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Winner Area girls cross country team placed second at the SESD conference cross country meet Oct. 1.

Sidda Schuyler led the varsity girls as she took second. She was followed by Saige Schuyler, 8^th; Aryn Meiners, 13^th; Meagan Blare, 15^th; Melanie Brozik, 21^st; Jaclyn Laprath, 23^rd.

In the varsity boys race, Kade Watson took third followed by Wyatt Turnquist, 16^th; Joseph Laprath, 20^th.

In the junior varsity girls race, Madison Thieman was 6^th; Katherine Jankauskas, 12th; Gabby Kocer, 14^th and Trinity Vrbka, 16^th.

Girls cross country team takes first at Parkston

Winner Area girls cross country team took first place at the Ethan/Parkston Invitational on Oct. 4.

Sidda Schuyler took first place. Also placing for the Lady Warriors were: Saige Schuyler, 6^th; Meagan Blare, 7^th; Aryn Meiners, 8^th; Melanie Brozik, 9^th; Jaclyn Laprath, 14^th.

Kade Watson led the Winner Area boys as he took second place. Joseph Laprath placed 20^th.

In the junior varsity girls race, Madison Thieman placed 4^th, Gabby Kocer, 9^th, Katherine Jankauskas, 10^th and Trinity Vrbka, 11^th.

Wyatt Turnquist won first place in the junior varsity boys race.

The regional will be Oct. 11 in Chamberlain.

Gage Watson of Winner High School has qualified for the state golf meet.

Watson placed 13^th at the regional meet in Mitchell on Sept. 24. Watson shot a 94.

Nathan Monk of Winner placed 28^th.

The state golf meet is Oct. 1 and 2 in Dell Rapids.

The No. 3 rated Winner volleyball team defeated Todd County in three sets on Sept. 25. The scores were 25-17, 25-11, 25-7.

Morgan Hammerbeck and Gracie Littau were 100 percent in serving.

Kalla Bertram had 5 ace serves and Maggie LaCompte, 3.

Hammerbeck had 11 kills and Abby Marts, 10.

Mackenzie Levi had 23 set assists and Addy Root, 9.

Ellie Brozik had a 2.50 serve receive rating and Hammerbeck 2.17.

LaCompte had 13 digs and Hammerbeck, 11.

Hammerbeck had 1 solo block and 1 block assist.

Bertram had 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 90 percent in serving with 14 aces, 40 kills, 37 set assists and 52 digs.

“The first set we made too many serving and attacking errors,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “Then we settled down and we played aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball and finding the holes. We kept Todd County out of system and chasing the ball all over the place. We also did a great job of serving aggressively. We played together as a team and were having fun,” said Keiser.

The next action for Winner will be Oct. 4 at White River and Oct. 6 at Chester Area. On Oct. 9, Winner will travel to Chamberlain.

Colome volleyball team was defeated by Andes Central/Dakota Christian in three sets on Sept. 25. Colome was defeated 23-25, 22-25 and 15-25.

Haley Krumpus scored 8 points with one ace and Makayla Shippy had 7 points.

Saydee Heath had 11 kills.

Shippy had 2 blocks.

Rayne Hermsen had 17 digs, with 14 for Shippy and 12 for Kaydee Heath.

Colome volleyball team played in the Great Plains Conference tourney on Sept. 29.

Tripp-Delmont/Armour defeated Colome in two sets. The scores were 19-25, 14-25.

Carleen Burger scored 5 points, Saydee Heath, 4 points.

Kaydee Heath had 10 kills. Makayla Shippy had 13 assists.

Burke/South Central won in two sets over Colome 25-8 and 25-14.

Kaydee Heath scored 2 points and had 4 kills.

Shippy had 7 assists.

Kaydee Heath had 5 digs.

Winner Area girls cross country team won the Burke Invitational on Thursday.

Leading the Lady Warriors was Sidda Schuyler who took first place. She was followed by Saige Schuyler, 11^th; Meagan Blare, 14^th; Aryn Meiners, 15^th; Jaclyn Laprath, 22^nd; Melanie Brozik, 26^th

In the boys varsity, Kade Watson placed 8^th, Joseph Laprath, 18^th; Wyatt Turnquist, 20^th.

In the junior girls varsity race, Madison Thieman placed 4^th, Katherine Jankauskas, 10^th; Gabby Kocer, 11^th; Trintiy Vrbka, 12^th.

In the junior high race, Konner Osborn placed second.

The next meet will be Oct. 4 in Parkston.

Colome football team remains undefeated with a 52-0 victory over Scotland on Friday.

Michael Supik opened the scoring on a 66 yard run and followed it with a 37 yard TD run and Colome was up 14-0.

In the second quarter, Jackson Kinzer completed an 11 yard pass to Layton Thieman for a touchdown.

At the start of the third quarter, Kinzer connected with Thieman on a 59 yard touchdown.

Beau Bertram scored on a 13 yard run, Riley Shippy on a 45 yard run and A. J. Davis on an 8 yard run.

The Cowboys had 384 yards of total offense and held Scotland to 87 yards.

In passing, Kinzer was 5-6 for 126 yards.

Supik was the leading rusher with 148 yards. Shippy had 48 yards.

Leading the defense was Wyatt Cahoy with 11 tackles followed by Bertram and Dawson Varilek with 8 each, Kinzer, 7 and Thieman, 6.

The Cowboys will travel to Corsica-Stickney on Friday, Oct. 5.

In a wild game, Winner High School football team rallied to defeat Chamberlain 42-40 Friday night.

Trevor Peters scored a 2 yard touchdown with 14 seconds left in the game.

With 2:39 left in the game, Winner was down 10 points, 40-30.

With 2:01 left in the game, Brady Fritz completes a 41 yard pass to Brandon Volmer for a touchdown to cut Chamberlain’s lead.

On a third down, Preston Norrid came up with a huge sack and then Winner blocked a Cubs punt to give the Warriors the ball on the 45 yard line.

Casey Stickland caught a pass from Fritz to move Winner close to the goal line and then Fritz scrambled to get to the 2 yard line to allow Peters to punch in the ball for the winning touchdown.

“I want to give our kids credit for making big plays,” said coach Dan Aaker.

Chamberlain, celebrating its homecoming, took the lead right away with two touchdowns.

Winner scored with 1:15 left in the first quarter on a 7 yard run by Brady Fritz, who also made the 2 point conversion.

At the start of the second quarter, Phillip Jorgensen scored on a 2 yard run to give Winner the lead 16-13.

Chamberlain countered with a TD giving them back the lead.

Right before the half Peters scored on a 2 yard run and Winner led 22-19.

In the third quarter, Sam Kruger scored on a 2 yard run.

The Cubs had three unanswered touchdowns in the second half.

Both teams were close in first downs with Winner having 21 and Chamberlain 22.

The Warriors had a total of 391 offensive yards.

Leading rushers were Jorgensen, 94 yards; Fritz, 74 yards; Peters, 47 yards and Kruger, 32 yards.

In passing, Fritz was 7-13 for 128 yards.

Leading the Winner defense was Shea Connot with 10 tackles, Volmer, Peters, Norrid, Elijah Blare, all with 6 and Bosten Morehart with 5.

“We were worried about their size up front and had a hard time defensively stopping them,” said Aaker.

The Warriors will travel to Wagner on Friday. “The big thing this week is that we have to find ourselves defensively,” said the coach. “We need to have a good defensive game and gain some confidence on that side of the ball.”

The No. 3 rated Colome Cowboys remained undefeated as they rolled over Alcester-Hudson 62-8 Friday in Colome.

Jackson Kinzer went 7 for 10 for 66 yards in the air and also added 44 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Chase Dufek ran for 92 yards. Beau Bertram had 52 yards rushing and Riley Shippy, 33.

Scoring for Colome were Beau Bertram on a 15 yard pass from Kinzer, Bertram on a 3 yard run, Jaikob Week on a 13 yard run, Kinzer on a 24 yard run, Layton Thieman on a 10 yard pass from Kinzer, Bertram, 49 yard run, Kinzer on a 65 yard kickoff return, and Rhet Bertram on a punt block return.
The Cowboys had 299 yards of total offense. The Cowboys had 12 first downs to 7 for Alcester-Hudson.

