The Winner Junior Teeners will host a Father’s Day tournament June 17-18 at Leahy Bowl.
Games will be played at Leahy Bowl except for two opening round games on Saturday that will be played in Colome.
The pairings for June 17 are:
10 a.m. in Winner—Winner vs Wagner
10 a.m. in Colome—Platte vs. Gregory
Noon in Winner—Onida vs. Parkston
Noon in Colome—MVP vs. Chamberlain
Games on Saturday will continue at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
The championship game will be play at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Winner boys track team won the Region 7A championship beating out runner-up Bennett County by 22 points.
The regional meet was held in Mission on May 18.
Aiden Barfuss won the 100 (10.97). In the preliminaries the Winner junior ran an 11.26 for first.
The Winner Warrior were strong in the relays. The relay team of Zac Olson, Jackson Bachmann, Blake Volmer and Barfuss won the 4×100 in 45.68.
The relay team of Bachmann, Donny De’Sersa, Volmer and Karson Keiser won the 4×400 in 3:43.51. The relay team of Hayden McMurtrey, Matthew Calhoon, De’Sersa and Keiser won the 4×800 in 10:31.31.
The relay team of Olson, Bachmann, Volmer and Keiser won the sprint medley in 3:51.50.
Shawn Hammerbeck won the shot put in 44-0.25 and the discus in 122 feet.
On the girls side, Keelie Kuil set a new Winner school record in the 200. Her winning time was 25.86 breaking the record held by Danette Mills of 25.87 set in 1998.
Kuil also won the 400 in 1:01.44.
The relay team of Preslie Petersek, Kylie Sachtjen, Livvy Audiss and Karlee Brozik won the 4×200 in 1:53.05. The relay team of Lilly Barfuss, Petersek, Audiss and Kuil won the 4×400 in 5:09.93.
Jenaya Schrader won the discus (101-3) and Karlee Brozik won the triple jump (32-9).
The Winner girls placed third.
“The boys had a really good day and it was good to finally have everyone back running,” said coach Larry Aaker.
“We had some kids step up and even though we went for quality races our depth on the boys side definitely helped us.”
Aaker added: “The girls did well. We went for quality races for them rather than quantity and so they weren’t set up to win regions. We did have some kids who were not able to compete in some races because of the smoke in the air that caused poor air quality. This was unfortunate but at the end of the day their health was our number one priority,” explained the coach. Smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfed most of the state on Thursday with very hazy air quality.
Boys results include:
100—Aiden Barfuss, 1st, 10.97; Zac Olson, 4th, 11.62
200—Andrew Henderson, 9th, 25.81
800—Hayden McMurtrey, 2nd, 2:21.37; Matthew Calhoon, 4th, 2:21.44
1600—Karson Keiser, 2nd, 4:45.46
110 hurdles—Austin Blare, 2nd, 17.64
300 hurdles—Blare, 2nd, 47.31
4×100 relay- 1st, 45.68
4×200 relay—3rd, 1:49.34, Austin Blare, Andrew Henderson, Broden Duffy, and Micah King
4×400 relay—1st, 3:43.51
4×800 relay—1st, 10:31.31
Medley relay—1st, 3:51.59
Shot put—Hammerbeck,
1st, 44-00.25;
Derek Fenenga, 6th, 36-05.50
Discus—Hammerbeck, 1st, 122-00; Fenenga, 3rd, 107-09
Triple jump—Blare, 2nd, 36-00.75
Results of the Winner girls include:
100—Daisy McIntyre, 3rd, 13.00; Tessa Sieh, 6th, 14.23
200—Keelie Kuil, 1st, 25.86; McIntyre, 7th, 28.53
400—Kuil, 1st, 1:00.30; Petersek, 2nd, 1:01.44
100 hurdles—Lilly Barfuss, 4th, 19.10
4×100—2nd, 55.36, Daisy McIntyre, Kylie Sachtjen, Karlee Brozik and Lilly Barfuss
4×200—1st,1:53.05
4×400—1st, 4:22.97
Shot put—Schrader, 2nd, 32-09
Discus—Schrader, 1st, 101-03
High jump—Kylie Sachtjen, 2nd, 4-05
Long jump—Karlee Brozik, 3rd, 14-03.50; Tessa Sieh, 6th, 11-06
Triple Jump—Brozik, 1st, 32-09
Blake Volmer of the Winner boys basketball team has been chosen as the Best of the West as selected by the Rapid City Journal.
Volmer shot over 50 percent to lead the Warriors to one of the best winning streaks of the season.
The senior guard average just under a double-double picking up 19.2 points and 9.4 rebounds per game as Winner strung together 15 straight wins and suffered just three losses all year.
Volmer, a Black Hills State commit, also dished out 4.1 assists per game, shot 51 percent from the floor and earned a first team all-state selection.
Winner Area girls softball team played in a tournament Saturday in Beresford.
The girls lost two games and won one game.
