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Cheryl Doescher, 66

By Rita Pravecek | November 27, 2022 - 7:45 pm |November 27, 2022 News, Local, Obituaries

Cheryl Doescher, 66 of Sioux Falls, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.

Memorial services will be held at 1 pm Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022 at the Heritage Funeral Home, 57th and MN, Sioux Falls with visitation an hour prior to services. Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home. www.hofmeisterjones.com

Cheryl Anne Doescher was born on May 24, 1956 at Oakland, NE to Richard and Magdalene (Heinecke) Doescher. As a child her family moved to the Winner, SD area where she graduated from Winner High School in 1974. After high school she attended Nettleton College and received a degree in fashion management. Over the years she worked at several retail stores in Sioux Falls having started at Younkers in 1992 and remained with them for 28 years, she was the store manager until their closing in 2018. She was currently employed as a teller at Premier Bank.

Grateful for having shared her life are her daughter, Jennifer Doescher and Devin Blocker of Watertown, SD; her grandchildren Zoey and Ashtin; and brothers and sisters, Randy (Linda) Doescher, Phoenix, AZ, Ronda (Harland) Hanson, O’Neil, NE, Judy (Jack) Arthur, Winner, SD, Tom Doescher, DesMoines, IA and Chris (Lisa) Doescher, Tea, SD; and 17 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Rick, and a sister Rose and her husband Joe.

Winner Youth Rodeo Grant

By Rita Pravecek | November 27, 2022 - 7:43 pm |November 27, 2022 News, Local, Sports

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The Winner Youth Rodeo was awarded a grant in the amount of $6,000 from the William J. Matousek and Marjory E. Caldiera fund, a sub fund of the Tripp County Community Foundation. These funds will be used to assist in the purchase of a tractor to be used at the Tripp County rodeo grounds. This will benefit all rodeos and horse shows hosted in the arena. Pictured are Heather Moore, secretary/treasurer of the Winner Youth Rodeo, Dawn Covey of the Tripp County Community Foundation and Cody Moore, president of the Winner Youth Rodeo.

Keiser starts out strong in college wrestling

By Rita Pravecek | November 27, 2022 - 7:36 pm |November 27, 2022 News, Local, Sports

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Kaden Keiser of Winner has had an impressive start to his college wrestling career at Appalachian State in Boone, N. C.

On Dec. 20 Keiser wrestled at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia, Pa.

Team competing were from Penn, Drexel, Appalachian State, Arizona State, George Mason, Duke, Rider, F&M, Virginia Tech, Sacred Heart and Harvard.

Keiser, a four time South Dakota state wrestling champion, wrestled six times at the classic.

He defeated Matthew Hoelke from Rider, 11-6.

Keiser got beat by No. 15 ranked in the nation Doug Zapf from the University of Pennsylvania, 19-8.

The Winner wrestler came back and defeated Kylan Montgomery, Virginia Tech, 4-2; defeated Rocco Demartino, Sacred Heart, 16-0; defeated Vincent Mannella, University of Pennsylvania, 5-4.

Keiser got beat by Jack Crook, Harvard, 8-5.

Keiser could not wrestler the 7^th and 8^th place match because he can only wrestle six matches in a day. He placed 8^th.

Keiser won the open division in the Mountaineer Invitational in Boone.

He won four matches. Keiser defeated Zach Soda, Edinboro with a pin in 3:24; defeated Mason Stefsnelli, Virginia, 5-4; defeated Nicholas Grizales, App State, 14-4 and defeated Kai O’Dell, 6-3.