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Colome boys basketball team came out on top to take a 52-48 victory over Gayville-Volin on Jan. 19.

Scoring in double figures for the Cowboys were Layton Thieman 16, Jackson Kinzer, 15 and Kolton Salonen, 12. Calvin Ringing Shield added 9 points.

Thieman pulled down 8 rebounds and Salonen, 7.

On Jan. 23, Colome defeated Kimball/White Lake 65-33.

Jackson Kinzer led the scoring with 19 points followed by Layton Thieman with 18 and Calvin Ringing Shield with 14.

Thieman pulled down 8 of Colome’s 27 rebounds. Kinzer had 7 rebounds.

Colome boys pulled away in the overtime to capture their 12th win in a 65-62 victory over Platte-Geddes in Colome Friday night.

Layton Thieman scored 19 points with 18 each from Jackson Kinzer and Kolton Salonen.

Salonen pulled down 11 rebounds, Kinzer, 7 and Thieman, 6.

Colome will play AC/DC on Feb. 2 and on Feb. 3 will play in the Highmore Classic. On Feb. 6 Colome will host North Central.

Winner Area wrestling team took fourth place in the Lee Wolf Invitational in Aberdeen on Saturday.  The Warriors scored 141.5 points. First place went Canton in the 16 team field.

Sam Kruger was Winner Area’s lone Champion.

Placing for Winner Area were Kaden Keiser, 3rd; Jack Kruger, 6th; Riley Orel, 8th; Atlas Willuweit, 2nd; Wyatt Turnquist, 3rd; Aaron Gilchrist, 8th; Trevor Peters, 3rd; Caleb Week, 8th; Riggin Shippy, 5th; Achilles Willuweit, 8th and Elijah Blare, 7th.

Winner will wrestle in the Big Dakota Tournament in Stanley County on Feb. 3.

Photo Courtesy of Kernit Grimshaw Photography

Winner boys basketball team got back on the winning track with a 66-57 victory over Todd County on Jan. 23 in Mission.

Brady Fritz and Shea Connot both scored 19 points. Joren Bruun and Brandon Volmer both added 11.

Connot pulled down 11 rebounds with Volmer and Fritz grabbing 7 each.  Bruun had 5 assists.  Volmer and Connot each had a man maker.

The Winner boys basketball team was defeated by Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 50-38 Friday night.

Brandon Volmer led the scoring for Winner with 13 points. He was followed by Joren Bruun and Justus Gregg with 6 each and Shea Connot, 5.

Gregg pulled down 6 rebounds.  Volmer and Gregg each had 2 man makers.

Colome girls basketball team won the consolation championship of the Southern Plains Conference tournament with a 44-35 victory over Jones County.

Kaydee Heath scored 11 points and pulled down 6 rebounds. Saydee Heath had 10 points and Rayne Hermsen added 6 points and 12 rebounds. Makayla Shippy and Abby Kortan scored 8 and 7 points respectively.

Saydee Heath was named to the SPC all tournament team.

In the opening game, Colome was defeated by Burke/South Central 61-16.

Saydee Heath and Hermsen were the leading scorers with 5 and 4 points respectively.

In the second round of the tournament, Colome defeated Gregory in a tight game 49-47.

Rayne Hermsen led the way with 14 points while Saydee Heath added 10 points and 7 rebounds.

A last second shot by Colome’s Abby Kortan propelled the Cowgirls to a 52-51 victory over Platte-Geddes.

Makayla Shippy had a season high 21 points. Kortan added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the double double. Saydee Heath scored 10 points and 8 rebounds.

Winner Area defeated Valentine, Neb. 48-28 and defeated O’Neill 72-6.

On Friday, Winner defeated Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes 39-33. This match was followed by one with Philip and Winner Area won 38-33.

Winner Area wrestling team captured the championship of its home tournament on Saturday. The Warriors scored 233.5 points for first place. Mobridge/Pollock scored 230 points for second place.

The Warriors had three individual champions: Kaden Keiser, Wyatt Turnquist and Sam Kruger.

Also placing for Winner Area were Riley Orel, 5th; Jack Kruger, 4th; Atlas Willuweit, 2nd; Aaron Gilchrist, 5th; Trevor Peters, 2nd; Preston Norrid, 4th; Riggin Shippy, 3rd; Landon Debus, 5th; Bosten Morehart, 4th; Achilles Willuweit, 2nd; Elijah Blare, 3rd.

The Colome boys basketball team defeated Jones County 59-52 Jan. 16 in Colome.

Jackson Kinzer scored 27 points and Layton Thieman added 18.

Kolton Salonen pulled down 8 rebounds followed by Wyatt Cahoy and Calvin Ringing Shield with 6 each and 5 each from Thieman and Kinzer.

Winner boys basketball team fell to Pine Ridge 73-51 on Jan. 18.

Leading scorers were Brady Fritz, 13; Shea Connot, 11; Brandon Volmer 7; Oscar Pravecek and Joren Bruun, 4 each.

Fritz pulled down 10 rebounds Volmer 8 and Justus Gregg, 5.

Winner Lady Warriors basketball team had a strong first half as they defeated Bennett County 77-28 on Jan. 16.

Morgan Hammerbeck scored 20 points followed by Madyson Frazier with 10, Abby Marts and Ellie Brozik with 9 each and Maggie LaCompte, 8.

Marts pulled down 6 rebounds. Frazier had 6 steals and 5 assists.

Morgan Hammerbeck scored a season high 35 points to help Winner girls basketball team to a 72-58 victory over Pine Ridge on Jan. 18.

Gabby Kocer added 16 points for Winner.

Hammerbeck pulled down 15 rebounds.

Winner Area wrestling team had five champions and won first place at the Tri Valley tournament on Saturday.

The five champions were Atlas Willuweit, Riggin Shippy, Sam Kruger, Wyatt Turnquist and Kaden Keiser.

Also placing for Winner were Jack Kruger, 4th; Riley Orel, 3rd; Trevor Peters, 3rd; Preston Norrid, 3rd; Owen Duffy, 5th; Achilles Willuweit, 3rd and Elijah Blare, 3rd.

Winner Area wrestlers will host a triangular with Kimball and Philip on Friday and on Saturday, Jan. 20, is the big Winner Invitational wrestling tournament.