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Richey Joins Staff at First Fidelity Bank

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Austin Richey has joined the staff of First Fidelity Bank of Winner as an ag loan officer.

The son of Randy and Nicole Richey of Winner, Austin graduated from Winner High School in 2012. He went to the University of Nebraska at Kearney for one year and sent four years at the University of Sioux Falls. He graduated May 21 with a double major in business administration and sports management and a minor in finance.

While at USF, Richey played baseball for four years. He also played baseball at Kearney.

Last summer, Richey did a month long internship at First Fidelity Bank. He did a lot of observation learning the general process of making both consumer and ag loans.

In October, Winner branch manager Kelly Meiners called Richey and asked if he would be willing to come back to the area if a position opened up. Richey said he would be willing to come back here.

Shortly after graduating from college, he was working at the bank. He started at the bank on June 1.

Right now, he is in the training phase and getting use to the computer system.  “I am glad I can be home and can still help dad on the farm,” he said.

The Richeys have a farm near Wewela.  All along it has been Richey’s goal to come back to the family farm.  “I liked the area where I grew up and it was not a place I wanted to leave. Even if I had become a college athletic director first, I still had plans to come back to this area. “I am glad I was able to do that right away,” he said.

Richey is looking forward to his new job and is ready to be done with school.  “I am looking forward to seeing what this new job has to offer me.”

When he first started college, Richey was leaning toward athletic management. The collegiate level was of interest to him.
“As I kept going in school I realized that was not something I wanted to do. I wanted to do something so I could come back to the area and I was ready to come home.”

Richey still plays baseball as he is member of the Winner/Colome amateur baseball team.

Junior Teeners Place 4th in Tournament

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In the opening round of the Father’s Day tournament, Winner Junior Teeners defeated Lyman 16-5.

Brady Fritz pitched four strong innings and also had a hit and a run scored.  Zach Bohnet had 2 hits and 3 RBI’s. Klein had 2 hits and Owen Duffy reached base safely 3 times.

In the semifinal game, Winner was outscored by Platte 20-3.  Zach Bohnet pitched four solid innings and Ashton Klein pitched in relief.

Coach Jon Hanson said Winner struggled defensively and it shows with eight errors in the game.  Fritz had 2 hits and 2 runs scored and Klein had 2 hits.

In the final game, Winner lost a slugfest 13-10. Winner played Onida in the third place game on Sunday.

Evan Farner, Ashton Klein and Jesse Calhoon shared pitching duties.  On the offensive side, Kolbie Osborn and Adam Bohnet had 2 hits each while Fritz finished with 4 hits.

Gregory won the Father’s Day tournament with a 5-4 victory over Platte. Bryce Frank’s two out single scored Coy Determan for the win.

Earlier, the Winner junior teeners were victorious over Mission 13-3 in a game played last Thursday.

Riley Orel pitched two innings and Farner pitched the final inning.  Farner had 3 hits, and Michael Olson, Ashton Klein, Zach Bohnet, Charlie Pravecek and Brady Fritz each had a hit.

The next action for Winner is Thursday when they will host Gregory at 6 p.m.

Colome Junior Teeners Pick Up Wins

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Colome Junior Teeners defeated Valentine 7-6 in the consolation championship of Winner Father’s Day Tournament on Sunday.  In the fifth inning, Joey Cole tied the game at 6-6.   Valentine took an early 2-0 lead but Colome came back to tie the game 2-2. Valentine regained the lead before colome came back to score the winning run.

In the first game of the tournament, Platte defeated Colome 13-5 and in the second game Colome won 4-1 over Lyman. This game was called due to rain out.

Parkston Downs Amateur Team

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Parkston Mudcats defeated Winner/Colome amateur baseball team 6-1 in Sunshine League play Sunday in Winner.

Parkston led 2-1 after the first inning and scored four runs in the second inning.

Austin Calhoon started on the mound for Winner/Colome as he pitched one and one third innings.  Jared Donahue took over the pitching duty for the Pheasants after the first inning.

For Winner/Colome, Donahue had two hits with Austin Calhoon and Austin Richey both adding a hit.

Winner/Colome will play the Platte Killer Tomatoes on Thursday in Platte.

Mitchell Sweeps Legion Team

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Winner/Colome Legion baseball team was swept by Mitchell Friday night.

In the first game, Mitchell scored nines runs in the first three innings. Mitchell won the game 10-0 in five innings and took the second game 15-2 in five innings.

