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The Lady Raiders traveled to Brookings last Wednesday to partake in the State A Girls basketball tournament. The support Wagner had made it feel like three home games. Wagner would take on the Red Cloud Crusaders in the opening round of the tournament that was loaded from top to bottom. Both teams would start out fast as the Crusaders would hold a 18-15 lead after the first. Both teams would score 17 in the second as the Crusaders would hold a 35-32 lead. With a shot at the buzzer Red Cloud would post a 12 point lead entering the 4th and would increase it to 14 early. Wagner would begin to chip away hitting big shot after big shot and shutting down the potent Red Cloud offense and out score the Crusaders 22-4 in the 4th and post a 68-62 victory. Emma Yost would post a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards. She would also dish out 5 assists and come away with 2 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would also net 17 off the bench and grab 7 boards and dish out 3 assists. Shalayne Nagel would be the third Raider in double figures while also posting a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards. She would also dish out 4 assists. Lydia Yost would add 9 points off the bench, grab 4 boards and dish out 2 assists. Macy Koupal would chip in 6, grab 5 boards, and dish out 5 assists. Eve Zephier would round out the scoring with 3 points, grab 4 boards and dish out 2 assists. Wagner was 25-56 for 45% from the field while holding Red Cloud to 38% from the floor. Wagner crashed the boards with 43 against only 26 from Red Cloud. Wagner committed 15 turnovers against 5 from Red Cloud. “Talk about two teams lighting it up on the score board. 20 made threes, 10 from each team. We did a great job controlling the glass the second half get 12 offensive rebounds that half and finishing with 16. Defensively in the 4th we locked down once we fouled out Derby. The girls were resilient and just kept working to finish the game.”
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Community Gardens can be found across the state of South Dakota, and I dare say that probably none of them are operated in the same manner. Community Gardens are just that a garden that is organized by member of the community where they are found. Some are totally self-sustaining by charging fees for the use of garden space, water, equipment etc. Other gardens such as the one in Lake Andes are established by grants from Voices for Food and the Lake Andes Food and Wellness Council. The Lake Andes Community Garden is supported by the Andes Central School District with placement on land owned by the School District. The garden is also supported by the City of Lake Andes by providing water free of charge to irrigate the garden throughout the growing season.
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Funeral services for Mary Irwin will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 17, at the United Methodist Church in Wagner. Burial is in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, rural Dante. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Peters Funeral Home in Wagner.
Read moreMarch is National Nutrition Month. The library has a number of titles in the medical library collection, that can answer questions you may have about your nutrition or the nutrition of a family member. Cookbooks are also available at the library. You may also find books on Nutrition on the free Libby App. To access the Libby App you only need your library card number and the name of the Lake Andes Library. If you should need help please feel free to come to the library and ask for assistance.
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Let’s say that at the Friday night social down at the country club, someone you thought was a friend had one too many drinks and blabbed it around that during his and your wife’s college days, your wife was a loose-moraled fluzzie and party animal. You are extremely upset, and you challenge him to a duel. Well, that would have worked 150 years ago, but not today.
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Lately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my “doctor self” is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it’s often a good conversation starter.
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