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Winner Area wrestling team won first place in the Region 3B tournament Saturday in Miller.

The Warriors scored 180 points with Parkston taking second with 130.

The Warriors will be sending 10 wrestlers to the state tournament which start Friday, Feb. 23 in Sioux Falls.

Winner had four champions Kaden Keiser, Atlas Willuweit, Trevor Peters and Sam Kruger.

Also placing for Winner were: Jack Kruger, 3rd; Wyatt Turnquist, 2nd; Aaron Gilchrist, 4th; Riggin Shippy, 3rd; Elijah Blare, 4th and Jamin Dougherty, 4th.

Winner girls basketball team rolled to a 52-18 victory over Platte-Geddes on Feb. 12 in Winner.

Gabby Kocer led the scoring with 15 points and Bella Swedlund added 11 and Maggie LaCompte, 9.   Morgan Hammerbeck, LaCompte and Kelsey Sachtjen each pulled down 5 rebounds.

Winner girls basketball team held Mobridge-Pollock to six points in the first half on the way to a 58-19 victory.

Morgan Hammerbeck scored 12 point and Bella Swedlund added 10. Madyson Frazier had 9 points.  Hammerbeck pulled down 8 rebounds and Gabby Kocer, 6.

The Colome boys basketball team improved its record to 16-2 with a 65-38 victory over Burke/South Central on Feb. 13.

Kolton Salonen led the scoring with 23 points. Layton Thieman had 15 points and Jackson Kinzer, 12.   The Cowboys outrebounded their opponents 24-12. Thieman pulled down 11 rebounds.

Colome boys basketball team defeated Marty 66-55 on Feb. 15.

Jackson Kinzer led all Colome scorers with 25 points followed by Kolton Salonen with 14, Layton Thieman and Calvin Ringing Shield with 12 each.  Salonen pulled down 10 rebounds, 8 for Kinzer and 6 from Thieman.

Winner boys basketball team was clipped by Platte-Geddes 63-60 on Feb. 13.

Brandon Volmer and Shea Connot both scored 16 points. Joren Bruun and Brady Fritz both added 13.  Connot pulled down 11 rebounds and Volmer 6.  Bruun and Connot each had 5 assists and Fritz, 4.

Winner boys basketball team won a 51-42 victory over Mobridge-Pollock on Friday.

Brady Fritz scored 29 points, Brandon Volmer, 12 and Nolan Sachtjen, 4.  Rebounding leaders were Fritz, 8; Volmer and Shea Connot with 7 each.

The Colome Cowgirls basketball team lost to Gregory 62-57 on Feb. 12.

Leading scorers for Colome were Makayla Shippy, 16 points; Kaydee Heath, 15; Abby Kortan, 10. Kaydee Heath pulled down 10 rebounds and Kortan, 8.

The region tournament started on Feb. 19.

Winner girls basketball team defeated McLaughlin 69-39 Friday in Winner.

Maggie LaCompte and Morgan Hammerbeck led Winner with 16 points each. Gabby Kocer added 12 points.  Winner out-rebounded McLaughlin 36-22. Hammerbeck pulled down 10 rebounds. She had 5 assists and 9 steals.

Winner boys basketball team defeated St. Francis 64-58 on Feb. 6.

Scoring leaders for Winner were Brady Fritz, 17; Brandon Volmer, 16; Shea Connot, 11 and Joren Bruun, 9.  Volmer pulled down 13 rebounds, Fritz, 7 and Connot, 5.  Bruun had 5 assists, Fritz and Volmer, 3 each.

Winner boys basketball team was nipped by McLaughlin 66-60 Friday in Winner.

Brady Fritz led the scoring with 26 points followed by Brandon Volmer, 20; Shea Connot, 6 and Joren Bruun, 5.  Volmer pulled down 6 rebounds. Bruun had 5 assists.

The next action for Winner will be Friday when they travel to Mobridge.

Winner Area wrestling won matches over Chamberlain and McCook Central/Montrose on Feb. 6 in Chamberlain.

The Warriors defeated Chamberlain 45-24 and defeated McCook Central 46-30.

Winner area wrestling team won first place at the Huron tournament on Saturday. The Warriors scored 206.5 points with Aberdeen Central taking second and Mitchell, third.

The Warriors had three champions: Jack Kruger at 113 pounds, Atlas Willuweit at 120 and Sam Kruger at 145 pounds.

Also placing for the Winner Area team were Kaden Keiser, 3rd; Riley Orel, 3rd; Wyatt Turnquist, 2nd; Aaron Gilchrist, 4th; Trevor Peters, 4th; ; Preston Norrid, 6th; Riggin Shippy, 4th; Landon Debus, 4th; Asher Kraft, 6th; Achilles Willuweit, 5th and Elijah Blare, 4th.

Three Colome players scored 16 points each to lead the Cowboys to a 61-36 victory over North Central Feb. 6 in Colome.

Layton Thieman, Kolton Salonen and Jackson Kinzer led the scoring.  The Cowboys out-rebounded North Central 40-23. Thieman pulled down 12 rebounds, Calvin Ringing Shield, 9 and Salonen, 8.

Jackson Kinzer and Kolton Salonen both scored 16 points to lead the scoring for Colome as they defeated Menno 50-41 Saturday in Colome.

Layton Thieman added 11 points.  Salonen pulled down 12 rebounds. Thieman, Kinzer and Calvin Ringing Shield each had 6 rebounds.

Colome Cowgirls basketball team defeated Menno 50-47 on Saturday.

The game came down to the final possession. With Colome leading by one, Makayla Shippy was fouled with 2.5 seconds left. She made both free throws of a 1 on 1 giving the Cowgirls a 3 point lead. Menno ran a full court play and missed a shot at the buzzer.

Rayne Hermsen scored 16 points with 6 rebounds. Kaydee Heath had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Shippy added 12 points and Saydee Heath had 6 points and 13 rebounds.

Colome has a road game at Marty on Thursday.