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Colome football team will be young with no seniors on the team.

There are 16 athletes out for football this year and the Cowboys will open season Aug. 20 at Sully Buttes.  This team is new to the Colome football schedule.

The returning lettermen are: Billy Looking Cloud, Kaden Pechota, Jordyn Harter, Sully Shippy, Taitin Ringing Shield, Klayton Heath, Aiden Muller, Jack Anderson and Kash Heath.

Head coach of the Cowboys is Terrance Kinzer who served as an assistant coach and is a 2014 graduate of Colome High School. When in high school, Kinzer was the quarterback for the Cowboys and played in a state 9B championship game where the Cowboys were runner-up.

After high school, Kinzer went on to Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, where he played football for one year.

Kinzer has been helping the Colome team for five to six years and the last two years has been the assistant coach.

Kinzer says Eli Vobr, a freshman, will be the starting quarterback. Running backs will be Kash Heath and Kaden Pechota.

The coach is also looking at Jonah Musser and Lane Leighon as possible running backs.

The Cowboys offense will have a mix of running and passing. Kinzer is working on implementing a  new offense.

The defense will have a 3-4 look.

The head coach says there is a decent amount of home games. “It is a good competitive schedule,” he explained.

Kinzer’s goal is to see improvement from the team each week. “I just want to see the kids get better as the year goes on.  Improvement is the big thing,” he said.

Kinzer’s assistant coach is Chase Hrabanek.

The 2021 Colome football schedule includes:

Aug. 20—at Sully Buttes

Aug. 27—Sunshine Bible, home

Sept. 3—at Centerville

Sept. 10—open

Sept. 17—Corsica/Stickney, homecoming

Sept. 24—Burke, home

Oct. 1—at Avon

Oct. 8—Gayville/Volin, home

Oct. 15—at Alcester-Hudson

Oct. 21—First round of playoffs

Oct. 28—Quarterfinals

Nov. 5—Semifinals

Nov. 11-13—State championship  in Vermillion

By Dan Bechtold

Editor

Coming off an undefeated season and a Class 11B state championship, the Winner Warriors are looking forward to a new season.

The Warriors defeated Bridgewater/Emery-Ethan 18-14 in the championship game a year ago.

In addition to a state championship, Winner was undefeated with an 11-0 record.

Lost from that championship  team were ten seniors including Brady Fritz, Sam Kruger, Preston Norrid, Bosten Morehart, Landon Thieman, Zach Bohnet, Aaron Gilchrist, Owen Duffy, Evan Farner, Jackson Hansen,

There are 16 seniors on the team, the most in several years. The seniors are Kaden Keiser, Achilles Willuweit, Joey Cole, Jackson Vesely, Slade Cournoyer, Kaleb Osborn, Kolbie Osborn, Ashton Klein, Michael Olson, Aaron Monk, Owen Monk, Jace Brazelton, Adam Bohnet, Riley Shippy, Finn Bartels and Charley Pravecek.

In addition to the loss of 10 seniors, Winner lost four all state players in Brady Fritz, Sam Kruger, Bosten Morehart and Preston Norrid.

There are 16 lettermen on the team, the most in five years.

The returning lettermen are: Jude Sargent, Michael Olson, Kaleb Osborn, Kaden Keiser, Charley Pravecek, Sam Scholz, Jack Kruger, Ethan Bartels, Achilles Willuweit, Finn Bartels, Aiden Barfuss, Jack Peters, Tayden Mathis, Dalton Petersen, Kaden Bennett, Stratton Morehart, Kolbie Osborn, Riley Orel, Cole Rank, Owen Monk, Blake Volmer, Joey Cole, Jackson Vesely, Jace Brazelton, Hunter Osborn, Noah Best, Spencer Calhoon, Adam Bohnet, Cody Wheadon, Aaron Monk, Ashton Klein and Layne Moser.

The Warriors open the season on Friday, Aug, 20 when they play Delmont/Armour/Andes Central/Dakota Christian. This game will be at 7 p.m. in Armour.