Ty Bolton took the loss for Winner/Colome and Drew DeMers had the team’s lone hit. Jeremiah Yeaman also pitched.
In the second game, Levi McClanahan took the loss allowing eight runs on five hits. Drew DeMers and Cameron Biggins each pitched.

DeMers had two hits and a run scored and Kelly O’Bryan had a hit and a run scored.  Nick Lantz had an RBI single.

“These were not two good outings. We had too many walks on the mound and never really got anything going at the plate,” said coach Drew Weber.  “We had 8 hits in the second game but never strung them together to have a big inning. We need to start doing a better job of limiting big innings from the other team and start finding a way to get some of them for ourselves,” said Weber.

On June 24, the Winner/Colome Legion will play Lead-Deadwood at home at 3:30 p.m.   On June 27, the Legion team will play at Platte.

Legion Downs Misson

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Winner/Colome Legion baseball team defeated Mission 6-5 on June 14 in Mission.

Cale Meiners started on the mound and pitched five innings, giving up five runs on 7 hits, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.  Drew DeMers picked up the win in relief pitching two innings.

Meiners had an RBI double, Kelly O’Bryan, Nick Lantz, Ty Bolton and Levi McClanahan each had singles.

“It was nice to win in a game where we didn’t play our best. We are not good enough offensively right now and hopefully things will right themselves as we get a little later in the season. We have a talented ball club but we need to start clicking on all cylinders and I think we will,” said coach Drew Weber.

Rodeo Team Competes at State

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Tripp County rodeo team members competed at the state high school finals rodeo.

Wiley Heath and Beau Dean placed in the first go in team roping.

Kolton Salonen placed well in saddle bronc. Dawson Phillips and Wiley Heath competed in reined cow horse.
Saige Schuyler placed in poles, Heath in cutting. Wyatt Cahoy competed in calf roping.

Kristi Olson, 38

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Kristi Lynn Olson was born July 31, 1978 in Winner, South Dakota to Jerald Lee Olson and Gay Lynn Olson. She was the younger sister of Jamie Lee Olson. Kristi was later joined by two half brothers, Joshua Olson and Justin Olson.

Kristi graduated from Burke High School in 1996. She lived the majority of her life on her grandparent’s farm in Dallas, South Dakota. She had a very strong connection with her grandmother, Lee Barry, and cared for her for many years. She loved living and raising her children on that same farm.

Kristi’s whole world revolved around her seven children. Her eldest daughter, Samantha, was born in 1997, followed by Layne, Matilynn, Kadyn, Vanessa, Marisa and Jake. She was an amazing mother who did everything in her power to provide for her children. She supported them in their extra-curricular activities and encouraged them to try new things.

Kristi was an extremely hard worker. She worked multiple jobs to support her family. She was always willing to help anyone who needed it. There wasn’t
anything she wouldn’t do to help those she cared about. Kristi had a heart of gold and lived her life to the fullest. She also loved spending time outdoors with the family, planting and caring for her flowers, and also gardening.

Kristi also had a way with animals. As a little girl, she loved all animals. During her teenage years she had a deep connection with horses. Anytime she could she would go out riding. As a young adult she began raising St. Bernards, which she did for many years. She even made a little enclosed area she called “Turtle Haven” where she put the turtles she found on the road. She wanted to make sure the kids had turtles to race over the 4th of July. Kristi always had pets around for her children which included horses, dogs, cats, goats, sheep and the turtles.

Kristi passed away on June 1, 2017 at the age of 38.

Carlean Mae Stern, 80

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Carlean Mae Stern was born a twin on March 30, 1937 to Eddie and Alta (Burdick) Nordstrom at Winner, South Dakota. She and her twin brother Carl, had an older brother, Edward, and a younger brother, Robert. She left to go to her heavenly home on June 13, at the Winner Regional Health Care Facility at Winner, South Dakota at the age of 80.

Most of her young life, she lived on a farm east of Winner. On Dec. 29, 1961, she married Gene Stern of Johnstown, Nebraska. After their marriage, they lived in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Later, they moved to Johnstown, Nebraska and resided on a farm northeast of Johnstown. They farmed and raised many hogs. In May of 2005, she lost her husband Gene. Later, she moved to Winner, South Dakota. When she broke her hip, she moved into the Winner Regional Long Term Care Center and later to the Golden Prairie Manor, where she lived a couple of years. When her health failed, she moved back into the Winner Long Term Care Center for the last couple of weeks of her life.