Cowgirls Fall to Avon

Colome girls basketball team fell to Avon 56-31 in the District 12B game last Tuesday in Avon.

Callie Heath had 9 points, Morgan Hofeldt, 8 and Taylor Hrabanek, 6.  Avon out-rebounded Colome 31-29.

Heath and Hrabanek each pulled down 9 rebounds.  The Cowgirls had 14 turnovers and 11 fouls.

Colome ended the season at 5-16.

Cowgirls Win First Game of District Tourney

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The Colome Cowgirls won the opening game of the district tournament Monday in Colome. The Cowgirls defeated Gregory 67-56.

Colome used balanced scoring in its victory.  Scoring in double figures were Taylor Hrabanek with 19 points, Callie Heath, Mariah Kinzer and Elisabeth Duffy 12 points each. Duffy was 3/5 from the three points range.

Heath and Kinzer each pulled down nine rebounds.

Eight Wrestlers Head to State

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Winner Area wrestling team will send eight wrestlers to the state tournament this weekend in Rapid City.

The wrestlers who qualified for state are: Wyatt Turnquist, Atlas Willuweit, Trevor Peters, Colby Curtis, Avery Gilchrist, Kayleb Brozik, Cohl Turnquist and Jayden Schoeder.

As a team in the Region 3B meet, Winner Area placed third. Parkston was first and Bon Homme/Scotland, second.

Colby Curtis was the champion at 126 pounds. The Winner senior won 4-3 over Landon Sivertson of Miller-Highmore-Harrold.

Six wrestlers took third place and one placed fourth.

Wyatt Turnquist, 106, won 6-0 over Matt Koch of Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.  Willuweit, 113, won 8-0 over Wyatt Stevens of Wessington Springs/ Woonsocket.  Peters, 120, won 3-1 over Jackson Nockels of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes.  Gilchrist, 145, won 4-2 over Alex Daum of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes.  Brozik, 170, won 5-1 over Jesse Mikrut of Wolsey-Wessington.  Jayden Schroeder, 195, pinned Tyson Serr of Burke/Gregory in 4:02.

Cohl Turnqusit took fourth as he lost 10-6 to Jed Konechene of Sunshine Bible Academy.

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Warriors Defeat Mobridge

Winner High School basketball team won a Big Dakota Conference game when they defeated Mobridge-Pollock 44-21 on Friday.

The Warriors held the Tigers to one point in the second quarter and scoreless in the third quarter.

Drew DeMers led the scoring for Winner with 15 points followed by Devon Leiferman with 12, Cameron Kuil and Lattrel Terkildsen with 5 each.

Leiferman pulled down 12 rebounds, Kuil and Wyatt Ewing, 8 each.

Winner forced 22 turnovers.

Terkildsen, DeMers and Leiferman each had 3 assists.

Colome Nipped by Kimball/White Lake

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Colome boys basketball team suffered a tough loss 59-57 on Saturday over Kimball/White Lake.

Reed Harter scored 18 points and Kelly O’Bryan, 14. Jackson Kinzer and Holden Thieman both added 8 points.

Colome out-rebounded Kimball/White Lake 26-23. Thieman pulled down 12 rebounds.

This was the final game of the regular season for the Cowboys as they prepare for the start of the post season.