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Winner/Colome Legion baseball team swept a double header over Valentine, Neb., Sunday.

The Royals won 3-1 in the first game in five innings.

Reed Harter threw the complete game giving up one run on two hits, 1 walk and 10 strikeouts.

Leading hitters were Riley Calhoon, Kelly O’Bryan and Nick Lantz each with singles. Calhoon had two RBIs.

In the second game, Winner/Colome won 8-4 in eight innings.

Landon Engel started on the mound and pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on 4 hits, 6 walks and 6 strikeouts.

Harter pitched 2 2/3 of an inning in relief to earn the win. He have up no runs on 1 hit, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.

Jordan Turgeon pitched the 8^th inning giving up no runs on no hits, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts.

Calhoon had 3  singles, 2 RBI and a 2 stolen bases. Harter had a double and a single with 3 runs scored  and 3 stolen bases. O’Bryan added a double and 2 RBIs.

“I was pleased with the way we played overall since this was our first game of the year for a few of the guys,” said coach Drew Weber. “I thought that we pitched really well and limited our errors in the field, but we were far from perfect. It’s always nice to win  a couple of games to start the  season, especially in extra innings in the second game. We have a lot of young players filling in and they stepped up for us Sunday,” said the coach.

The next action for the Legion team will be Friday, June 12, went they host Gregory County at Leahy Bowl at 7 p.m.

Winner Teeners opened the season with a 7-2 victory over Colome Thursday in Winner.

Ty Bolton was the winning pitcher and threw a  complete game.

Leading hitters for Winner were Bolton with a double and a single and Noah Cerv with a triple.

Winner scored four runs in the fourth inning.

The losing pitcher for Colome was Jeremiah Yeaman. Also pitching were Kelly O’Bryan and Jackson Kinzer.

Drew DeMers had two hits for Colome.

Winner High School boys track team had two relays and three individuals that place at the state track meet. The Lady Warriors team was led on the medal stand by senior Deloris Herman who placed in both the shot put and discus.

The Winner boys medley relay took runner up honors as at the state track meet as they placed second, the highest finish of any Winner relay team at state. Running in the finals Saturday in Rapid City were Nick Hossle, Windsor Barry, Nathan Galbraith and Coleton Schuyler. They ran a time of 3:43.55.

“They were disappointed they did not come back for the state championship but the second place finish was remarkable,” said Aaker. “I could not have asked more out of those guys, they ran their best.”

On Friday in Spearfish, the medley relay team qualified for the finals. “The biggest thing about the medley was we needed to make the second day. Credit Nathan Galbraith for stepping up and running the 800. This is not his favorite race but he was willing to sacrifice for the team,” said Aaker.

Since Coleton Schuyler had to run the open half on Friday, he did not run in the medley.

The  first day running the medley were Nick Hossle, Windsor Barry, Kayleb Brozik and Nathan Galbraith. Galbraith ran a 2:02 half and was able to hold off the Vermillion runner at the finish line assuring Winner a good spot in Saturday’s finals at the South Dakota School of Mines track.

“That was huge winning our heat,” said Aaker.

Winner/Colome club baseball team defeated Todd County 12-2 in playoff action May 26 at Leahy Bowl in Winner.

Riley Calhoon started on the mound and pitched two innings, giving up 2 runs on 1 hit, 6 walks and 2 strikeouts. Ty Bolton earned the win in relief pitching 4 innings, giving up no runs on no hits, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.

At the plate, Brandon Bicek had a double, 2 RBI, 2 runs scores and 2 stolen bases.

Reed Harter had a single, 1 RBI, 2 runs scores and 2 stolen bases. Bolton had 2 RBI and Nick Lantz scored 3 runs.

“I thought we came out a little unfocused and Todd County capitalized by scoring 2 quick runs in the top of the first inning,” said coach Drew Weber. “After that, we settled down and played a little better. We scored 6 runs in the bottom of the first inning by capitalizing on some  of the mistakes made by Todd County. We did not hit the ball all that well but we found ways on base and used our speed to steal nine bases,” said Weber.

The coach said the team is happy to advance to the next round “We will have to clean up a few mistakes in order to keep advancing. I’m confident we can and the boys are excited for the opportunity,” said Weber.

The Winner/Colome amateur baseball team split a pair of games they played in Mitchell on May 23.

In the first game, the Pheasants fell to Dimick-Emery 7-5. The local team bounced back and defeated Sioux Falls Brewers 13-5. Derek Graesser went the distance on the mound and also blasted a two run homer in the win.

