The 5th/6th Grade Girls WBDA basketball team competed in their home “Clash of the Plains” tournament on Saturday, February 15th. Wayne competed in a full 8-team bracket along with Cedar Catholic, Hartington-Newcastle, Logan View, Neligh-Oakdale, Norfolk Catholic, Ponca and Wisner.

Wayne defeated Wisner 20-8 to open tournament play, and in the semifinals, defeated Neligh-Oakdale 24-10.  The championship game was a highly competitive game that saw Ponca edge out a last-second 30-26 win over Wayne, giving Wayne runner-up honors.

The WBDA 4th grade girls basketball team won their division of their home Clash of the Plains Tournament on Saturday, February 15th.  Wayne played in a three-team pool, defeating Laurel 33-25 and Humphrey/Lindsay 28-20 to take home first place honors.  Congratulations ladies!

The 7th/8th Grade Girls WBDA Basketball team competed in the Pierce Tournament on Sunday, February 2nd.  The junior high girls went 3-0 on the day, defeating Summerland and Wisner to open up competition and then defeating O’Neill 31-21 in the final game of the day to take home the tournament championship.  Congratulations ladies!

The 5th/6th Grade Girls WBDA Basketball Team took part in the Pierce Tournament on Sunday, February 2nd.  Wayne went 3-0 on the day, picking up victories over Bloomfield, Creighton and Wakefield to take home gold medal honors.  Congratulations on your tournament championship!

The 4th grade girls WBDA basketball team competed in the Siouxland Sports Academy February Frenzy Tournament in Sioux City on Saturday and Sunday, February 1st and 2nd.  Wayne competed in a four-team round-robin bracket.  On Saturday, Wayne dropped their opening game to the Whirling Thunder, but rebounded with a 22-15 win over Vermillion, South Dakota. On Sunday, the Wayne girls picked up a 23-15 win over Hinton Gold (Iowa) to finish 2-1 in the tournament and take home second place honors.

The 5th/6th Grade Girls WBDA basketball team competed in the Future Stars Hoops Classic in North Sioux City, South Dakota on Saturday, January 25th.  Wayne played in a four-team round-robin bracket, going 3-0 on the day defeating Winnebago, Woodbury Central and Okoboji to win the tournament championship.  Congratulations girls!

The 6th Grade Boys WBDA basketball team continued a successful season by winning the Crofton Tournament on Saturday, January 25. Wayne competed in a four-team round-robin bracket.  In their first game, the Wayne boys defeated host Crofton 38-29 and followed that up with a 26-6 win over Boyd County.  In the final game of the day, Wayne picked up a victory over a good Ponca team by the score of 39-27 to finish 3-0 on the day and as tournament champions.  Congratulations 6th grade boys!

The 7th/8th Grade girls kicked off their WBDA season at the Crofton Tournament on Saturday, January 25th.  Wayne competed in a six-team bracket along with Atkinson, Cedar Catholic, Crofton Plainview, and Summerland.  Wayne kicked off the day with a tough 27-26 loss to Plainview, and followed that up with a 27-18 win over Atkinson and finally a 30-19 win over Summerland to earn a third place finish.  Congrats on a great start to your season junior high girls!

The 6th grade boys WBDA basketball team took part in the Laurel Tournament on Saturday, January 11th and came home with their second tournament championship of the season.

Wayne opened tournament play with a 38-21 win over Ponca and followed that up with a 39-19 win over Summerland and a 41-22 win over Laurel to advance to the championship game.  In the final, Wayne would face Laurel for a second time and came away with a 41-23 win to take home the tournament championship.  Congratulations 6th grade boys.

The 5th/6th grade WBDA girls basketball team took part in the Laurel Basketball Tournament on Saturday, January 11th.  Wayne competed in a five-team bracket along with Creighton, Laurel, Ponca, and Wisner.

Wayne picked up victories over Creighton, and Wisner before falling to Ponca in a closely-contested championship game to earn runner-up honors.  Congratulations to the 5th and 6th grade girls!