Warriors show resilience

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Brady Fritz puts up a shot for Winner in the Warriors victory over Valentine.

By Colton Hall
Staff Writer

The Winner Warriors boys basketball team overcame 32 fouls that saw two players fouling out in a 74-57 win at home against Valentine on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

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Lady Warriors improve record

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Ellie Brozik makes her way round a Valentine player in the game in Winner on Jan. 14. Winner won the game with 66-29.

By Dan Bechtold
Editor

Winner Lady Warriors controlled the first three quarters of the game over Valentine on their way to a 66-29 win on Jan. 14.

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Milestone is reached

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Morgan Hammerbeck takes a shot as the Winner Lady Warriors defeated Todd County 68-38.

By Dan Bechtold

Editor

The Winner Lady Warriors have pushed their season record to 8-0 with three big victories this week. The win string for the Lady Warriors is 32-0.

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Warriors taking care of business

Winner Warriors basketball recaps vs. Chamberlain and Gregory

By Colton Hall
Staff Writer

In what was a hard-fought battle, the Winner boys basketball team took down Chamberlain 68-64 on the road.

It may not have been pretty, but a wins a win.

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Cowboys drop two games

Colome Cowboys basketball recaps vs. Avon, and Wessington Springs.

By Colton Hall
Staff Writer

The Colome Cowboys dropped a pair of away games against Avon and Wessington Springs on Monday, Jan. 6 and Tuesday, Jan. 7.

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Rebounding plagues Cowgirls

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Saydee Heath drives into the lane against Kimball/White Lake on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Colome girls basketball recaps vs. Avon, Wessington Springs, and Kimball/White Lake

By Colton Hall
Staff Writer

Colome vs. Avon

The Colome Cowgirls basketball team fell 67-47 on the road to the Avon Lady Pirates on Monday, Jan. 6.

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Wrestlers place fourth at Presho

Winner Area wrestling team took fourth place at the Mid Dakota Monster in Presho on Saturday. The Warriors finished with 193 points. Pierre won first place with 274 points.

Two Winner wrestlers won first place. Kaden Keiser was the champion at 126 pounds and Sam Kruger took the championship at 160 pounds.
Keiser, 20-1, won the championship by a 17-5 major decision over Jackson Remmers of McCook Central/Montrose.

Kruger, 11-0, won a 2-0 decision over Jacob Cheeseman of McCook Central/Montrose.

“We had a really up and down weekend,” said coach Spencer Novotny. “A few of the guys wrestled really well and I thought a few guys left a lot of points off the board. We need to do the little things better like finish periods and transition into scoring situations better.”

Every varsity wrestler scored points for Winner team points and the coach says that is a step in the right direction.
Also placing for Winner were: Maxton Brozik, 6th; Kaleb Osborn, 3rd; Aaron Gilchrist, 3rd; Riley Orel, 5th; Jack Kruger, 3rd; Trevor Peters, 2nd; Joey Cole, 8th.

“Now if we can get healthy and make a good season run that will be important,” said the coach. “We are going to work on technique this week and go light into midweek just to get a few guys healed up,” said Novotny.

The Warriors will wrestle at Tri Valley on Jan. 18 and on Jan. 21 will compete in a triangular with O’Neill and Valentine.

Bearcats too much for Cowboys

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Billy Looking Cloud looks to pass against Freeman Academy/Marion on Thursday, Jan. 2.

By Colton Hall
Staff Writer

Despite a valiant all-around effort, the Colome Cowboys basketball team couldn’t take down the Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats at home on Thursday, Jan. 2.

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Wrestlers place third

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Winner had three champions at the McCook Invitational tournament on Saturday. Pictured from left are Sam Kruger, Kaden Keiser and Trevor Peters.

By Dan Bechtold
Editor

Winner Area wrestling team took third place at the McCook Invitational in Salem on Saturday. The Warriors scored 170 points and were just six points away from second place.

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