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The Winner/Colome club baseball team lost to St. Thomas More and then came from behind to defeat Lead-Deadwood Sunday in Rapid City.

“This was a fun trip out west,” said coach Drew Weber. “We needed to win one of two to keep our place at the top of our division and we came through with a nice come from behind win over Lead-Deadwood.

Winner/Colome defeated Lead-Deadwood 12-5 in nine innings. Holden Thieman had an RBI single in the top of the seventh to tie the game and send it into extra innings. The Royals scored seven runs in the 9^th inning.

Kelly O’Bryan earned the win on the mound pitching five innings in relief. He had 8 strikeouts.

Riley Calhoon started and pitched 3 innings giving up 5 runs on three hits. Ty Bolton pitched a scoreless 9^th inning.

In hitting, Nick Lantz had a double and two singles with 4 RBIs; Reed Harter was 2-2 with 3 hit by pitches, 3 runs and 5 stolen bases; Thieman and Brandon Bicek each added 2 singles and 2 RBIs.

Coach Weber said O’Bryan did a fantastic job in relief. “We were a little sloppy at times in the field which was really uncharacteristic but we were able to overcome that and earn a big win,” said Weber.

He said Nick Lantz, Kelly O’Bryan and Brandon Bicek had clutch hits and Harter did a fantastic job of getting on base five times.

St. Thomas More defeated the Royals 12-2.

Reed Harter started on the mound and pitched four innings giving up 8 runs on 9 hits, 4 walks and had 2 strikeouts. Ty Bolton gave up 4 runs in the fifth inning.

At the plate, Harter had a tripe and single and Kelly O’Bryan added 2 singles.

Weber said the St. Thomas More game was  a bit of a let down. “They are ranked No. 1 for a reason and I thought we played pretty well up until the fifth inning. We hit the ball hard all game against one of best pitchers in the state which should be a nice confidence boost for our young guys,” said the coach.

In the junior varsity game, St. Thomas More defeated Winner/Colome 9-6.

The Royals will travel to Mission on May 7 and on May 11 will host Platte-Geddes starting at 5:30 p.m.

Winner Area  girls golf team placed second in both the Winner Invitational and Big Dakota Conference golf meet last Tuesday.

Ronae Klein led the Winner golfers as she took second in both meets.

In the Big Dakota meet, Liz Jankauskas was 8^th and Sam Marts, 9^th. Also golfing for the local team were Addy Root, Darbi Nelson and Colby Taggart.

In the junior varsity division, Cheyenne Dougherty won first place. Dougherty shot a 116.

Also place for the junior varsity team were Kara Ewing, 5^th; Kiersten Durrin, 8^th; and Macie Ferwerda, 10^th.

Seth Daughters, a graduate of Winner High School, will be the speaker at the Winner School/Winner Quarterback Club athletic awards night on May 8. The program will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Winner Armory.

Awards will be presented to WHS athletes in various sports. The school and the quarterback club will honor community members for their support of WHS athletics.

Daughters graduated from Winner High School in 2008 and continued his athletic career at South Dakota State University from 2008 to 2012.

As a tight end for the Jackrabbits football team he served as team captain during his senior year, a year in which the Jacks won their first Division I playoff game.

Graduating in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, Daughters continued his education and completed his master’s degree in exercise physiology. Serving as a strength and  conditioning coach at SDSU, he oversees the softball and swim and dive team strength programs while assisting with the remaining varsity sports.

Kelly O’Bryan threw a no hitter as the Winner/Colome club baseball team defeated Burke/South Central 1-0 April 27 at Leahy Bowl.

The only run of the game came in the first inning by Reed Harter.

O’Bryan pitched seven innings with 7 strikeouts.

Coach Drew Weber said Kelly threw an outstanding game. “It is pretty special to throw a no hitter but especially so against a rival team in a must win type of game like this,” said Weber.

“Kelly’s performance put us back into first in the standings and that is a big advantage for us if we can stay there. Kelly was able to keep the ball down and make good pitches when it really mattered. We were very solid defensively,” said the coach.

Harter led the game off with a single, stole second and third base and scored on an errant throw for the game’s only run.

O’Bryan added a double for Winner/Colome’s only other hit.

Weber said pitching and defense has been the key for the team. “Hopefully our offense will wake up and make us a more complete team,” said the coach.

The Royals record is 8-1.

The Colome girls track team took third place at the Great Plains Conference track meet in Bonesteel on April 27. The Cowgirls scored 90 points, one point shy of second place.

