Waldron Bulldog, Gada Wagner, was always destined to play basketball. It’s in his blood. He grew up in a family of talented ballplayers who spent their whole lives dominating the sport. From the moment he could walk, Gada had a basketball in his hands dribbling or shooting around the clock. Wagner knew that to be as good or better than his family, he was going to have to put in long hours at practice and work extremely hard in games. Now, for his senior year of high school, all of that hard work is paying off as Gada, who wants to go to college to become an electrician, sits at the top of the Bulldog pack.
Waldron holds an 11-4 season record so far and from those 15 matches, Gada averages 16.4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2.6 steals, and 4.5 deflections per game, shoots 59% inside the arc and 38% from the three-point line and has netted 20 plus points from 6 games each. “All the work, effort, and time I have put in the gym is paying off,” expressed Wagner. “Everyone around me is being very supportive and is expecting me to do big things so I’m trying not to let them down.”
“So far, our Ozark game has been the biggest one of the season. They are a very good team and the energy level in the gym was crazy that night! It was a back and forth game and we were down 5 points with 30 seconds left but our team never gave up and we fought back and got the DUB in overtime!” The Bulldogs walked away with a 54-51 victory over Ozark.
For the remainder of the season, the only thing that Wagner has in his direct line of sight is competing in State. And to get there, Gada and his teammates take it one game at a time. “Our team has high expectations for ourselves and we look forward to playing every game. And playing in front of our Waldron fans is always exciting as well and makes it great to be a Bulldog!”
