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These 17 wrestlers qualified for the SDWCA State Tournament in Rapid City on March 28, 29, and 30th.

Coaching these ladies is a blast and they had lots of fun together this season which makes it even that much more enjoyable as a coach. Every season has its highs and lows and the great thing is we ended it on a high, appearing in the state tournament and finishing with a dub!

Wagner graduates and basketball standouts Emma Yost and Shalayne Nagel who both play for the Dakota Wesleyan University Women’s Basketball team received GPAC All-Conference Honors. Yost was named to the GPAC First Team and Nagel received Honorable Mention.

CHICAGO (March 13, 2025) —In its 40th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Ashlyn Koupal of Wagner High School is the 2024-25 Gatorade South Dakota Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

The Lady Raiders headed out to Spearfish this last weekend for the girls class A state tournament. Wagner opened up with the undefeated Mahpiya Luta. Wagner would find themselves trailing 15-14 after the first period then trailing by 9 at the half.

sistant Coach It was a great weekend for both the Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon girls wrestling team (5th) and Bon Homme/Avon boys team (6th) at the state tournament in Rapid City on February 27, 28, and March 1.

Monday, March 3, the Avon Pirates started out strong in the first half, but allowed the Alcester-Hudson Cubs to come back in the second half to take the win 54-50. No coach's report available at print time.

AC/DC boys hosted the Corsica/Stickney Jaguars Friday, March 7th at Dakota Christian. Both teams played great and gave it their all, having the game go into overtime. However, the Jaguars were just one hoop ahead, resulting in the Thunder boys suffering a loss of 45-47.

WAGNER BOYS WIN FIRST ROUND GAME The Wagner boys won their opening round post season game Friday night at home against Bon Homme. It took a while for the boys to knock the rusts off after a 2 week break between games.

The Lady Raiders traveled to Winner for the Sodak 16 to take on the Lakota Tech Tatanka for a berth to the Class A State Tournament. Both teams would come out firing and exchanging baskets only to find Lakota Tech leading 18-17 after the first period.