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Winner/Colome amateur baseball team was defeated by Gregory 2-0 on July 4 in Gregory.

Jon Hanson was the losing pitcher.

Derek Graesser led the Pheasants with a double in the seven inning game.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team defeated Tabor 17-7 by the 10 run rule Sunday afternoon at Leahy Bowl.  The game ended in the seventh inning.  The Royals bats were as hot as the temperature at the team scored 7 runs early in the game.  Reed Harter threw a complete game giving up seven runs (5 earned) on 5 hits, 6 walks and 7 strikeouts.

On the 4^th of July in Gregory, Winner/Colome defeated Gregory 9-3.  Landon Engel earned the win on the mound. He pitched 7 innings giving up 3 runs on 4 hits, 4 walks and 6 strikeouts.

In a game on June 30, Tabor defeated Winner/Colome 14-4.  Engel took the loss on the mound pitching 5 innings and giving up 11 runs on 10 hits, 2 walks and 1 strikeout.

Valentine, Neb., got by Winner/Colome 11-8 in the first game of a double header  July 1 at Leahy Bowl.  Biggins took the loss on the mound.

In the second game, Valentine defeated Winner/Colome 12-2.  Jordan Turgeon took the loss on the mound.  In batting, Turgeon had 2 singles and Engel had a double.

Winner varsity Teeners defeated Mission 4-3 Monday, June 29, at Leahy Bowl.

On June 27, the Teeners lost to Parkston 8-6.  Ty Bolton was the losing pitcher. Cale Meiners was the leading hitter.

In the second game played on June 27, Winner lost to Corsica 3-2. Carter Brickman was the losing pitcher.  Rhys Middlesworth was the leading hitter.

On Sunday, June 28, Winner defeated Bon Homme 12-8. Winner scored 11 runs in the 7^th inning to win the game. The team was down 8-1 before their big inning.

Meiners was the winning pitcher.

The Winner Pheasants split a pair of games played Sunday with Parkston at Leahy Bowl.

The second game was a marathon 15 inning game with Parkston coming away with the a 3-2 win. The game was scoreless in the 13^th inning when Winner/Colome’s Tarrell Bauld hit a two run double and the Pheasants were up 2-0. However the Mudcats responded right away with two runs and the score was tied. Parkston scored the winning run in the 15^th inning.

In the first game Sunday afternoon, Winner/Colome won 2/0.

J.J. Farner was the winning pitcher and threw all seven innings.

Winner/Colome American Legion baseball team picked up two victories June 24 in Winner.

In the first game, the Royals defeated Ainsworth, Neb., 10-7.

Ainsworth got on the scoreboard first but Winner/Colome tied the game 2-2 on a scoring run by Brandon Bicek.

Ainsworth took a 7-2 lead before the Royals started inching their way back into the scoring column. In the sixth inning, a run by Ty Bolton tied the game at 7-7 followed by three consecutive runs for Winner/Colome to seal the victory.

In the second game, Winner/Colome defeated Martin 12-2.

South Dakota high school girls competing in cross country will have to run a longer distance when the fall season begins.

From now on the races will be 5,000 meters—replacing the 4K standard. That will equal the boys distance.

The change became official at the annual June meeting of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors meeting.

According to the activities association, support for the change was overwhelming among Class AA and Class A schools while Class B schools voted in favor by a 29-25 margin.

South Dakota no longer can count itself among the states where boys and girls run different differences. Only North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas lack the 5K standard.

Some coaches say this will be a unique transition for the kids in South Dakota.

Sydney Hollenbeck has qualified to the National High School Finals Rodeo in the pole bending competition. Hollenbeck recently completed her sophomore year at Winner High School. Sydney competes in the Nebraska High School Association. When the dust settled at the state finals in Hastings, NE, Hollenbeck finished the year in fourth place in the standings. She will travel with her Nebraska teammates to Rock Springs, Wyoming in mid July in the NHSFR.

Sydney will be riding Peponitas Okie Lena, a 15-year-old Quarter Horse owned by her parents. Sydney and Okie have now qualified for five consecutive national final rodeos- three in junior high division, and now two in the high school division. She is the daughter of Scott Hollenbeck and Dr. Teresa Novotny of rural Winner.

Colome Junior Teeners were defeated by Gregory 17-3 in the champion game of the Winner Father’s Day baseball tournament Sunday afternoon.

Saturday night in Winner, Colome Junior Teeners defeated Onida 9-4.

The Winner Junior Teeners took third place in the Father’s Day baseball tournament this weekend at Leahy Bowl.

In the opening round, Winner beat Lyman 12-7.

In the semifinal match up, Gregory avenged an earlier loss to come way with a 16-6 victory.

In the third place game, Winner took down Onida in a dramatic fashion winning 15-14. Winner was able to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win in a walk off fashion. Norrid had the game winning single scoring Kaiser.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team placed third in a Rapid City tournament this weekend.

In the third place game, the Royals defeated Rapid City Post 320 Risers 14-6.

In pool play prior to this game, Winner/Colome defeated Grandview, Colo., 8-1; lost to Rapid City Shooters 2-1; Winner/Colome defeated Harrisburg  11-1 and defeated Boulder, Colo., 13-3.

Winner/Colome outscored its opponents 48-13 in the tournament which was Friday through Sunday.