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Warriors 5th at state duals

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This is the team picture of the Winner wrestling team at Watertown in the state duals. The Warriors placed fifth.

Winner wrestling team placed 5th at the Class B state dual tournament in Watertown on Saturday.

In the first round Saturday morning, Custer got by Winner 36-33.

Then Winner defeated Kimball/White Lake/Platte/Geddes 32-25. In the third round Winner defeated Miller/Highmore-Harrold 37-26 and took fifth place.

Canton won the Class B dual title.

Custer defeated Winner Area 36-33

  • 106 – Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) over Ayden Dooley (Custer) Maj 17-3
  • 113 – Tyler Trant (Custer) over Roukyn Robbins (Winner Area) Fall 0:57
  • 120 – Tray Weiss (Custer) over Hudson Peters (Winner Area) Fall 2:56
  • 126 – Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) over Ethan O`connor (Custer) TF 19-4
  • 132 – Riley Scott (Custer) over Konner Osborn (Winner Area) Fall 5:39
  • 138 – Karson Keiser (Winner Area) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
  • 144 – Ryken Orel (Winner Area) over David Lewis (Custer) Fall 1:35
  • 150 – Leighton Sander (Custer) over August Bartels (Winner Area) Dec 7-2
  • 157 – Breven Bolander (Winner Area) over Kai Rusch (Custer) SV-1 9-7
  • 165 – Jude Sargent (Winner Area) over Blaise Arp (Custer) Dec 7-0
  • 175 – Ryder Bailey (Custer) over Kellen Cihak-Brozik (Winner Area) Fall 2:48
  • 190 – Parker Noem (Custer) over Mason Curtis (Winner Area) Fall 1:06
  • 215 – Parker Mathis (Winner Area) over Lane Geisner (Custer) Fall 3:42
  • 285 – Zayne Severyn (Custer) over Stetson Shelbourn (Winner Area) TB-1 1-0

Match #2 Consolation Bracket

Winner Area defeated Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 32-25

  • 190 – Mason Curtis (Winner Area) over Chris Baas (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Dec 8-2
  • 215 – Dalton Deffenbaugh (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Parker Mathis (Winner Area) Dec 1-0
  • 285 – Stetson Shelbourn (Winner Area) over Adley Reindl (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Dec 3-2
  • 106 – Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) over Hayes Holter (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Maj 14-3
  • 113 – Roukyn Robbins (Winner Area) over Vincent Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Dec 4-3
  • 120 – Kasen Konstanz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Hudson Peters (Winner Area) Fall 1:49
  • 126 – Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) over Gavin Braun (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Dec 6-2
  • 132 – Johnny Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Konner Osborn (Winner Area) UTB 10-9
  • 138 – Karson Keiser (Winner Area) over Jace Soulek (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Fall 4:13
  • 144 – Iden Myers (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Ryken Orel (Winner Area) Dec 3-2
  • 150 – Carter Konechne (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over August Bartels (Winner Area) Maj 15-5
  • 157 – Jude Sargent (Winner Area) over Kenyon Kuiper (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Fall 5:24
  • 165 – Legend Benedict (Winner Area) over Joseph Skluzak (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) Maj 16-3
  • 175 – Lucas Lenz (Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Match #3 5th Place Match

Winner Area defeated Miller/Highmore-Harrold 37-26

  • 215 – Parker Mathis (Winner Area) over Colby Harrell (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Fall 4:00
  • 285 – Stetson Shelbourn (Winner Area) over Mathis Resel (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Dec 7-3
  • 106 – Rylan Robbins (Winner Area) over Chase Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Dec 9-7
  • 113 – Roukyn Robbins (Winner Area) over Jaymin VanDerWerff (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) SV-1 5-3
  • 120 – Talon Ping (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Hudson Peters (Winner Area) Maj 11-0
  • 126 – Maxton Brozik (Winner Area) over Kia McCauley (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Fall 0:47
  • 132 – Jordan Schafer (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Konner Osborn (Winner Area) Inj 1:17
  • 138 – Kellan Hurd (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Karson Keiser (Winner Area) Dec 3-2
  • 144 – Ryken Orel (Winner Area) over Johnny Alpizar (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Fall 0:50
  • 150 – Teagan Foreman (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over August Bartels (Winner Area) Maj 10-2
  • 157 – Ryder Rowland (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Breven Bolander (Winner Area) Fall 0:49
  • 165 – Jude Sargent (Winner Area) over Kaleb Sarchet (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) Maj 9-1
  • 175 – Colby Kolda (Miller/Highmore-Harrold) over Kellen Cihak-Brozik (Winner Area) Dec 6-3
  • 190 – Mason Curtis (Winner Area) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

The next action for Winner will be the regional tournament on Feb. 17 in Parkston. Wrestling will start at 10 a.m.

The regional will determine who will wrestling in the state tournament which is Feb. 22, 23 and 24 in Sioux Falls at the Premier Center.

Colome chili cookoff

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The annual Colome chili cook-off will be held Feb. 24 at the Colome American Legion.

It will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Persons can enjoy some chili and vote for their favorite recipe.

Categories are: hottest, best tasting, most unusual and best tasing other soup.

