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Eight Wrestlers Place in Salem

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Winner Area wrestling team took sixth place at the McCook Central tournament in Salem on Jan. 2.  Eight Winner area wrestlers placed in the tournament.  There were 19 teams in the tournament with Canton taking first place.  “This was our first time at this very good tournament with several top teams and many of the top wrestlers in Class B,” said coach Matt Chambers.

Wyatt Turnquist took third place with a 6-2 win over Parker Snyder of Philip Area.
Trevor Peters placed 5th as he won 7-1 over Martin Ruelas of Flandeau.
Colby Curtis took 7th as he won by injury default over Colby Fitch of Philip area.
Cameron Biggins and Avery Gilchrist both took 5th place. Biggins won by pin in 2:24 over Grant Plucker of Parker.
Gilchrist won by a pin in 37 seconds over Jayden Even of Parker.
Kayleb Brozik took 4th place as he lost 7-4 to Jesse Mikrut of Wolsey-Wessington.
Cohl Turnquist took 6th place as he was pinned by Blake Crowser of Philip Area in 1:48.
Jayden Schroeder placed 4th as he was pinned in 2:46 by Tyson Serr of Burke/Gregory.

“As a team, I thought we looked a little up and down, everyone really looked good at times which is a great positive. I also thought we left a few team points out there in matches that we could have either won or wrestled a little better,” said the coach. “Overall, it was a good showing coming out of break against some very good competition,” said Chambers.

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Warriors Fall to Parkston

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The Winner boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Jan. 2 in Parkston. The Warriors were nipped 57-51.
The Warriors led at the end of the first three quarters. “We kind of let Parkston get away from us in the fourth quarter as they recorded 17 points alone,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We fouled a few too many times and they make their free throws. Hats off to Parkston as they made the plays in the fourth quarter,” said Gardner.
The Warriors were led in scoring by Devon Leiferman with 13 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen, 12 and Krockett Krolikowski, 9.

Winner Defeats Bon Homme in Snowball Classic

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Winner High School boys basketball team defeated Bon Homme 47-40 in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 29.
With the victory, the Warriors are undefeated with a 4-0 record. Winner is ranked third in the latest prep high school basketball poll.
Devon Leiferman led the scoring for Winner with 17 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen with 11 and Krockett Krolikowski with 9. Isaac Naasz added 6 and Wyatt Ewing, 4 points.  Krolikowski pulled down 12 rebounds and Leiferman, 11.

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Cowgirls Nipped by Wessington Springs

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The Colome girls basketball team was nipped 44-42 by Wessington Springs on Jan. 2.
Taylor Hrabanek led the scoring with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Helping out was Rayne Hermsen with 10 points, Mariah Kinzer with 7 points and 6 rebounds. Kaydee Heath had 6 rebounds.

Colome will host Kimball/White Lake on Jan. 7. On Jan. 9, Colome will travel to Todd County and will host Jones County on Jan. 12.

Lady Warriors Compete in Busy Schedule

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The Winner Lady Warriors basketball team has had a busy schedule between the end of December and the first of the new year.
In this span the girls have played three games with two of them being on the road.

The Lady Warriors opened the new year with a victor over Parkston 57-34 on Jan. 2.  Winner jumped to a early lead as they led 18-5 at the end of the first quarter.  Allison Cox led the scoring for Winner with 18 points followed by Bailey Volmer, 17.

On Dec. 29 in the Snowball Classic in Winner, the Lady Warriors defeated Bon Homme 67-22.  Winner was led in scoring by Cox with 11 points. Madyson Frazier, Volmer and Edith Eagle Hawk all scored 8 points.

On Dec.28, the Lady Warriors played in the Parkston Classic and were defeated by Webster 57-47.  Winner 13-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Volmer and Cox both scored 10 points.

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Cowboys Roll to Victory

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Colome boys basketball team rolled to an 86-54 victory over Centerville in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 29.
Colome led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Holden Thieman led all scorers with 31 points. Reed Harter added 27 and Kelly O’Bryan, 13.
“This was one of the best team victories that we’ve had in the two years I have been here,” said coach Drew Weber. “Offensively, we did a good job of taking what they were giving us and we were really efficient from the field.”

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Virginia Meyer, 87

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Virginia Meyer, age 87, passed away peacefully in the season of Christmas, on January 2, 2016 surrounded by family at Sister James Care Center in Yankton, SD.
A mass of Christian Burial will be held January 6, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church in Winner followed by internment at the Winner City Cemetery. Visitation was held from 6pm – 7pm on January 5 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Winner with Liturgy and Rosary at 7 p.m.
Virginia Mary (Deaver) Meyer was born April 30, 1928 in Alliance, NE to Rose (Willy) Deaver and Stephen Deaver. She grew up in Alliance with her six siblings and graduated from St Agnes Academy. During her early grade school years, she would often sneak away to the Catholic hospital across from her family home and visit the patients. It was there that she developed strong relationships with the Nuns/Nurses who allowed her to visit. After High School she moved to Tuscola, Illinois to be a receptionist for her older brother, Dr. Philip Deaver. During this time she developed an interest in Nursing and eventually returned to Alliance, NE where she earned her RN from St Joseph School of Nursing.
Early in her nursing career she returned to her brother’s medical clinic in Tuscola, IL and rekindled her relationship with a local farmer and the love of her life, Clarence “Charley” Meyer. They were married in Alliance on December, 27, 1950.
In 1956, Charley and Virginia joined the Deaver family business and moved with their four young children to Winner, SD where Charley helped establish and manage the Deaver-Meyer Grain Company. Married for 44 years, they raised 10 children and shared in the joy of numerous grandchildren until Charley’s death in 1995.
Most of her career she worked as an RN at Winner Baptist Hospital as well as local clinics. Virginia was also very active in her parish and was a long time member of the Catholic Daughters. She taught Catechism, served as Eucharistic Minister and volunteered for countless other parish events and activities. She was passionate about Right to Life and the sanctity of human life. She loved and lived her Catholic faith and the virtues of hard work and honesty. Virginia expressed her devout faith through the power of praying the rosary. She always said, “A family who prays together, stays together.”
Virginia bravely survived breast cancer and tirelessly managed a household of 10 children during Charley’s long struggle with Leukemia through the 1970s. Among her greatest joys was playing “Mrs. Claus” for over twenty five years that Charley volunteered as Santa raising funds for the Tripp County Cancer Society.

Robert Waters, 77

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Robert Waters, age 77, of Winner, passed away on December 23, 2015 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Facility.

Funeral services were held December 29 at Mason Funeral Home in Winner. Burial followed at the Winner City Cemetery.

Bobby as he was known to his family and friends grew up in the Witten area. He attended Winner Catholic School grades 1-8 and graduated from Witten High School in 1956.

Bobby met and married Connie Rice in 1956. From this union five children were born, Russell, Sherry, Tim, Renea and Meradie and eleven grandchildren.

Bobby worked on the family farm, drove truck delivering mobile homes in Nebraska and many other states. He moved to Whittier California in 1973 where he managed a boat marina in San Pedro until 1985. During that time he was able to do a lot of fishing which was one of his favorite things to do.
After being severely injured in a automobile accident Bobby retired and moved to Banning California where he worked as an assistant pastor to Pastor Jack. They stayed busy visiting the local nursing homes where they would preach and sing to the residents. Bobby also enjoyed going to garage sales and selling antiques He moved back to Witten and purchased a home in 2004.

Bobby always loved fishing, playing cards and watching horse racing and will always be remembered for his good sense of humor and quick wit. He never had anything bad to say about anyone and will be greatly missed.