TDA/ACDC has moved up a class from nine man football to 11 man.

There are a total of 47 athletes on the Winner squad.

The Warriors will have experience on offense and defense.

There will be a new starting quarterback this year. Cole and Volmer are working in this role.

For the past three years, Fritz has been the starting QB.   Coach Trent Olson said Fritz has won more games than any other quarterback in Winner history.

Running backs will be Aiden Barfuss, Jack Peters and Kaleb Osborn at full back; wing back Kaden Keiser, Riley Orel, Aaron Monk, Michael Olson and Riley Shippy, a transfer from Colome.

Coach Olson says what Shippy brings to the team is speed. “He is a tough kid and fast.”

Ethan Bartels will return as a punter. Olson says the team is holding tryouts for a kicker

Keiser returned  punts last year and will be main return name this year.

On defense, Olson said the team will stay with the 4 3 defense which has proved successful over the years.

The Warriors have to replace the whole linebacking crew. The team lost Thieman, Norrid and Kruger, three excellent senior linebackers.

If there is a question mark about a position on the team it is probably at linebacker.

“We have talented kids who can fill this role but are just inexperienced,” said the coach.

Winner plays in SESD Conference and there are two new teams in the conference—TDAACDC and Jim River. This is a new team made up of the coop between Menno and Scotland.

Coach Olson says he loves the schedule. “I think we play some of the best teams in the state,” he said.

Olson especially likes two of the non conference games in Bridgewater-Emery Ethan and St. Thomas More.

This year Winner will play two games on Saturday. The St. Thomas More game in Rapid City is on a Saturday and the Miller/Highmore-Harrold game is on Saturday, Oct. 9 in Winner in the afternoon.

Assistant coaches are Kevin Keiser, Austin Calhoon and Ben Connot. Last year Connot was the head coach at Rapid City Christian.

Olson says the seniors have high expectations for the team this year. “We want to win the conference and get home field advantage for the playoffs,” said the coach.

The WHS football schedule includes:

Aug. 20—Tripp-Delmont/Armour/Andes Central/Dakota Christian in Armour

Aug. 27—Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan, home

Sept. 3—Mount Vernon/Plankinton, home

Sept. 11—St. Thomas More, 2 p.m. in Rapid City

Sept. 18—Jim River, 2:30 p.m. in Menno

Sept. 24—Wagner (Homecoming)

Oct. 1—Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central in Wessington Springs

Oct. 9—Miller/Highmore-Harrold in Winner at 2 p.m.

Linkyn Petersek, Colome,  placed 8^th in the world in the tie down roping at the high school national finals rodeo in Lincoln, Neb., July 18-24.

He placed 5^th in the short go and finished 8^th in the world. There were 172 tie down ropers. He received a buckle and a scholarship for placing 8^th in the average.

Petersek also competed in steer wrestling and reined cow horse competition.

The national rodeo featured more than 1,650 contestants from 44 states, five Canadian provinces, Australia and Mexico.

The rodeo is the world’s largest rodeo. In addition to competing for $375,000  in college scholarships and the chance to be named an NHSFR  world champion. To earn this title, contestants must finish in the top 20—based on their combined times/scores in the first two rounds to advance to Saturday’s final round.

World champions will be determined based on their three round combined times/scores.

Winner/Colome Legion baseball team was eliminated from the state tournament after falling to Madison and Groton this weekend.

The state tournament was held in Groton.

On Saturday. Groton defeated Winner/Colome 4-2.

The game was tied at two with Groton batting in bottom of the fifth when an error scored one run for Groton.

Both teams had a run each in the second and third innings.

Aiden Barfuss had a triple for Winner and he was 2-3 at the plate.

Also getting hits were Jesse Colson, Charley Pravecek, Kameron Meiners.

Meiners pitched four innings and was the losing pitcher. Evan Farner pitched two innings.

The Royals opened state tournament play on Friday and lost a heartbreaker 6-5 to Madison.

Madison scored five runs in the third inning.

