RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup Preview: Dundy County Stratton at Wallace

On Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 the Wallace Wildcats will host the Dundy County Stratton Tigers for some basketball action ahead of the RPAC Tournament. Let's preview the teams.

Wallace Wildcat Girls Basketball

• Record: The Wildcats are 2-10 this season

• Head Coach: Heather Strawder, second season as the head coach.

• The Wildcats are still working to get their offense going as they average 25.4 points per game.

• Wallace is allowing 49.7 points per game on average.

• Kaley Sauser, a senior, is leading the team in scoring at nearly 12 points per game. She is also getting about six rebounds and four steals per game.

• Elliana Robertson is averaging about six points and seven rebounds per game.

• Wallace is in the D2-9 subdistrict with Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, Hitchcock County, and Medicine Valley.

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Dundy County Stratton Girls Basketball

• Record: 13-0, the only undefeated girls team in the RPAC.

• Head Coach: Matt Schaub, third season as the head coach at DCS, career record of 127-96.

• The Tigers have been effective on both ends of the floor. They are scoring an average of 57 points per game and allow just 32.9 points per game.

• The Tigers ave three players averaging double-figures: Sophomore Abi Spargo at 16.9 points and also 10 rebounds, senior Clara Spargo at 13.8 points per game, and junior Emily Schack at 10.1 points per game. So, they have a number of offensive options.

• This team is tough on defense, getting 19 steals per game.

• DCS is in the D2-9 subdistrict with Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Medicine Valley, and Wallace.

  
  
  
  
  

  

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Wallace Wildcat Boys Basketball

• Record: 10-2, They have won four in a row.

• Head Coach Bob Braithwait, second season as the head coach at Wallace, 32 years of coaching, career record of 435-242.

• The Wildcats have been an effective offensive team, averaging 49.8 points per game, and on defense, they have been tough, allowing 38.5 points per game.

• The Wildcats have two players averaging double figures. Juniors Colt Franklin at about 17 points per game and Max Hanson at about 13 points per game. Franklin grabs about nine rebounds per game.

• The Wildcats have three players averaging about two steals: Hanson at 2.4, Franklin at 1.9, and junior Tyson Sullivan at 2.7 per game.

• Wallace is in the D2-9 subdistrict with Arthur County, Paxton, Sutherland, and Wauneta-Palisade.

  
  
  
  
  

  

  

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Dundy County Stratton Boys Basketball

• Record: 11-2, they have won four games in a row.

• Head Coach: Kris Freeland, 18th year at DCS, 30 years coaching, 455-245 career record.

• The Tigers are solid on offense, scoring 58.9 points per game, and are tough on defense, allowing 38.2 points per game.

• The Tigers have four players averaging at last two steals per game in senior Ethan Latta at 3.3 steals per game, senior Dante Horner at 2.1 steals per game, senior August Shaw at 2.3 per game, and junior Cooper Shaw at 2.6 per game.

• August Shaw and Ethan Latta lead the team in scoring at about 15 points per game.

• They limit turnovers, averaging about 11 per game.

• DCS is in Class C2 Region 4.