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Garretson came from behind and defeated Winner/Colome amateur baseball team 5-4 Thursday night in Mitchell.  The Pheasants were looking to advance to Saturday’s semifinal game.  The season ended for Winner/Colome.

The lead for the two teams changed six times. The Pheasants took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Reed Harter had a bunt down the third base line and he reached first to load the bases.

Lakin Neugebauer reached on a fielder’s choice to score pickup player Luke Bamberg (Corsica-Stickney) from third base.

Geno Katz gave Winner/Colome the lead with a two RBI single that scored J. J. Farner and Neugebauer.

The Pheasants were unable to keep the lead as Garretson rallied in the ninth.

Derek Graesser took the loss for Winner/Colome who finished the season with a 21-5 record. He pitched three innings, walked seven, struck out six and allowed two runs.

Winner/Colome advanced to Thursday’s game with state tournament wins over Northville and Four Corners.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team continued to have the hot bats as they defeated Four Corners 14-2 last Monday in the second round of the state amateur baseball tournament in Mitchell.

The Pheasants jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first inning and started the game with three straight hits.

Derek Graesser led off the game with a single and Geno Katz followed him with a bunt single. Austin Calhoon hit a single scoring Graesser for the first run of the game. Zach Harter, who entered the game as a courtesy runner for Katz, advanced to third base and scored on an Austin Richey sacrifice fly. Calhoon, who was on third base, came home and scored on a wild pitch putting the Pheasants up 3-0.

Dillon Lambley and Ryan Richey had back to back singles in the first inning. Lambley stole third base and scored on an error while Richey stole second base.
Reed Harter drew a walk and Lakin Neugebauer was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Graesser had his second single of the inning scoring Harter and Neugebauer.

After keeping Four Corners off the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning, Winner/Colome added three more runs in the top of the second inning to put them up 10-0.

Four Corners scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

In the 7th inning, Winner/Colome put the game away by scoring three more runs.

J. J. Farner was the winning pitcher for the Pheasants.

Graesser finished the game 3-5 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored while Calhoon and Lambley each added three hits.
Winner/Colome played Garretson in the quarterfinal game on Thursday night. The Pheasants went into this game with a 21-4 record.

J. D. Farley, who pitched for Four Corners, is formerly of Winner.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team won its first game in the state tournament in Mitchell.

The Pheasants won 18-1 in five innings over Northville Friday morning advancing to the second round.
Winner/Colome played Monday as they took on Four Corners. The newspaper’s deadline had passed before this game was played and results will be in the next issue of the Winner Advocate.

The bats were really hot Friday for Winner/Colome as they had 18 hits highlighted by a grand slam home run by Austin Calhoon. This was the highlight of a seven run fourth inning.

Pitchers Derek Graesser and Drew Weber combined for a no hitter.

Winner/Colome got things started with a two RBI single by Dillon Lambley with the bases loaded scoring Graesser and Calhoon. After an RBI single by Ryan Richey, J. J. Farner doubled to score two more runs and the No. 9 hitter Lakin Neugebauer added two more runs with his triple to bring the score to 7-0.
In the second inning, the Pheasants tacked on four more runs. Austin Richey doubled to right field to score two runs to make it 9-0. Ryan Richey and Neugebauer each added RBIs for Winner/Colome to make it 11-0 after two innings.

According to state tournament records, this is the first recorded combined no-hitter in the event’s history. It’s the first five inning no hitter since Rick Weber threw one for Salem in 1985.  Drew Weber already threw a no hitter this year as on June 14 against Pierre.

Neugebauer drove in four runs, Austin Richey, Ryan Richey and Geno Katz each had three hits. Reed Harter and Graesser each had two hits.

Winner/Colome took a 20-4 record into its game with Four Corners.

The Winner/Colome victory is the first 15 run rule game to finish in five innings at the State B tournament since 2012 when Canova/Howard defeated Four Corners 15-0.

Eighteen runs is the most runs for one team in a state tournament since Wynot, Neb., scored 18 in a victory over Irene in the 2014 quarterfinals.

Winner Teener baseball team took third place in the Class A state tournament this weekend in Lennox.  The Teeners won the regional championship in Winner to advance to the state tournament.  In addition to winner third place, the Winner Teeners won the sportsmanship award.

In the first game on Friday, Winner defeated Irene 13-3.  Carter Brickman was the winning pitcher.  Cale Meiners and Nick Lantz both had singles.

On Saturday, Winner lost to Dell Rapids 8-2.  Ty Bolton was the losing pitcher.  Riley Calhoon had a double.

On Sunday, Winner bounced back and defeated Madison 8-3 for third place.  Brickman was the winning pitcher.  Leading hitters were Calhoon and Lantz with two singles.

The Winner Teeners are coached by Kevin Meiners and Justin Vietor.

Winner Teeners won the sportsmanship award at the state A tournament Sunday in Lennox.

This is what one of the umpires (Johnny Kirchner) at the state tournament wrote about the Winner team and fans.

As an umpire at this tournament I had the privilege of working 2 of the 3 games your team played in. I am sure they came to Lennox planning on bringing home the class A VFW championship. They certainly could have done that because they have the talent. But more important, in my eyes, they played hard no matter the hand they were dealt. Great kids, tremendous coaches, and an awesome fan base. This isn’t necessarily a team award for the kids, our decision was based on fan support and reaction also.

Winner is a classy town with a great group of kids and coaches.

Congrats, it is well deserved and your community should be proud of the group that came to Lennox.

Reed Harter of the Winner/Colome Legion baseball team was named to the Class B all state baseball first team.  Harter had a .333 batting average and finished with seven RBIs to go along with 14 stolen bases.

Drew DeMers of Winner/Colome was named to the Class B all state second team. DeMers hit. 517 on the season.

Ty Bolton of Winner/Colome was named second team pitcher.

Reed Harter of the Winner/Colome Legion baseball team played in the all star game in Lake Norden on Aug. 1.
Harter played on the south team and was 1-3 at the plate.   Harter pitched one inning and had two strikeouts.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team finished second in the Sunshine League as they were nipped 10-9 by undefeated Alexandria Friday in Parkston.

After the Pheasants tied the game in the ninth inning, Alexandria hit a solo home run for the win.

Winner/Colome will play in the state tournament which starts Friday in Mitchell. The Pheasants will play Northville at 11 a.m. on Friday.

Rusty Arthur and Lisa Halverson won the championship of the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce golf meet on Friday. They shot a 35.

Second place in the first flight went to Jamie Root and Addy Root with a 36 and third to Ty Vandenhoek and Bert Shields, 38.

Second flight winners were: Jeff Grossenburg and Robin Grossenburg, 40; Jeremy and Rhonda Schroeder, 42 and Cody Haiar and Roger Farley, 42.

Third flight winners were: Jeff and Sharon Schramm, 44; C.A. and Twila Owen, 45 and Chad Peterson and Tom Renner, 46.

There were 28 teams in the tournament.

Reed Harter of the Winner/Colome Legion baseball team played in the American Legion baseball all-star game.

Players selected were from nominations submitted by their American Legion coaches.