Winner Teeners Claim Tournament Title

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Winner Teeners won the championship of their own tournament with a 7-6 come from behind victory in the 7th inning. Carter Brickman had the walk off hit for the championship over Bon Homme Sunday evening at Leahy Bowl.

Riley Calhoon slides into home plate in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game at 6-6.

The Winner Teeners had a clean sweep on their way to the tournament championship.

In the first game on a hot Saturday morning, Winner defeated Parkston 14-6.

In the semifinal game, Winner defeated Valentine, Neb., to advance to Sunday’s championship.

The Teeners and junior Teeners will host Mission on Thursday starting at 6 p.m.

Jr Teeners have Clean Sweep In Parkston tournament

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The Winner Junior Teeners had a clean sweep of the Parkston round robin baseball tournament Saturday and Sunday.

Winner played two games on Saturday and one game on Sunday.

In the first game, Winner defeated Tyndall 7-0. Brady Fritz was the winning pitcher.  Leading hitters were Preston Norrid with 2 hits with a double, Fritz had 2 hits, Kameron Meiners and Oscar Pravecek also had hits.

In the second game on Saturday, Winner won 8-3 over Parkston.  Meiners was the winning pitcher.
Aaron Gilchrist had 2 hits.

On Sunday, Winner defeated Lennox 13-9. Fritz was the winning pitcher with Jesse Colson getting the save.
Fritz had 3 hits and Fred Whiting, 2 hits.

Golfers Place 9th

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Winner Area girls golf team placed 9th at the State A tournament held June 6-7 in Hot Springs.

Leading the Lady Warriors was Ronae Klein who placed 12th with 93-80—173.

Placings of other Winner Area golfers were: Liz Jankauskas, 39th, 100-97—197; Addy Root, 69th, 104-114—218; Sam Marts, tied for 78th, 123-109—232 and Cheyenne Dougherty, tied for 84th, 115-120—235.

The first place title went to Parkston.

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Amateurs Come Up with Two Victories

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Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated Platte 6-1 Thursday night in Platte in Sunshine League play.
J. J. Farner was the winning pitcher throwing a complete game with 8 strikeouts.

Derek Graesser had 4 hits to lead Winner/Colome. Ryan Richey had 3 hits with 3 RBIs

On Sunday, Winner/Colome defeated Dimock-Emery 3-1 in Emery.

Derek Graesser pitched a complete game as he struck out five.  At the plate, Graesser had three hits with a solo home run.

Austin Richey added a solo home run for the Pheasants.

Winner/Colome is 9-1 overall and 7-1 in the Sunshine League.

Legion Downs Gregory

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Winner-Colome Legion baseball team defeated Gregory 7-5 on June 8.

“We had a nice bounce back win over Gregory after a poor outing against Martin,” said coach Drew Weber.
Kelly O’Bryan pitched 6 1/3 innings with 4 runs (3 earned), 4 hits, 7 walks and 7 strikeouts.
Cameron Biggins earned the win in relief as he pitched 2/3 of an inning with Reed Harter earning the save as he pitched 2 innings and had 6 strikeouts.
At the plate, Biggins had 3 singles and 2 RBIs; Harter, a single, 3 walks and 2 runs scored and Drew DeMers, a single with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs.

Bonnelle Jewell, 93

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Bonnelle Jewell was born 15 January 1923 to Charles Cyrus and Myrtle Florence (Bloodhart) Jewell, on the farm in Carlock Twp. Gregory, SD. Bonnelle was the last of eleven children born to the family. She passed away of natural causes on June 4 at the age of 93.

Funeral services were held on June 8 at the Grace Lutheran Church of Burke, followed by burial at the IOOF Cemetery in Gregory.

Bonnelle became a member of the Fairmont Methodist Church on 13 September 1936, a country church south of Gregory (after marriage she joined the Luthran Church in Colome, SD.)

She attended Dowling school District #34 grades 1-8. She graduated Gregory High School in 1940 and went one year of college at Wayne Sate College, Wayne, NE. After leaving school she moved to Deadwood, SD to live with her next older sister, Neva. Bonnelle was employed with Bell Telephone in Deadwood as a telephone operator.

In 1943, she met and married the love of her life, Harry P. Spreckels, on Oct. 31, 1943, the son of Charles Fred and Anna Karoline (Stenslid) Spreckels.

Bonnelle belonged to the Sunshine Sisters Extension Club in the 1940’s while living on the Hamill farm. After moving to Gregory, SD in 1990 she attended the Grace Lutheran Church in Burke, SD. Bonnelle was a beautiful seamstress making hers and her three daughters clothing until they went to high school. She made many beautiful square dance outfits as Harry was a square dance caller for many years. She also loved to garden, raise chickens and had beautiful flowers. Bonnelle loved to entertain, no one ever stopped that she didn’t serve a lovely lunch, especially her homemade pies, pastry rolls and buns.

Bonnelle was a wonderful wife and mother, her children and family loved her dearly and will miss her forever.