The Pheasants hosted Kimball on May 26 and won 12-5.

Jaclyn Laprath of Colome ran in the mile and two mile at the state track meet this weekend in Rapid City.

She ran the two mile in 13:06 on Friday and ran the mile in 6:13 on Saturday.

“She ran hard and represented Colome gracefully,” said coach Charles Hosford. “I hope that we get to take more individuals like her to state in the upcoming years,” said Hosford.

The state meet was held at O’Harra Stadium on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines.

Winner/Colome club baseball team closed out the regular season with a 2-1 victory over Platte-Geddes Friday afternoon at Leahy

Bowl in Winner.

The Royals ended the regular season with a 10-2 record. They started playoff action on May 26 when they hosted Todd County.

Levi McClanahan’s two run triple in the fifth inning was responsible for the Royal’s two runs.

Platte-Geddes opened the scoring with a run earlier in the game.

Reed Harter added a double. Kelly O’Bryan, Holden Thieman and Ty Bolton all had hits for Winner/Colome.

“We were fortunate to win this game as we did not hit the ball very well,” said coach Drew Weber.
“We had a few miscues in the field that we have not had much this year. Levi came through with a big hit and our pitching staff did a great job of getting out of some big jams,” added the coach.

Kelly O’Bryan started on the mound for the Royals and pitched two innings. Carter Brickman threw two innings in relief. Reed Harter got the win with three innings in relief.

The victory allowed Winner/Colome to earn the No. 1 seed for the divisional playoffs. “Now is the time that we will need to play our best,” said Weber.

Winner Area golf team placed 11^th at the state golf tournament last Monday and Tuesday in Madison.

Ronae Klein led the Lady Warriors as she placed 28^th with a two day score of 202. Liz Jankauskas tied for 41^st with a 213. Addy Root placed 77^th with a 241 and Sam Marts placed 82^nd with a 254.

Coach Randy Kludt said Klein had a nice finish moving up 15 places from last year. “The other girls had nice finishes on day two,” said the coach.

The first day was bitter cold with the girls playing in 39 degree weather with a steady wind of 30 miles per hour. “It really wasn’t a fair day to score very well for anyone,” said Kludt.

“There were 24 teams represented at the state tournament and finishing 11^th with this young of a team was a good ending,” said the coach.

The Colome boys and girls track team both took 7^th place at the Region 6B meet on Thursday.

Results of the Colome girls include:

200—Callie Heath, 4^th, :28.48

400—Heath, 4^th, 1:05.22

1600 run—Jaclyn Laprath, 2^nd, 5:53.55

3200—Laprath, 1st,  13:02.34

100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 5^th, :18.66

300 hurdles—Heath, 5^th, :54.69; Morgan Hofeldt, 7^th, :55.11

4×200—8^th, 2:10.64, Haylie Krumpus, Kaydee Heath, Taylor Hrabanek, Callie Heath
4×800—3^rd, 11:07.79, Callie Heath, Jaclyn Laprath, Morgan Hofeldt and Taylor Hrabanek

Long jump—Taylor Hrabanek, 4^th, 14-11.75

Triple jump—Krumpus, 7^th, 28-11

Shot put—Colby Taggart, 4^th, 32-3.75

Results of the Colome boys include:

100—Cole McCarty, 3^rd, :11.46

200—Chase Hrabanek, 4^th, :24.63; Reed Harter, 5^th, :25.33
800—Cody Heath, 7^th, 2:20.42

300 hurdles—Andrew Laprath, 7^th, :53.99

4×100 relay—3^rd, :48.14, Chase Hrabanek, Jackson Kinzer, Reed Harter and Cole McCarty

Medley Relay—3^rd, 4:02.79, Reed Harter, Cole McCarthy, Chase Hrabanek, and Jackson Kinzer

Long jump—Hrabanek, 6^th, 18-00.75

Triple jump—Jackson Kinzer, 5^th, 38-9

Jaclyn Laprath will advance to the state meet and she will run the both the 1600 and the 3200.

The state meet is May 29 and May 30 in Rapid City.

The Winner/Colome amateur baseball team opened the season Thursday night at Leahy Bowl as they defeated Chamberlain 6-3.

The game was tied 3-3 going into the 8^th inning. The Pheasants scored three runs in the 8^th inning.

Leading hitters were Shane Pajl and Derek Graesser, each with a triple.

Pitching in this game were J. J. Farner, Tyrell Bauld, Derek Graesser, Drew Weber and Will Burke.

Coach Kevin Graesser says there will be 17 to 18 players on the Winner/Colome team this season.