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Winner High School cheer and dance competed at Dakota Valley on Saturday.

In dance, Dakota Valley, Gregory and Winner competed. Winner placed first in hip hop, 2nd in both kick and pom and second overall.  “This was our best performance so far and as a coach I couldn’t be more proud of the outcome of this competition,” said coach Cyndy DeMers. “The leaders and all of the girls have worked really hard on getting their routines choreographed for their best chance at the state competition. They will continue to work on making their movements sharp, clean and synchronized.”
The WHS cheer team took fourth place and improved their scores from all their previous competitions with a total score of 129.   Finishing in first place was Dakota Valley followed by Bon Homme, Dell Rapids, Winner, Dell Rapids St. Mary’s, Wagner and Gregory.  “We have spent a lot of time reworking our routine to make the difficulty harder. So the fact that we just changed our ending pyramid to something a lot harder, I am thrilled with how they did,” said coach Val Ewing.

It was a battle of two undefeated teams and Winner came out on top in a big way.  The No. 1 rated Winner Warriors cruised past the No. 5 rated Chamberlain Cubs 52-6 Friday night in Chamberlain.
“We dominated the line of scrimmage and our guys made plays offensively,” said coach Dan Aaker. “We really steamrolled in the first quarter,” added the coach.
The Warriors, who are 5-0 for the season, were up 44-0 after the first quarter.

Colome quarterback Reed Harter passed for four touchdowns and added two more on the ground, as the Cowboys defeated Avon 56-22 Friday night in Avon’s homecoming.

Colome is 5-0 and tied for 2nd place in the Class 9B poll.  Friday Colome will host Andes Central/Dakota Christian.

Winner High School volleyball team placed fourth in a tournament in Elk Point on Saturday.

In the first round, Winner defeated Tea in 3 games. Tea took the first one 25-22 and then Winner won the next two 25-17, 25-18.

Winner was defeated by Dakota Valley in two games, 25-22 and 25-13.

In the third and fourth place match, Winner was defeated by Milbank in three. Winner took the first game 25-20 and then Winner lost the next two 23-25, 13-25.

Colome volleyball team was defeated by Jones County in the third place match of the Kimball tournament on Saturday. The scores were 23-25, 15-25.

In the first round, Colome defeated Sunshine Bible Academy 21-25, 25-17, 25-16.

In the semifinals, Burke/South Central defeated Colome 19-25, 23-25.

On Sept. 22, Avon defeated Colome 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 17-25 and 12-15.

Colome will host Winner on Oct. 1.

Winner High School football team came with a big victory in a homecoming game Friday night at Warrior field. The WHS team defeated Valentine, Neb., 51-0. The game ended in the third quarter due to the mercy rule.
The light mist that fell during the pre-game fell away at the start of the game and a beautiful rainbow covered the field. It was a sign that this was going to be a great game before alumni and home fans that filled the stadium.
“We played well. We were crisp from the get go,” said Coach Dan Aaker whose Winner Warriors are 4-0 and rated No. 1 in the Class 11B poll. This was the 9th consecutive victory for the Warriors over Valentine.
Cameron Kuil was on fire in the first quarter as he scored three touchdowns on runs of 43, 97 and 22 yards.

Reed Harter scored four touchdowns for Colome as the Cowboys won their homecoming game 44-8 over Burke/South Central on Friday.
The Cowboys led 30-0 at the end of the first quarter.  With the victory the Cowboys remain undefeated. The team will travel to Avon on Sept. 25.

Winner High School volleyball team fell to Lyman in three games on Sept. 15. The Lady Warriors lost the match 23-25, 18-25, 22-25.

“In warm ups before the match started, Skyler VanDenHul went down with a knee injury. So we had to adjust our rotation on the spot without going over it. That threw us off and we had a hard time recovering from losing Skyler,” said coach Jaime Keiser.
“We gave Lyman too many unearned points on serving errors and attack errors. I was proud of girls who stepped up and played different spots. I was also proud of the girls for adapting to new rotations while I kept changing things up to see what would work best,” said Keiser.

The next action for Winner will be Sept. 26 at Elk Point-Jefferson and Sept. 29 at Todd County.

Platte-Geddes defeated the Colome girls volleyball team Sept. 15. The scores were 8-25, 24-26 and 12-25.

As of Sept. 14, the Colome varsity has a 7-2 record. They continue lead the District 12 standings.

Winner High School varsity boys golf team placed fourth at the Winner Invitational on Sept. 15. The Warriors shot a 427.  The team title went to Chamberlain with a 311. There were five teams in the tournament.

Leading the WHS golfers was Sam Hossle with a 93. He was followed by Duncan English, 100; Luke Engel, 106 and Matt Hartley, 128.
In the junior varsity meet, Jarod Amadon placed 9th with a 132 and Jayd Whitley placed 10th with a 141.