Category Archives: Sports

Colome boys basketball team was defeated by Vermillion 51-33 at the Tea Classic on Saturday.
Reed Harter led the scoring for Colome with 15 points and Holden Thieman added 11.  Leading rebounder was Thieman with 6 and Harter with 4.

Winner High School girls basketball team used balanced scoring as they defeated Wagner 78-61 in the opening game of the season Friday in Winner.

Bailey Volmer led the team with 27 points followed by Allison Cox with 20, Sydney Fritz, 15 and Kylie Horstman with 10.
Cox pulled down 10 rebounds for Winner and Volmer grabbed 5.

Winner shot 51 percent from the field and 72 percent from the free throw line.

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.