By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Winner High School football team played a solid game to open the season Friday night at Warrior Field.
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Winner High School golf team opened the season last Tuesday at the Hot Springs tournament.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
The Winner Area competitive cheer team is excited to start the season.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Winner area cross country runners are putting in the miles as they prepare for the first meet of the year.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
One yard.
That’s how close the Corsica/Stickney Cougars came to souring head coach Gene Bertram’s debut. Luckily for Bertram, his Cowboy’s defense held strong to escape with a 22-18 week one win in the Cowboys home opener at Fetzer Field on Friday night.
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Reed Harter of the Winner/Colome Pheasants won the Tony Adams hustle award at the state amateur baseball tournament.
By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
It’s a common saying.
The saying talks about the fact that when a talented player of a sport doesn’t work hard, then another player of lesser talent can replace him solely based on hard work.
Becoming complaicent doesn’t make good athletes great. It hinders them.
Luckily for a guy like Reed Harter, he seems to have both qualities in that he’s a hard worker and talented.
Harter, a key component of the Winner/Colome Pheasants, took home the Tony Adams Hustle Award in the Class B state amateur tournament which was held from Aug. 7 until Aug. 18.
The Pheasants would go all the way to the semi-finals before falling to Alexandria, 7-3.
“It was a good tournament,” Harter said of his team’s performance at state. “The First game was little closer than we wanted it to be, but we were able to get it done. The second game JJ threw really good, and we made play when we had to. Came out in Plankinton, our bats got hot, and we were able to pull away.”
“The last game against Alexandria was the intense game I’ve been in. I’ve been in over 70 games playing college and amateur ball this summer, and that was a game where the pressure mounted.”
Becoming a good player and a great player doesn’t come without sacrifice and hard work. All qualities that Harter continues to exude.
Winning the award was only a representation of the Reed Harter that comes in day in and day out.
“That’s the way I play,” Harter said. “I go hard all the time. I don’t know anything different. It’s an honor to get that award. I’m hoping to continue to play hard and continue to play until I can’t walk anymore.”
Harter, a senior at Dakota Wesleyan University, heads into his final season. Amateur baseball only seemed to help Harter who looks forward to improving off a junior season in which he lead the Tigers with 35 RBIs.
“It was a great summer,” Harter said. “I was able to swing the bat well all summer long, and I think that it set me up for my senior year. I was able to be on a high the whole summer because I was able to swing the bat well. I’m excited for my senior season.”
Ruth Peters of Ellinwood, Kan., recently received the first centenarian certificate in a new program though the South Dakota Historical Society.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Tripp County will dedicate its new Charters of Freedom setting on Monday, Sept. 2 at 11 a.m.
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Raymond Burch Jr., 66, of Winner SD passed away on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.
Raymond Joseph Burch Jr. was born Feb. 1, 1953 to Raymond and Margaret (Harcher) Burch in upstate New York. Ray graduated from Boulder High School in 1971.
After high school, Ray became a welder which began his journey of being able to fix just about anything. In Boulder, he worked at Complex Tooling for over 20 years before moving to Winner in 1994.
In the Winner area, Ray worked in the fields of maintenance, masonry, landscaping and more.
Ray was an absolute adventure seeker – whether it be hiking over the continental divide, skydiving, snowboarding, target shooting or riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, he loved the thrill. He was a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. Ray was a phenomenally hard worker, excellent marksman, and would genuinely do anything to help others.
Ray enjoyed spending time with family, spoiling his grandchildren, telling stories (lots and lots of stories) of his past, catching up with old friends, and sneaking in as much hunting and fishing as time would allow. One of his favorite stories to tell was when he caught a 15 1/2 lb. northern that was 41 inches long out of the Tripp County stock dam.
He loved telling stories about how many times he jumped out of airplanes and his crazy adventures. His wild side left him with many nicknames such as Ripcord, Major, Radar, and Green Beret Ray.
Ray is survived by his wife, Sheila Burch of Winner, daughter Melanie (Laramie) Unzen of Sioux Falls SD, grandchildren Jase and Cierra, and brother William Burch of Frederick CO.
Ray is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Margaret Burch and brother Brian Burch.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date. “It is not the length of life, but depth of life.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Janet Joye (Aitken) Leonard of Spearfish SD and formerly of Rapid City died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.
She was born Dec. 14, 1922 to Noble and Jessie (Boerner) Aitken of Winner SD.
On June 30, 1950 she married Robert Leonard. They lived in Burke and Sioux Falls before moving to Rapid City in 1963 where Robert ran the YMCA health club and was a masseuse.
She is survived by her daughters Joye Greeson of Sioux Falls, Carla (John) Heavlin of Rapid City and Anita ( Larry) DeKramer of Lake Madison SD, and daughter-in-law Vicki Leonard of St Paul MN. Eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert in 1967, son Gene in 1997 and sister Carol V Jones.
A private family gravesite committal service will be held in Burke SD.
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