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Winner High School girls basketball team picked up its 10^th victory of the season as they defeated Miller 73-43 on Jan. 26.

The game was close at the end of the first quarter with the Lady Warriors holding a 10-9 lead. Winner had a strong second half as they outscored Miller 47-23.

Kelsey Bertram had a strong night for Winner as she scored 23 points. The senior was 5-10 from the three point line.  It was a  good balanced scoring night for Winner as Sydney Fritz scored 18 points, Tawny Sherman, 14 and Bailey Volmer, 11.

Winner  High School boys basketball team defeated Todd County 55-42 on Jan. 27 in Winner.

With the victory, the No. 4 rated Warriors remain undefeated with a 12-0 record.

Nathan Galbraith scored 17 points and Brendan Harter pulled down 11 rebounds and had 6 assists.

Winner area wrestling team placed fifth at the Winner Invitational on Saturday. The Warriors scored 143 points. The team title went to Bon Homme/Scotland.

Eight local wrestlers placed.

Tyrel Haley won first place by injury default over Nick Donnelly of Philip Area.

Third place went to Jimmy Sharkey with a 6-3 win over Ryan Yost of Redfield.

Also placing third was Kayleb Brozik at 160 pounds as he pinned Josh Vaith of Bon Homme/Scotland in 4:34.

Fourth place went to Cameron Biggins and Ty Bolton. Biggins, 126, lost by a pin in 2:37 to Isaac Olson of Mobridge/Pollock.

Bolton, 138, lost to Sam Caba, Bon Homme/Scotland, 7-6.

Fifth place went to Colby Curtis, Cohl Turnquist and Jayden Schroeder.

Curtis, 113, won 3-1 over Chance Stuwe, Potter Co.

Turnquist, 170, won by major decision 12-0 over Joseph Avalos of Mobridge/Pollock.

Schroeder, 182, pinned Jed Konnechne of Sunshine Bible Academy in 2:31.

Named the outstanding wrestler was Atlas Willuweit of Burke/Gregory.

Coach Matt Chambers said it was great to see 8 of the 10 wrestlers place in the home tournament. “I thought they wrestled well throughout the day. We were a little inconsistent still and lost some close one or two point matches that we could have won. I hope they get a little confidence from this tournament and see they can compete with anyone,” said Chambers.

Several young wrestlers placed in the 15^th annual Winner Quarterback Club AAU wrestling tournament Jan. 25.

Results include:

6 and under—Hudson Peters, 1^st; Roukyn Robbins, and Legend Benedict, 2^nd; Cooper Craven, 3^rd and Logan Calhoon, 4^th

7-8—Kayden Fryer and Ryken Orel, both 1^st; Rylan Robbins, Brody Calhoon, Mason Curtis, all 2^nd; Carter Craven, Peydin Peterson, both 3^rd; Kooper Welch, Robinson LaDeaux, Jackson Bachmann, all 4^th

9-10—Karson Keiser, Konner Osborn, Kellen Brozik, Coy Assman and Maxton Brozik,  all 1^st; Keygan Biggins, Broden Duffy and Landon Calhoon all 3^rd; Payton Fisher and Evan Bartels, both 4^th.

11-12—Owen Duffy, Kaden Keiser, both 1^st; Kamryn Meek, Joey Cole, both 2^nd; Gavin Tucker, 4^th

13-14—Aaron Gilchrist, Adam Cole, Kaleb Osborn, all 1^st; Xavier Cadotte and Cailob Week, both 3^rd.

Winner Lady Warriors basketball team played an excellent first half as they hosted Pine Ridge Thursday night.

Pine Ridge out-scored Winner in the third and fourth quarters and defeated the Lady Warriors 70-62.

“We had a great start to the game and played very well in the first half,” said Coach Larry Aaker. “In the second half we made too many mistakes and Pine Ridge took advantage of them like good teams do.”

The Lady Warriors led 20-8 at the end of the first quarter and led 34-23 at the half.

The unbeaten string for the Winner High School boys basketball team remains alive as they won their 11^th game on Thursday over Wagner. On the road, Winner came up with a 69-52 victory.

The Warriors led 35-26 at the half.

Brendan Harter led the scoring for Winner with 21 points followed by Devon Leiferman with 17 and Nathan Galbraith and Sam Naasz with 10 each.

“We started the game with a lot of fire and took an early lead,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We traded baskets for most of the second and third quarter. Then in the fourth quarter we dug down and defended and were able to pull away and get some guys some playing time,” said the coach.

Colome boys basketball team defeated Andes Central 75-24 on Jan. 20 in Colome.

The Cowboys led 26-2 at the  end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Colome outscored its opponents 16-5.

Reed Harter led the scoring for Colome with 25 points and Holden Thieman added 16.

The Cowboys were strong on the boards as Thieman pulled down 16 rebounds, Will Cahoy, 11 and Harter 7.

“I thought we played really well,” said coach Drew Weber. “We were down a couple of players due to flu and were able to get solid production from all nine guys that were dressed for the varsity game. We talked pre-game about creating turnovers and dominating the rebounds and we did a fantastic job and that really was the key to the win,” said the coach.

“Sometimes in games like this it is easy for the guys to lack energy but I was really happy with how hard we played for the full 32 minutes. Having Chase Hrabanek back is going to be great for our team. He provides a little more senior leadership and toughness that will benefit us. Nobody works harder than he does and I’m happy for him that he has recovered from his injury and is back on the court where he belongs,” said Weber.

Colome girls basketball team started play in the Southern Plains Conference tournament on Thursday.

Lyman defeated Colome 54-32 on Thursday. Sarah Shippy, Colby Taggart and Mariah Kinzer each had 8 points for Colome.

Leading rebounder was Taylor Hrabanek with 9 and Shippy and Taggart each had 7 rebounds.

Callie Heath had 5 steals.

Kelsey Bertram set a new record for most points in a game with 36 in the Jan. 20 game with Bennett County.

Winner won the game 84-45 and the Lady Warriors improved its record to 9-2.

Bertram scored 32 points last year and Kelli Norrid also had 32 points in 2011.