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Winner High School will celebrate its annual homecoming Sept. 20-21.

The homecoming royalty candidates are: Gabby Kocer, Gracie Littau, Madison Thieman, Alexis Richey, Bayli Beehler, Brandon Volmer, Tyson Westendorf, Casey Stickland, Shea Connot, and Nolan Sachtjen.

The seniors chosen as float riders are: Sierra Hansen, Madison Kerner, Brielle Bachmann, Abby Marts, Sadie Woods, Wyatt Turnquist, Colton Schroeder, Luke Hennebold, Logan Tunnissen and Jerry Long Crow.

The coronation and alumni roll call will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Armory.

The crowning of the princess and warrior, the announcement of the parade marshal and the annual alumni roll call are all highlights of the coronation ceremony.

Abby Marts and Logan Tunnissen are the master and mistress of ceremonies.

Ushers are Elijah Blare, Trey Welch, Jeslyn Felix and Makenna Petersen.

The high school band, WHS cheerleaders and Warriorettes will perform.

The burning of the W will follow the ceremony in front of the ag building.

Any alumni reunions that require reserved seating can call Mona LaCompte at the high school at 842-8125. There is also reserved seating for alumnus that prefer not to climb the bleachers.

The annual pep rally will be held Thursday at 2:15 p.m. at the football field.

The activities will include a board game themed obstacle course, an eating contest, a real life game of Hungry Hippos.

There will also be the traditional presenting of the torches, a tug of war and class cheer challenge.

Spectators are encouraged to sit on the east side of the stadium, middle schoolers on the east side of the steps, 9-12 graders in ascending order sit on the west side of the stadium.

On Friday, the homecoming parade will start at 2 p.m. “Game On” is the parade theme.

Any group that wants to participate in the parade can call LaCompte.

Parade entries will line up at the corner of 7^th Street and Country Club Road starting at 12:30 p.m.

Winner High School would like to remind everyone that the school and fields are alcohol and drug free zones.

The week will conclude with the football game at 7 p.m. Winner Warriors will host Mt. Vernon/Plankinton Titans.

The ticket office opens at 5:30 p.m. with pregame at 6:30 p.m.

Winner Student Council will have concessions. The proceeds help to fund homecoming activities.

Each day of the week has a special theme. Monday was Candy Land: Sweet Dreams (dress in favorite pajamas or sleep wear)

Tuesday—What are you doing with your Life? (dress as your future favorite career)

Wednesday—Take a trip to the jungle with a game of Jamanji (dress as your favorite jungle animal or in best safari clothes).

Thursday—Class color day

Friday—Purple and Gold day

Class colors chosen are:

Seniors—black

Juniors—white

Sophomores—pink

Freshmen—red

8^th grade—blue

7^th grade—yellow

6^th grade—purple

To join in the festivities, all faculty are invited to dress up for the theme days or wear jeans and Winner Warrior apparel.

Winner High School student council puts on the homecoming activities. Their advisors are Mona LaCompte and Lisa Jankauskas.

“We strive to have a fun-filled homecoming week for the students, alumni and community,” said the student council.

The Glen and Yvonne Hollenbeck family of Clearfield will be honored at the 29^th annual Casey Tibbs Foundation tribute dinner on Nov. 3.

The Hollenbecks will be honored as the ranch cowboy family.

Glen’s grandfather Earl, produced some of the first rodeos in the Sandhills of Nebraska, circling Model T’s and wagons around to create an arena.

Glen become one of the top pick up men in the country and trained and mentored others such as Steve Sutton. He was the 1960 world champion calf roper.

Yvonne was a professional rodeo organist and secretary for many rodeos, sometimes handed both duties at the same rodeo.

At the age of 40, Glen won the championship calf roping in 1982, against much younger competitors. He won the U.S. Calf Roping Association championship in his age division in 2008. In 2017, at the tender age of 75, he won the senior pro association world championship.

Sons Shawn and Jay excelled in calf roping and other family members actively participate in rodeo.

The Winner Pack 100 Cub Scout Program of BSA held its annual Pinewood Derby on April 22. Nearly 25 entries were received, with participants receiving medals.

Fall recruitment is currently underway for youth interested in joining scouting. Parents are welcome to register their child at the upcoming parent/scout meeting to discuss popcorn sales on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m., at the Scout Cabin in Winner. Parents may also contact Charlie Grossenburg at 840-9010 for more information.

Winners have been named in the entries in the Colome High School homecoming parade.

Results include:

K-2^nd division—1. Second grade, 2. First grade, 3. Kindergarten

3^rd to 5^th division—1. 5^th grade, 2. 3^rd grade, 3. 4^th grade

6^th to 8^th grade—1. 8^th grade, 2. 6^th grade, 3. 7^th grade

9-12 division—1. 10^th grade, 2. 9^th grade and 3. 12^th grade

Community—1. First Fidelity Bank, 2. Colome Catholic Daughters

Brad Schramm of Winner will be inducted into the South Dakota Umpires Association hall of fame on Sept. 29.

This will be part of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball hall of fame at Nick’s Restaurant and Lounge in Madison.

The banquet opens with a social hour at 5:30 p.m.

The Winner Area cheer team placed second at the Spearfish Invitational on Sept. 10.

“This was a huge win for us,” said coach Val Ewing. There were five Class AA schools there and to compete with those schools at that level is just what Coach Novotny and Coach Ewing are looking for. Winner beat all of the A schools,” said the coach.

“We have never gone to this competition and even though it was a really long day it was great to get to see some of the teams from the far west side of the state,” added Ewing.

The Winner cheer performs at the half time of the homecoming football game on Sept. 21.

Winner Area dance took third place in Spearfish.

Coach Cyndy DeMers said the team scored their highest in the kick category and performed their best routines in pom and hip hop.

Spearfish won first in dance with Rapid City Stevens, 2^nd; Winner, 3^rd and St. Thomas More, 4^th.

Austin Calhoon and Erik Scott won first place in the Wesson Littau Foundation golf tournament over the Labor Day weekend. They shot a 33.

Second place in the championship flight went to Justin Zeigler and Jason Beehler with a 34 and third to T. J. Owen and Jayme Owen with a 35.

Jason and Candi Sachtjen won the first flight with a 39. Second went to Tyler and Danette Tobin with a 39 and third to Dawn Andel and Heidi Lang with 39.

Stacy and Megan Halverson won the second flight with a 42. Grady Myers and Quinten Lavoy took second with a 42 and Chad Peterson and Peggy Heilman took third with a 42.

Luke Littau and Doug Mitchell won the third flight with a 45. Second went to the Vaughn team with a 45 and third to Shelly and Wayne Kindt with a 45.

The tournament raised money for pediatric cancer research.