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Winner Area wrestling team took sixth place at the McCook Central tournament in Salem on Jan. 2.  Eight Winner area wrestlers placed in the tournament.  There were 19 teams in the tournament with Canton taking first place.  “This was our first time at this very good tournament with several top teams and many of the top wrestlers in Class B,” said coach Matt Chambers.

Wyatt Turnquist took third place with a 6-2 win over Parker Snyder of Philip Area.
Trevor Peters placed 5th as he won 7-1 over Martin Ruelas of Flandeau.
Colby Curtis took 7th as he won by injury default over Colby Fitch of Philip area.
Cameron Biggins and Avery Gilchrist both took 5th place. Biggins won by pin in 2:24 over Grant Plucker of Parker.
Gilchrist won by a pin in 37 seconds over Jayden Even of Parker.
Kayleb Brozik took 4th place as he lost 7-4 to Jesse Mikrut of Wolsey-Wessington.
Cohl Turnquist took 6th place as he was pinned by Blake Crowser of Philip Area in 1:48.
Jayden Schroeder placed 4th as he was pinned in 2:46 by Tyson Serr of Burke/Gregory.

“As a team, I thought we looked a little up and down, everyone really looked good at times which is a great positive. I also thought we left a few team points out there in matches that we could have either won or wrestled a little better,” said the coach. “Overall, it was a good showing coming out of break against some very good competition,” said Chambers.

The Winner boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Jan. 2 in Parkston. The Warriors were nipped 57-51.
The Warriors led at the end of the first three quarters. “We kind of let Parkston get away from us in the fourth quarter as they recorded 17 points alone,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We fouled a few too many times and they make their free throws. Hats off to Parkston as they made the plays in the fourth quarter,” said Gardner.
The Warriors were led in scoring by Devon Leiferman with 13 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen, 12 and Krockett Krolikowski, 9.

Colome boys basketball team defeated Wessington Springs 72-44 on Jan. 2.

Kelly O’Bryan led the Cowboys with 17 points followed by Jackson Kinzer and Holden Thieman with 14 each and Reed Harter, 11.

Winner High School boys basketball team defeated Bon Homme 47-40 in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 29.
With the victory, the Warriors are undefeated with a 4-0 record. Winner is ranked third in the latest prep high school basketball poll.
Devon Leiferman led the scoring for Winner with 17 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen with 11 and Krockett Krolikowski with 9. Isaac Naasz added 6 and Wyatt Ewing, 4 points.  Krolikowski pulled down 12 rebounds and Leiferman, 11.

The Colome girls basketball team was nipped 44-42 by Wessington Springs on Jan. 2.
Taylor Hrabanek led the scoring with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Helping out was Rayne Hermsen with 10 points, Mariah Kinzer with 7 points and 6 rebounds. Kaydee Heath had 6 rebounds.

Colome will host Kimball/White Lake on Jan. 7. On Jan. 9, Colome will travel to Todd County and will host Jones County on Jan. 12.

The Winner Lady Warriors basketball team has had a busy schedule between the end of December and the first of the new year.
In this span the girls have played three games with two of them being on the road.

The Lady Warriors opened the new year with a victor over Parkston 57-34 on Jan. 2.  Winner jumped to a early lead as they led 18-5 at the end of the first quarter.  Allison Cox led the scoring for Winner with 18 points followed by Bailey Volmer, 17.

On Dec. 29 in the Snowball Classic in Winner, the Lady Warriors defeated Bon Homme 67-22.  Winner was led in scoring by Cox with 11 points. Madyson Frazier, Volmer and Edith Eagle Hawk all scored 8 points.

On Dec.28, the Lady Warriors played in the Parkston Classic and were defeated by Webster 57-47.  Winner 13-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Volmer and Cox both scored 10 points.