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Local 4-Hers placed at the state 4-H muzzleloader tournament Sept. 10 at the Mitchell trap club.

First place in the junior division went to Wyatt Weller, Gregory.

Results of the senior division include: Mary Nold, Brookings, 1st; Emily Foiles, Raymond, 2nd; Spencer Schulte, Brookings, 3rd; Shannon Weller, Gregory, 4th and Megyn McCarthy, Burke, 5th.

Shannon Weller, Emily Foiles and Spencer Schulte were on the team that competed at the national championship in Grand Island, Neb., in June.

Dale Foiles is the coach of the national team.

John and Marie Condon of Millboro help at the national tournament.  John and Marie Condon are the local muzzleloader instructors.

Dori Hollenbeck, Winner, is the  reserve champion barrel racer in the Nebraska State Rodeo Association. Hollenbeck competed in the NSRA Championship Finals Rodeo September 9, 10, 11  in Valentine, Neb.  Dori split first in the first go around with a time of :17.90, fourth in the second go with a time of :18.13 and second in the third go with a time of :17.91, placing her second in the average winning $2,182.00 bringing her total earnings for the season to $11,525.00.

Several states were represented at the Nebraska State Championship Finals Rodeo.  SD, NE, CO, WY, TX, AZ, IA, OK  and KS.

Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., Winner, was one of the stock contractors chosen to take stock to the NSRA finals rodeo.

The Mid-States Rodeo Association Championship Finals Rodeo will be held Sept. 16, 17, and 18 at the Custer County Fairgrounds in Broken Bow, NE.  The top 12 cowboys and cowgirls in each of 10 events  have earned their way to the finals rodeo from competing in 54 rodeos in NE, KS, IA, NE, & MN. Winner hosts one of the qualifying rodeos.

Dori Hollenbeck, Winner, has a commanding lead in the barrel racing for the championship title.  Dori will be competing in the championship finals for the 36th time.  She is the only person to accomplish this feat.  Also qualifying for the Mid-States Championship Finals Rodeo in the team roping is Rod Buckley, Winner.

Maureen Hollenbeck, Winner, has been chosen to time the M-SRA Finals Rodeo.  Cody Hollenbeck, Long Pine, NE has been chosen as one of the pickup men.  Matt Riha, Rapid City, who is Hollenbeck’s bullfighter, has been chosen to fight bulls at the Finals.
Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., Winner, is one of three stock contractors providing bucking horses and bucking bulls for the Championship Finals Rodeo.

Members of the South Dakota FFA participated in a wide range of activities during the state fair.

Savannah Vogel of Winner had the English division grand champion breeding heifer.

Serving as SD FFA State Officers means more than wearing the FFA official jacket at events. State FFA officers represent the SD FFA in everything they do and are Forever Blue.

Runnings Farm and Fleet of Brookings recognizes the important role these six college students play in representing the future of agriculture in their day to day activities and donated warm, durable coats to the team to wear this winter. The FFA jacket is worn only on official business. The navy Carhartt jackets donated by Runnings are durable and can go with them everywhere – over official dress in cold weather, to college classes, back home doing chores, or wherever needed, and keep them looking like a team.

Sydney Peters of Winner is one of the state officers receiving the jacket. Peters is a freshman at South Dakota State University.

Runnings surprised the officers with the in kind donation through the SD FFA Foundation.
Brookings Runnings manager, Troy Heier says, “As members go out and start their futures, they will hopefully come back to do business with us. As “Future Farmers of America” we can help each other.”

Winner High School cheer and dance teams placed at the Winner Invitational on Saturday. There were nine school competing.

The Winner cheer team took second place.  In dance, hip hop took 2nd; kick, 3rd and pom, 3rd. The overall dance trophy went to Dakota Valley.

Several runners took part in the Winner Regional Healthcare Center road race on Labor Day.

The overall 5K winners were Darbi McIntyre and Tyler Foster. The overall one mile winners were Ava Craven and Pierce Nelson.

Nagel Ranch of Winner is a new member of the American Angus Association.

The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 18 million registered Angus.

Joe Lehman of Pierre won the Billy Bolander Memorial demolition derby Sunday in Winner.

Second place went to Randy Lanoue of Marshall, Minn., with Blaine Bolander of Gregory taking third and Randy Brown of Pierre taking fourth.

The mad dog winner was Derrick Orth of Mobridge.

The first place winner of the derby won $5,000 with second taking $3,000 followed by $2,000 for third and $1,000 for fourth.

The truck winner was the black and white team of Winner. The truck mad dog winner was Scott Nice of Tea.

The Winner Legion and Bolander family are the sponsors of the derby.

Brian Burnham of Millboro was inducted into the 4-H volunteers hall of fame at the State Fair in Huron.
The ceremony was held Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m.

“The State Fair is a great place to recognize those 4-H volunteers who have put in years of service to the 4-H members and families in South Dakota by inducting members into the volunteer hall of fame,” said Audrey Rider, SDSU Extension 4-H volunteer field specialist.

The 4-H Volunteer Hall of Fame is intended to honor the many volunteers who have made significant contributions to South Dakota’s 4-H program. “The individuals honored have given unselfish service through their talent, time and leadership to the 4-H program, been an advocate on behalf of 4-H and an outstanding example of caring adults in the lives of children and/or youth,” Rider said.