Winner High School boys basketball team defeated Valentine, Neb., 54-35 on Jan. 12 in Winner. With the victory, the Warriors improve their record to 7-2.
“We were pleased to hold a team in the 30’s for the third straight game,” said coach Brett Gardner.
Leading the scoring for the Warriors was Devon Leiferman with 14 points followed by Drew DeMers and Cameron Kuil, 9 each; Krockett Kroliklowski, 7 and Wyatt Ewing, 6 points.
In a thriller that went down to the wire, the Colome boys basketball team was nipped 47-45 by White River in the championship of the Jones County tournament Saturday in Murdo.
Reed Harter was named the MVP of the tournament and Holden Thieman was named to the second team all-tournament team.
“This was one of the most exciting games I’ve ever been around and one we won’t soon forget,” said Colome coach Drew Weber. “The atmosphere was excellent and our fans really brought a lot of energy to our boys. Although we weren’t able to secure the win we had a chance at the end and that’s all we could as for,” said Weber.
Crow Creek got by the Colome boys basketball team 68-52 on Jan. 11.
Holden Thieman led the scoring for Colome with 19 points followed by Reed Harter, 14 and Kelly O’Bryan, 10.
“This game was a little disappointing in that we just didn’t play as well as we are capable in all facets of the game,” said coach Drew Weber.
Winner girls basketball team picked up a win over Clark/Willow Lake Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The Lady Warriors won the game 49-40. With the win, the Lady Warriors up its season record to 9-2.
Allison Cox led the team in scoring with 19 points. Bailey Volmer added 9.
Winner Lady Warriors basketball team played a strong second half as they defeated Valentine, Neb., 69-25 in Winner on Jan. 12. With the win, Winner improves its record to 8-2.
Winner held the Badgers to only 8 points in the second half. While at the same time Winner was putting up the scores in the third and fourth quarters. In the third quarter, Winner scored 21 points and 26 in the final stanza.
Allison Cox led the scoring with 16 points while Bailey Volmer added 15. Sydney Fritz and Hanna LaCompte added 9 points.
South Central defeated the Colome girls basketball team 49-25 on Jan. 14 in Burke.
Destannie Noteboom led Colome in scoring with 5 points. Mariah Kinzer and Callie Heath had 6 rebounds.
Sharee Galbraith of Winner continues to climb up the Dakota State University women’s basketball record book for all-time blocks.
Galbraith has 45 blocks this season which is the second best in the NAIA and her average of 10 rebounds a game is 13th best in the nation.
In her DSU career, Galbraith has 145 blocks, which is the fifth most career blocks in the DSU history and is six blocks behind Sara Nelson for fourth most all-time career blocks with 151.
Winner Area wrestling team placed fifth at the Mid-Dakota Monster in Presho this weekend. Nine Winner Area wrestlers placed.
Jayden Schroeder, 195, wrestled in the finals and placed second as he lost 3-2 in overtime to Cole Schelske of Lyman.
Kayleb Brozik, 170, took third as he won 11-3 over Tate Gatzke of Belle Fourche.
Fourth place went to Wyatt Turnquist and Colby Curtis. Turnqusit, 106, lost 4-1 to Chance Grill of Custer. Curtis was pinned in 2:45 by Caden Moore of O’Neill.
Trevor Peters, 120, took sixth place as he lost 5-4 to Weston Ireland of Bennett County.
Taking 7th were Aaron Gilchrist, Avery Gilchrist and Riggin Shippy. Aaron Gilchrist, 113, won 10-8 in overtime over Alec Dodson of Kingsbury County. Avery Gilchrist, 145, pinned Tucker Holzer of Mobridge-Pollock in 1:36. Shippy, 152, won 4-3 over Reese Hansen of Spearfish.
Taking 8th place was Cohl Turnquist, 182, who was pinned in :21 by Tristan Madsen of Hot Springs.
Winner boys basketball team fell to Chamberlain 65-52 on Jan. 5.
“We were kind of disappointed to give up 65 points and also to have one kid score 31 points against us,” said coach Brett Gardner. “Hats off to Chamberlain as they are a nice team and did a nice job of controlling the game,” said the coach.
Leading the scoring for Winner was Devon Leiferman with 14 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen with 10 and Cameron Kuil with 8. Leiferman pulled down 7 boards and Krockett Krolikowski with 6. Terkildsen had 3 assists.
Reed Harter scored 32 points to lead the Colome Cowboys to a 69-48 victory over Lyman on Jan. 5.
“It was a nice win against a quality opponent, especially when we didn’t necessarily play our best,” said coach Drew Weber.
Holden Thieman added 14 points and Jackson Kinzer, 11. Thieman pulled down 13 of Colome’s 34 rebounds. Harter grabbed 6 rebounds.
“We didn’t shoot overly well and turned the ball over more than usual but we were able to grind out a pretty nice win,” said Weber. “I was especially pleased with the way the bench came in and contributed in all facets of the game. If we can keep getting solid production out of them we will be able to continue having success,” said the coach.
With the victory, Colome improved to 4-2.
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