Ashton Klein, Aiden Barfuss, Aaron Gilchrist, Evan Farner, Meiners and Pravecek each collected one hit for Winner/Colome.

Gilchrist and Pravecek had doubles and Barfuss had a triple.

Jacob Beckers took the loss for the Royals.

He pitched six innings and threw 102 pitches.

For the first time in franchise history, the Colome Chaos has punched their ticket to the state amateur baseball tournament.

Colome defeated Miller/Wessington 14-4 on July 28 in Chamberlain.

Ethan Vobr drove in four runs for the Chaos. In addition, Vobr had both a double and triple. He went 3-4 at the plate to lead Colome in hits.

The big inning for Colome was the fifth when they scored five runs and in the fourth and first innings they scored 4 runs each.

Top hitters for Colome were Shea Connot, 1-4, Jackson Kinzer, 2-4; Ben Connot, 2-3; Jake Luse, 1-3; Terrance Kinzer, 2-3; Vobr, 3-4.

Carter Brickman took the win for Colome. The right hander went seven innings allowing four runs on ten hits and striking out nine.

Brickman threw 121 pitches.

The state amateur baseball tournament will be held in Mitchell.

There were 300 contestants at the Elks 52^nd annual LifeScape benefit rodeo July 23-25 in Winner.

The cowboys and cowgirls competed for $30,000 in prize money.

Contestants were from Wisconsin, Wyoming, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado.

Winners of the half and half drawings each night were Jake Handcock, Kristen Maier and Glenda Lindwurm.

Winners of the $25 beef certificates were Kristina Heath, Madison; Richard Kerner, Burke and Vicki Condon, Winner.

Rodeo results include:

Bareback

Whitten Hoover, 79; Ty Kenner 76; Tanner Rupprecht, 76, Chase Yellow Hawk, 76; Jhett Knight, 73 and Bobby Reynolds, 70

Saddle Bronc

Kyle Hapney, 76; Miles Kreeger, 76; Trey Elshere, 72; Derek Kenner, 72; Lane Hall, 69 and Zane Howe, 68

Bull riding

Jhett Knight, 68; John Jacobs, 64

Steer wrestling

Sid Hart, 4.5; Kaiden White Bear, 4.9; Camerson Fanning, 5.3; Clay Holz 5.4; Sawyer Strand, 5.9; Wyatt Tibbits, 6 and Jace Christensen, 6

Goat tying

Karissa Rayhill, 8.1; Kailyn Groves, 8.2; Maddee Doerr, 8.5; Madison Moody, 8.9 and Bailey Tibbs, 9

Calf roping

Clay Bauer, 9.3; Clete Scheer 9.4; Ty Moser, 10.1; Dillion Sackett, 11.4; Nathan Sandox, 11.5;  Rio Nutter, 11.7

Ladies breakaway

Brooke Jamison, 2.2; Georgie Lage, 2.3; Brooke McCully, 2.7; Lanie Schonebaum, 2.9; Bailey Tibbs, 2.9 and Sydney Adamson, 3

Senior men’s breakaway

Chad Hetzel, 3.4; Tim Nelson, 3.5; Steve Klein, 3.5; Marty Jandreau, 3.5; Fay Jandreau, 3.6 and Darrell Barry, 3.6

Ladies barrel racing

Becky Amio, 16.48; Raylee Fagerhaug, 16.55; Dori Hollenbeck, 16.7; Patty Finney 16.76; D’Ann Gehlsen, 16.77; Breanna Kohle, 16.92

Mixed team roping

Danielle Wray and Jade Nelson, 6.2; Brooke Howell, Riley Curuchet, 7.2; Jayme Paterson, Payton Pirrung, 7.2; Peyton Mentzer, Toby Mentzer, 7.4; Cierra Christensen, Carson Musick, 7.8; Jayla Reed, Ty Spicklemeier, 7.9

Team roping

Blair Lammers, Bryan Lennon, 5.1; Braden Pirrung, Coley Nicholls, 5.4; Brian Dunning, Toby Mentzer, 5.6; Jade Schmidt, Jade Nelson, 5.7; Colton Musick, Carson Musick, 6.4; Joe Ross and Kaiden White Bear, 7

Winner Junior Teeners sailed to an easy victory over Madison Gold in the opening game of the State A tournament in Vermillion.

