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Winner football coach Dan Aaker has been named the South Dakota High School Coaches Association 2015 coach of the year for football.

Aaker led the Winner High School football team to a perfect 12-0 season and the class 11B state championship.

The SDHSCA coaches of the year will be recognized at the annual awards banquet to be held in Mitchell on July 12 in conjunction with the summer coaches clinic.

Winner Area wrestling team took 6th place at the Lee Wolf Invite in Aberdeen on Saturday. The Warriors placed eight wrestlers in the tournament.

Kayleb Brozik was the champion at 170 pounds as he won by injury default over Bradley Nelson of Aberdeen Central.

Wyatt Turnquist took third place at 106 pounds. He won by major decision 11-2 over Daymon Steuck of Aberdeen Central.

Fourth place went to Trevor Peters and Colby Curtis. Peters, 120, was pinned in 2:17 by Will Jarrott of Aberdeen Central.
Curtis, 126, lost 10-3 to Jaden Shepard of Mobridge/Pollock.

Fifth place went to Avery Gilchrist, 145, as he pinned Nick Brandner of Ipswich/Leola in 55 seconds.

Also placing fifth was Jayden Schroeder, 195, as he won by pin in 1:27 over Patrick Sproles of Sioux Falls O’Gorman.

Taking 8th place were Riggin Shippy and Cohl Tunquist. Shippy, 152, lost 7-2 to Nathan Powell of Chamberlain.
Turnquist, 182, was pinned in 2:47 by Mason Wickheurst of Watertown.

Winner High School boys basketball team suffered a defeat Friday night as they lost to Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 63-59.
After being down by 13 points, the Warriors came back to tie the game in the fourth quarter. However, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton prevailed with the victory.
Devon Leiferman led the scoring for the Warriors with 19 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen and Krockett Krolikowski with 10 each.

Leiferman and Krolikowski each had 7 rebounds.  Terkildsen and Drew DeMers each had 4 assists.  Leaders in man makers were Terkildsen, 2; DeMers and Wyatt Ewing, 1 each.

Colome boys basketball team defeated Platte-Geddes 77-60 Friday in Colome.

Reed Harter led the Cowboys with 24 points followed by Kelly O’Bryan, 17; Jackson Kiner with 15 and Holden Thieman with 14.  Thieman pulled down 10 of Colome’s 29 rebounds. Harter grabbed 9 rebounds.

Winner High School boys basketball team was nipped by Todd County 75-70 at the end of the game on Jan. 26.  The Warriors were up by 11 points at one point in the game.

Devon Leiferman had a season high of 31 points. Lattrel Terkildsen scored 15 points and Krockett Krolikowski with 9 points.  Leiferman and Cameron Kuil both had 10 rebounds.  Terkildsen and Drew DeMers had 5 assists.

Winner High School boys basketball team was defeated by Pine Ridge 60-53 on Jan. 21.  Winner led 18-11 at the end of the first quarter and 31-28 at the half.

Devon Leiferman and Krockett Krolikowski both scored 16 points with Cameron Kuil adding 9.

Kuil had 11 rebounds, Leiferman, 8 and Krolikowski, 7.  Drew DeMers had 6 assists.

Winner girls basketball team fell to one of the top rates teams in the state Friday night. Mt. Vernon/Plankinton, rated No. 2, downed the Lady Warriors 60-34. Winner fell behind 22-2 at the end of the first quarter.

Bailey Volmer scored 9 points, Sydney Fritz, 8 and Kylie Horstman, 7.

The Lady Warriors rebounded from their loss with a victory over Miller Saturday night in Winner. The Lady Warriors won the game 58-40. This was a make-up game from last Monday when a strong winter storm called off school last week.

Allison Cox had a game high 24 points. She had 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Fritz added 9 points.

Platte/Geddes defeated the Colome girls basketball team 62-53 on Friday.

Taylor Hrabanek led Colome’s scoring with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Callie Heath had 17 points.

Pine Ridge handed the Winner Lady Warriors its third loss of the season on Jan. 21. The Lady Warriors fell 71-60. Winner’s record is 10-3.

Allison Cox led the scoring for Winner with 16 points followed by Sydney Fritz with 14 and Madyson Frazier, 9.

Colome girls basketball team was nipped by Centerville 60-56 Monday night in Parkston.  This was a makeup game from the Snowball Classic in Winner in late December.

Callie Heath led the Cowgirls with 22 points followed by Mariah Kinzer with 14 and Taylor Hrabanek with 11.

Hrabanek pulled down 16 rebounds and Heath, 11.