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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.

The Bartlett Basketball Academy’s BBA Fierce 6th grade girls recently competed in the MAYB national tournament in Oklahoma City.

Bella Swedlund of Winner is a member of this team.

The Fierce finished very strong in their pool competing against teams from Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma. They scored an average of 53 points per game while allowing just an average of 13 points per game.

The team advanced to the upper, single elimination bracket winning an exciting first round 44 to 42 against a team from Missouri.

During the second round Fierce lost to the eventual champions, the OK Swish Blue from Oklahoma City.

Bartlett Basketball Academy is located in Sioux Falls and hosts competitive boys and girls summer and winter teams from grades 4th through high school as well as various basketball performance programs and individual workouts for all ages.

Rusty Arthur and Lisa Halverson won first place in the Wesson Littau memorial golf tournament Sunday at Winner Country Club.   The couple shot a 34.

Winner cheer team tied for third place at the Gregory Invitational on Saturday.

Coach Val Ewing explained the team has had to adjust due to injuries and absences. “So to got into our first competition and place was way more than we expected,” said Ewing.

The team has quite a few returning cheerleaders and some outstanding seniors. 
“It is nice to get this first competition out of the way and get some feed back from the judges so that we can work towards our final cheer routine. I am so proud of the work these girls have put into the season so far. I expect great things from here on out,” said Ewing.

The next competition will be the Winner Invitational on Sept. 10 starting at 1 p.m. in the Winner Armory. “We would love to see the community members supporting the cheer and dance teams,” said the coach.

Nearly 100 Tripp County youth compete in 4-H Shooting Sports and Tim Pravecek knows them all.

The Winner native has been coaching area youth since 1993.

For his efforts, Pravecek will be one of four persons to receive the Rural Dakota Pride award at the South Dakota State Fair on Sept. 3. He will be honored on Farmers Union Day at the fair at 10:30 a.m.

“Shooting sports competition teaches them that winning isn’t everything and it gives them the confidence to handle themselves well under pressure,” explains the 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator for Tripp County who has had several individuals he coached compete nationally.

Tim has been helping to organize State and National 4-H Shooting Sports competitions for more than a decade now and received his Junior Olympic Archery Development Instructor Level 2 certification in 2015.

Growing up on what is now a Century Farm, Tim has been hunting since he was a child. Today, when he has time to himself, you will find him outdoors enjoying nature and his favorite pastime. “I call it my therapy.”

Giving of his time to his hometown and county is routine for Tim who helped fundraise to build the Rosebud Arrow, Rod and Gun Club north of Winner, has served as chairman of the local Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Chapter, is a member of Pheasants Forever, was on the board of directors for S.D. Bow Hunters Inc., financial secretary for Knights of Columbus, treasurer for the Tripp County 4-H Leaders Assoc. and director of the Shotgun portion of the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Rapid City.

“Without volunteers who follow through, nothing would happen. My dad taught me the importance of following through when I was little,” Tim says.

An advocate for safety, Tim has led bow safety and gun safety classes for nearly 30 years.

“Young people need to practice and understand safety to know what they are doing before going out in the field on their first hunt,” Tim says. “Someone is going to lead them out there at some point, whether they are carrying a gun or with someone who has a gun, and they need to understand the seriousness of hunting – it’s not a toy.”

Linkyn Petersek of Colome repeated as the junior boys all-around at the state 4-H finals rodeo in Pierre Aug. 19-21.

Petersek was also the repeat saddle winner of the junior boys breakaway roping by placing sixth in the first go, 6th in the second go and winning the average.

Petersek won two saddles and a buckle over the weekend.

Last year he was also the state champion breakaway roper and junior all around cowboy.

He will try for a three peat next year as he has one more year left in the junior division.

The 2016 selection for One Book South Dakota is “Some Luck” by Jane Smiley.

A discussion on the book will be held in Winner on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Tripp County Library meeting room.
Books are available at the Tripp County Library for persons to read and sign up for the discussion.

The leader of the book discussion in Winner will be Kathy Antonen of South Dakota School of Mines.
Antonen has been leading South Dakota One Book discussions in Winner for several years.

Tragedies, triumph, history and everyday life of a Midwestern farm family mix in this book.

The book follows an Iowa family through the thick of the 20th Century.