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Winner Area cross country coach Jayd Schuyler has been named the Area 3A cross country coach of the year by the South Dakota Cross Country and track and field coaches association. This is the second consecutive year Schuyler has received this award.

Schuyler helped the girls earn a fifth place finish at this year’s State A meet. The girls on that 5th place team were Sidda Schuyler, Jaclyn Laprath, Aryn Meiners, Meagan Blare, Saige Schuyler and Melanie Brozik.

Eighth grader Sidda Schuyler placed fourth in the girls race individually while Kade Watson took 15th in the boys race.

Three members of the Winner High School volleyball team have been named to the Big Dakota Conference all-conference team.

Selected from Winner are Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck and Sam Marts.

Honorable mention went to Abby Marts of Winner.

Members of the Big Dakota Conference are: Chamberlain, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, McLaughlin, Miller, Mobridge/Pollock, Stanley County, Todd County, Winner and Crow Creek.

The Colome Cowboys football team had four players named to the Great Plains football all-conference team. Named to the team were Kolten Salonen, Jackson Kinzer, Chase Dufek and Beau Bertram.

Layton Thieman was named honorable mention.

Sidda Schuyler of the Winner Area cross country team has been named to the All-State team.

Schuyler is ranked 17th in the top 25 all class all state runners. Schuyler is fourth in class A girls top 12.

Winner volleyball team advanced to the Sweet 16 as they defeated Little Wound in 3 sets in Pine Ridge on Thursday.
Winner won 25-8, 25-13, 25-12.

Mackenzie Levi and Morgan Hammerbeck were 100 percent in serving.  Alexis Richey and Levi each had 3 ace serves.
Hammerbeck had 13 kills and Abby Marts, 10.  Gracie Littau had 20 set assists and Levi, 12.  Hammerbeck was 75 percent in serve receive and Richey was 66 percent.  Richey had 12 digs and Hammerbeck and Abby Marts, 10 each.  Sam Marts had 2 solo blocks.

As a team, Winner was 95 percent in serving with 9 aces, 37 kills, 52 percent in serve receive and 54 digs.

“We came out focused and determined to win,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We did a great job of serving and kept Little Wound out of system. We also did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Little Wound scrambling. We also did a great job of talking and working together as a team,” said the coach.

In the first round of the regional in Winner, the Winner Lady Warriors defeated St. Francis 25-5, 25-7, 25-9.

Abby Marts and Richey were 100 percent in serving. Richey had 6 ace serves and Daesha Klein, 3.  Hammerbeck had 12 kills and Abby Marts, 8.  Littau had 18 set assists and Levi, 11.  Littau was 100 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck, 75 percent.  Hammerbeck had 11 digs and Richey and Abby Marts, 8 each.  Sam Marts had 1 solo block.

As a team, Winner was 98 percent in serving with 15 aces, 34 kills, 33 set assists, 65 percent in serve receive and 40 digs.

“I thought we came out focused and ready to play. We did a good job of serving,” said Keiser. “We were aggressive and did a great job of attacking and moving the ball to different hitters which kept St. Francis on the defensive end. We did a great job of working together as a team,” said Keiser.
Winner played Belle Fourche in Wall on Nov. 7 in the Sweet 16 tournament.

Andes Central/Dakota Christian defeated Colome in three sets to advance to the Region 6B semifinals. ACDC won 25-4, 25-14 and 25-20.

The volleyball action was held Oct. 31 in Lake Andes.

Kaydee Heath had 4 kills and 4 digs. Rayne Hermsen had 9 digs and Saydee Heath had 2 blocks for Colome.

With the loss the season ended for the Colome girls volleyball team.

Sidda Schuyler of the Winner Area girls cross country team, took four place in the Class A girls race at the state cross country meet Saturday in Rapid City.

Schuyler had a time of 19:32.26.

Schuyler’s fourth place is the highest place finish for a girl in Winner High School history. Her place and time qualify her for both Class A all-state and overall all-state.

As a team, the Lady Warriors took fifth place.

Jaclyn Laprath placed 22nd; Aryn Meiners, 56th Meagan Blare, 57th; Saige Schuyler, 97th and Melanie Brozik, 108th.

Coach Jayd Schuyler said this is the first time Winner has had 2 girls on the award stand at the same time, Sidda Schuyler and Laprath.

The Winner girls fifth place finish is the highest finish for a Winner girls team in school history.

Last year the Winner girls placed 6th and was the first time the girls had placed.

In the varsity boys race, Kade Watson placed 15th; Dawson Phillips, 92nd and Wyatt Turnquist, 97th.