The winners in each category will get to allocate a portion of the donations to the Tripp   County youth organization of their choice.

Persons who would like to compete, contact Jeff Hrabanek (840-4211) or Laura Kahler (840-8537).

Offices close for holiday

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Government offices in Winner will be closed on Feb. 19 in honor of Presidents Day.

The Tripp County Courthouse will be closed as well as the library.

The Winner city office will be closed on Monday.

All state and federal offices in Winner will be closed.

The Winner Post Office will be closed and there will be no mail delivery.

First Fidelity Banks of Winner and Colome will be closed as well as BankWest and Sentinel Federal Credit Union.

There will be no noon meal served at the senior  citizens center on Feb. 19.

Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services will not be open for business on Monday.

Chris Haynes was inducted into the Winner School Hall of Fame

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Chris Haynes was inducted into the Winner School Hall of Fame on Saturday. Making the presentation is Brett Gardner, right. Haynes, who now lives in Yankton, is pictured with his family.

A star basketball player for Winner, Chris Haynes was inducted into the Winner School Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Haynes graduated from Winner High School in 2002. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University and master’s degree from University of South Dakota.

At WHS, Haynes was a three sport athlete participating in basketball, football and track, lettering nine times.

In basketball, Haynes was first team all state as a senior and third team as a junior. He was a Mr. Basketball finalist and Argus Leader all second team.

In 2001 the Warriors finished as consolation champions in the state tournament.

Haynes went on to play four years as a starting point guard for the DWU Tigers. He was named team captain as a  junior and senior.

In football, Haynes was a two year starting quarterback and defensive back, earning all-state honors as a senior.

In track, he medaled eight times at the state meet, five times in relays and three times in open events.

Haynes is currently teaching and coaching at Yankton High School. He is Yankton’s all-time winningest boys  basketball coach. During his 11 year tenure he has led the Bucks to seven state tournaments including state championships in 2018 and 2023.

He and his wife, Ashley, have been married since 2011 and together have three children, Cooper, Connor and Ally.

Winner Community Playhouse will present a spring production

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Winner Community Playhouse will present a spring production Feb. 23, 24, Feb. 29, March 1 and 2.

“The Hitchin Post” by Pat Cook is the play that has been chosen.

The cast includes Barb DeSersa, Doug Nelson, Cassie Shutt, Hayden McMurtrey, Mary Backus, Ken Teger, Ron High Rock, Emily Moser, Dan Patmore, Keith DeMers, Linda Nelson and Sandra York.

Ron High Rock is the director with Dan Patmore as the technical director.

The action in “Hitchin’ Post” centers around a general store in Flat Rock, Texas. It is a hilarious slice of life outside a Texas town.

Cracker Barrel in Winner

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Persons who want to learn the latest legislative news should attend the cracker barrel in Winner on Saturday, Feb. 10. The event will be held at 4 p.m. at the Winner American Legion. Winner Legion Auxiliary will host the event.

Attending will be Dist. 21 lawmakers—Sen. Erin Tobin of Winner; Rep. Rocky Blare of Winner and Rep. Marty Overweg, New Holland.

National Guard band to perform in Winner

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A small group of the 147th South Dakota Army National Guard band stationed out of Mitchell will perform in Winner on Feb. 8. They will perform in the Armory from 2:45 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. 

Winner is one of their stops on a tour of schools.

Mission Essential Brass is a nine member ensemble. The band plays a variety of music and has a high energy show.

The band is based in Mitchell and has seen overseas deployment to Guatemala in 1991, Panama in 1996 Nicaeragua in 2002 and Suriname in 2018.

The band performs for military and civilian functions throughout the region and is made up of musicians aged 17 to 60.

In addition to the concert and ceremonial bands, the 147th Band is comprised of four unique music performance teams: Sgt. Rock, FTX, Drive On and Mission Essential Brass.

Vandenbark wins state Patriot’s Pen

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Ben Vandenbark, an 8th grader at Colome School, won first place in the state for the VFW Patriot’s Pen contest. He was the district winner that qualified him for the state competition in Pierre. Vandenbark is pictured with VFW officials. He represented Winner VFW Post 4674. His essay will be submitted to the national contest.

Ben Vandenbark, Colome, won first place in the state for the VFW Patriot’s Pen contest.

The Colome 8th grader is the son of Matt and Kate Vandenbark.

His essay goes to the national competition. The top placers then travel to Washington, D.C.

Vandenbark was the district winner which qualified him for the state meet in Pierre. He represented Winner VFW post and auxiliary.

“How are you inspired by America?” was the essay theme.

His essay was about veterans, his grandfather and first responders. He talked about how the veterans fought for our country and even when hurt continued to fight.

Vandenbark was inspired by his grandfather who served in the Navy. He wishes he could learn more about his grandfather’s time at sea and the ship he was on.

Vandenbark also wrote about how first responders put themselves in danger and help others. He noted how the first responders reacted during 9/11.

Patriot’s Pen gives 6th, 7th and 8th grade students the opportunity to express their opinion on a patriotic theme and improve their writing skills while they compete for awards and prizes.

Conducted nationwide, this VFW sponsored youth essay competition encourages students to use their minds and knowledge of America’s history and their experience of today’s American society to write essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme.