Winner
competitive dance team placed third in hip hop and tied for 4th in
pom at the state cheer/dance meet in Watertown on Friday. Overall, Winner took
5th place in dance.
“This
was the best scores of the year,” said coach Sarah
Taggart.
“The
girls danced their hearts out. We are going to miss our five seniors and their
leadership, talent,” said Taggart.
Kendyl
Bachmann and Josey Kludt were named to the all-tournament team.
Leah
Wiechelman, Amanda Blare, Josey Kludt and Kendyl Bachmann were named
all-academic.
Four
members of the Winner/Colome Pheasants baseball team have been named
to the all tournament team. The announcement was made by the South
Dakota Amateur Baseball Association.
Chosen
from the Pheasants are Dillon Lambley, Chandler Bakley, Derek
Graesser and Luke Bamberg, a pickup player from Corsica-Stickney.
Kelly
O’Bryan of the Colome Chaos was a pickup player for Kimball-White
Lake and was named to the all tourney team.
The Winner Area cross country team will open the season at the Winner Invitational on Aug. 26. The meet will be held at the Winner Country Club.
The
returning lettermen for the boys are Joseph Laprath, Chaz Blotzky,
Hayden McMurtrey
The
only letterwinner for the girls is Melanie Brozik.
Making
up the boys team will be Joseph Laprath, Hayden McMurtrey, Chaz
Blotsky, Donny De’Sersa, Matthew Calhoon and Taitin Ringing Shield.
The
two Colome runners on the team are Laprath and Ringing Shield.
Brozik
is the lone varsity runner for the girls. Middle school runners
include Avery Manke and Cameron Olson.
The
runners who graduated are Sidda Schuyler, Kade Watson and Kylar Meek.
The
boys team qualified for state last year and coach Jayd Schuyler says
they will be competitive again this year. “I look for a competitive
boys team. Our goal is to win the regional and qualify for state,”
said Schuyler.
The
coach said Brozik’s goal is to qualify for state on her own.
The
team has been holding practice twice a day running in the morning
and late afternoon.
The
Colome girls volleyball team opened the season yesterday (Aug. 23)
when they traveled to Armour to play TDA.
The
returning letterwinners are Westlie Cahoy, Ashlyn Hoffine, Jordyn
Ring, Landi Krumpus, Maura Luedke, Toree Ringing Shield and Devan
Dougherty.
Others
on the team are Sophie Hofeldt, Libbie Petersek, Emma Vandenbark,
Shayleena Kingsley, Shanna Connot, Kalene Preslicka, Aspyn McKenzie,
Raylynn Dehing, Raelynn Kingsley, Leticia DeNoyer, Emme Nelson,
Keasha Kartak, Gracie Rohde and Savanah O’Bryan.
Taylor
Hrabanek is the new head coach for the Cowgirls. She graduated from
Colome High School in 2016 and played volleyball all four years.
The
coach explained the team has been doing a lot of team building
exercises and working on communication. “Now we are starting to
work on rotation and get on the court to get playing time in,” she
said.
Hrabanek
says the girls are excited and she is excited for them. “Their
enthusiasm is pretty high and they want to go far in the region.”
There
are seven seniors and Hrabanek says they are the leaders. “I have
some juniors who are right are right up there with them,” said
Hrabanek.,
“I
am excited to see where we go.”
The
seniors are Devan Dougherty, Sophie Hofeldt, Ashlyn Hoffine, Landi
Krumpus, Libbie Petersek, Jordyn Ring, Toree Ringing Shield.
The
team only lost 2 seniors—Kasie Leighton, Katie Welker.
The
assistant coach is Casey Shippy.
The
Colome volleyball schedule includes:
Aug.
23—at Tripp, Delmont, Armour
Au
g. 25—at Burke
Aug.
30—Crow Creek, home
Sept.
1—at Platte-Geddes
Sept.
3—Gregory Tourney
Sept.
6—Lyman, home
Sept.
12—Marty, Home
Sept.
19—St. Francis, home
Sept.
22—at Avon
Sept.
24—Wessington Springs tourney
Sept.
27—at ACDC
Oct.
1—Great Plains Conference tourney at Lake Andes