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Winner area cross county runners pushed through the cold and snow as they competed in the state meet in Rapid City on Saturday.

Winner Area boys team placed 8th with 150 points. Kade Watson led the team as he took 7th place in 17:16.75. Joseph Laprath took 28th place in 18:11.47; Kylar Meek was 70th in 19.12.65; Chaz Blotsky placed 114th in 20:46.65; Hayden McMurtrey took 118th in 21:14.88.In the Class A girls division, Winner Area girls placed 13th with 262 points. Winner’s top runner was Sidda Schuyler who placed 80th in 22:32.08.Meagan Blare placed 97th in 23:20.06 and Aryn Meiners placed 98th in 23:23.86. Melanie Brozik placed 100th in 23:24.32.

Winner competitive cheer team took fifth place at the state meet Friday in Rapid City. This year the event was split up into pods due to COVID-19.

There were initially 21 teams slated to take the mat but due to COVID two teams did not compete. Coach Val Ewing is happy the team got to compete at state. Winner’s performance was in the afternoon and were the first team to perform.

Ewing says that is tough because you never know where the judges head is at. Ewing said the girls spent all week getting ready for state .“They knew what they had to do and as a coach I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” said the coach. She said the girls started out strong and the routines were going super well.

During the elite stunt, one stunt fell. This fall cost the team 10 points. Ewing explained the girls did a phenomenal job of continuing their routine after the fall. “That’s hard to do –to put a smile on your face, regain your composure and finish all the other components of the routine—not only did they nail the rest, they blew it out of the water. I couldn’t be more proud of them,” said the coach. Ewing noted when you make a mistake in cheer there is not another period or quarter to come back from it.

That is what makes it a hard sport. Brennan Bachmann and Alani Old Lodge were named to the all-state cheer team. This honor is voted on by the S.D. Cheer coaches.

The Epiphany Gun Club held its youth trap shoot on Sept. 27.Competing from the Winner/Colome club were Jack Anderson and Katie Welker.

Anderson placed second in the 16 yard singles in the 13-14 age category. Welker placed third in the age 15-18 group. In handicap, Anderson placed second and Welker was also second. In doubles, Anderson placed third.

Three area college students have been honored on the NAIA national awards day. Honored were Ronae Klein, Winner, a junior in women’s golf at Dakota Wesleyan University; Drew DeMers, Winner, junior in baseball at DWU and Reed Harter, Colome, senior in baseball at DWU.

The day recognizes the association’s highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student athletes.

Colome volleyball team defeated Sully Buttes in three sets Saturday in Colome.

The scores were 25-17, 25-13 and 25-15.Makayla Shippy scored 16 points with 8 aces and Katie Welker had 14 points and 3 aces.Leading the team in kills were Libby Petersek, 7; Baylie Hoffine, 4 and Saydee Heath, 3.Petersek and Shippy had 10 digs with Ashlyn Hoffine and Baylie Hoffine with 8 each. Heath had 2 blocks and Elizabeth Yeaman and Baylie Hoffine, 1 each. Shippy had 14 set assists.

The Cowgirls record improved to 7-2.

The Colome junior varsity won 30-28 and 25-23.

Winner boys golf team placed third at the pre-regional meet in Mitchell on Sept. 22. The Warriors shot a 371. Parkston won the tournament.

Ryder Halligan led the Winner golfers as he took 6th place with an 88. Maxton Brozik placed 9th and Karson Keiser took 10th. Landon Calhoon rounded out the Winner golfers as he placed 17th.

In an exciting match on Thursday, Winner volleyball team defeated Kimball/ White Lake in five sets.

The scores were 18-25, 25-13, 25-18, 20-25 and 15-9.The No. 3 rated Lady Warriors remain undefeated wit a 7-0 record. Maggie LaCompte and Rylee Root were 100percent in serving. Root had 3 ace serves and Kalla Bertram, 2.Ellie Brozik had 21 kills and Bertram, 16. Jenna Hammerbeck had 23 set assists and Brozik, 13. LaCompte had a 1.84 serve receive rating and Hammerbeck had a 1.83 rating. LaCompte and Hammerbeck each had 20 digs. Brozik had 4 solo blocks and 2 block assists. Shannon Calhoon had 5 solo blocks and 2 block assists.

As a team, Winner was 94 percent in serving with 6 ace serves, 50 kills and 44 set assists. The team had 66 digs and 12 blocks. Coach Jaime Keiser said a few hours before the match she learned Mackenzie Levi would not be playing. “So we had to adjust our rotation without gong over it. That threw us off and it took us most of the first set to get things figured out,” said Keiser. The coach said Winner gave Kimball/White Lake too many unearned points in the first set.

“We got things figured out and did a great job of attacking the ball. Kimball had some good hitters and we had a hard time stopping them in the third set. In the 4th and 5th set we did a great job of getting blocks and touches on their hitters. I was proud of the girls for adapting to new rotation,” said the coach.