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The Wagner boys JV continued their winning ways on Tuesday in O’Neill Nebraska. Much like Monday night it was Wagner’s fourth quarter defense that helped them win the game. Wagner was tied 1414 with O’Neill after 1 quarter and trailed 24-21 at half time. O’Neill held a 37-32 lead heading into the final period before Wagner outscored them 8-3 to get a 43-40 victory. Parker Petry led the team with 10 points, Preston McFayden added 9, Joey Cournoyer and Braxton Knudsen each scored 8, Hunter Lhotak 6 and Gabe Houseman 2. Wagner’s JV is now 8-1 on the season.
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Wagner took on O’Neil on Tuesday night in Nebraska. Wagner had trouble keeping up with a very good Eagles team. O’Neill made 46% of their shots from behind the arch and 55% of their 2 point field goals. Wagner fell behind early and never caught up. The boys showed some reliance by not giving up and playing hard for 4 quarters. The Red Raiders were led by Carter Cournoyer who had 11 points. Matt Link added 9, Parker Petry and Ted Slaba 7 each, Joey Cournoyer 5, Chris Nelson 4, and Preston McFayden 3. Wanger falls to 4-5 for the season.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to O’Neill to take on the Eagles last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. This would be the 3rd game in 4 days for the Raiders. That wouldn’t slow the Raiders down as they jumped out to an early 9-1 lead and rolled to a 75-27 victory. Emma Yost and Ashly Koupal would both record double- doubles. Emma would finish with 22 points, 12 boards, and 3 assists. Ashlyn would score a game high 23 points, 10 boards and dish out 3 assists. Shalayne Nagle would reach double figures with 13 points, 5 boards, a team high 6 steals and dish out 3 assists. Lydia Yost would finish with 8 points, 5 steals, and 2 assists. Macy Koupal would add 3 points, dish out a team high 6 assists, and get 3 steals. Eve Zephier also netted 3 points, dished out 4 assists, and had 2 steals. Braxton Nedved rounded out the scoring with 3 points. The Raiders were 31-49 from the floor for 63% while holding the Eagles to 9-33 shooting for 27 %. Wagner out rebounded O’Neill 31-17. “Another great effort both offensively and defensively. We did a great job in transition off of turnover again with us staying wide in our lanes. Still need to be a bit more patient on offense and just get some reversals out of it to limit some turnovers.”
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Ethan to take on the Rustlers in girls basketball action last Monday. Wagner would have to polish off the rust after the 1st quarter as they would trail 13-14. Ethan would use a slow pace on offense to lull the Raiders to sleep and then attack the rim in the waning seconds of the shot clock. The Raiders would clamp down on defense a bit and take a 26-22 lead into halftime. Wagner would crank up it’s defense in the second half and out score Ethan 33-14 to win the game 59-36. Wagner would go 25-47 from the floor for 44% while the Rustlers would shoot 12-36 for 33%. Wagner would out rebound its opponent 33-22. The Raiders would commit 13 turnovers compared to 18 from the Rustlers. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with 32 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Emma Yost would finish with 12 points 9 boards, 5 assists, and 2 blocks. Lydia Yost would add 6 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. Macy Koupal would finish with 5 points, 3 boards, 3 steals, and a block. Eve Zephier would tally 4 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Shalayne Nagel would lead the Raiders in assists with 7, grab 6 boards, and come away with 3 steals. “Defensively we did a pretty good job the first half. We gave up a couple offensive rebounds on free throws where they got the buzzer beater at half and then a few other buckets. The second half we got after them with pressure and were up in their face. Offensively we just weren’t ourselves to start he game We had some errand passes. We need to just get into the offense and get reversals and be a little more patient getting the inside outside movement. Once we started doing that scoring became much easier. We didn’t shoot the ball well from the perimeter so we have to stay confident and be ready to knock down those shots when given the opportunities, but most of those came from guard to guard, they weren’t our normal inside outside passes. This also stems back to our Vermillion game. Just something we need to get back to. Transition wise we did a much better job of running the floor in our lanes and were very productive of getting points out of it. Ethan is a good young team that has a lot of potential. They played hard and gave a us a battle the first half. Our girls did a great job on the counter effort the second half to pull away.”
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Congrats to all of you on a successful start to your seasons. We are very excited to have each of you participating in our All-Girls Classic on Saturday Jan. 28th at the Elmen Center located on the campus of Augustana University. It is an amazing basketball venue and our hope is to promote the Girls Game through this classic in our State.
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The Raiders competed on Thursday, January 12th in a make-up dual against Vermillion that was originally scheduled for December 15th. Wagner capped its first dual victory win of the season 48-33. The week of January 14th was the first full week of practice and competition that we have had since the week of December 17th. Some of the short weeks were due to Christmas break, but mostly because of the poor weather conditions. The Raiders finished the weekend in Tri-Valley with tournament action where they finished in ninth place as a team. The month of January will be packed with competitions, starting Tuesday, January 17th in White Lake with duals against Kimball/White Lake/Platte/Geddes, Faulkton, and McCook. We’ll close the week in Winner at the Winner Invitational on Saturday.
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