Winner won the game 9-3. They  advanced to the semifinals on Saturday.

Winner Junior Teeners notched four runs in the seventh inning. The sixth inning saw Winner scored three runs.

Karson Keiser and Quincy Phillips (2) had doubles for Winner. Keiser was 2-5 at the plate as Winner collected 13 hits. Phillips was 3-4 and Ryder Halligan was 2-4.

Also getting a hit were: Zac Olson, Landon Calhoon, Derek Fenenga, Aiden Schroeder, Dylan Brandis and Trey Thieman.

Landon Calhoon was the winning pitcher as  he pitched six innings. Aiden Schroeder came in the last inning and threw 17 pitches.

Semifinal game

In the semifinal game Saturday, Winner fell to Dakota Valley 9-2.

The game was a heartbreaker for the Junior Teeners as they lost the game early. It was tied at two with Dakota Valley batting in the top of the sixth inning. It was in this inning that Dakota Valley scored six runs.

Zac Olson was the leader at the plate as he went 2-3. Also getting hits were Ryder Halligan, Dylan Brandis and Konnor Osborn.

Aiden Schroeder pitched five innings and Brandis pitched two.

3^rd and 4^th place game

In the third place game, Winner defeated West Central 3-1.

Winner took the lead in the first inning and added 2 more runs in the fifth.

Olson led Winner with three hits in four at bats. He also had a double.

Winner had seven hits in the game. Also getting hits were Karson Keiser, Quincy Phillips, Derek Fenenga and Sam Scholz.

Karson Keiser pitched six innings.

The Winner Junior Teeners won the sportsmanship award at the state tournament.

Winner Junior Teeners punched their ticket to the state Class A tournament with a 14-4 victory over Belle Fourche on July 14 in regional baseball action.

Ryder Halligan had the hot hand with 4 hits.

Winner jumped  to an early lead scoring four runs in the first inning and adding three more in the second.

Belle Fourche scored three runs in the top of the fifth but Winner came right back with three runs of their own.

Landon Calhoon and Zac Olson each had a double.

Olson was 3-5 at the plate, Karson Keiser, 2-3, Landon Calhoon, 3-4; Derek Fenenga, 2-4.

Aiden Schroeder pitched four innings with Olson pitching one and two-thirds innings.

Two teams from this region  advanced to the state tournament in Vermillion. Even thought they won the game, Winner had to play one more game.

First regional game

Winner defeated Belle Fourche 16-1 in the first game of the regional tournament on July 12.

A ten run fourth inning led Winner to a victory. The offensive firepower was led by Derek Fenenga, Aiden Schroeder, Konnor Osborn, Karson Keiser, Zac Olson and Landon Calhoon. Each had an RBI in this inning.

Winner Junior Teeners started the game with two runs when Ryder Halligan singled.Winner scored three runs to start off the game.

Scoring doubles were  Derek Fenenga, Ryder Halligan, Zac Olson and Aiden Schroeder.

Winner really had some great performances at the plate. Olson was 3-3, Halligan, 3-4; Keiser, 2-3; Calhoon, 2-2; Fenenga, 3-4. Aiden Schroeder, Dylan Brandis, Kellen Brozik and Konner Osborn all had hits.

Dylan Brandis was the winning pitcher.

In the second game on Tuesday, July 13, Winner was nipped by Spearfish, 7-6. Winner stayed in it until the end but Spearfish pulled away for the victory.

Despite the loss, Winner collected 11 hits.

Winner took a 3-2 lead in the first inning.

At the plate, Calhoon was 3-4; Olson, 2-4; Fenenga, 2-4.

Landon Calhoon started on the mound for Winner and threw four innings with Aiden Schroeder pitching one inning.