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Winner High School girls  basketball team closed out the regular season with a 66-32 victory over Mobridge-Pollock on Friday.

It was senior night for the WHS team.

The Lady Warriors  held their opponents to 2 points in the second quarter.

Kelsey Bertram led Winner with 41 points followed by Bailey Volmer with 10 and Sydney Fritz with 8. Bertram made 8 of 11 3 point shots

“We did a nice job of communicating defensively and finding their shooters,” said coach Larry Aaker. “Offensively, we struggled early but caught fire and were able to build a nice lead.”

As the post season draws near, the Colome Cowboys defeated Dakota Christian 60-54 on Friday in Colome.

The Cowboys were led in scoring by Reed Harter with 31 points followed by Holden Thieman with 12 and Kelly O’Bryan with 10.

“It was really a good win for our boys with the postseason right around the corner,” said coach Drew Weber. “Dakota Christian starts three guys over 6-4 and we knew we’d have to play very physical if we were going to be able to keep them off he boards and out of the paint. We were able to do a good job of denying their big post position, but they ended up shooting 64 percent from the 3 point line so it was kind of a catch 22 for us,” said Weber.

Colome boys basketball team fell to Burke/South Central 61-48 on Feb. 17.

Coach Drew Weber said this was a tough loss since Colome lead most of the game. “We didn’t do enough of the little things to earn the victory,” said Weber.

Reed Harter led the scoring for Colome with  19 points, followed by Holden Thieman with 17 and Kelly O’Bryan with 10. Harter had 5 three point  shots.

Colome Cowgirls basketball team was defeated by Gregory 63-47 on Feb. 16.

Taylor Hrabanek led Colome with 11 points followed by Callie Heath and Lauren Week with 9 each.

Heath pulled down 16 rebounds and Sarah Shippy, 11.

Heath had 7 steals.

Colome girls basketball team played Kimball/White Lake in the Mitchell Corn Palace on Feb. 19.

Kimball/White Lake won the game 45-27. Mariah Kinzer led the Cowgirls with 9 points followed by Colby Taggart with 7 and Lauren Week with 6.

Taylor Hrabanek pulled down 10 rebounds.

This was the final game of the regular season for Colome as the district competition started on Monday, Feb. 23.

Dakota State University volleyball head coach Amy Veenhof announces the signing of Tawny Sherman of Winner.

Sherman will graduate from Winner High School and will continue her education and volleyball career at Dakota State University.

Sherman, 5-11 middle hitter, was an all-conference player in the Big Dakota Conference and all-tournament team in the Big Dakota Conference tournament. She was selected to the defensive player of the year with 39 blocks in 2013.

Sherman was an integral member of the Winner volleyball team that finished runner-up in the Class A state tournament in 2013. She accumulated a total of 448 kills including 128 kills during her senior season. She had 122 career blocks.

Winner High School boys basketball team improved its record as they defeated Platte-Geddes 63-49 on Feb. 17.

The Warriors led 28-17 at the  half and led 44-28 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Platte-Geddes narrowed the score as they pulled within six points, 49-43.

The free throw line was big in the final quarter for the Warriors. Sam Naasz, Lattrell Terkildsen and Nate Galbraith all hit big free throws. With 1:15 left in the game, Terkildsen made two free throws to give Winner a 59-48 advantage.

“We are proud of our student athletes for showing resolve and battling in a fun atmosphere,” said coach Brett Gardner. “Platte is a tremendous team and we were able to defend and rebound and come away with a nice victory.”

Winner High School boys basketball team improved to 16-1 with a 73-43 victory over McLaughlin Friday night.

Brendan Harter led the offense with 25 points followed by Devon Leiferman, 11; Nathan Galbraith, 10; Lattrel Terkildsen, 7 and Nick Hossle, 6.

Winner High School girls basketball team defeated Platte/Geddes 60-38 on Feb. 12.

The Lady Warriors led 13-6 at the end of the first quarter.

“First half we really struggled putting the ball through the hoop but the girls turned it around after half time and we ended up shooting 58 percent in the second half,” said coach Larry Aaker.

Kelsey Bertram scored 17 points, Bailey Volmer, 13 and Sydney Fritz, 11.

The Lady Warriors traveled to McLaughlin on Friday and came home with a 73-62 victory.

“This was a quality win for our girls,” said Aaker. “You could tell that our legs were a little tired from playing the night before but the girls battled all game long. This is the kind of determination that we wanted to see from our girls this close to the post season play.”
Bertram scored 23 points with Volmer adding 21, Fritz, 11 and Tawny Sherman, 8.

Winner Area wrestling team placed 8^th at the Huron tournament on Saturday.

Six WHS wrestles placed.

Tyrel Haley took second place as he lost in the finals to Nolan Richie of Webster. Haley was pinned in 37 seconds.

Jimmy Sharkey took third place as he pinned Dexter Gaikowski, Watertown, in 3:35.

Fifth place went to Cameron Biggins, Kayleb Brozik and Cohl Turnqusit.

Biggins won by major decision 8-0 over Jeremiah Palmer of Sturgis.

Brozik won 7-0 over Dylan Bludorn, Brandon Valley and Turnquist won by injury default over Logan Richie of Webster.

Taylor Watzel took sixth place as he lost 15-0 to Ryan Chase of Huron.

“The team came out and wrestled with a lot of energy in the first couple of rounds. We were able to get four into the semifinals in another tough tournament,” said coach Matt Chambers. “We lost some close matches in the middle that could have gone either way. Hopefully, we can take this experience of being in close matches into the regional tournament next weekend. We have been wrestling at a much higher level over the last couple of weeks and we will need to continue to improve this week for a very tough region,” said the coach.

The regional tournament will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, in Parkston starting at 10 a.m.