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The Winner High School girls golf team won the Big Dakota Conference championship at the Hillsview Golf Course in Pierre on Thursday.

Ronae Klein won first place, Liz Jankauskas, 2nd; Addy Root, 3rd and Sam Marts, 6th.

Cameron Kuil led the Winner High School boys and girls track teams as he took second place in the 400 at the Legion Relays in Pierre on Friday. Kuil finished in :52.20. This was his first race of the season as he was recovering from a basketball injury.
In this meet, Winner was competing against the larger schools from Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Brandon Valley.

Colome’s Reed Harter has signed with the University of Sioux Falls baseball team, one of 11 to sign in the school’s 2016 recruiting class.

Harter is a standout for Winner/Colome Royals baseball team for whom he hit .533 with 14 RBIs and 26 stolen bases in 14 games. As a pitcher, he also had a 3-2 record with a 2.86 ERA and 43 strikeouts on a team that finished 12-2 and advanced to the regional tournament. A nominee for the S.D. Class B Legion player of the year, he has been named all-state twice and all-conference three straight years.

Harter was also an Argus Leader Elite 45 selection and an all-state defensive back in football where he was named team MVP.

He also made first team all state in basketball, earning team MVP three times.

Winner/Colome baseball team opened the season with an 11-0 victory over Gregory on April 4.

The key batters were Holden Thieman and Kelly O’Bryan. Thieman had a double, single, two runs and an RBI and O’Bryan had a two singles, a run and an RBI.
Pitching for the Royals were Reed Harter, Kelly O’Bryan and Ty Bolton.

Winner High School boys and girls track teams both took second place at the Todd County Invite in Mission on Friday.
Todd County won both the boys and girls divisions.

Dan Aaker, Winner activities director, has been named the Region 7 Athletic Director of the Year.
The selection was made by the South Dakota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.  The honors were announced at the spring conference March 31 in Sioux Falls.

Winner High School girls basketball coach Larry Aaker has been named the Region 8 coach of the year.

Aaker guided the Winner Lady Warriors to the State A tournament in Watertown. At the state meet, the Lady Warriors took second place as they fell to St. Thomas More in the championship game.

Devon Leiferman of the Winner High School boys basketball team has been named to the second team of the Class A all-state team.

The Winner senior helped the Warriors to the state tournament.

Leiferman averaged 17.1 points per game, 9.2 rebounds, 36 assists and 33 steals. 
He had a career high of 31 points against Todd County and 16 rebounds against MVP at state.

“Devon is a great kid. He worked hard over the summer to improve in all areas of his game,” said coach Brett Gardner. “He is a leader by example and made sure others followed this year. We are excited about Devon getting recognition and we know this is a great individual award but it goes hand in hand with our team success,” said Gardner.

Matt Campbell of Colome won both the shot put and the discus at the SCC meet in Lake Andes on April 5.

The Colome junior has his best throw in the discus with a throw of 160-1. In the shot put, Campbell won with a throw of 45-5.

The Cowboys scored 56 points in the meet.

Colome boys basketball coach Drew Weber has been named the Region 8 boys coach of the year. The selection was made by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association.

Weber shares the award with Jay Jacobs of Little Wound.

Weber led the Cowboys to a 16-7 record and to the school’s first district championship in 37 years.