Leading the defense was Wyatt Cahoy with 9 tackles followed by Bertram with 8 and Kinzer, 7.

The next action for Colome will be Sept. 28 at Scotland.

Winner High School football team scored the first two touchdowns of the homecoming game Friday night and were feeling pretty good about themselves. However, the undefeated Mount Vernon/Plankinton team played a strong second half to defeat the Warriors 30-28.

The Warriors at one point in the game led 28-6. However, in the second half, Winner only had six offensive plays.

“It was a tough loss,” said coach Dan Aaker. “It was the tale of two halves. We played a good first half.”

The Warriors scored right away in the game as Trevor Peters run 66 yards for a touchdown. Midway in the first quarter, Brady Fritz completed a 14 yard pass to Sam Kruger for a touchdown and Winner is up 14-0.

With 2:49 left in the first quarter, MVP scored on a Jesse Hastings 6 yard run.

A Winner touchdown right before the half with 16 seconds left was huge. Phillip Jorgensen scored on a 5 yard run.

At the half, Winner led 22-6

Then at the start of the third quarter, Jorgensen makes a huge play as a pass intended for Hastings is picked off by Jorgensen who turns it into a touchdown. Now, Winner is up 28-6 and feeling pretty good about themselves.

“I think we relaxed a bit, however MVP did not quit fighting. At that point they could have laid down but they fought us. When things got close we panicked and pressed ourselves,” said Aaker.

The WHS coach says he has to give MVP credit as they played well in the second half. “We could not stop them. They had 72 plays to our 39.”

The Titans had a huge drive, which started at their own 2-yard line, and capped off by a Hastings two yard run to tie the game at 28-28. Hastings made the two-point conversion to give them the lead 30-28.

The No 5 rated Warriors had one last effort. Trevor Peters completed a 50 yard pass to Brandon Volmer with 3:17 left in the game down to the MVP 24-yard line.

Winner worked the ball to the 11-yard line. Facing a fourth and seven with 1:29 left Hastings sacked QB Fritz.

The Warriors had a total of 243 yards of offense.

MVP had 21 first downs to Winner’s 10.

Leading rusher for Winner was Peters with 100 yards and Jorgensen added 40 yards.

On defense, Shea Connot had 16 tackles, Preston Norrid and Brandon Volmer, 11 each; Sam Kruger, 10 and Elijah Blare, 9.

The MVP coaching staff has a Winner area connection. Head coach Brent Olson is the brother of Winner assistant coaches Trent and Sam Olson. Also, MVP assistant coach Zach Harter is formerly of Colome.

The Warriors will travel to Chamberlain on Friday, Sept. 28. Aaker said the Cubs are big up front led by Nash Hutmacher.

“They are a concern because they are so big,” said the coach.

He noted the line of scrimmage is going to huge for Winner.

“We will take the positives from Friday’s game and put them into games as we move forward,” said Aaker.

As a side note, for the second year in a row, the WHS football team took residents from Winner Regional long term care center to the homecoming parade Friday afternoon.

“It is good for our kids to get out of their comfort zone and I am glad we do it,” said the coach.

Winner area girls cross country team took second place at the Platte-Geddes invitational on Saturday.

Sidda Schuyler led the Lady Warriors as she placed second. She was followed by Saige Schuyler, 6^th; Meagan Blare, 12^th; Aryn Meiners, 21^st; Jaclyn Laprath, 25^th; Melanie Brozik, 31^st.

In the varsity boys race, Wyatt Turnquist placed 26^th and Joseph Laprath, 27^th.

In the junior varsity girls race, Madison Thieman was 3^rd; Gabby Kocer, 14^th; Katherine Jankauskas, 16^th and Trinity Vrbka, 17^th.

The next action for the cross country team will be Sept. 27 at Burke/South Central. On Oct. 1, the team will travel to Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.