Three Champions Crowned in Mitchell Tournament

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Winner Area wrestling team took fourth place and had three champions at the Jerry Opbroek Invitational in Mitchell on Saturday.
The Warriors took seven wrestlers to the tournament as the rest of the team competed in a meet on Bennett County.

Take first place were Wyatt Turnquist, Kayleb Brozik and Tre Doren.

Also placing for Winner were Atlas Willuweit, 3rd; Trevor Peters and Riggin Shippy, both fourth.

Wrestlers Win Dual

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Winner Area wrestling team defeated Stanley County 43-32 in a dual Jan. 10 in Ft. Pierre.  Coach Spencer Novotny said the Warriors came out flat. “Our young men weren’t ready to wrestle. That is my fault as a coach and we about got beat because of it,” he said.

Results include:
106—Kaden Keiser, W, over Levi Stover, 15-0
113—Wyatt Turnquist, W, pinned Tucker Dennis, 1:23
120—Joey Cole, W, dec. Queue Wind 7-2
126—Luke Heninger, SC, dec. Trevor Peters, 6-5
132—J.D. Carter, SC pinned Aaron Gilchrist, 1:48
138—Landon Debus, W, dec. Reid Wieczork, 10-1
145—Colton Hedman, SC, pinned Cailob Week, 4:47
152—Logan Kennedy, SC, pinned Owen Duffy, :50
160—Chad Whitley, SC, pinned Riggin Shippy, 3:30
170—Kayleb Brozik, W, pinned Jayden Face, :54
182—Jack Whaley, SC dec. Achilles Willuweit, 18-3
220—Nick Blare, W, won by forfeit
285—Tre Doren, W, won by forfeit

Colome Wins Jones County Tournament

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Colome ended White River’s reign at the Jones County Tournament.  Saturday in the championship game Colome defeated White River 52-38.

Kelly O’Bryan led Colome with 18 points and was named the MVP of the tournament. He was also named to the all-tournament first team.  Jackson Kinzer added 11 points.  Holden Thieman had 9 points and six rebounds. In this game, Thieman surpassed the 1,000 career points. He won the Pete Kerns sportsmanship award and was on the all tournament team.

Kelly O’Bryan and Kolton Salonen each pulled down 5 rebounds.

O’Bryan scored 25 points as Colome defeated Stanley County 63-53 Friday in the Jones County Tournament. With the victory Colome advanced to the championship.  Holden Thieman added 13 points and Salonen added 12.

Colome pulled down 19 rebounds and were led with 4 each by Salonen and O’Bryan.

Colome defeated Bennett County 70-34 in the opening round of the Jones County Tournament in Murdo on Jan. 12.

Kolton Salonen led Colome with 15 points and Kelly O’Bryan added 14.

Salonen pulled down 7 rebounds, Holden Thieman and Jackson Kinzer had 6 each and Beau Bertram, 5.

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Lady Warriors Fall to West Central

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Winner girls basketball team fell to West Central 67-53 at the Dakota State University Classic in Madison Saturday afternoon.

Bella Swedlund led the scoring for Winner with 19 points. Madyson Frazier added 12 points and Morgan Hammerbeck, 7.
Sydney Hollenbeck pulled down 8 rebounds.

The Winner girls will play Pine Ridge on Thursday in Winner. This will be a boys and girls doubleheader.
On Jan. 23, Winner will travel to Miller.

Selma Carolina Holden, 105

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Selma Carolina (Norland) Holden was born on July 5, 1911 to Ingeborg Annetta (Bjoe) and Peder Norland, immigrants from Norway who had homesteaded in Tripp, and Gregory counties. They settled in Tripp County, and Selma grew up on the farm. Selma graduated from Winner High School in 1930, then attended Normal Teaching College in Aberdeen, SD. She also attended summer school in Spearfish, and Springfield, SD to renew her teaching certificate.

Selma married Thomas Henry Holden and to this union four children were born. Donna (Derold) Shippy of Winner, Merle (Gloria) Holden of Colome, Duane (Rita) Holden of Clearfield, and Roger (Nadine) Holden of Evanston, WY.

Selma taught at several country schools in Tripp County and in the Colome and Winner schools. She taught for nearly 40 years. Selma loved her pupils and really enjoyed teaching. She had many stories to tell of her experiences. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and the Extension Club.

Selma and Tom farmed in Tripp County where she was known for her good meals, especially her pies and buns. They enjoyed raising a garden and gifting the produce to relatives and friends.