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Winner/Colome Legion baseball team was defeated by Parkston 10-4 Sunday.

Leading hitters were Ty Bolton and Riley Calhoon with 2 singles, Jackson Kinzer, Dalton Baker, Calvin Ringing Shield with a single.

Pitching were Carter Brickman threw 1 2/3 innings giving up 10 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks and 1 strikeout.

Levi McClanahan pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up no runs and no hits, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Ty Bolton pitched one scoreless inning.

“We had a pretty ugly second inning with a couple of errors and some missed calls that were the difference in the game,” said coach Drew Weber. “I thought Levi threw really well in relief and we hit the ball hard. It was nice to get some action for the kids that did not play club baseball and we were also able to move some kids around playing some new positions,” said Weber.

The Winner Junior Legion team opened the season with a 4-0 victory over the Mission Legion last Wednesday at Leahy Bowl.

Behind solid performances by four different pitchers Winner came away with the victory.

Kameron Meiners started on the mound and struck out three 3 batters in two innings. He was followed by Evan Farner, Aaron Gilchrist and Jacob Beckers, all who combined to shutout Mission while allowing just one hit.

At the plate, Winner was led by Joren Bruun who went 2-2 with 2 walks and an inside the park home run. Colby Kaiser drove in two runs in the second inning with a double that bounced over the third baseman’s head.

Winner had scoring threats going in almost every inning but left 10 runners on base.

The Winner Junior Legion team is coached by Kory Foss and Ben Connot.

The Winner Junior Legion (16U) tournament will be held at Leahy Bowl on June 9-10.

The schedule of the games on Saturday are:

10 a.m.—Stanley County vs. Winner

Noon—Platte vs. Gregory

2 p.m.—Parkston vs. Stanley County

4 p.m.—Onida vs. Platte

6 p.m.—Parkston vs. Winner

8 p.m.—Onida vs. Gregory

The schedule for Sunday includes:

Noon—No. 3 seed from each pool

2—No. 2 seed from each pool

4 p.m.—No. 1 seed from each pool

Pool A includes: Parkston, Stanley Co and Winner

Pool B includes: Gregory, Onida and Platte

The Winner Junior Teeners (14 U) team were defeated by Platte 15-1 on Saturday.

Winner took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Ethan Bartels’ single scored Aiden Barfuss and proved to be the only run of the game for Winner.

Winner collected four hits for the day. Owen Duffy had a double and Winner got singles from Austin Wheadon, Bartels and Barfuss.

Coach Scott Hannon said Winner pitchers struggled finding the strike zone giving up 17 walks while Platte only issued one free pass for the day.

The Winner/Colome Pheasants defeated Mount Vernon 10-5 in a Sunshine League amateur game on Sunday.

Zach Harter finished 3-5 drove in four runs and belted a home run. Drew DeMers had two RBIs. Lakin Neugebauer, Reed Harter, Austin Calhoon, Geno Katz and Tarrell Bauld each had a hit.

Kelly O’Bryan earned the win. He gave up two hits and struck out nine batters.

Winner-Colome amateur baseball team defeated Platte-Geddes 14-4 at Leahy Bowl in Winner on Thursday night.

The Pheasants scored four runs in the first two innings before a huge seven run fifth inning.

Derek Graesser went 3-4 with a pair of runs and RBIs and Tarrell Bauld went 3-4 with two RBIs and three runs for the Pheasants. Reed Harter, Austin Richey, Geno Katz each had two hits. Austin Calhoon hit the only home run.

Connor Hopkins pitched the seven innings striking out 11 batters to earn the win.

Winner/Colome will host Alexandria Angels on Thursday at Leahy Bowl. The game will start at 8 p.m.

Haley Krumpus of Colome set new school records in the 100 and 200 at the state track meet in Rapid City.

She was 5^th in the 100, 4^th in the 200 and 8^th in the triple jump.

Saydee Heath was 12^th in the long jump.

The 4×100 relay placed 10^th and the runners were Matrix Noteboom, Baylie Hoffine, Saydee Heath and Haley Krumpus.

Lennox defeated Winner/Colome high school baseball team in the state tournament on May 28 in Sioux Falls.

Winner/Colome had one hit as Lennox’s Brock Anderson struck out 11 batters.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Royals loaded the bases with two outs but were not able to score the runners.

“This was obviously a little disappointing way to end another spectacular season,” said coach Drew Weber.

“Lennox’s pitcher threw a fantastic game and we had some chances but sometimes that’s just how it goes,” added the coach.

