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Jackson Kinzer of the Colome football team has been named to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 football team.
Kinzer logged 80 carries for 950 yards and 14 touchdowns and caught 12 passes for 350 yards for the Colome Cowboys this season.

On defense, Kinzer played safety, corner and linebacker, tallying 40 tackles, three interceptions and a score.

“We relied on Jackson heavily on offense,” said coach Ben Connot. “Every team we played knew about Jackson and he was their main priority to stop.”

The Colome Cowboys had a big season and have four members of the team on the Class 9B all-state team.

Cowboy senior Kolton Salonen was joined by Jackson Kinzer, Beau Bertram and Layton Thieman.

Salonen was one of the leaders of the Cowboy defense finishing with 65 tackles including 10 sacks and coming up with a fumble recovery. On the other side of the ball, he averaged 20 yards and 11 catches and scored five times.

“Kolton was the guy we knew would do everything correctly,” said Colome coach Ben Connot. “He was always on time and worked hard. He’s a very tough kid that always tried his best.”

Junior Jackson Kinzer was named to the Class 9B offensive team.

Kinzer finished with 1,400 all-purpose yards. He ran 80 times for 950 yards an 11.9 average—an 14 touchdowns while picking up 340 yards on 13 receptions with a 26.2 average with four scores. On defense, Kinzer picked off three passes and made 35 tackles.

“He was our leader on both sides of the ball,” said Connot. “He was our go to guy when we needed yards.”

Bertram finished with 60 tackles, including three sacks. On offense, he had 240 yards on just 19 rushes and 110 yards on three receptions while totaling four touchdowns.

“He is the hardest worker,” Connot said. “He’s a very tough kid who will do anything you ask of him. He’s a great athlete that could play multiple positions.”

Thieman, a ball hawking defender, came up with seven interceptions while adding a fumble recovery to go with 65 tackles. On offense, he went 35 of 70 for 737 yards with 12 TDs.

“Layton is a leader on the field,” Connot said. “He is consistent game in and game out. He made sure everyone is in the right place.”

Calvin Ringing Shield was named to the honorable mention list.

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.