the Titans 1, the boys also outrebounded MVP 26-25. Wagner will play Scotland on Thursday at home.
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