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Winner/Colome amateur baseball team took their first winning step in the state Class B amateur baseball tournament Friday in Mitchell. The Pheasants defeated Flandreau 6-2. With the win, Winner/Colome played Garretson in the second round on Monday, Aug. 10.

Connor Hopkins was powerful on the mound as he pitched the Pheasants to victory. “We scratched a couple across early and my defense played well behind me,” said Hopkins in a story in the Mitchell Republic.Winner/Colome did not commit a error during a sound defensive performance. Hopkins struck out the side twice as he fanned 11 batters.The Pheasants hit the ball well.

Zach Harter, the No. 8 hitter, finished 2-3 with an RBI and No. 9 hitter Lakin Neugebauer drive in two runs Neugebauer hit his second RBI in the fourth inning to give the Pheasants a 5-0 lead. “The bottom half of our order really did it for us,” said manager Austin Richey.Harter said it was a complete team win and Hopkins was awesome on the mound.

Saydee Heath of Colome put together multiple first place finishes at the Central South Dakota 4-H Rodeo in Ft. Pierre. She won the senior girls all-around on Aug. 1. She won the senior girl breakaway roping in 2.99 and also won the senior girl ribbon roping in 8.35. Heath teamed up with Weston Vander Pol for a championship in senior team roping in 8.01. Colome’s Seth Heath won the junior boys all around on Aug. 1. Heath was fourth in junior boys breakaway in 4.02. He placed third in goat tying in 11.19 and Roper Moore took second in goat tying in 10.87.Heath took third in junior boys flag race in 9.6.

In the rodeo on Aug. 2, Heath was second in junior boys flag race in 8.633. First place in flag race went to Moore in 8.44. Linkyn Petersek won the senior boys calf roping in 9.36.On Aug. 2, Petersek was named the senior boys all around. He won the senior boys calf roping in 9.67. In steer wrestling, Petersek placed third in 7.48. Denton Good and Petersek teamed up in team roping and took second place. Other Tripp County 4-Hers placed in the rodeo in Ft. Pierre. Athena Willuweit took fourth in junior girls flag race in 10.167. Saige Schuyler was fourth in senior girls pole bending in 21.368.

Legion team falls in district tournament Winner/Colome Legion belted three home runs on its way to a 13-7 victory over Parkston in the Region 3B tournament in Alexandria on July 28. Hitting home runs were Aaron Gilchrist, Oscar Pravecek and Fred Whiting. Whiting fired up the Royals offense in the first inning when he homered scoring two runs.

Winner/Colome added six runs in the fourth inning. This was a big inning driven by home runs by Gilchrist and Pravecek.In addition to a home run, Gilchrist had a double and Charley Pravecek added two doubles.

Joren Bruun was strong at the plate as he went 2-3. Aiden Barfuss, Kameron Meiners and Evan Farner were all 1-3. Meiners was on the mound for Winner as hepitched four innings. He surrendered four runs on five hits. Jacob Beckers pitched one inning and Farner two innings. On July 29, Winner/Colome Legion played two games in the tournament.In the first game, the Royals won 3-2 over McCook Winner/Colome took the lead late in the game after it was tied 2-2. In the top of the 7th inning Joren Bruun hit a sacrifice fly which scored one run for Winner/Colome. Joey Cole hit a triple and Aiden Barfuss had a double. Among the leading hitters in this game were Aaron Gilchrist, 3-3; Charley Pravecek, 2-3;Phillip Jorgensen, 2-4.

Bruun pitched six innings with six strikeouts. Jacob Beckers pitched one inning. Winner/Colome had nine hits in the game.In the second game, the Royals were defeated 6-4 by Alexandria and lost the change to advance to the state tournament. Alexandria fired up the offense in the second inning when they scored one run and added one more in the next inning. Winner/Colome had runs in the 5th, 6th and two in the 7th inning. However, Alexandria had three runs in the seventh inning for the victory.Winner/Colome came up with 10 hits in the game. Bruun and Jorgensen had doubles and Barfuss and Bruun each had a triple.At the plate, Bruun was 3-4, Jorgensen, 2-4; Oscar Pravecek, 1-4; Aiden Barfuss, 3-4; Charley Pravecek, 1-3.Beckers was on the mound for Winner/Colome. He went two 2/3 innings allowing two runs on five hits and striking out two.

Evan Farner threw four and a third innings in relief.

After losing its first game in the district tournament, Colome Chaos rebounded and defeated Miller 9-5 on July 27 in Chamberlain. Miller took an early lead but Colome came back strong in the fifth inning when they scored seven runs. Ethan Vobr singled on a 2-2 count scoring two runs, Turner Tinant doubled on a 3-2 count scoring three runs and Braden Gardner doubled on a 1-0 count scoring one run.Colome racked up 11 hits in this game. Gardner and Tinant both had doubles. Those with hits were Jackson Kinzer, 2-4; Vobr, 1-3; Jake Luse, 1-2; Tinant, 2-3; Layton Thieman, 2-3 and Carter Brickman, 2-4.

Jackson Kinzer was on the mound for Colome as he pitched all nine innings. He struck out 12 batters. Colome Chaos vs. South Central Storm Colome Chaos was eliminated from its chances to make the state tournament when they were defeated by South Central Storm 4-1 on July 29. Colome scored its only run of the game in the fourth inning. Willie Beckers, Layton Thieman, Shea Connot, Turner Tinant and Braden Gardner all had one hit. Carter Brickman took the loss for Colome as he surrendered four runs on six hits over six and two-thirds innings. Brickman struck out five batters. Turner Tinant pitched one and a third innings in relief.With the loss Colome ended its season with a 7-9 record.