Winner Area cross country team took second place at the Burke Invitational on Oct. 3. Both the boys and girls teams placed second.
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Winner volleyball team picked up two wins as they were in action at Todd County and Bennett County this week.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
Same story. Different day.
The Colome Cowgirls have an issue with rough starts, and that ugly truth showed its head last Tuesday night.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Trevor Peters scored four touchdowns as the Winner Warriors defeated Chamberlain 28-6 in an SESD Conference game Friday.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
The Colome Cowboys defense was on point on Friday night. That’s about the only thing that the Cowboys had going for them.
In somewhat of a “good old fashioned slug fest”, the Colome Cowboys fell 20-0 in a homecoming matchup to Sunshine Bible Academy.
As aforementioned, the defense kept the Cowboys in the game, but a stagnant offense that has been all to familiar to head coach Gene Bertram slowed the Cowboys.
“All year, we’ve had trouble getting our offense going,” head coach Gene Bertram said. “We’ve got some younger kids on our line that have struggled, and this experience will help them in the long run, but it’s tough for us right now.”
After a key interception in the red zone by senior Adam Cole in the first quarter, it looked as though the Cowboys were going putting themselves in the drivers seat to take home their first victory since August 23.
The proverbial achilles heel for the Cowboys couldn’t buckle up.
From turning the ball over on downs to punting, Colome’s offensive struggles intensified until late in the game.
Enter a solid Colome defense that didn’t allow a touchdown until right before halftime.
“Our defense has stepped it up,” Bertram said. “Our linebackers have played much better, thanks to assistant coach Chase Hrabanek. Adam Cole has done a great job for us on the back end, and the defense has come together. I’m happy with how our defense has played as a unit.”
Although Colome would receive the second-half kickoff, it didn’t matter. The offense struggled to gain any momentum, and put the defense in an all-to-familiar position.
The Cowboys defense would get another interception late, but the Crusaders took advantage of a somewhat tired Cowboys defense to take a two-score lead.
The Cowboys would show some signs of life late in the game when sophomore runningback Riley Shippy continued to church out yards. Shippy would lead Colome with 155 yards on 29 carries.
Although Shippy proved to be the only bright spot, he couldn’t punch in the ball late in the game to try to put pressure on Sunshine Bible Academy who would score one more time before the end of regulation.
“We couldn’t run a lot of different plays,” Bertram said. “Based on what was happening, we weren’t able to mix it up.”
Jacob Beckers lead the Cowboys with 11 tackles including one and half for loss. Shippy would match Beckers’s total, and finish with two tackles for loss. Cole and Brayden Seegers would both finish with interception.
For the last game, Bertram wants his team to be able to finish strong. Something that will be difficult against a good Wolsey-Wessington team.
“They’re a good team,” Bertram said. “I just want us to get something going offensively, and to play like we have defensively. After that, we can start worrying about how we’re going to get better.”
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Winner High School students competing in the local oral interp contest on Oct. 5 are from left Megan Brozik, Meagan Blare, Maggie DeMers, Justin Hausmann, Teresa Taylor, Kayla Natoli and Presley Foundry.
Seven Winner High School students placed in the local oral interp contest on Oct. 5.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
A capital outlay resolution for a water and sewer project was approved by the Winner City Council Monday night.
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Raven Angus, Colome, ranked as largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in South Dakota with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2019, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, association chief executive officer.
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Martin Jorgensen Jr., 95, of Ideal, SD passed away on Friday, Aug. 9 2019 at the Winner Regional Long-Term Care Facility in Winner, SD.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 2019 at 10 am at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner. Burial will follow in the Winner City Cemetery.
A visitation will be held on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 from 6-7 pm at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner with a rosary beginning at 7 pm.
Martin Jr. was born on April 30, 1924 at the family farm of his parents, Martin and Gertrude Jorgensen, near Ideal, SD. The 8th of 9 children, he and his siblings grew up on the family farm helping tend to the horses, cattle, crops, and turkeys throughout the great depression years of their childhoods. Martin Jr. graduated high school from the Ideal school in 1942, where his graduating class was the last to graduate from that school.
Martin Jr. immediately went to full time work at the family farm after graduation. Despite being a young, military aged man during World War II, Martin Jr. was able to stay home and help his aging parents on the farm during those years.
His older brothers, Stanley Jorgensen and Don Jorgensen, both served in the military during WWII. Brother Don served as a Merchant Marine and brother Stanley was a navigator in a B-24 bomber and was killed in action in 1944.
Don returned home after the war and became a business partner with Martin Jr. Martin always carried deep respect for his older brothers, and his admiration of them was evident throughout Martin Jr’s. life.
On July 27, 1946, Martin married Mary I Storms of Clearfield, South Dakota. Of this union, 4 children were born: Judy, Jean, Greg, and Bryan. All 4 children were raised on the family farm north of Ideal, SD, and all attended Winner High School.
By the time Martin and Mary were wed in 1946, Martin had assumed most of the responsibility for the family farming operation. He and his brother Don were in partnership in that family operation together until 1977.
During those years together, they successfully grew many different crops, raised pigs and started a successful insurance business. Starting in the late 1950’s, Martin Jr. and Don made the decision to enter the cattle breeding business, starting with breeding Black Angus first and later adding Charolais.
In the early 1970’s when son Greg entered the business, they began breeding Simmental cattle as well. They had the most success with Black Angus cattle, which is the primary focus of the family’s cattle business to this day. Martin Jr’s. youngest son Bryan joined the operation in the late 1980’s, followed by Greg’s son Cody in the 1990’s, and Bryan’s son Nick in 2012, who combined, make up the managing partners of the operation to this day.
Martin Jr., who always had a knack for knowing when to lead by stepping aside and letting the younger generation have its chance, fully stepped away from ownership and management of the family business, Jorgensen Land and Cattle, in 2012. He spent the remainder of his years watching closely over his legacy, and enjoyed tending to a large garden, maintaining a beautiful flower garden with his wife, and afternoon drives to keep tabs on the operations at the farm.
Martin Jr. was known across the community, state, nation, and even the world as a powerful leader. He had an untamable drive to pursue what was right and would fight hard to achieve what he believed needed to be achieved.
He was deeply involved in the community as well as the agriculture industry, participating in the Tripp Co. 4H Fair Board, Tripp Co. Water User Dist. (founding chair), Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Beef Improvement Federation (chair), Integrated Resource Management (IRM) Chair, Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance board of director (chair), West River Catholic Diocese Foundation board, Charter Member of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Research and Education Committee (National Cattlemen’s Association), and was a Wa Wo Kia Wicsa (Helpful Man) Honoree from Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
Martin Jr. was also honored as South Dakota’s Eminent Farmer in 1984, National Cattle Businessman of the Year 1988 and the American Angus Heritage Foundation Award in 1990.
Martin Jr. will always be remembered by members of his family and community as a man who would work tirelessly to achieve his goals, even if those goals didn’t benefit him directly. He was a model of leadership and bravery to many in the agriculture industry and to his family.
He is survived by his four children, Judy (Tom) Peschio, Jean (Gary) Davis, Greg (Deb) Jorgensen, and Bryan (Brenda) Jorgensen, sister Ruth O’Keefe, 16 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, wife of 72 years Mary Jorgensen, sisters; Marie, Helen, Elizabeth, and Alice and brothers; Lee, Donald and Stanley.
The family takes comfort in knowing that of all of Martin Jr’s. achievements, the one he was most proud of and dedicated to, was his marriage to his bride, Mary. They are now together again.
Winner girls played in the state fall ball tournament in Sioux Falls this weekend.
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