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Rich Crow Eagle and Eric Sazue were the overall winners at the 22nd annual Ron Waller Memorial member guest golf tournament this weekend at Winner Country Club.

The derby winners were Justin Zeigler and Todd Zeigler. Runner-ups were Chuck Keiser and David Keiser.
Saturday flight winners were:
Flight A
Rich Crow Eagle and Eric Sazue, 68; 2. Larry Aaker and Brad Haynes, 71; 3. John Halverson and Kansas Bob, 73; 4. Eric Pollard and Dan Diez, 74.
Flight B
Jeff Schramm and Mike Schramm, 80; 2. Darrel Kaiser and Cory Andel, 81; 3. Casey Berndt, Steve Johnson, 81 and 4. Jack Haley and David Van Metre, 81

Winner Area cross country team has 19 runners out this season. The team has grown over the years and this year’s numbers reflect that growth.

There are 13 girls on the team and 7 boys.

The returning letterwinners for the girls are Chloe Bartels, Sam Schuyler, Jaclyn Laprath, Megan Blare, Katherine Jankauskas and Aryn Meiners.

Lettermen for the boys are Izak Moleterno, Wyatt Turnquist and Dawson Phillips.

Others on the girls team are: Kyran Meek, Hanna LaCompte, Saige Schuyler, Charlotte Shopene, Sidda Schuyler and two sixth graders Joselin Kludt and Melanie Brozik.

Non lettermen on the boys team are Atlas Willuweit, Andrew Laprath, Kade Watson and Kylar Meek.

The team will open the season with the Winner Invitational which is Friday, Aug. 26 at Winner Country Club. The meet starts at 10 a.m. This is a small meet with five to six schools.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

Expectations are high for this year’s Winner High School football team.

It you are a numbers person the Warriors put up some amazing stats last year.  Here are some figures: 12-0 season, Class 11B champs, average 50 points a game and 37 returning lettermen.

Last year the Warriors were crowned the Class 11B champions with a 45-6 victory over Tri Valley.

The Warriors open the season on the road when they travel to Mobridge Aug. 26.

The returning lettermen are: Jordan Turgeon, Matt Smither, Isaac Naasz, Krockett Krolikowski, Wyatt Ewing, Ty Bolton, Chase Kingsbury, Jayden Schroeder, Zach Lapsley, Taylor Watzel, Logan Tunnissen, Casey Stickland, Trey Welch, Nolan Sachtjen, Carter Brickman, Levi McClanahan, Riley Calhoon, Nate Smither, Avery Gilchrist, Shea Connot, Cameron Kuil, Brandon Volmer, Tristan Watzel, Colton Schroeder, Chet Bryan, A. J. Rouibideaux, Payton Antoine, Dalton Baker, Nick Lantz, Justus Gregg, Ryan Sherman, John Kludt, Kayleb Brozik, Tyson Westendorf, Drew DeMers, Elijah Blare and Rhys Middlesworth.

This year there are 18 seniors on the team, 11 juniors, 11 sophomores and 11 freshmen.

Colome High School football team is looking for a good season with majority of the team returning.

The Cowboys open on the road Aug. 26 when they travel to Corsica/Stickney.

The team only lost two seniors from graduation, Reed Harter and Allan Varilek.

Dale Krumpus is the new head coach for the Cowboys. The past two seasons Krumpus has been an assistant coach.
Assistant coaches are Glen Peters, Dave Campbell and Charles Hosford.

Returning lettermen are Isaac Kortan, Wiley Heath, Jackson Kinzer, Dawson Varilek, Will Cahoy, Zane Rohde, Jordan Shippy, Nathan Krumpus, Kelly O’Bryan, Noah Hermsen, Beau Bertram, Holden Thieman, Nash Atteberry, Matt Campbell and Kolten Salonen.  Campbell and Salonen played football for Gregory last year.

Other members of the Colome team are Wyatt Cahoy, Cody Assman, Riggin Shippy, Jamin Dougherty, Even Cole, Kaylub Hansen, Jaikob Week, Cailob Week, Jacob Beckers, Calvin Ringing Shield, Adam Cole, Chase Dufek, and Layton Thieman, Michael Supik, Luke Bolton, Nathaniel Hansen, Casey Assman, Allan McKenzie and Rhet Bertram.

The Colome volleyball team opens the season Aug. 27 when they travel to Burke to take on Burke/South Central.

The four letterwinners on the team are Kaydee Heath, Callie Heath, Rayne Hermsen and Alexa McKenzie.

Also on the team are Lynn Baker, Kaylee Bolton, Cheyenne Dougherty, Jordan Seegers, Abby Pechtoa, Maggie McCarty, Grace Campbell, Jaclyn Laprath, Haley Krumpus, Sara O’Bryan, Michaela Shippy, Lanee Bolton, Carleen Burger, Abby Kortan and Clarissa Ringing Shield.

The Winner women’s city golf tournament was held Saturday.
Laura Root won first place in the scratch division with a 96. She was followed by Karen Schramm and Michelle Lovejoy with 98.
Placing in the handicap division of the city tournament were Kenzie Dougherty with a 68, Twila Owen, 71 and Rhonda Schroeder with a 72.
There were 10 women who golfed in the city tournament.

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.