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Rich Crow Eagle and Corey Jensen were the champions of the Frontier Motors  Open golf tournament Sunday at Winner Country Club. They pair shot a  61.

Second place in the championship flight went to Ivan Crow Eagle and Roger Crow Eagle.

Taking third in this flight were Mike Cahoy and Willie Beckers with fourth going to Terry Schmidt and Jared Miller.

Winners of the first flight were Phil Husher and James Mathis. Second place went to Larry Aaker and Mike Stickland with third going to Chris and Duane Labahn. Placing fourth were Jack Haley and Jim Haley.

Winners of the second flight were Chuck Keiser and Kevin Keiser. Second went to Gary Fenenga and Doug Lattaye. Placing third were Scott Meiners Scott Dutt with fourth going to Austin Hamilton and Lance Engel.

Winner Teeners took seventh place in the local Teener tournament this weekend at Leahy Bowl.

In Sunday’s game, Winner defeated Bon Homme 11-3.

The local Teeners rattled off six runs early in the game. Bon Homme got on the scoreboard in the third inning.

Kayleb Brozik was the winning pitcher.

Winner opened the tournament facing Sturgis. Sturgis won the game 15-8 in extra innings.
Riley Calhoon tied the game at 6-6 on his score in the fourth inning. Winner took an 8-6 lead won a score by Jordan Turgeon. In the 7^th inning, Sturgis scored two runs to tie the game at 8-8.

Nick Lantz was the losing pitcher.

Valentine defeated Winner 7-5.

Carter Brickman was the losing pitcher.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team defeated Gregory 11-4 Friday in Winner.

“I thought we did a great job of hitting the ball, especially after struggling in our previous game,” said coach Drew Weber.  “The whole lineup contributed in some way and that is a big key for us moving forward.  Trevor threw a fantastic game for his first time out this year. We were solid defensively,” said the coach.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team won the second game of doubleheader against Alexandria Saturday afternoon.

The Pheasants won the Sunshine League game 11-10. In the 9^th inning, Austin Calhoon got a walk off base hit scoring Drew Weber for the win.

“It was a nice walk off win over a good team,” said coach Kevin Graesser. “All players contributed to this win,” he said.

In the first game, Winner/Colome lost 7-5.

Weber was the losing pitcher.

Winner Teeners broke a 7-7 tie to go on and defeat Valentine, Neb., 8-7 Monday, June 8 in Winner.

The Winner varsity Teener team was down 5-1 and came back and tied the game at 7-7. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Winner scored a run to go ahead 8-7 and held Valentine in the seventh inning.

Nick Lantz was the winning pitcher.

Platte defeated the Winner/Colome Legion baseball team 16-2 on June 9 at Leahy Bowl.

Platte took an early 8-0 lead after two innings.

“This game was not indicative of the way we normally should play but it’s a long season and there may be some games like this along the way,” said coach Drew Weber.  “We were throwing some inexperienced pitchers and I thought they did  a decent job with all things considered. We couldn’t really get anything going from the plate but that is due more to their pitching than our hitting. We’ll bounce back and get things turned around,” said Weber.

The Winner/Colome and South Central amateur baseball teams have each joined new leagues this season after the Rosebud TMT League disbanded due to a lack of teams.

“We ended up with just two teams in the Rosebud League and both teams still wanted to play, so we decided to split up,” said Winner/Colome coach Kevin Graesser.

“The Sunshine League allowed us to join their league and are very appreciative of that,” said Graesser.

With Winner/Colome joining the Sunshine League, the league is up to nine teams. They include Mitchell Mad Dogs, Parkston Mudcats, Parkston Bullheads, Alexandria, Dimock-Emery, Corsica/Stickney, Platte and Mount Vernon.

“No matter where we play, we are going to have to travel,” said Graesser.

The Pheasants finished second to Alexandria in the 2013 Class B state championship played in Sioux Falls.

The Winner Teeners split a double header with Lead-Deadwood Sunday afternoon at Leahy Bowl.

In the first game, Winner won 8-2. Riley Calhoon was the winning pitcher.

Luke Engel had two hits.

In the second game, Winner lost 7-5. Willy Schroeder was the losing pitcher. Cale Meiners had two hits.

Friday in Chamberlain  the Teeners defeated Chamberlain 8-2. Carter Brickman was the winning pitcher.

Ryan Sherman had a double.

The Teeners will host its tournament Saturday and Sunday.

Winner Junior Teeners lost a hard fought game with Colome in extra innings 9-4 on June 4.

Kameron Meiners and Gage Watson shared duties on the mound and combined for 7 strikeouts.

Phillip Jorgensen reached base safely twice and scored a run.

“I was pleased with how we played our first game,” said coach Jon Hanson. “We have quite a few things still to work on but our pitching and defense kept us in the game.”

On Friday, Winner traveled to Chamberlain and came away with a 15-4 victory.

“Our offense showed up and exploded for 10 hits,” said Hanson. He said Nolan Sachtjen was sharp on the mound with seven strikeouts in only three innings of work. “We showed up to play and looked great in every aspect of the game. Good things happen when we can put the ball in play and make plays defensively,” said coach Hanson.

Dimock-Emery defeated the Winner/Colome amateur baseball team 6-1 in a Sunshine League game on Friday in Emery.

Tarrell Bauld took the loss for the Pheasants allowing five runs in five innings pitched.

The Pheasants will play at Alexandria on June 13 in a Sunshine League game.