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Krockett Krolikowski has been named the Class 11B player of the year.

The Winner High School football player lead team in tackles with 38.5 and sacks 6.5.  The Junior helped the Winner Warriors win the Class 11B state championship.

By Eric Mayer, Mitchell Daily Republic

WINNER—Windsor Barry was playing for more than the Winner Warriors this season.

The senior running back and defensive back helped guide Winner to a perfect 12-0 season that was capped off with the Warriors sixth state football title. But winning the Class 11B state championship was a way for Barry, a senior, to show love for his mother.

In addition to making his family proud, Barry proved himself as a heck of a player for Winner. For his role in helping lead the unbeaten Warriors, which outscored their opponents 594-26, Barry has been named The Daily Republic’s 2015 football player of the year.

The award winner annually is determined by a point system that awards five points to the top player, four points to the second player on the ballot and so on. Barry received two first-place votes and one second-place vote to finish with 14 points.

Reed Harter of the Colome Cowboys football team has been named to the Class 9B all state football team.  Harter, a senior, was named as a defensive back.

Harter was a force on the defense for the past three years. He capped his senior season with 101 tackles (37 solo and 64 assists) and averaged 10.1 tackles per game. He also picked off three passes. These numbers push his career totals to 277 tackles and 10 interceptions.

“He has been a team captain for two years,” said coach Scott Kortan. “He has been the team leader off and off the field for the last two years.”

Two members of the Winner High School football team and one from Colome High School have been named to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 football team.

Named from Winner were Riley Frazier and Krockett Krolikowski.  Reed Harter of Colome was named to the list.

The Colome High School girls basketball team is looking to get a game under it belt.

Coach Lori Kalenda says the girls are ready for a game. The Cowgirls will open the season Dec. 8 at Corsica/Stickney.

The returning letterwinners are: Mariah Kinzer, Taylor Hrabanek, Callie Heath, Destannie Noteboom, Elisabeth Duffy and Morgan Hofeldt.
The three returning starters are Kinzer, Hrabanek and Callie Heath.  The two seniors who graduated from last year’s team are Colby Taggart and Sarah Shippy.
The seniors on the team are: Kinzer, Hrabanek, Hofeldt and Noteboom. Juniors are Callie Heath, Adrianna Larson and Darcy Maier. Sophomore is Elisabeth Duffy.
Freshmen are Kaydee Heath, Rayne Hermsen, Jaclyn Laprath, Alexa McKenzie, Hannah Rowe, Matrix

Three members of the Colome High School volleyball team have been named to the South Central Conference all-conference team.
Named to the honor list were: Callie Heath, Mariah Kinzer and Taylor Hrabanek.

Five members of the Colome football team have been named to the Great Plains Conference all-conference team.

Selected as all-conference players are: Reed Harter, Will Cahoy, Kelly O’Bryan, Isaac Kortan and Wiley Heath.  Holden Thieman was named to the honorable mention list.

Chase Watson of the Winner High School football team has been named to the South Dakota Football Coaches Association academic all-state team.
To qualify for this award, students must be a senior with a 3.5 grade point average or higher and must have played at least three years of football.

When people ask who is the No. 1 team in Class 11B team in the state, there is only one answer: The talented Winner Warriors.

The Warriors proved they were the top Class 11B team in the state when they defeated Tri Valley 45-6 Friday afternoon in the DakotaDome in Vermillion.
With the victory, the Warriors capped a perfect 12-0 season and in those 12 games they recorded 8 shutouts and had a running clock in every game.

“This was another stellar performance by our guys,” said coach Dan Aaker. “This was a crazy year where we dominated football games.”

Two players on the Winner team received special honors at the game. Windsor Barry was named the Joe Robbie most valuable player and also the outstanding running back. Jordan Turgeon was name the outstanding lineman.

The Warriors set three state Class 11B records in the game. The WHS team had the most first downs with 22, total yards of offense with 510 and most points in a game with 45.

This was the sixth state championship for the Warriors and their 13th appearance in the Dome playing for state title.

Windsor Barry of the undefeated Winner High School football team has been named among the American Family Insurance all-USA South Dakota players of the week.
In the semifinal victory over Groton Area, Barry had 162 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns. Isaac Naasz had three sacks on defense.