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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.

Winner High School boys basketball team picked up two wins this week. With the victories the Warriors improved their record to 3-0.  In the preseason Class A poll, Winner is rated 4th.
On Saturday, Winner defeated Sully Buttes 41-38.

Drew DeMers scored 11 points, Devon Leiferman, 9; Lattrel Terkildsen and Cameron Kuil, 7 each.  Kuil led the team with 11 rebounds and Krockett Krolikowski with 10 rebounds.

On Friday, the Warriors hosted Miller and came away with a 57-47 victory.
Leiferman lead all scorers with 27 points and Krokilowski added 13.  Leiferman pulled down 8 rebounds.  DeMers had 5 steals and 5 assists.

Winner Area wrestling team placed 8th out of 19 teams at the Valentine, Neb., tournament this weekend.
The Warriors had three placers. Kayleb Brozik took third with a 4-1 win over Gavin Tompke of Ord, Neb.  Wyatt Turnquist took fourth as he lost 6-5 to Chase Larsen of Plattsmouth, Neb.  Jayden Schroeder placed 6th as he lost 5-2 over Caden Billings of Valentine.

Colome Cowboys basketball team used balanced scoring to defeat Cody-Kilgore 88-54 Saturday in Colome.

Reed Harter led the scoring with 29 points followed by Holden Thieman with 22 and Kelly O’Bryan with 18. Harter had 5 assists.

The Cowboys had a strong night on the boards as they pulled down 37 rebounds led by Thieman with 7 and 6 each from Jackson Kinzer and Isaac Kortan.

Gregory nipped the Colome boys basketball team 63-56 Dec. 17 in Colome.

The Cowboys led 13-12 at the end of the first quarter. However, Gregory out-scored Colome 19-6 in the second quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Colome out-scored Gregory 26-16.

Holden Thieman scored 32 points for Colome with Reed Harter adding 12 points.  Thieman pulled down 11 rebounds and Jackson Kinzer and Reed Harter had 7 each.

“This was a tough battle between two good teams,” said coach Drew Weber.