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Colome boys  basketball team was defeated by Gregory 57-43 in the District 12B game Friday in Mitchell.

The game was tied 13-13 at the end of the first quarter.

Reed Harter led the scoring for Colome  with 23 points followed by Holden Thieman with 15. Harter drained five 3 point shots.

“I thought we played well with all things considered,” said coach Drew Weber. “I don’t think we brought our A game offensively and we knew that we would have to in order to have a chance to win in the end. Gregory did a great job of using their length and quickness to make us uncomfortable offensively. I was proud of how well we reacted to playing in such a big game in front of a large crowd,” said Weber.

“We hadn’t had that experience yet and it was nice to see our boys not be intimidated by the circumstances.”

The Cowboys shot 33 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free throw line.

Thieman pulled down 15 rebounds and Harter, 10.

Colome ended the season with 13 wins and 9 losses.

“I feel we were able to use this experience as a springboard for next season. Overall, I feel like we had a very successful season and have a lot of things to be proud of,” said Weber.

Winner High School boys basketball team punched its ticket to the Region 6A championship with a 61-39 victory over Miller Saturday in Winner.

The Warriors played Cheyenne-Eagle Butte in the region championship March 10 in Pierre. Complete results and pictures of the championship game will be in next week’s Winner Advocate. The March 11 issue was printed before the game started on Tuesday.

The Winner Armory on Saturday was packed with Winner and Miller fans.

The Warriors jumped to an early lead and never looked back. Winner led 9-0 in the first quarter and on the heals of two free throws by Brendan Harter took a 13-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. At the half, Winner led 27-13.

“We are proud of our student athletes for coming out ready to play and getting after it on the defensive end,” said coach Brett Gardner.

He said Sam Naasz, Lattrel Terkildsen, Nick Hossle, Cameron Kuil and the rest of the team did an outstanding job on Miller’s two big scorers. Winner was able to play all 14 players who suited up.

Nathan Galbraith and Brendan Harter both scored 15 points with Sam Naasz, 11; Nick Hossle, 7; Terkildsen,  5 and Devon Leiferman, 4.

Galbraith pulled down 11 rebounds followed by Harter, 8; Naasz,7 and Leiferman, 4.

Winner High School girls basketball team saw its season come to an end  as they were defeated 62-53 by Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Friday in the Region 6A championship in Ft. Pierre.

The Lady Warriors fought hard and were down 25-17 at the end of the first quarter.

“It was a tough way to end the season but the girls played their hearts out and gave it all they had,” said coach Larry Aaker. “They should be proud of the effort they gave. We have to give Cheyenne-Eagle Butte a lot of credit as they shot the ball well and played the type of game they needed to play,” said the coach.

Kelsey Bertram led the Lady Warriors in scoring with 25 points followed by Bailey Volmer with 12 points.

Colome boys basketball team advanced to the District 12B championship with a 55-37 victory over Burke/South Central Thursday night in Burke.

The game was close at the end of the first quarter with Colome leading 13-12.

The Cowboys led 22-18 at the half.

“This was probably our best played game of the year,” said coach Drew Weber. “We rebounded really well and limited our turnovers, which cost us the last time we played them.”

Reed Harter scored 20 points and Holden Thieman added 17 and Kelly O’Bryan scored 12.

Winner had 35 kids participate in AAU wrestling districts in White Lake on Saturday.

The top eight placers go on to regions which is March 15 in Mitchell.

Results from the district include:

6 and under—Ellison LaDeaux, Roukyn Robbins and  Legend Benedict, all 1st and Hudson Peters, 2nd

7 and 8—Rylan Peters, Hunter Kahler, Ryken Orel, Kylah Biggins, all  1st; Kayden Fryer, 2nd; Brody Calhoon, 3rd and Robinson LaDeaux, 6th

9-10—Karson Keiser, Konner Osborn, Maxton Brozik, all 1st; Parker Mathis and Coy Assman, 2nd; Keygan Biggins, Kellen Brozik, both 4th; Landon Calhoon, 5th and Broden Duffy, 6th

11-12—Riley Orel, Owen Duffy, Kaden Keiser, all 1st; Kamryn Meek and Joey Cole, both 3rd and Gavin Tucker, 8th

13-14—Kaleb Osborn, Trevor Peters, both 1st; Landon Debus, Aaron Gilchrist, Xavier Cadotte, all 2nd; Adam Cole, 3rd and Cailob Week, 4th.

Colome boys basketball team won its opening game in the District 12B tournament which started on Monday, March 2 in Colome. The Cowboys defeated Andes Central 71-34.

Colome led 24-4 at the end of the first quarter.

“It was nice to get the post-season off with a victory,” said coach Drew Weber. “I was happy that we were able to play everyone on our roster a good deal of minutes and get some of our key players more rest going into the next round,” said the coach.

Reed Harter and Holden Thieman both scored 24 points and Jackson Kinzer added 9. Harter had four 3 pointers in this game.

Winner Area wrestling team placed two wrestlers, both seniors, at the state tournament this weekend in Rapid City.

Tyrel Haley placed 7th with an 11-9 victory over Luke Bietz of  Parkston.

Jimmy Sharkey took 8th place as he lost to John Hoiten of McCook Central/Montrose.

“It was great to see the two seniors work their way into placing at the state tournament,” said coach Matt Chambers.

“Tyrel and Jimmy are both three time state qualifiers. Kayleb Brozik, Ty Bolton and Cameron Biggins wrestled well and will take this experience and improve for next year,” said Chambers.

The Winner High School girls basketball team punched its ticket to the region championship with a 66-42 victory over Chamberlain Thursday in Winner.

Winner will play Cheyenne Eagle Butte on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in Ft. Pierre.

In the semifinal game in Winner, Kelsey Bertram led the scoring with 28 points. Bailey Volmer added 15 points.

“The girls did a good job of battling all game long,” said coach Larry Aaker. “We have to give a lot of credit to Chamberlain as they came ready to play,” said the coach.

“They defended us really well in the first half and shot the ball well. We were able to use the momentum from Volmer’s half court shot right before the half to take control of the game in the second half.”

Winner High School boys basketball team closed out the regular season with an 83-56 victory over Crow Creek on Feb. 23.

The Warriors ended the regular season with a 19-1 record. The only loss was to Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.

“We are proud of our student athletes as they went on the road and finished the regular season on a high note,” said coach Brett Gardner.

With the victory, the Warriors were able to capture the Big Dakota Conference championship outright. This is only the fourth time in school history of winning the conference outright. The other years were in 1986, 2002 and 2012.

Colome boys basketball team ended the season on a high note as they defeated Tripp-Delmont/Armour 66-43 on Feb. 26. This was the final regular season game before the start of district tournament competition.

Tripp-Delmont/Armour led 22-19 at the end of the first quarter but a strong second quarter for the Cowboys held their opponents to five points.

Holden Thieman scored 17 points, Reed Harter, 13 and Jackson Kinzer, 9.

“A win is always a good way to finish the regular season but I think we know that we will need to shoot the ball better if we want to have success in the postseason,” said coach Drew Weber.