Andes Central/Dakota Christian defeated the Colome girls basketball team 38-28 Thursday in Colome.
The Cowgirls were led in scoring by Taylor Hrabanek and Mariah Kinzer with 8 points each. Kinzer and Rayne Hermsen each pulled down 8 rebounds and Callie Heath, 7.
Colome shot 18 percent from the field and 39 percent from the free throw line.
Winner Area wrestling team placed third at the Kimball/White Lake Tournament on Saturday. First place went to Philip with Parkston taking second.
“The boys came out and performed very well in the first tournament of the year,” said Coach Matt Chambers.
The Winner High School boys basketball team will open the season on Dec. 11 when they host Wagner. This will be a boys and girls double header.
The Warriors return 10 lettermen including Luke Engel, Lattrell Terkildsen, Trevor Bertram, Drew DeMers, Krockett Krolikowski, Isaac Naasz, Devon Leiferman, Wyatt Ewing, Cameron Kuil and Chase Kingsbury.
Last year the Warriors finished third in the State A tournament as they defeated Little Wound 60-54.
Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball coach Lindsay Wilber has signed nine athletes for the 2016 season. Among those signing is Sydney Fritz of Winner.
Fritz wrapped up a successful volleyball career for the Lady Warriors. She finished with 871 kills, 646 digs, and 106 serve aces. She had a career high 44 kills in a 2015 match. Named to the Big Dakota Conference team twice and to the all-state second team as a junior. In addition to participating in volleyball for the Lady Warriors, she also played club volleyball for CPAC.
Fritz also participates in basketball and track and field for the Lady Warriors.
The daughter of Jim and Pam Fritz plans to major in elementary education at DWU.
“Sydney has a quick arm swing with power that is hard to defend,” said DWU coach Wilber. “She reads the block well and has a great court sense defensively.”
Six members of the undefeated Winner High School football team have been named to the Class 11B all-state team.
The team, released by the South Dakota Sportswriters, include quarterback Drew DeMers, fullback Riley Frazier, running back Windsor Barry, tackle Krockett Krolikowski, guard Jayden Schroeder and defensive end Isaac Naasz.
All six were integral parts of Winner’s undefeated season that culminated with a state championship as the Warriors defeated Tri Valley 45-6.
“These honors come with team success,” said Winner coach Dan Aaker.
Winner’s Sydney Fritz has been named to the first team of the state Class A all-state volleyball team. This is the second year the Winner senior has been on the all-state team.
Fritz finished the season with 871 kills, 646 digs and 106 service aces.
Colome boys basketball team will open the season by playing in the Tea Classic on Dec. 12. The Cowboys will play Vermillion at 2 p.m.
Eight returning lettermen will lead the Colome High School boys basketball team this season.
The lettermen are Reed Harter, Kelly O’Bryan, Will Cahoy, Jackson Kinzer, Holden Thieman, Nate Krumpus, Andrew Laprath and Isaac Kortan.
Winner Lady Warriors basketball has a good nucleus of returning letterwinners to lead the team.
The Lady Warriors will open the season Dec. 11 when they host Wagner.
The returning letterwinners are Samantha Schuyler, Hayley Halverson, Bailey Volmer, Madyson Frazier, Sydney Fritz, Calah Covey, Kylie Horstman, Sydney Hollenbeck, Kyran Meek, Chloe Bartels and Rachel Sherman.
Five members of the Winner High School volleyball team have been named to the academic all-state volleyball squad.
Winner girls chosen are Bailey Volmer, Kylie Horstman, Skyler VanDenHul, Allison Cox and Dacey Kocer.
The honor squad was announced by the South Dakota Volleyball Coaches Association. Girls on the all-academic team must have a 3.5 or higher grade point average and must have played or managed at least three years of high school volleyball.
Winner Area wrestling team will open the season on Dec. 5 when they attend the Kimball tournament.
Winner wrestling coach Matt Chambers says, “I like this meet. It is smaller but a good way to get the season started and get some matches under our belt.” The coach also likes the fact that right away Winner will see some of the teams from the region. “It will be good to see teams who will be competitive in our region and it also lets us know where we stand,” said Chambers.
The returning lettermen are Damien Bingen, 170; Cohl Turnquist, 182-195; Colby Curtis, 120; Jayden Schroeder, 195; Wyatt Turnquist, 103; Taylor Watzel, 152; Cameron Biggins, 126; Tristan Watzel, 138; Kayleb Brozik, 160-170 and Avery Gilchrist, 145-152. The seniors on the team are Cohl Turnquist, Colby Curtis and Cameron Biggins. Two Colome freshmen, Riggin Shippy and Jaikob Week are on the team. Chambers says 8th graders who may see action are Trevor Peters and Landon Debus. Returning wrestlers who competed at state are Biggins and Brozik.
“We are a team that is not returning a lot of state qualifiers but we return athletes with a lot of experience,” said Chambers. The coach added the team will be relying on that experience and will be led by the three seniors. “They will be the ones to set the tone for season.” The coach noted he will be looking at juniors Schroeder, Brozik and Gilchrist to provide varsity experience. “We are going to be a team that is going to take a step forward this year. We have a lot of confidence,” said Chambers.
Practices have been up-tempo bringing that intensity back to the practice room. We need our seniors and other leaders to set that tone.” Chambers explained in a team meeting the team and coaches talked about the mental preparation and expectations. “We want to get in the right mental mindset to prepare every time we are on the mat and in the practice room,” said Chambers.
Assistant varsity coach is Jayd Schuyler. When the middle school wrestling is finished coaches Spencer Novotny and Daryl LaDeaux will be working with the varsity.
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