Results of Colome girls include:

200—Callie Heath, 3^rd, :29.40

400—Heath, 2^nd, 1:05.60; Mariah Kinzer, 6^th, 1:12.10

100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 2^nd, :19.50

300 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 2^nd, :56.40

800 run—Taylor Hrabanek, 2^nd, 2:54.60; Lauren Week, 4^th, 2:57.40

1600—Jaclyn Laprath, 1^st, 6:04.60

3200—Laprath, 1^st, 13:39.20

Long jump—Callie Heath, 2^nd, 14-8.75; Hrabanek, 6^th, 14-0.50

Shot put—Colby Taggart, 1^st, 33-9

4×200 relay—5^th, 2:06.50, Lauren Week, Jaclyn Laprath, Mariah Kinzer and Taylor Hrabanek

4×800 relay—3^rd, 11:13.20, Lauren Week, Jaclyn Laprath, Callie Heath and Taylor Hrabanek

The Colome boys track team took fifth place at the  conference meet. The Cowboys scored 57 points with Corsica-Stickney  winning the meet.

Results of the Colome boys include:

100—Cole McCarty, 2^nd, :11.60; Chase Hrabanek, 4^th, :11.80; Reed Harter, 5^th, :12

200—Hrabanek, 4^th, :24.90; McCarty, 5^th, :25.20; Harter, 6^th, :25.70

300 hurdles—McCarty, 3^rd, :48.90; Andrew Laprath, 6^th, :54.30

800—Jackson Kinzer, 3^rd, 2:17.40; Cody Heath, 4^th, 2:20.70; Andrew Laprath, 5^th, 2:22.10

Long jump—McCarty, 3^rd, 17-5.25; Hrabanek, 5^th, 17-5

Triple jump—Jackson Kinzer, 2^nd, 36-11

Winner High School track athletes competed at the Pierre Legion Relays on Friday.

Delores Herman had a state qualifying throw in the discus with a throw of 114-7. She took third place. Herman also placed 5^th in the shot put with a throw of 35-7.

The medley relay team took fourth place in 4:33.1.  Runners were Sydney Fritz, Hayley Halverson, Alexis Richey and Chloe Bartels.

On the boys side, Nathan Galbraith took third place in the 400 in :51.5.

Other results of the WHS boys include:

Shot put—Brendan Harter, 5^th, 46-1

Discus—Harter, 6^th, 133-1

400 relay—6^th, :46.2, Nick Hossle, Isaac Naasz, Riley Calhoon and Tyrel Haley

1600 relay—5^th, 3:35.3, Coleton Schuyler, Sam Naasz, Kayleb Brozik and Nathan Galbraith

Medley relay—6^th, 3:56, Nick Hossle, Riley Calhoon, Kayleb Brozik and Luke Engel

Winner boys and girls track team won the Big Dakota Conference track meet held in Mobridge on April 21.

The WHS boys won first place with 157 points with Miller taking second with 105 points.

The Lady Warriors won the meet with 108 points with Mobridge-Pollock taking second with 102 points.

For the girls, Deloris Herman won both the shot put and the discus. The Winner senior threw the shot put 35-6 and the discus, 102-1.

Alexis Richey won the 400 in 1:07.08.

Other results of the WHS girls include:

400—Hayley Halverson, 4^th, 1:09.02

800—Chloe Bartels, 2^nd, 2:42.50; Richey, 5^th, 2:51

1600—Bartels, 4^th, 5:52.59

3200—Bartels, 2^nd, 13:28.25

Long jump—Rachel Sherman, 4^th, 12-2.5

Shot put—Kyran Meek, 4^th, 30-1

Discus—Brindi Felix, 3^rd, 90-6; Casey Norrid, 4^th, 88-6

4×100 relay—3^rd, :57.03, Rachel Sherman, Sydney Fritz, Kelsey Bertram and Kyran Meek

4z200 relay—2^nd, 2:00.47, Rachel Sherman, Sydney Fritz, Kelsey Bertram and Sydney Schuyler

4×400 relay—3^rd, 4:57.37, Alexis Richey, Kelsey Bertram, Kyran Meek and Sydney Schuyler

4×800 relay—2^nd, 11:11.72, Haley Halverson, Sydney Schuyler, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels

Medley relay—4^th, 5:06.87, Sydney Fritz, Kelsey Bertram, Hayley Halverson and Sydney Schuyler

The Winner High School boys were led by Coleton Schuyler who won the 800 in 2:05.55; Kayleb Brozik who won the high jump in 5-6; Brendan Harter who won the discus with a throw of 135-11

The Warriors won first place in two of the relays.

