By Dan Bechtold
Editor
The Winner High School boys basketball is excited to start the season.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
The Colome Cowgirls basketball team is young.
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By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Winner Area wrestling team picked up where they left off last season.
The Warriors won first place at the Kimball/White Lake Invitational on Saturday. The Warriors saw 15 wrestlers reach the podium with nine finalists and six champions.
The Warriors racked up 221.5 points in its first tournament of the season.
Riley Orel, wrestling at 138 pounds, was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.
Kaden Keiser bumped up to 126 pounds after winning the Class B state title last season. Keiser beat Wagner’s Lance Soukup by forfeit in the finals.
Fellow state champion Trevor Peters beat Sunshine Bible Academy’s Teigan Clark by decision, 7-1.
Another Winner state champ Sam Kruger beat Parkston’s Cordell Murtha by a 5-3 decision at 160 pounds.
The Warriors also got first place wins from Riley Orel, Jack Kruger (145) and Achilles Willuweit (285).
Also placing for the Warriors were Owen Duffy (182) who took second and Landon Debus took second at 195 pounds.
Preston Norrid (220) also took second place.
Placing fourth for Winner were Jude Sargent, Joey Cole and Charley Pravecek.
Cailob Week (152) took fifth place and sixth went to Aaron Gilchrist (145) and Maxton Brozik (106).
“I was happy with how we did in this tournament,” said coach Spencer Novotny. “Looking back I think we lost a few we should not have lost. I know going into the tournament we were not yet in shape but we are in better shape than I thought we were.”
The coach said it was nice having nine finalist with six winning individual titles. It was also awesome that Riley Orel was recognized as the outstanding wrestler.
“He has been working hard in and out of practice so it is nice for him to get that recognition,” said Novotny.
“We are going to have to hit on a little technique this week and get ready for the start of our dual season on Thursday.”
On Dec. 12 the Warriors will compete in a triangular with Wagner and Gregory in Gregory.
On Saturday, Winner will compete in the Gregory Invitational starting at 9 a.m.
The Winner Lady Warriors basketball team comes into the start of this season as the defending Class A champions and sporting a 24-0 record.
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Bruce Eldridge was inducted into the 2019 4-H shooting sports hall of fame.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
Makayla Shippy and Saydee Heath were playmakers for the Colome Cowgirls volleyball team this year.
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Morgan Hammerbeck of Winner has been named to the Class A all state first team.
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Two Winner football players who helped the Warriors make it to the Class 11B state championship have been named to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 team.
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By Colton Hall
Staff Writer
It wasn’t supposed to end like this.
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By Dan Bechtold
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Experience. Three state champions returning. Seventeen lettermen.
This is a good recipe for a successful wrestling season for the Winner Area team.
The Warriors will open the season on Dec. 7 at the Kimball tournament.
The returning letterwinners are: Owen Duffy, Aaron Gilchrist, Max Brozik, Kaleb Osborn, Trevor Peters, Kaden Keiser, Achilles Willuweit, Cailob Week, Adam Bohnet, Charley Pravecek, Sam Kruger, Joey Cole, Preston Norrid, Jack Kruger, Riley Orel, Landon Debus and Jude Sargent.
Seniors who graduated are Wyatt Turnquist who is wrestling at Northern State University, Elijah Blare, Trey Welch and Riggin Shippy.
A year ago the Warriors were second in the state tournament and had three current wrestlers win state titles—Keiser, Peters and Sam Kruger.
Willuweit took fourth at state and Jack Kruger was 8th.
Preston Norrid and Riley Orel were also state qualifiers.
The Warriors were successful last year going 8-0 in duals and winning the regional championship. Coach Spencer Novotny hopes to build on that success. “We have a lot of experience coming back and those wrestlers will have to be the leaders,” said the coach.
Novotny hopes to be able to fill all weight classes this year. “I have never had a full team, I have always been one short,” he said.
Prior to the Thanksgiving break, the team had not held wrestle offs to determine who will be competing in each weight class.
The Warriors open the season on Dec. 7 at the Kimball/White Lake tournament.
Novotny is excited to have the regional tournament in Winner in February.
The state meet will be in Sioux Falls.
Being brought back to the state tournament is the state dual meet.
In 2003, Winner won the state dual meet. In 2001, the Warrior placed 8th and were third in 2004.
The state meet will be three days this year—Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting on Feb. 27.
Novotny says the top teams in Class B will have to include the two time defending champion, Canton. Winner, Redfield, Howard, Bon Homme and Burke/Gregory will be contenders for top teams in Class B.
Assisting Novotny in coaching the team is Jayd Schuyler.
The wrestling schedule includes:
Dec. 7—Kimball/White Lake tournament
Dec.12—At Gregory/Wagner triangular
Dec. 14—at Gregory tournament
Dec. 20-21—Valentine tournament
Jan. 2—Stanley County, home
Jan. 4—McCook tournament
Jan. 10-11—Mid Dakota Monster in Presho
Jan. 18—at Tri Valley
Jan 21—at Valentine, O’Neill triangular
Jan. 24—Winner triangular
Jan. 25—Winner tournament
Feb. 1—at Aberdeen Central
Feb. 4—at Chamberlain
Feb. 8—at Stanley Co.
Feb. 15—at Huron
Feb. 22—Regional in Winner
Feb. 27, 28 and 29—State meet in Sioux Falls
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