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The Colome High School track team has two returning lettermen on the boys side and six on the girls side.

The boys lettermen are Beau Bertram and Michael Supik.

The letterwinners for the girls are Saydee Heath, Kaydee Heath, Haley Krumpus, Matrix Noteboom, Abby Kortan and Jaclyn Laprath.

Also on the boys team are Rhett Bertram and Evan Cole.

Other girls out for track are Bailey Hoffine, Alice Rehnberg and Jordyn Seegers.

The outdoor season for Colome will open April 3 at the South Central Conference meet in Gregory.

On March 20, some of the Colome athletes ran at the indoor Dan Lennon Invite in Vermillion.

Charles Hosford is the head coach. Assistant coaches are Ben Connot and Mende Supik. Grace Campbell is the manager.

The 2018 track schedule includes:

April 3—South Central Conference at Gregory

April 7—Bill Pistulka meet in Winner

April 10—Gregory Junior High meet

April 12—Menno Relays

April 14—Gregory meet

April 19—Flyer Invite in Freeman

April 19—Platte JH meet

April 23—Great Plains Conference junior high meet in Centerville

April 24—Great Plains Conference in Burke

April 28—Platte Relays

May 1—Meet of Legends in Burke

May 3—Lyman JH meet

May 4-5—Howard Wood Relays in Sioux Falls

May 8—Ft. Randall Invite, Avon

May 17—Regional in Scotland

May 25-26—State meet in Rapid City

Three members of the Winner High School football team will play in the South Dakota football all-star game on June 9 in Vermillion.

Playing on the red team are Ty Bolton, Levi McClanahan and Justus Gregg.

Dan Aaker, head coach of the WHS football team, will be the head coach of the red team.

Winner/Colome club baseball team will open the season on the road when they travel to Hot Springs on March 24.

The home opener will be March 29 when the Royals host Mission.

The 2018 season schedule includes:

March 24—at Hot Springs, 1 p.m. junior varsity and varsity

March 29—Mission in Winner, junior varsity and varsity, 5:30 p.m.

April 6—Gregory County in Winner, 5:30, JV, V

April 8—at Bennett County

April 14—Sioux Falls Washington, home, (JV only), 2 p.m.

April 15—St. Thomas More, home, 1 p.m., JV, V

April 19—at Platte, 5:30, JV, V

April 22—at Mission, 3 p.m., JV, V

April 27—at Chamberlain, 5:30, JV,V

May 2—Platte/Geddes in Winner, 5:30 p.m. JV, V

May 5—Mitchell in Winner (JV only), 3 p.m.

May 6—at Parkston, 2 p.m., JV, V

May 9—at Gregory, 5:30, JV, V

April 9, 12, 23 and

May 7, 10, 11—open for possible makeup games

May 13-16—Division semi finals

May 21—Super regional at No. 1 Region seed

May 28-29—State tournament at the Birdcage in Sioux Falls

The Winner/Colome team is coached by Drew Weber and Jon Hanson

Brady Fritz of the Winner boys basketball team has been named to the Big Dakota Conference all-conference team.

Crow Creek was named the conference champions with a 6-1 record.

The Colome Cowboys took their first step in the post season as they nipped Scotland 56-53 in Region 6B play in Colome on Feb. 27.

Jackson Kinzer scored 17 points, Kolton Salonen, 14; Layton Thieman, 9 and Calvin Ringing Shield, 8.

Salonen pulled down nine rebounds. Kinzer had nine assists.

The Cowboys played in the regional semifinal on Friday in Yankton. The Cowboys took on Kimball/White Lake and the Cowboys were defeated 65-49.

Layton Thieman led Colome with 21 points. He was followed by Kolton Salonen with 12 and Jackson Kinzer with 9.

Thieman pulled down 5 rebounds and Kinzer, 4.

Colome ended the season with a 19-3 record.

Winner boys basketball team saw its season come to a close as they were defeated by Little Wound 71-55 on Feb. 27 in Kyle in the Region 7A game.

The Warriors were led in scoring by Shea Connot with 14 points. He was followed by Brandon Volmer, 11; Brady Fritz, 10; Joren Bruun, 8; Tyson Westendorf and Oscar Pravecek with 4 each.

Westendorf and Volmer each had 6 rebounds and Fritz, 5.  Connot had 5 assists.

The Warriors ended the season with a 6-15 record.

Colome boys basketball team ended the regular season Friday night with a 59-54 victory over Tripp/Delmont-Armour.

Layton Thieman led the scoring for Colome with 23 points. Jackson Kinzer added 14 and Calvin Ringing Shield, 13. Kolton Salonen had 8 points.

Salonen pulled down 12 rebounds. Ringing Shield had 8 ad Thieman, 7.  Thieman had 5 steals.

The Cowboys take an 18-2 record into the post season. They played their first regional game on Feb. 27 in Colome.

Winner Lady Warriors raced to a 74-30 victory over St. Francis in the first round of the regional playoffs Thursday night in Winner.

Morgan Hammerbeck led the scoring for Winner with 19 points. Maggie LaCompte added 12.

Hammerbeck pulled down 8 rebounds followed by Bella Swedlund and Kelsey Sachtjen with 6 each. Madyson Frazier had 6 assists.

The Winner girls basketball season ended at the hands of Pine Ridge on Saturday.  Pine Ridge defeated Winner 69-38.

Madyson Frazier led the scoring for Winner with 7 points followed by Gracie Littau and Bella Swedlund with 6 points each. Gabby Kocer added 5 points.

Frazier pulled down 4 rebounds.

Winner ended the season with a 19-3 record.

Crow Creek defeated the Winner boys basketball team 66-49 on Feb. 21. This was the final game of the regular season for the Warriors. The region playoffs started on Feb. 27.

Brady Fritz led the scoring for Winner with 17 points followed by Joren Bruun, 12; Shea Connot, 5; Justus Gregg and Brandon Volmer with 4 each.

Volmer and Gregg each pulled down 8 rebounds.

The Colome Cowgirls basketball season ended with a loss in the opening round of the Region 6B playoff on Feb. 20.   Scotland defeated Colome 59-36.

Makayla Shippy was the leading scorer for Colome with 15 points. Rayne Hermsen pulled down 7 rebounds.

“With no seniors on this year’s team, we will return our core for next season and the experience the girls got this year on the court should pay dividends come next year,” said Foss.