Other results of the Winner Warriors include:

100—Nick Hossle, 4^th, :11.56; Tyrel Haley, 6^th, :11.59

200—Windsor Barry, 4^th, :23.78; Haley, 5^th, :23.88

400—Nathan Galbraith, 2^nd, :53.41

110 hurdles—Haley, 3^rd, :16.55; Sam Naasz, 4^th, :17.31

300 hurdles—Haley, 2^nd, :44.18; Naasz, 4^th, :45.24

800—Kayleb Brozik, 2^nd, 2:15.34

Long jump—Nick Hossle, 2^nd, 17-3; Riley Calhoon, 4^th, 16-7.5; Windsor Barry, 6^th, 16-5.5

Triple jump—Barry, 3^rd, 36-9.5

High jump—Brendan Harter, 2^nd, 5-6

Shot put—Harter, 2^nd, 43-5; Trevor Sachtjen, 5^th, 38-0; John Kludt, 6^th, 37-6

4×100 relay—4^th, :49.40, Jayden Schroeder, Isaac Naasz, Riley Calhoon, Levi McClanahan

4×200 relay—1^st, 1:39.12, Nick Hossle, Isaac Naasz, Sam Naasz and Windsor Barry

4×400 relay—1^st, 3:43.81, Coleton Schuyler, Kayleb Brozik, Sam Naasz and Nathan Galbraith

4×800 relay—2^nd, 9:10.74, Luke Engel, Izak Moleterno, Kayleb Brozik, and Coleton Schuyler

Medley relay—2^nd, Nick Hossle, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz and Nathan Galbraith.

“Great effort by all the student athletes,” said coach Larry Aaker.

“On the boys side, we were able to place someone in every event except one and that really helps when you’re trying to win a meet. We expected the boys to do very well  but they needed to go out and perform well  and they did,” said Aaker.

On the girls side, the coach said the team knew it was a going to be a close race and could possible come down to the last race, which it did. “All the girls stepped up and did what they were asked to do and were able to come away winning the team title by six points,” said the coach.

Colome boys and girls track teams both placed fifth at the Kimball/White Lake Invitational on April 23.

Jackson Kinzer won the triple jump in 37-0.

Other results of the Colome boys team include:

Triple jump—Andrew Laprath, 5^th, 34-2.

100—Cole McCarty, 5^th, :11.88; Chase Hrabanek, 6^th, :11.89

200—Hrabanek, 4^th, :24.53; Reed Harter, 5^th, :24.76

300 hurdles—Andrew Laprath, 4^th, :52.58

1600—Cody Heath, 6^th, 5:32.40

Long jump—Cole McCarty, 2^nd, 18-4.5

Discus—Cody Heath, 4^th, 96-5

4×100 relay—2^nd, :48.09, Chase Hrabanek, Cole McCarty, Jackson Kinzer and Reed Harter

Medley relay—3^rd, 3:58, Reed Harter, Cole McCarty, Chase Hrabanek and Jackson Kinzer

On the girls side, Jaclyn Laprath won the mile run in 5:57.88.

Other results of the Colome girls include:

300 hurdles—Morgan Hofeldt, 3^rd, 1:00.28

800—Taylor Hrabanek, 2^nd, 2:53.85; Lauren Week, 6^th, 3:10.41

3200—Laprath, 2^nd, 13:22.31

Long jump—Hrabanek, 3^rd, 14-1.50

Triple jump—Week, 4^th, 29 ½

4×200 relay—6^th, 2:10.85, Lauren Week, Morgan Hofeldt, Mariah Kinzer, Taylor Hrabanek

4×800 relay—4^th, 11:30.72, Morgan Hofeldt, Lauren Week, Jaclyn Laprath and Taylor Hrabanek

Winner High School golf team took second place in Mobridge on April 20.

Liz Jankauskas took fifth place with a 106 and Ronae Klein placed 8^th with 110.

Also golfing for the Lady Warriors were Sam Marts and Addy Root.

Winner is one of several schools that have received academic team achievement awards for the 2014-2015 winter season.

All varsity fine arts groups and athletic teams that achieve a combined grade point average of 3.0 or higher are eligible to receive the South Dakota High School Activities Association academic achievement team award.

Winner High School teams that won the award are: girls basketball cheerleaders, boys basketball cheerleaders, boys basketball team, wrestling team, girls basketball team and one act play.

Initiated during the 1996-97 school year, the academic team achievement award program is designed to recognize varsity athletic teams and fine arts teams for their academic excellence.