Watson’s 15th place finish is the first Winner placer since Coleton Schuyler in 2014.

“Overall, it was a good day,” said coach Schuyler.

Big plays were the key to Winner’s victory in the first round of the playoffs Thursday night in Winner.

The Warriors rolled to a 54-0 victory over Stanley County. The game ended at the half due to the mercy rule.

Winner will play in the Class 11B quarterfinals which will be Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in Winner. The Warriors will host Bridgewater/Emery-Ethan.

Oct. 19 marked the one-year anniversary of Taylor Watzel’s death.

To honor his memory, prior to the game the football team released 66 balloons. Watzel’s jersey number was 66.

In Thursday’s first round of the playoffs, the Warriors got off to a fast start scoring 38 points in the first quarter.
On the second play, Riley Calhoon scored on a 53 yard run.

Midway into the first quarter, Calhoon scored again on a 20 yard run.

With 3:46 left in the first, Matt Smither punched the ball in from 9 yards out.

Brady Fritz picked up a punt return and ran it in for a 61-yard touchdown.

Shortly after Fritz’ score, Shea Connot intercepts a Buffs pass and runs it in for the touchdown.

Trevor Peters scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. He scored on a 4 yard run and a 3 yard run.

The Warriors had 13 first downs and held Stanley County to five.

Winner had a total of 264 yards rushing. The team was led by Calhoon with 96 yards, Peters, 84 yards; Phillip Jorgensen, 27 yards and Zach Lapsley, 21 yards.

“We thought going in the start of the game was going to be important,” said coach Dan Aaker.

“We played well and with a lot of energy.”

The coach said he was happy with the play of the defense.

Leading tacklers were Connot, 7; A. J. Roubideaux, 5; Brandon Volmer, 4; Levi McClanahan, 3.

Winner, the two-time Class 11B champion, will have the opportunity to play in front of the home fans on Oct. 26.

Aaker says last year in the semifinals, BEE gave Winner one of its best games. They return a lot of athletes from that team.

Both teams come into this game on Thursday with a 7-2 record. BEE’s only two losses are to Madison and Sioux Valley.

“We will have to have a good week of practice. We will be excited to play them,” said Aaker.

Note from Thursday’s game Oct. 19 marked the one-year anniversary of Taylor Watzel’s death.  To honor his memory, prior to the game the football team released 66 balloons. Watzel’s jersey number was 66.

Colome football team defeated Sunshine Bible Academy 60-8 on Thursday in the first round of the football playoffs.

The game ended in the third quarter due to the mercy rule.

The Cowboys will play at Harding County on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.

In the game with SBA, Colome scored 24 points in the first quarter.

Scoring for Colome were Jackson Kinzer on a 57 yard run, Chase Dufek on a 3 yard run, Layton Thieman threw a 52 yard TD pass to Kolton Salonen.

In the second quarter, Jackson Kinzer caught a 19 yard pass from Thieman, Wyatt Cahoy on a 1 yard run, Salonen on a 28 yard pass from Thieman, Calvin Ringing Shield caught a 9 yard pass from Thieman and Kinzer capped the scoring on a 34 yard run.

Colome had 313 yards of total offense.

Kinzer was the leading rusher with 131 yards, Dufek, 43.

In passing, Thieman was 5-7 for 123 yards.

Wyatt Cahoy had 5 tackles, Salonen and Cody Assman, 4 each.

Winner Lady Warriors volleyball team won three matches in the SESD tournament held in Winner on Saturday.

Alexis Richey and Morgan Hammerbeck were named to the all-tournament team.

Wagner won the tournament with a victory over Burke/South Central in the finals.

In Winner’s first match, they defeated Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 25-17, 25-23.

Alexis Richey, Gracie Littau and Daesha Klein were 100 percent in serving.   Hammerbeck had 11 kills.  Littau had 16 set assists and Mackenzie Levi had 10.  Abby Marts and Richey were 100 percent in serve receive.   Marts had 21 digs and Richey 18.  Hammerbeck had 1 solo block and 1 block assist.  Sam Marts had 1 solo block.

Winner was 92 percent in serving with 31 kills, 29 assists, 90 percent in serve receive with 77 digs.

Winner defeated Chamberlain 25-23, 25-14.

Sam Marts, Littau and Richey were all 100 percent in serving.  Richey, Littau, Hammerbeck and Daesha Klein had 1 ace.  Hammerbeck had 7 kills and Abby Marts, 6.  Littau had 17 set assists and Levi, 4.  Hammerbeck was 80 percent in serve receive and Richey, 75 percent.  Hammerbeck had 8 digs and Richey, Abby Marts and Klein, 6 each.  Sam Marts had 1 solo block and 2 block assists.  Abby Marts had 1 solo block.

