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The Winner boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Jan. 2 in Parkston. The Warriors were nipped 57-51.
The Warriors led at the end of the first three quarters. “We kind of let Parkston get away from us in the fourth quarter as they recorded 17 points alone,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We fouled a few too many times and they make their free throws. Hats off to Parkston as they made the plays in the fourth quarter,” said Gardner.
The Warriors were led in scoring by Devon Leiferman with 13 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen, 12 and Krockett Krolikowski, 9.

Colome boys basketball team defeated Wessington Springs 72-44 on Jan. 2.

Kelly O’Bryan led the Cowboys with 17 points followed by Jackson Kinzer and Holden Thieman with 14 each and Reed Harter, 11.

Winner High School boys basketball team defeated Bon Homme 47-40 in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 29.
With the victory, the Warriors are undefeated with a 4-0 record. Winner is ranked third in the latest prep high school basketball poll.
Devon Leiferman led the scoring for Winner with 17 points followed by Lattrel Terkildsen with 11 and Krockett Krolikowski with 9. Isaac Naasz added 6 and Wyatt Ewing, 4 points.  Krolikowski pulled down 12 rebounds and Leiferman, 11.

The Colome girls basketball team was nipped 44-42 by Wessington Springs on Jan. 2.
Taylor Hrabanek led the scoring with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Helping out was Rayne Hermsen with 10 points, Mariah Kinzer with 7 points and 6 rebounds. Kaydee Heath had 6 rebounds.

Colome will host Kimball/White Lake on Jan. 7. On Jan. 9, Colome will travel to Todd County and will host Jones County on Jan. 12.

The Winner Lady Warriors basketball team has had a busy schedule between the end of December and the first of the new year.
In this span the girls have played three games with two of them being on the road.

The Lady Warriors opened the new year with a victor over Parkston 57-34 on Jan. 2.  Winner jumped to a early lead as they led 18-5 at the end of the first quarter.  Allison Cox led the scoring for Winner with 18 points followed by Bailey Volmer, 17.

On Dec. 29 in the Snowball Classic in Winner, the Lady Warriors defeated Bon Homme 67-22.  Winner was led in scoring by Cox with 11 points. Madyson Frazier, Volmer and Edith Eagle Hawk all scored 8 points.

On Dec.28, the Lady Warriors played in the Parkston Classic and were defeated by Webster 57-47.  Winner 13-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Volmer and Cox both scored 10 points.

Colome boys basketball team rolled to an 86-54 victory over Centerville in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 29.
Colome led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Holden Thieman led all scorers with 31 points. Reed Harter added 27 and Kelly O’Bryan, 13.
“This was one of the best team victories that we’ve had in the two years I have been here,” said coach Drew Weber. “Offensively, we did a good job of taking what they were giving us and we were really efficient from the field.”

The young Purple team defeated the Golden Oldies 82-67 in the 22nd annual Winner alumni basketball game on Dec. 26.

Ben Connot led the Purple team with 17 points followed by Zach Horstman with 13 and Nate Galbraith, 11.
Ben Pravecek scored 18 points for the Gold team followed by Mitch DeMers, 16; Blake Gardner, 12 and Blake Tideman, 10.

Coach Brett Gardner said: “ We were excited to have 25 former Warriors playing in the annual alumni game and many more in the crowd watching and supporting. It was a fun environment and always great to see former athletes entertaining.”

The all time series is now 12 wins for the young Purple and 10 wins for the Golden Oldies.

Winner Lady Warriors basketball team was nipped by Sully Buttes 58-51 in overtime on Dec. 19.
In the overtime period, Sully Buttes outscored Winner 12-5.

Colome boys basketball team will play in the Jones County Tournament Jan. 14-16.
Colome will play Jones County at 8 p.m. on Jan. 14.

The schedule of first round games include:
1—White River vs. Bennett County
2:30—Stanley Co. vs. Philip
6:30—Kadoka Area vs. Lyman
8—Jones Co. vs. Colome

Winner High School boys and girls basketball teams will play in the second annual Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic on Jan. 16 in Sioux Falls.
Teams from South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota are scheduled to play in the Pentagon.

Winner girls will play Clark/Willow Lake at 6 p.m. and the Winner boys will play Aberdeen Roncalli at 7:30 p.m.