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Calah Covey of Hamill received the James “Buddy” Carmichael memorial scholarship which was presented during the Black Hills Stock Show banquet.

James Carmichael passed away in 2007 and his family who ranches near Meadow created a scholarship to honor the memory of this man who had a great appreciation for livestock, especially Hereford cattle.

Covey is a senior at Winner High School and plans to attend South Dakota State University in the fall. She will pursue an animal science degree with emphasis on reproduction. Covey would like to go into embryology while maintaining her Hereford herd.

Colome High School band students participated in the Region V instrumental contest in Parkston on Feb. 24.

Jeremiah Yeaman won a superior in a snare drum solo.

Callie Heath received a superior in a flute solo and Kaydee Heath received a superior in a clarinet solo.

Wiley Heath and Isaac Kortan won an excellent in a trombone duet.

Cheyenne Heath is the band instructor.

The Spirit Gems fourth annual Bling Fling will be held Saturday, March 5 at the Winner Armory. It will start at 9:30 a.m. and the doors will open at 8:30 a.m.

There will be 300 athletes performing from several towns. In addition to Winner, teams will be from Yankton, Mitchell, Pierre, Miller, Platte and Valentine, Neb.

This is the first year the event will be a judged competition.   There will be dance and cheer teams as well as dance solos.

The event will feature vendors, a concession stand, a silent auction and prizes.

Awards will be presented around 3 p.m.

Several members of Tripp County shooting sports are state qualifiers.

The state qualifiers in archery are: Jared Amidon, CWS-R 122.02; Parker Baker, CWS-R 121.02; George Clark, CWS-R 147.19; Faith Covey, CWS-R 133.09; Bailey Fairbanks, CWS-R 114.05; Selah Harris, CWOS 70; Cam Irick, CWOS 84.01; Ashton Klein, CWS-R 121.04; Lexi Klein, CWS-R 124.03; Julianna Larson, CWS-R114.03; Tessa Mann, CWOS 98.04; Wade McClanahan, RWS 124.04; Pierce Nelson, CWS-R 115.04; Braden Tarrell, CWS-R 128.01; Nathan Taylor, CWOS 110.02.

The state qualifiers in bb gun are Jack Anderson 289.01; Spencer Calhoon, 332.01.

In .22 rifle, Tane Pravecek 258.01 qualified.

The sponsor is Winner Seed.

The Winner Music Boosters is sponsoring a variety show on Friday, March 4, at the middle school gym. The show will start at 6:30 p.m. and is a fund raiser for the music department.

There will be a lot of singers performing everything from country to pop.  There will be instrumental soloists and a teacher group doing a lip sync song.  The Winner High School Warriorettes will also perform.

The public is invited to attend the variety show.

A new weather record temperature was set in Winner on Feb. 18. The temperature reached 76 degrees breaking a 68 year old record.
The previous record on this date was 70 degrees set in 1948.

The Winner High School drama department will perform “The Wizard of Oz” on April 7-9.

The cast for the play are: Molly Connot, Kenzi Irick, John Kludt, Matthew Hartley, Sydney Peters, Molly Sperlich, Hayley Halverson, Emily Moser, Shannon Duffy, Sadie Woods, Gracie Littau, Mary Calhoon, Liz Jankauskas, Katy Lantz, Duncan English, Grant Winter, Jacob Woods, Nick Blare, Mason Schuyler, Ty Bolton, Isaac Naasz, Hunter Shopene, Luke Engel, Jonas Brill, Brielle Bachmann, Alex Meiners, Jace Voegeli, Korrina Williams, Bethany Cable, Eleanor Moleterno, Andrew Taylor, Angel Shaw, Taylor Headrick, Shelby Scott, Arista Kaiser and Kayla Natoli.

The play is directed by Kelly Assman and Kara Connot. The technical director is Dan Patmore.

Winner Wild defeated Yankton 40-34 in the championship of the Huron Tournament on Saturday.

In the first game, Winner Wild defeated Mitchell Thunder 40-8.  In the second game, the Wild won 54-32 over Aberdeen Roncalli.

The next tournament is at the Stuart Athletic Club.