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Burke/South Central defeated Colome in the District 12B championship Friday in Gregory. The scores of the match were 25-15, 25-14 and 28-26.

Colome finished second in the District 12 tournament and ends the season with a 17-11 record.

Colome won the District 12B semifinal match over Gregory in Colome on Thursday. The scores were 25-14, 25-17, 25-19.

Two members of the Winner High School cross country team have been selected to receive academic all state honors.  Hayley Halverson and Grant Winter received the honor.

To receive academic all-state recognition an athlete must be a senior, have participated in the sport for at least three years and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Winner Area middle school wrestling team opened the season Saturday at Valentine, Neb. The Warriors placed 11 wrestlers.

First place went to Kaleb Osborn, Michael Olson, Kaden Keiser, Joey Cole, Aaron Gilchrist, Trevor Peters and Riley Shippy.  Finn Bartels and Preston Norrid took second.  Owen Duffy placed third.  Gavin Tucker took fourth place.

“Coach LaDeaux and myself were happy with how we performed in this tournament,” said coach Spencer Novotny. “We have a lot of stuff we need to work on in the next week.”

Winner High School football team remained undefeated and recorded its seventh shut out of the season as they blanked Bennett County 50-0 in the quarterfinals of the state football playoffs Monday in Winner.  The game ended at halftime due to the mercy rule.
With the win, the Warriors will advance to the semifinals which will be played this Saturday in Winner. Winner will play Groton at Warrior Field.

Colome Cowboys came up with a thrilling 38-36 victory over Alcester-Hudson Monday night in the quarterfinals of the state football playoffs.

The Cowboys were down 14-0 at the end of the first quarter but came back for the victory on their home field.  Alcester-Hudson led 20-14 at the half but Colome took a 22-20 lead in the third quarter and never trailed again.

The Cowboys will advance to the semifinals on Saturday when they travel to Harding County. Colome will take a 9-1 record into Saturday’s game. The Colome and Harding County game will start at 5 p.m. central time and 4 p.m. mountain time in Harding County.

Winner, the No.1 team in Class 11B, defeated Parkston 46-0 last Tuesday in the first round of the state football playoffs.
Parkston is the defending Class 11B champion and this is the second time this season the Warriors have defeated the Trojans. Earlier in the year, Winner defeated Parkston 43-0.
The victory gives Winner a 9-0 record and is their sixth shut out of the season.

The Colome Cowboys dominated the first round of the state football playoffs last Tuesday.  On their home field, the Cowboys shut out Lower Brule 54-0.
The game ended at the half due to the mercy rule.

The Cowboys improved their record to 8-1 as they hosted a second round game with Alcester-Hudson on Monday, Nov. 2.

Winner High School volleyball team closed out the regular season by playing at Plankinton on Thursday.  Mt. Vernon/Plankinton defeated Winner 13-25, 11-25, 11-25.

Platte-Geddes defeated Winner on Oct. 26.  Winner won the first game 25-23 and the Black Panthers took the next three with Winner falling 15-25, 23-25 and 16-25.

The regional tournament starts Thursday in Winner with the Lady Warriors hosting Todd County at 7:30 p.m.

Colome volleyball team was defeated by Kimball/White Lake on Oct. 26. The scores were 22-25, 25-21, 24-26, 22-25.

This was parents night for the Cowgirls and the final match of the regular season before the start of districts.  The Cowgirls take a 16-10 record into the districts.

The first round of the regional and district volleyball tournaments have been set.

Winner will play Todd County in Winner on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. 
The second round of the regional volleyball tournament will be Nov. 7 and the championship will be Nov. 10.

Colome will start play in District 12B on Thursday when they will play the winner of the Gregory/Marty match. The Nov. 5 match will be played in Colome at 7 p.m.
The district championship will be at a neutral site on Friday, Nov. 6.