Ty Bolton started pitching for Winner/Colome as he threw 4 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 5 hits, 3 walks and 5 strikeouts.

Jackson Kinzer pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up no runs on 2 hits, 2 walks.

Bolton had the lone single for Winner/Colome.

Weber said Jackson and Ty threw a great game. “We made some big plays behind them in the field but could never get in a groove at the plate.”

Weber says it is going to be hard to replace the seven seniors—Riley Calhoon, Carter Brickman, Dalton Baker, Levi McClanahan, Nick Lantz, Jeremiah Yeaman and Ty Bolton.

“They have won so many games over the past four years and have been the key part of the success we have had,” said Weber.

He added: “The future is bright with 10 lettermen coming back and some good, young talent coming up. We may not have won it all this year like we had hoped but our kids have shown that we have one of the top baseball programs in the state,” said Weber.

Winner/Colome finished the season with a record of 13-1. They were the only undefeated team in the state tournament.

Winner High School boys and girls track team had a successful weekend at the state track meet in the Black Hills.

The WHS boys placed 10^th and the girls took 24^th.

The Winner boys 4×100 relay took second place in a time of :44.40. Runners were Riley Calhoon, Brady Fritz, Joren Bruun and Nolan Sachtjen.

Freshman Brady Fritz took third in the 100, long jump and triple jump.

Fritz ran the 100 in :11.18.

In the long jump, Fritz went 22-08 and in the triple jump on Friday in Spearfish he had a jump of 43-00.25.

In the shot put , Levi McClanahan placed 11^th with a throw of 43-08 and Colton Schroeder placed 18^th with a throw of 35-05.75.

In the discus, McClanahan placed 11^th in 123-04.

Kade Watson ran the two mile and the open mile. In the two mile, Watson 15^th in 10:58.13. In the mile, Watson ran a 5:15.14

On the girls side, Sidda Schuyler took fourth place in the two mile run. The Winner 8^th grader had a time of 11:51.73.

In the mile run Saturday in Rapid City, Schuyler placed 8^th in 5:26.61.

Kelsey Sachtjen placed 6^th in the high jump at 4-11.

The Lady Warriors 4×800 team took 16^th place in 11:19.48. The runners were Aryn Meiners, Meagan Blare, Melanie Brozik and Charlotte Shopene.

Haley Krumpus of Colome took fourth in the 200 at the state track meet in Rapid City.

Krumpus ran the 200 in :26.39.

The Colome athlete also took 8^th place in the triple jump at 33-08.75.

The Colome girls ran the 4×100 relay in a preliminary time of :53.14. Runners were Matrix Noteboom, Baylee Hoffine, Saydee Heath and Haley Krumpus.

Jackson Kinzer and Riley Calhoon of the Winner/Colome baseball team have been named to the Class B all-state team.

Kinzer was named to the first team and Calhoon to the second team.

Several members of the Winner/Colome team have been named to the all-region team. They include Kinzer, Calhoon, Ty Bolton, Nick Lantz and Carter Brickman.

Winner/Colome baseball team won the Region 4B tournament with a 4-1 victory over Platte-Geddes on May 21 in Winner.

With the victory, the Royals remain undefeated 13-0.

Both teams advanced to the state tournament which was held in Sioux Falls at the Birdcage.

The first game for Winner/Colome in the state B tournament was against Lennox on May 28 at 7 p.m.

“It’s quite an accomplishment making the state tournament, but I’m especially proud of winning the region championship,” said coach Drew Weber. “We have had quite a season and to add to a region championship is pretty special.”

In the region championship, Ty Bolton pitched a one hitter and struck out seven batters while allowing one run.

Riley Calhoon knocked in a pair of runs while Nick Lantz also drove in a run. Levi McClanahan, Layton Thieman and Oscar Pravecek each had a hit.

In the semifinals of the super regional, Winner/Colome blanked Lead-Deadwood 10-0.

Jackson Kinzer pitched a shutout in six innings. He had nine strikeouts.

Key batters for the Royals were Bolton with 2 singles, 2 RBIs; Lantz, 2 singles and 1 RBI; Kinzer, a single and 2 RBIs; Thieman, triple and 2 RBIs and Pravecek with an RBI triple.

“We are playing our best ball of the past couple seasons right now and just hope that it continues,” said Weber. “Baseball is a funny game and anything can happen at any time but we feel confident that we are one of the best teams in the state and we intend on proving it in Sioux Falls.”