Winner was 96 percent in serving with 4 aces, 22 kills, 22 set assists and 39 digs.

Winner lost to Wagner in two sets—15-25, 20-25.

Littau, Hammerbeck were 100 percent in serving. Hammerbeck had 5 kills and Littau, 4.  Littau had 12 assists and Levi 5.
Richey was 76 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck was 73 percent.  Richey and Abby Marts had 13 digs. Abby Marts and Ellie Brozik had 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 88 percent in serving with 18 kills, 17 set assists. The team was 70 percent in serve receive with 51 digs.
Winner defeated Platte-Geddes in two sets 25-9 and 25-19.

Hammerbeck and Richey were 100 percent in serving. Richey and Hammerbeck had 2 aces and Hammerbeck had 10 kills. Abby Marts added 5 kills.  Littau had 15 set assists and Levi, 4.  Richey was 100 percent in serve receive and had 20 digs. Abby Marts had 7 digs.  Hammerbeck had 1 solo block and Abby Marts had 2 block assists.

As a team, Winner was 96 percent in serving with 6 ace serves, 20 kills, 20 assists and 72 digs.

In the semifinals, Winner lost to Burke/South Central 14-25, 25-13 and 20-25.

Richey and Hammerbeck were 100 percent in serving.  Hammerbeck had 2 ace serves and Littau and Levi, 1 each.  Hammerbeck had 10 kills and Abby Marts, 4.  Littau had 7 set assists.  Hammerbeck was 92 percent in serve receive and Richey was 70 percent.
Richey had 26 digs and Hammerbeck 16.  Abby Marts had 1 solo block and 1 block assist. Sam Marts had 2 block assists and Ellie Brozik, 2 block assists.

As a team, the Lady Warriors were 95 percent in serving with 4 ace serves, 22 kills and 77 digs.

“We did a great job of coming out and being ready to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We did a good job of serving and attacking the ball and getting Mt. Vernon/Plankinton out system. They have a big hitter but we didn’t give them a chance to use their hitter because they were chasing the ball all over.”  Keiser said Winner played very consistent after MVP. “We gave our opponents a lot of unearned points and then the next minute we would play really good.”

Winner played Burke/South Central to get into the championship.

“They came out attacking the ball which kept us playing defense. We did a great job of playing defense and digging up their hard hits but it kept us out of system.   “The second set we came out attacking and kept Burke/South Central on the defensive end. The third set went back and forth. I was proud of the girls and how they played together as a team and never game up. We same some great teams and had great competition. It was a fun day,” said the coach.

Earlier in the week, the Lady Warriors were on the road as they played MVP and Wagner.

Winner beat MVP in four sets—25-20, 25-21, 28-30, 25-15.

Littau and Addy Root were 100 percent in serving. Abby Marts, Klein and Root had 2 ace serves.  Marts had 21 kills and Ellie Brozik, 13.  Littau had 30 set assists.  Richey was 90 percent and Hammerbeck 83 percent in serve receive.  Richey had 32 digs and Abby Marts, 23.  Littau had 1 solo block and Sam Marts l block and Hammerbeck, 1 block assist.

Winner was 94 percent in serving with 10 ace serves, 48 kills, 44 assists, 128 digs.

MVP is a very balanced and scrappy team. “We came out ready to play from the start and played very well,” said Keiser. “We knew we would have to play consistent to win. We did a great job of attacking the ball which kept MVP out of system. We also di a good job in serve receive. We lost focus in set 3 but I was proud that we never gave up. We played together as a team with a lot of intensity.”

On Oct. 17, the Lady Warriors traveled to Wagner and lost in 3 sets—18-25, 21-25, 22-25.

Klein and Littau were 100 percent in serving.  Abby Marts had 2 ace serves.  Hammerbeck had 9 kills and Abby Marts, 7.
Littau had 17 set assists and Levi, 6.  Richey had 19 digs and Abby Marts, 16.  Marts had 1 solo block and 1 block assist.

The Lady Warriors were 92 percent in serving with 6 ace serves, 25 kills, 66 digs.

“Wagner is a good team and we knew we would have to play consistent. We struggled with serve receive and our setter was chasing the ball all over the place, so we couldn’t attack the ball,” said the coach.  “We gave up too many unearned points on hitting and setting errors. We weren’t getting to our spots defensively. We knew we didn’t play our best and still were in every set.”
Region play starts on Oct. 30.