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Sam Naasz and Tyrel Haley have signed letters of intent to play football at Dakota Wesleyan University.

National signing day was Feb. 4 and DWU has inked 41 players.

Haley is a member of the 2012 Winner state championship football team. He finished his senior year with 43 tackles and 600 yards rushing. He was named all-state linebacker and the Argus Leader Elite 45 honorable mention team.

Haley is member of the Winner wrestling and track teams. He is a two time placer at the state wrestling meet. He is a four year member of the honor roll.

Haley is the brother of DWU offensive lineman Taylor Hayley. Haley is the son of Jim and Tracie Haley and plans to major in biology and pre-med. He will play cornerback for the Tigers.

Winner High School boys basketball team improved its record as they defeated Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 57-43 on Saturday.

The game was close at the half with Winner leading 25-24.

“We are proud of our athletes, as anytime you can go to Eagle Butte play well and walk away with a victory it is always nice,” said Coach Brett Gardner.

Both Brendan Harter and Nathan Galbraith scored 17 points. Nick Hossle added 7 and Lattrel Terkilden added 6.

Kimball/White Lake defeated the Colome boys basketball team 72-67 Feb. 3.

Holden Thieman led the scoring for Colome with 27 points followed by Reed Harter with 21 and Reid Rutten, 10.
“This was a tough loss for us. We did not defend well by committing too many fouls,” said coach Drew Weber.

Lyman nipped the Colome girls basketball team 48-43 Feb. 2 in Colome.

Callie Heath scored 14 points and Taylor Hrabanek, 10.

Leading rebounder was Heath with 7. Sarah Shippy and Hrabanek had 5 each.

Lauren Week and Hrabanek had 4 steals.

Winner High School girls basketball team defeated Crow Creek 86-30 Thursday night in Winner.

The Lady Warriors led 46-10 at the half.

Kelsey Bertram led the scoring for Winner with 35 points. She was followed by Bailey Volmer with 16 points and Sydney Fritz with 15.

Winner Area wrestling team took fifth place in the Stanley County Tournament and second in the Big Dakota Conference tournament both held Saturday in Ft. Pierre.

Parkston won the overall tournament and Stanley County won the Big Dakota.

Winner had four wrestlers place.

Cameron Biggins took second; placing third were Tyrel Haley and Kayleb Brozk with Colby Curtis taking fourth place.

Biggins, 126, lost in the championship as  he was pinned in 3:03  by Luke Smith of Potter Co.

Haley, 152, won a pin in 1:36 over Jesse Mikrut, Wolsey-Wessington.

Brozik, 160, won 7-3 over Paul Waring of Miller/Highmore-Harrold.

Curtis, 113, lost 3-0 to Jackson Nockels of Kimball, White Lake.

“This is a unique tournament. There are 19 schools and only the top four place in each weight in the tournament. We were able to get four into the placing out of 10 kids,” said coach Matt Chambers. “We also had five other wrestlers still alive until the last wrestleback round. Tyrel, Kayleb, Colby and Cameron did a great job of working their way into placing matches. Wyatt Turnquist, Taylor Watzel, Ty Bolton, Jamin Dougherty and Cohl Turnquist also wrestled well but were just short of placing in the top four,” said the coach.

“As a team, I thought we improved overall from last week. I am also looking forward to the last few weeks of the season and seeing how much we can improve going into the regions,” said Chambers.

The next action for the wrestlers will be Feb. 14 at Huron.

Colome Cowgirls playd Chamberlain in the Highmore Classic on Saturday. Colome lost the game 53-31.

Taylor Hrabanek scored 10 points and Sarah Shippy added 8.

Hrabanek pulled down 6 rebounds and Shippy and Mariah Kinzer with 5 each.

Highmore-Harrold nipped the Colome boys basketball team 69-65 Saturday in the Highmore Classic.

The game was knotted at 11 at the end of the first quarter and then at the half  Colome led 29-19.

“This was a tough game but very entertaining as both teams like to play fast and push the tempo,” said coach Drew Weber.

Reed Harter led the Cowboys with 24 points and Kelly O’Bryan added 17. Will Cahoy scored 9 points. Harter made 5 three point shots and O’Bryan connected on 3 three pointers.

Winner High School boys basketball team bounced back Saturday night to defeat Parkston following their first loss of the season on Friday.

The Warriors played an energized second half on Saturday as they defeated Parkston 53-46.
“We thought we responded nicely Saturday night. Playing two intense games on back to back nights was good for our student athletes,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We are  proud of the way we defended in the second half. Sam Naasz guarded their best player with his teammates help behind him and held him to 10 points.”

Brendan Harter led the scoring for Winner with 22 points.

Naasz pulled down 7 rebounds, Devon Leiferman and Harter, 6 each.

The win streak for the Winner boys basketball team came to a halt Friday night as they were defeated by Mt. Vernon/Plainkton 68-63. The Warriors had won 12 consecutive games prior to Friday night and are ranked in the Class A poll.

Friday’s game was so close. With 3:27 left in the game, the Warriors  led 61-59 and then  Mt. Vernon  closed the gap with Winner leading 63-62. With 1:19 left in the game, a Mt. Vernon free throw tied the game 63-63.

With seven seconds left in the game, Mt. Vernon led 66-63.

Brendan Harter led the scoring for Winner with 28 points and Nathan Galbraith added 18.