Brindy Bolander had an over the fence out of the park home run in the game with Beresford. Winner lost the game 8-6. Tianna Evans was the losing pitcher.
In the first game, Winner Area played West Central and lost 17-0. Aleya Miller was the losing pitcher.
Winner Area defeated Tri Valley 9-2. Evans was the winning pitcher
The team’s record is 4-3.
“We are doing good,” said coach Cheyenne Dougherty. “We are figuring out our positions and making changes where the girls feel comfortable.”
Monday the Warriors traveled to Wagner for an afternoon game.
On Monday, May 15, Winner Area will host Mobridge in a double header at 5 p.m. at the Bailey Softball complex.There will be two five inning games.
Three Winner wrestlers have been named to the Rapid City Journal’s Best of the West.
Named to the honor list were Riley Orel, 160 pounds; Karson Keiser, 126 pounds and Derek Fenenga, heavyweight.
Orel finished his high school wrestling career with another outstanding season.
The senior amassed a 57-2 overall record and defeated Custer’s Jonathan Lewis in overtime to claim a Class B state championship.
Orel finished his career as a four time placer and five time state qualifier.
Keiser had a 52-11 overall record enroute to a fourth place finish in the state tournament.
Fenenga had an overall record of 24-21 and finished 8th at state.
Maxton Brozik and Jack Kruger were named as the best of the rest.
Owen Hansen of Burke/Gregory was named the Class B wrestler of the year.
History will be made when the first pitch is thrown in the Winner Area softball game on April 13.
Winner Area will host Wagner at 5 p.m. at Jaycee Field.
This is the inaugural season of girls softball in South Dakota.
Cheyenne Dougherty is the head coach with Shawna Kaiser as the assistant coach.
Dougherty is a 2020 graduate of Colome High School and she grew up playing softball and having a love of the sport.
She is excited for the season to start.
There are 19 girls on the team which are made up of Winner and Colome girls in high school and middle school. Dougherty says five of the members of the team are from Colome.
Playing on the team are: Jaelyn Assman, Alexis Bennett, Brindy Bolander, Melanie Brozik, Lashanna Connot, Madelyn Danford, Shayne Day, Tienna Evans, Tila Harter, Sophie Hofeldt, Ellison Kaiser, Aleya Miller, Maree Pravecek, Katie Pederson, Karlene Preslicka, Shannon Rank, Emily Sachtjen, Emma Vandenbark and Reagan Vaughn.
The seniors on the team are: Brindy Bolander, Melanie Brozik, Aleya Miller, Shayne Day, Sophie Hofeldt.
Dougherty said the girls have had two outdoor practices with the rest inside at the Armory.
“We are trying to get our hands on the ball and get some conditioning going,” said the coach.
In addition to afternoon practices, there have been some early morning sessions.
When asked what she is looking forward to, Dougherty said “I am hoping we can have fun and learn about softball. Wins and losses don’t matter to me as long as we are having fun and learning softball,” she said.
Dougherty explained Shawna Kaiser had reached out to her to see if she had the time to be the head coach. Dougherty was also contacted by Brett Gardner, Winner High School activities director.
Dougherty says she enjoys the role of a coach.
There are six games scheduled with the April 13 game the only one in Winner. There will be a Sweet 16 game where teams will qualify for the state tournament which will be held in Aberdeen the first three days of June.
A game planned for April 1 in Mobridge was postponed due to the weather.
The board of directors of the South Dakota High School Activities Association sanctioned high school softball in November of 2021 with spring of 2023 being slated as the inaugural season.
The schedule includes:
April 13—Wagner in Winner
April 17—at Hanson
April 22—at Marion High School
May 6—Watchdog classic
May 8—In Wagner playing in a triangular
Trent Olson, Winner boys basketball assistant coach, has been named the Region 8 assistant boys basketball coach of the year.
The South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association recently named the coaches of the year.
Olson has been the assistant boys coach for over 20 years.
As the assistant coach Olson has coached the junior varsity and C teams over the years. His teams have shown success
Several Winner AAU wrestlers placed in the state tournament in Aberdeen this weekend.
Legend Benedict and Apollo Willuweit were both crowned champions in the schoolboy division.
Benedict won first place with a 12-6 decision over Caleb Cuka of Bon Homme.
Willuweit won first place with a pin over Will Norman of Sioux Falls O’Gorman in 3:25.
Also placing were:
Lawson Helkenn, 4th; Lucchese Helkenn. 6th; Rhogan Robbins, 2nd; Bridger Stirling, 3rd; Bentley Moser, 8th; Talon Labahn, 2nd; JadeLynn McCall, 8th; Jaelyn Assman, 4th; Blayden Stirling, 8th; Cooper Craven, 2nd; Roukyn Robbins, 2nd; Max Fiesterman, 8th; Evan Littau, 6th.
Parker Mathis and Derek Fenenga will wrestle in the freshmen/sophomore AAU national duals in Des Moines, Iowa.
The event will be held April 1-2.
Mathis and Fenenga are both wrestlers on the Winner High School team.
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