Defense Key in Royals State Crown

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It was a wild ride to the state B championship but Winner/Colome baseball team proved they have what it takes to make big comebacks and impressive plays.

After coming from behind in the Region 4B title game against St. Thomas More and rallying for a 4-3 win in marathon 13 innings over Dell Rapids in the first game of the state tournament in Sioux Falls, the Royals hung on to win the championship 5-4 over West Central.

Lady Warriors take Second at Regional

Winner golf team 2nd at regional

Winner Area girls golf team placed second at the Region 3A tournament May 31 in Mitchell.

The Lady Warriors shot a 418 and qualified the entire team for the state tournament which was held June 6-7 in Hot Springs.

Ronae Klein finished in 4th place with a 92

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Addy Root placed 8th with a 102 and Liz Jankauskas was 9th with a 106. Sam Marts placed 16th with a 118.

The golfers going to state are: Ronae Klein, Addy Root, Liz Jankauskas, Sam Marts and Cheyenne Dougherty.

The Lady Warriors are coached by Kirstin Livermont.

Teeners defeat Onida

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Winner Teeners defeated Onida 9-4 on Thursday at Leahy Bowl.  Riley Calhoon was the winning pitcher.

The varsity Teeners played two games in Deadwood on Sunday.
In the first game, Winner lost to Lead/Deadwood 5-4.  Carter Brickman was the losing pitcher.

In the second game, Rapid City defeated Winner 11-6.  Bolton was the losing pitcher.

The next action for the Teeners will be Thursday in Valentine and this weekend in Winner is the Teener tournament.

Kuil Wins 400 at State

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Winner sprinter Cameron Kuil achieved his goal of winning a first place medal at the state track meet.

The Winner High School junior accomplished that goal as he won the 400 meter dash at the South Dakota state track meet Saturday at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls.  His winning time was :49.89 seconds edging Spearfish’s Matt Peterson.

In addition to wining the 400, the Winner runner took second in the 200 and third in the 100. His time in the 200 was :22.54 and his time in the 100 was :11.14.

He also helped the Winner boys medley relay team to a second place finish in 3:41.76. In addition to Kuil, runners on this relay were Riley Calhoon, Luke Engel and Kayleb Brozik. Sioux Falls Christian won the boys medley 3:35.85.

The Winner boys team took 8th place at the state track meet.

The Winner High School girls team placed 8th in the medley. The Lady Warriors ran a 4:3l.05 on Saturday. The runners were Hayley Halverson, Alexis Richey, Samantha Schuyler and Chloe Bartels.

Results of other Winner athletes on Friday include:

100 hurdles—Tedra Vrbka, 22nd, :17.92
Girls 4×200 relay—15th, 1:54.66, Hayley Halverson, Chloe Bartels, Sam Schuyler and Alexis Richey
Boys 4×200 prelims—18th, 1:37.57, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Nolan Sachtjen
Girls 400 relay prelims—20th, :55.79, Hayley Halverson, Katherine Jankauskas, Madison Thieman and Tedra Vrbka
Boys 400 relay prelims—13th, :46.38, Jayden Schroeder, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Nolan Sachtjen.
Girls 300 hurdles—Morgan Hammerbeck, 18, :55.26
Girls sprint medley prelims—4:26.75, Hayley Halverson, Alexis Richey, Sam Schuyler and Chloe Bartels
Girls mile relay—14th, 4:19.36, Hayley Halverson, Chloe Bartels, Sam Schuyler and Alexis Richey
Boys mile relay—10th, 3:37.48, Luke Engel, Riley Calhoon, Brady Fritz and Kayeb Brozik
Girls Discus—Kyran Meek, 17th, 74-03; Jaynee Gregg, 18th, 71-08
Boys discus—John Kludt, 20th, 119-05; Jayden Schroeder, 21st, 115-01
Boys shot put—Jayden Schoeder, 10th, 46.03.50; Treven Doren, 13th, 44-09
Girls shot put—Kyran Meek, 31-05.50
Girls long jump—Tedra Vrbka, 26th, 13-02; Morgan Hammer beck, 27th, 12-04
Boys long jump—Brady Fritz, 21st, 19-01.25; Riley Calhoon, 24th, 18-05
Boys triple jump—Brady Fritz, 16th, 38-8.25

Campbell Wins Shot Put at State Meet

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Colome junior Matt Campbell had an outstanding day on Saturday at the state track meet in Sioux Falls.

Campbell won the Class B shot put with a throw of 51 feet-1.75 inches. He edged out Canistota’s Xavier Ward who had a throw of 50-4.

But the Colome athlete’s great day continued because he still had to throw the discus in the afternoon. Campbell placed second in the discus with a throw of 157-11. For the second time in a day, Campbell found himself on the awards stand after his discus throw.

Results of other Colome athletes at the state meet include:

Kelly O’Bryan placed 10th in the triple jump at 39-9.5.
Holden Thieman placed 12th in the long jump at 19-5.25.
Kaydee Heath placed 12th in the prelims of the 300 hurdles in :51.04.
Jaclyn Laprath placed 16th in the two mile run in 13:09.81.
Callie Heath was 11th in the girls long jump at 15-03.75. She also ran the prelims of the 400 placing 12th in 1:02.51.

Golf Team Takes Second

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Winner High School girls golf team placed second at the pre-regional tournament in Mitchell on May 24. Winner was second shooting a 411.

Ronae Klein took fifth place shooting a 92. Liz Jankauskas shot a 93 to finish sixth and Addy Root was 11th to help Winner finish in second place.  Sam Marts placed 14th.

The regional was held May 31 in Mitchell.