By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Colome football team will open the season Aug. 23 at Burke.
The new head coach of the Cowboys is Duane Wetzel who was an assistant coach for two years. The assistant coach will be Wyatt Cahoy. Chase Hrabanek served as head coach of the Cowboys last season.
There are 13 players on the Colome team this season.
Returning lettermen are seniors Shae Munroe, Jonah Musser; juniors Tyson Wetzel, Sam Brandsgaard and Alex Larson. Tila Harter, student manger is also a returning letterwinner.
Also on the team are Rystan DeSmet, a junior; freshmen Ben Vandenbark, Bode Kingsley and Berkley Meeder. There are three 8th graders Harley Supik, Justin DeNoyer and Jackson Fredrickson.
Coach Wetzel says as of now Supik will be starting at quarterback. Running back will be Musser with Meeder full back, DeSmet, wide out. Tyson Wetzel will be the center and Kingsley will be one of the guards. Who will be the other guard is up in the air.
Though the staff is still working on the defense what is known is that Wetzel will play on the defensive line along with Larson. Meeder will play middle linebacker and Musser will be one of the outside backs along with Brandsgaard.
DeSmet and Supik will play safety.
Wetzel said in practice the team has been working on a lot of fundamentals.
“We are trying to build this program, try to get the kids interested,” said Wetzel. “I think we should win some games this year. We have a couple of tough teams that will be a challenge for us. The team is buying into the program and that is what Colome needs is for kids to believe in the program.”
Last season the Cowboys won two games and Wetzel is looking to improve on that this year.
“I told the kids from the start that it will be an uphill battle but as long as they stick with the program and believe what we are doing I will always be behind them,” said Wetzel.
“I am excited for this year,” he added.
The Colome homecoming game is Sept. 6 when they host Sunshine Bible Academy.
The 2024 Colome football schedule includes:
Aug. 23—at Burke
Aug. 30—at Platte-Geddes
Sept. 6—Sunshine Bible Academy, homecoming
Sept.13-Bye week
Sept. 20—Avon, home
Sept. 27—at Corsica/Stickney
Oct. 4—at Scotland/Menno
Oct. 11—TDA/ACDC, home
Oct. 18—Conference
This year the Winner High School competitive dance team will compete in both pom and jazz.
This is the first time Winner has done jazz. Winner has done, hip hop, kick and pom put never jazz.
There will be eight girls in jazz says coach Sarah Taggart. “I am really excited for jazz. The girls have worked hard from May through the summer coming to practice two days a week. “I think we have a good routine and our song is cool to go with the performance,” added Taggart. Pom has always been a staple for the dancers and this year will be no different. There are 11 girls in pom and this will be made up mostly of the younger girls.
There are eight returning letterwinners on the team. They include Kacie Petersen, Avery Manke, Autumn Cook, Addi Heenan, Lena DeMers, Chloe Taggart, Amanda Edwards and Suchi Chaudhari.
“I am excited to see where we can go with these routines,” said Taggart who is starting her fifth year as dance coach.
“We have good group of girls that are going to work hard,” she said.
There are no seniors on the team so Taggart is excited that all these girls will be back for another year.
Marissa Meiners is the assistant coach. She was a member of Taggart’s dance team the first two years Taggart was the coach.
The first competition will be Aug. 31 in Gregory. The Winner Invitational will be Sept. 14.
The state meet this year is in Rapid City on Oct. 25.
The schedule for the dance team includes:
Aug. 31—at Gregory High School
Sept. 5 —at Mitchell Invitational
Sept. 7—at Pierre Invitational
Sept 14—Winner Invitational, 1 p.m.
Sept. 21-Douglas Invitational
Sept. 23—Wagner Invitational
Oct. 10—Sturgis invitational
Oct. 19—Platte-Geddes invitational
Oct. 21—Dance/cheer showcase before state, Winner auxiliary gym
Oct. 25—State meet in Rapid City
Barbara Ann Berens passed away on Aug. 3 in Phoenix Az.
Barbara was born on Oct. 29, 1947 in Gregory, SD. to Nicholas and Bernice Berens. She moved to Winner in 1949 when her parents purchased the Five Spot Cafe. Barbara attended St. Mary’s school graduating in 1961. She then attended Winner High School graduating in 1965. She spent many hours during her high school days working at the Five Spot.
Barbara attended St. John’s McNamara School of Nursing in Rapid City, graduating in 1967. After graduation, she moved to Phoenix, AZ to accept a job with St. Joseph’s Hospital. She worked there until her retirement.
Barbara loved dogs and had as many as 5 at one time. She also enjoyed sewing. During the Covid pandemic she spent much time sewing masks.
Barbara was proceeded in death by her parents and her grandparents. She is survived by her brother Richard and his wife Marilyn, and numerous first and second cousins.
Funeral services for Myrna Rae Beauchamp will be held Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Burke. Burial will be in the Knoll crest Cemetery in Naper, Neb.
Myrna Rae (Gosch) Beauchamp was born Oct. 15, 1937 in the Burke Hospital to Corneilius and Anna (Ludemann) Gosch. She died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 in Bormann Manor, Parkston SD at the age of 86.
She grew up on the family farm west of Naper, NE and attended rural school District #60. She graduated from Naper High School in 1955 and attended Wayne State, earning a 3-month teaching certificate. She taught rural schools for four years in the Boyd County area.
While growing up, the family attended Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jameson NE. She was baptized and confirmed there.
On Aug. 21, 1959 she married Donald Beauchamp and moved to the farm north of Herrick, SD. They later divorced in 1993.
Myrna was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening and canning and freezing what she grew. She loved to work on embroidery projects, often times placing her creations in a wooden hoop. Who could forget receiving one of these creations made specially for them, stitched with love to honor a special occasion in their life? Through the years she held several jobs, including waitressing, cooking at the local hospital, home health care; and her favorite: being a paraprofessional in the Burke School District. She was selected to be homecoming parade marshal the year she retired. This was a great honor for her.
Myrna supported everything in her home communities of Burke, Herrick, and Naper. Attending sporting events of every kind, the Burke Stampede, the Senior Center, volunteering at the Rumage Center, or helping at church kept her busy. If there was something going on in the area, she was probably there. Being involved in the Herrick Legion Auxiliary and Rosebud Rancherettes was truly a passion for her and she was a lifetime member of both organizations.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a special friend Jim Rue; brothers-John and wife Irene Gosch, and Albert Gosch; sisters-Elva and husband Al Nicolaus, Betty and husband Ervin Schochenmaier; nephews, Stanley Nicolaus, and David Gosch and a niece, Mary Lee Podhrasky.
She is survived by her four children; Kristie and husband Terry Leischner and Ralph of Parkston, Neil and wife Laurie of Winner, and Brian of Atlanta, GA. There are five grandchildren, Michael Leischner, Jenaya Brengle, Darcy Muller , Tyler Beauchamp and Paige Stewart. There are nine great-grandchildren.
May Myrna be remembered as a woman who loved her Lord, her family and community.
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