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Winner High School volleyball team defeated Chamberlain 3-0 on senior night on Oct. 13.  The Lady Warriors won 25-10, 25-15, 25-22.

“It was senior night and our last regular season home match so the girls came out ready and focused to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We did a great job of passing in serve receive. We were aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Chamberlain on the defensive end. We played three consistent games which is nice to see with only a few weeks left of the regular season. I was proud of how the girls played together as a team,” said Keiser.

The Lady Warriors will play in the SESD conference tourney on Saturday in Platte.

Colome volleyball team defeated Gregory 3-0 on Oct. 13. The scores were 25-22, 25-21, 25-23.  Colome won the junior varsity match 25-15, 25-21.

The next action for the Cowgirls will be Oct. 23 at Crow Creek and Oct. 26 at home hosting Kimball/White Lake.

Winner Area girls cross country team picked up third place at the Region 4A meet Thursday in Chamberlain and qualified as a team for the state meet.  The Lady Warriors edged out Cheyenne-Eagle Butte and St. Francis to earn the third spot.  Mt. Vernon/Plankinton won first place and Todd County took second.

Winner had two runners finish in the top 10 with Chloe Bartels taking 8th and Jaclyn Laprath taking 10th.  Bartels finished in 19:54.94 and Laprath crossed the finish line in 20:10.
Samantha Schuyler finished 15th and Aryn Meiners finished 22nd which was key for the Winner Area team to finish in the third spot.  Megan Blare placed 26th and Hayley Halverson, 40th.

Winner coach Jayd Schuyler said third place was a realistic goal for the team. “We knew we had a chance if we put forth the effort and we had some really solid performances to make the difference,” said Schuyler.

On the boys side, senior Colby Curtis qualified for the state meet by placing 14th in a 18:10.04.  Winner Area boys finished 6th as a team. Also placing for the varsity boys were Grant Winter, 25th; Dawson Phillips, 36th and Wyatt Turnquist, 43rd.

The state cross country meet will be held Oct. 24 in Sioux Falls.

Top rated Winner High School football team remained undefeated with a 43-0 victory Friday night over Parkston. This was the Warriors third shutout of the season.

“We were ready to go at the start of the game and the buildup to the game did not affect us,” said Aaker. “We did a good job of keeping our composure and played solid.”

The Warriors will travel to Redfield on Friday. Redfield/Doland has a 2-5 record.

Sam Hossle of Winner High School competed in the state Class A golf tournament in Milbank Oct. 5-6.

The WHS senior shot a 91-88.

Aberdeen Roncalli won the team title with Parkston taking second.

Winner High School volleyball team was defeated by Tri Valley in the Chester Challenge on Saturday.

Winner took the first two sets 25-10, 25-22.  The Lady Warriors lost the next three to Tri Valley 23-25, 9-25, 3-15.

The Lady Warriors defeated Gregory in four games. The scores were 25-13, 25-15, 21-25 and 25-16.

On Thursday, Winner hosted White River and won 25-14, 25-16 and 25-11.

The next action for the volleyball team will be Oct. 20 at Wagner.

Colome volleyball team played in the Tri Quad in Springview, Neb., on Oct. 6.

The Cowgirls lost to North Central 14/25, 13-25 and 16-25.  Colome then played Ainsworth, Neb., and won 25-23, 25-15, 24-26, 23-25, 15-6.

Colome played at Todd County on Oct. 3 and won the match 25-8, 29-27 and 25-18.

Winner Area girls cross country team took second place at the Southeast South Dakota Conference cross country meet in Tyndall on Oct. 5.

Chloe Bartels led the Lady Warriors as she finished in 5th place in 20:59.6. Jaclyn Laprath placed 9th in 21:28; Sam Schuyler, 10th, 21:30; Aryn Meiners, 22nd and Megan Blare, 30th.

The Winner boys team took third place and were led by Colby Curtis who took 6th in 18:57. He was followed by Grant Winter, 19th, 20:10; Dawson Phillips, 25th and Wyatt Turnquist, 32nd.

Colome football team rolled to a 60-0 victory over Andes Central/Dakota Christian Friday night in Colome.  With the victory the Cowboys remain undefeated with a 6-0 record.

The Cowboys have bye week and do not play this Friday. They have two games left in the regular season.

Winner varsity volleyball team picked up two wins this week and improved their record to 10-5.  The Lady Warriors defeated Colome and Todd County.

On Sept. 29, Winner defeated Todd County in three sets. Winner won 25-14, 25-8, 25-16.

The WHS team traveled to Colome on Thursday and won 25-19, 25-20, 25-15.

The next action for Winner will be Oct. 8 when they host White River and Oct. 10 at Chester area. On Oct. 13, Chamberlain will be in Winner for a match.