The Winner Wild 5th grade girls basketball team took runner-up honors at the Pacesetter Great Four state championship in Minneapolis, Minn., on July 11.
The girls advanced to the tournament by being named the South Dakota Pacesetter champions earlier in the year in Huron.
Renae Brewster and Kathy Peppel of Butte, Neb., won the 2 lady best ball golf tournament Saturday at the Winner County Club. They shot a 75.
Second place in the first flight went to Becky Olson and Laura Root with a 79.
Winning the second flight were Brenda and Ronae Klein with an 82 and the second in this flight went to Kay Berg and Bonnie Gardner with an 83.
The Winner 12 and under baseball team played in the state tournament this weekend in Milbank.
On Friday, Winner won the first game 14-2 over Madison. Evan Farner was the winning pitcher.
Adam Bohnet was 3-3 at the plate with a home run, triple and double.
On Saturday, West Central defeated Winner 13-2. In the next game on Saturday, Lennox defeated Winner 9-3.
Several members of the Winner/Colome club baseball team have received honors following the season.
Reed Harter was named first team all-state as a shortstop and Kelly O’Bryan was named honorable mention all-state as a pitcher.
In addition, Holden Thieman, Ty Bolton and Riley Calhoon were named members of the all-region team.
O’Bryan was honored on the all-region team as a pitcher.
Winner/Colome Legion baseball team defeated Ainsworth, Neb., 8-4 on July 7.
On July 8, the local Legion baseball team defeated Rapid City Shooters in a double header at Leahy Bowl.
Winner/Colome won the first game 9-6. The Royals exploded with 8 runs in the second inning to take an 8-1 lead.
In the second game, Trevor Sachtjen pitched all seven innings giving up 5 runs, 8 hits, 5 walks for the victory.
Winner/Colome Legion baseball team was defeated by Pierre 21-7 Sunday in Pierre.
The Winner/Colome team’s record is 15-8.
Winner Teeners were nipped 11-10 by Rapid City Post 320 in the championship game of the Deadwood tournament Sunday.
Winner was leading 9-4 but Rapid City scored seven runs in the fifth inning.
The Winner Teeners played two games on Saturday in the tournament. In the first game, Winner defeated Buffalo 32-0 in three innings.
In the second game on Saturday, Winner defeated Gillette, Wyo., 9-3.
The Winner Junior Teeners lost a close game 4-3 to Onida.
Coach Jon Hanson said Kameron Meiners pitched well but could not get the timely hit at the end of the game.
Nolan Sachtjen had a single that scored two runs and Phillip Jorgensen reached base safely three times.
On July 3, Winner traveled to Gregory and played them for the third time this season and Winner came away with the victory.
“Nolan pitched a gem of a game by only allowing 2 runs and striking out 6 batters in 5 innings of work,” said the coach.
The bats came alive as Winner exploded for eight hits that plated 9 runs. Leading the way on offense was Jorgensen and Sachtjen with 2 hits each and Oscar Pravecek and Sachtjen had 2 RBIs each.
Winner was defeated 5-4 in extra innings at Platte on July 6. Gage Watson and Fred Whiting shared duties on the mound and Coach Hanson said they pitched well.
Sachtjen had a double and single and scored two runs to lead the Winner offense.
The Winner/Colome amateur baseball team played two games on Sunday.
In the first game, the Pheasants defeated the Parkston Bullheads 5-0. Austin Calhoon was the winning pitcher.
Derek Graesser had 3 hits with 2 runs and Dillon Lambly had 2 hits and 2 RBIs.
On Sunday, Winner/Colome was defeated by Corsica 6-0.
Graesser was the losing pitcher. Graesser gave up 4 hits on 11 strikeouts.
Graesser and J. J. Farner were both 2-4 with Farner having two doubles.
On Friday, Winner/Colome defeated Platte 10-8. Drew Weber was the winning pitcher with Tarrel Bauld getting the save.
Lambly had 3 hits. Graesser had a two run home run in the 9th inning and had 2 hits for the game. Turner Serr had 3 hits.
In the final game of the regular season, the Pheasants will play Platte
The district tournament starts July 23 in Platte and runs through July 31. All district games will be played in Platte.
Winner Purple took first place in the 12U Rosebud Softball League held on July 6 and 8th in Valentine, NE. The team had a perfect 13-0 season and swept the tournament undefeated. Riley McClanahan had a 3 run in the park home run in the final game. Emmy Kaiser had a stand-up double in her last at bat. Bella Swedlund also had a 3 run in the park home run.
Winner/Colome Legion baseball team defeated Platte 3-0 in 11 innings June 26 in Platte.
“This was one of the best Legion games I have seen in a long time,” said coach Drew Weber. “Both teams were solid defensively,” added the coach.
Reed Harter started on the mound and pitched 9 scoreless innings giving up 4 hits, 6 walks and striking out 8.
Kelly O’Bryan came in and picked up the win in relief.
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