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Winner High School football ended the regular season undefeated and the No. 1 seed as they rolled over Jones County/White River 50-0 Thursday night in Murdo. The game ended at half due to the mercy rule.

This was the fifth shutout this season for the Warriors.

It was a wet contest as a constant rain fell during the game.

Colome High School football team was nipped 13-8 by Scotland in the final game of the regular season Thursday night.

This was the first loss for the Cowboys who will go into the playoffs with a 7-1 record.

In the final moments, Colome attempted to bounce back from a one touchdown deficit.

Winner varsity volleyball team competed in the SESD tournament Saturday in Platte.  The Lady Warriors were 2-2 for the day.   Sydney Fritz was named to the all-tournament team.

Platte-Geddes defeated Winner 17-25, 25-23 and 21-25.  In the next match, Winner defeated Gregory 23-25, 25-18, 25-16.  Mt. Vernon/Plankinton defeated Winner 15-25, 25-27. Winner defeated Scotland 25-10, 25-21.

“We played very good one game and then we would struggle getting anything going the next,” said coach Jaime Keiser. She said the team played inconsistent all day.
“We did a great job of passing the ball in serve receive but had a lot of hitting errors which gave our opponents lots of unearned points. We same some great teams and had had great competition,” said Keiser.

Earlier in the week, Wagner defeated Winner 3-0. The scores were 21-25, 16-25, 14-25.

The Lady Warriors will close out the regular season when they travel to Mt. Vernon/Plankinton on Oct. 29. The varsity and junior varsity matches will be played in Plankinton.
The regional tournament starts on Nov. 5.

Colome volleyball team picked up two wins this week and improved its record to 16-9.
The Cowgirls defeated St. Francis 25-16, 21-25, 25-23 and 25-15.

On Oct. 23, Colome defeated Crow Creek 25-8, 25-15, 25-16.

Winner competitive cheerleaders competed in the state A meet Friday in Brandon.
“The girls put on their best performance of the season and placed third in the large stunting/tumbling and took fifth overall out of 19 teams,” said coach Val Ewing.
The top five teams were Sioux Valley, Dell Rapids, Platte-Geddes, Bon Homme and Winner.

Winner High School girls cross country team placed 13th at the state meet Saturday in Sioux Falls.

The Lady Warriors were led by Jaclyn Laprath who took 43rd. She was followed by Chloe Bartels, 53rd; Sam Schuyler, 78th; Aryn Meiners, 97th; Megan Blare, 114; Hayley Halverson, 129th.

In the boys varsity, Colby Curtis took 98th.

The Winner dance team finished the season at the State A competition on Oct. 23 in Brandon.

The hip hop team placed 2nd, large pom placed 3rd and kick placed 3rd in individual categories. In overall competition, Winner took fourth place.

“As a coach I am extremely proud of our placement and improvement over the year,” said coach Cyndy DeMers. “We performed well and the competition was very close. This is a difficult sport that takes a lot of energy, stamina and skill. These girls have attended numerous morning practices and worked hard to make this season a success,” said DeMers.

She added team captains Hayley Halverson, Dacey Kocer, Skyler VanDenHul have put in many extra hours on choreography and practice.

Winner High School cheer team placed fifth out of 10 schools in Platte on Oct. 17.
  This was the last competition before state.

“It’s been a roller coaster of a season. We have never had a full squad at a performance,” said coach Val Ewing. “We had to rework our routine the morning of the Platte meet due to an injury. I could not be more proud of these girls and their work ethic, determination and desire to do well,” said Ewing.

“They work through pain and frustration and are always looking for ways to improve. They won’t settle for anything less than their best and I am hoping to have that performance at state.”

The No. 1 rated Winner Warriors kept its undefeated football string in tack Friday night as they defeated Redfield/Doland 50-0.  The game ended with 1:48 left to play in the third quarter due to the mercy rule.  This is the fourth shut out for the Warriors who have a 7-0 record.

“Each week we have someone who has a big play or big yardage and it changes each week. Last week Barry did not have a lot of yards and this week he is our rushing leading. We credit that to the unselfishness of our backfield,” explained Aaker.  “I am really happy in the way our defense played as we held them to 27 yards. Our defense is playing well and they are going to have to continue as we go forward,” said the coach.

The Warriors will close out the regular season when they travel to Murdo on Thursday to take on Jones County/White River, a new opponent and a new 11 man team.
Jones County/White River runs a double wing offense similar to Winner.

Colome football team, ranked No. 3 in Class 9B, picked up a 52-0 victory over Tripp-Delmont/Armour Friday in Armour.

The game ended in the second quarter due to the mercy rule.  The Cowboys remain undefeated with a 7-0 record.

Colome will play at Scotland on Thursday to close out the regular season. The first round of the playoffs will start on Tuesday, Oct. 27.