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Dean’s List

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Area students have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at South Dakota State University.

Named to the list are: Cameron Kuil, Carter; Nathan Farley, Hayley Halverson, Kylie Horstman, Rebecca Moorhead, Sydney Peters, Dylan Riedl, Coleton Schuyler and Madison Smither, all of Winner. Receiving a 4.0 grade point average were: Halverson, Moorhead, Peters, Riedl.

Bailey Baker of Winner has been named to the spring semester Dean’s list at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City.

Allison Ekroth, Dallas, has been named to the Dean’s List at Mount Marty College.

Named to the Presidents Academic Honors list at Dakota State University are Isaac Kortan, Colome; Blenda Hadsall, Tawny Sherman, and Rachel Sherman, all of Winner.

Winner Athletes Place at State Track Meet

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Winner High School boys and girls track team had a successful weekend at the state track meet in the Black Hills.

The WHS boys placed 10th and the girls took 24th.

The Winner boys 4×100 relay took second place in a time of :44.40. Runners were Riley Calhoon, Brady Fritz, Joren Bruun and Nolan Sachtjen.

Freshman Brady Fritz took third in the 100, long jump and triple jump.

Fritz ran the 100 in :11.18.

In the long jump, Fritz went 22-08 and in the triple jump on Friday in Spearfish he had a jump of 43-00.25.

In the shot put , Levi McClanahan placed 11th with a throw of 43-08 and Colton Schroeder placed 18th with a throw of 35-05.75.

In the discus, McClanahan placed 11th in 123-04.

Kade Watson ran the two mile and the open mile. In the two mile, Watson 15th in 10:58.13. In the mile, Watson ran a 5:15.14

On the girls side, Sidda Schuyler took fourth place in the two mile run. The Winner 8th grader had a time of 11:51.73.

In the mile run Saturday in Rapid City, Schuyler placed 8th in 5:26.61.

Kelsey Sachtjen placed 6th in the high jump at 4-11.

The Lady Warriors 4×800 team took 16th place in 11:19.48. The runners were Aryn Meiners, Meagan Blare, Melanie Brozik and Charlotte Shopene.

Krumpus Places at State

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Haley Krumpus of Colome took fourth in the 200 at the state track meet in Rapid City.

Krumpus ran the 200 in :26.39.

The Colome athlete also took 8th place in the triple jump at 33-08.75.

The Colome girls ran the 4×100 relay in a preliminary time of :53.14. Runners were Matrix Noteboom, Baylee Hoffine, Saydee Heath and Haley Krumpus.

Winner/Colome Claims Region 4B Title

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Winner/Colome baseball team won the Region 4B tournament with a 4-1 victory over Platte-Geddes on May 21 in Winner.

With the victory, the Royals remain undefeated 13-0.

Both teams advanced to the state tournament which was held in Sioux Falls at the Birdcage.

The first game for Winner/Colome in the state B tournament was against Lennox on May 28 at 7 p.m.

“It’s quite an accomplishment making the state tournament, but I’m especially proud of winning the region championship,” said coach Drew Weber. “We have had quite a season and to add to a region championship is pretty special.”

In the region championship, Ty Bolton pitched a one hitter and struck out seven batters while allowing one run.

Riley Calhoon knocked in a pair of runs while Nick Lantz also drove in a run. Levi McClanahan, Layton Thieman and Oscar Pravecek each had a hit.

In the semifinals of the super regional, Winner/Colome blanked Lead-Deadwood 10-0.

Jackson Kinzer pitched a shutout in six innings. He had nine strikeouts.

Key batters for the Royals were Bolton with 2 singles, 2 RBIs; Lantz, 2 singles and 1 RBI; Kinzer, a single and 2 RBIs; Thieman, triple and 2 RBIs and Pravecek with an RBI triple.

“We are playing our best ball of the past couple seasons right now and just hope that it continues,” said Weber. “Baseball is a funny game and anything can happen at any time but we feel confident that we are one of the best teams in the state and we intend on proving it in Sioux Falls.”

Alexandria Knocks Off Pheasants

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Alexandria scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Winner/Colome amateur baseball team 12-8 Thursday in Sunshine League action in Alexandria.

The Angels were outhit 11-6.

Cole Wenande of Alexandria had a grand slam home run to drive in four runs.

For Winner/Colome, Reed Harter had three hits and drove in two runs. Lakin Neugebauer and Harter each scored twice and Derek Graesser had two hits and knocked in three runs.

Tarrell Bauld took the loss.

The Pheasants issued eight walks in the game.

Ronald L. Moore, 83

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Funeral services for Ronald L. Moore, 83, of Kennebec, SD were held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2018 at the Kennebec Methodist Church in Kennebec with burial in the Kennebec Cemetery at Kennebec.

Ronald L. Moore passed away on May 22, 2018 at Sanford Care Center in Chamberlain.

Ronald Lewie Moore, son of Lewie and Leola (Paige) Moore, was born Dec. 18, 1934, at Kennebec and was raised on a farm two miles northwest of Kennebec. He attended school from first through twelfth grade in Kennebec. Ronald enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years.

On Sept. 5, 1959, Ronald was united in marriage to Frances Beth Caslin in Kennebec. To this union, four sons were born Wesley, Scott, Clayton, and Cody.

Early in his career Ron worked for Lyman County Highway Department, Kennebec City Maintenance, and then he became manager of Kennebec Co-Op Lumber and Hardware. The family then owned and operated Moore’s Truck Stop from June 1984 until November 1992 when it was sold. In June of 1994, they purchased the Kennebec Co-Op Lumber and Hardware. Within his career, he made many trips with friends driving truck.

He enjoyed working with wood and had done so most of his life. Another favorite past time was working with horses with his boys, grandchildren, and close friends.

Gratefully sharing his life are his wife Beth of Kennebec; four sons Wesley of Lower Brule, Scott (Beth) of Ipswich, Clayton (Karla Brozik) of Kennebec, and Cody (Heather) of Winner; 10 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two brothers Raymond (Jean) Moore of Chamberlain and Lyle (Gay) Moore of Kennebec; a sister Fern (Roger) Best of Brandon; a brother-in-law Phillip Caslin of Sioux Falls, and sister-in-law Kathy Caslin of Kennebec.

Preceding him in death were his parents, infant brother Albert David, nephew Russell Caslin, great niece Carli Caslin, mother and father-in-law Donnie and Jennetheve Caslin, brother-in-law Howard and sister-in-law Eva Marie.

Calvin Dean Hofer, 90

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Funeral services for Calvin Hofer were held May 26 at the Trinity Community Church on Bridgewater. Burial was in the Bridgewater city cemetery.

Calvin Dean Hofer (90) was born on Dec. 14, 1927, in a stone house on the family farm near Wolf Creek southwest of Bridgewater, SD. His parents were Joseph R. and Anna Rose (Tschetter) Hofer. He attended Bridgewater Schools.
He married Evelyn (Hossle) Hofer of Hamill, SD, on Sept. 16, 1951. They had two children.

Calvin was active in sports, community, and church. He organized and played in a church basketball league in his young adult years, officiated high school basketball, and played baseball or softball until he was 67. He served the community as McCook County Republican Chairman, as member of the township board, and as a school board member for many years. In his church (Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian/Trinity Community Church), he served as an elder for over 55 years.

Calvin drove red tractors and raised red cattle and crops as a farmer/rancher on the family farm which was declared a Century Farm in 2007. He was actively farming until his 89th birthday. He resided in the Bridgewater Diamond Care Center since January 2017 and went to heaven on May 18, 2018.

Calvin was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Alvin, and his sister Ruth Thaden.

He is survived and will be missed by his wife of over 66 years, Evelyn; his son, Robin Hofer of Bridgewater; his daughter Trudi (Dave) Nelson of Sioux Falls; three grandchildren — Dusti (Aaron) Jones of San Antonio, TX; Kyle (Kathryn) Nelson of Lincoln, NE; Kensi (Patrick) Proehl of Owatonna, MN; six great-grand- children who Calvin thought were the smartest kids ever; and brother-in-law Everett (Carol Jo) Hossle of Hamill, SD.