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In an exciting game, Winner Warriors were nipped by Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 21-14 Friday in Wessington Springs.

The Blackhawks broke a 14-14 halftime score with a touchdown with 41 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

The Warriors were not done yet and put together a good drive as Cartrer Brickman put up a pass to Riley Calhoon. In a couple of plays the Warriors got closer to the goal line. Winner got the ball to the seven yard line and called time out with 2 seconds left.
The Blackhawks stuffed Phillip Jorgensen short of the goal line.

Coach Dan Aaker said it was fun game. He noted it was a tale of two halves. Neither team stopped each other in the first half.
The Warriors were able to get the Blackhawks to cough up the ball three times in the first half. However, Winner never got any points.

“All of those were at mid field, gave us a short field and chances to get an extra score,” said Aaker.  “We really struggled stopping them all night and us not stopping them in their territory really cost us,” said Aaker.

Winner opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 10 yard run by Jorgensen.

The Blackhawks tied the score 8-8 on a 70 yard run by John Witte.

Winner came back and put together another drive capped by Brickman’s 1 yard TD run. The score is now 14-8.

In the second quarter, Woonsocket scores again tying the score at 14-14.

The half ended with the two teams tied.

The two teams were scoreless in the third quarter.

The Warriors had 281 yards rushing and 15 first downs.

The leading rusher was Calhoon 79 yards, followed by Jorgensen, 59 yards, Matt Smither, 44 yards and Ty Bolton, 22 yards.
In passing, Brickman was 5-7 for 65 yards.

Leading the defense was Levi McClanahan with 16 tackles, Brandon Volmer, Shea Connot and A. J. Roubideaux with 9 each and Matt Smither with 8.

“Our kids fought and battled hard. We did not execute as well as we need if we are going to be a threat going into the playoffs,” said Aaker.

“Overall, it was a fun game. We have been on the good end of a lot of these game and it does not feel good to be the other end,” said the coach.

This was he final game of the regular season as Winner finishes with a 6-2 record.

The state playoffs start on Thursday, Oct. 19. Winner will host Stanley County at 7 p.m.

Colome picked up an important win over Avon Friday to close out the regular season. The Cowboys won 26-20 and end the regular season with a 7-1 record.

Chase Dufek scored on a 38 yard run, Wyatt Cahoy scored on a 45 yard run. Kolton Salonen caught a 33 yard pass from Layton Thieman and the two point conversion was good by Cahoy.

Dukek scored the final TD on a 52 yard run.

The Cowboys had 335 yards of offense. Leading the offense was Dufek with 137 yards. He was followed by Jackson Kinzer with 74 yards, Cahoy with 65 yards.

On defense, Beau Bertram had 9 tackles. Salonen had 7 tackles, 3 sacks and 1 fumble recovery. Thieman had 10 tackles and an interception.

“We played good,” said coach Ben Connot. “We knew it would be tough game and we came ready to play.”

Colome will host the first round of the playoffs on Oct. 19 when they play Sunshine Bible Academy at 7 p.m.

Winner Lady Warriors volleyball team defeated Chamberlain in three sets on Oct. 10. The scores were 25-15, 25-11, 25-17.

Abby Marts was 100 percent in serving and Alexis Richey was 94 percent in serving.  Richey and Daesha Klein each had 3 ace serves.  Abby Marts had 11 kills and Ellie Brozik, 7.  Addy Root had 14 set assists and Mackenzie Levi had 7 set assists.  Richey was 79 percent in serve receive and Morgan Hammerbeck was 71 percent.  Richey had 13 digs and Abby Marts, 11.  Sam Marts had 3 solo digs and 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 96 percent in serving with 11 ace serves, 27 kills, 25 set assists. Winner was 65 percent in serve receive with 39 digs.

“It was senior night and our last regular season home match so the girls came ready and focused to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We were aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Chamberlain on the defensive end. We played three consistent games which is nice to see with only a few weeks left of the regular season. I am proud of how we played together as a team,” said the coach.

The Lady Warriors will host the SESD tournament this Saturday in the Winner Armory.

Colome volleyball team defeated Todd County five sets on Oct. 5.   The scores were 16-25, 25-11, 17-25, 25-15 and 15-10.

Maggie McCarty had 14 points and 2 aces; Haley Krumpus, 11 points and 4 aces and Rayne Hermsen, 11 points.  Kaydee Heath had 8 kills, Saydee Heath, 7 and Abby Kortan, 6.  Alexa McKenzie had 20 digs, Hermsen, 9 and Kortan, 8.

Hermsen had 4 blocks, Kaydee Heath and Saydee Heath with 2 each.
Kortan had 9 set assists and Makayla Shippy, 7.

North Central defeated Colome 25-6, 25-15 and 25-20.

Shippy had 7 points and 2 aces and Kaydee Heath had 6 points and 1 ace.  Kill leaders were Kortan, 4; Kaydee Heath, 3.
McKenzie had 10 digs and Hermsen, 8.  Shippy had 8 set assists and Kortan, 6.

Colome was defeated by Ainsworth, Neb. The scores were 25-20, 16-25, 25-23, 12-25, 12-15.

Kortan had 15 points and 1 ace and Hermsen had 9 points and 2 aces.  McCarty had 7 kills and Kaydee Heath, 6.  McKenzie had 15 digs and Hermsen, 11.  Kaydee Heath and Saydee Heath each had 6 blocks.  Kortan had 11 set assists and Shippy 9.

The Colome volleyball was defeated by White River on Oct. 12. The scores were 22-25, 23-25, 21-25.

Serving leaders were Abby Kortan with 11 points, 3 aces; Maggie McCarty, 8 points, 3 aces and Kaydee Heath, 6 points, 1 ace.  Kaydee Heath had 6 kills. Rayne Hermsen, Haley Krumpus and Maggie McCarty all had 2 kills.  Kaydee Heath had 3 blocks and Saydee Heath and Hermsen had 1 block.  Hermsen had 14 digs and McCarty, 9 digs. Kayee Heath and Haley Krumpus each had 7 digs.  Kortan had 5 assists and Makayla Shippy, 3.

On Oct. 10, Colome hosted Gregory. The scores 19-25, 25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 13-15.

Kortan had 19 points and 4 aces; Shippy, 11 points and McCarty, 7 points and 1 ace.  Kaydee Heath had 10 kills, Hermsen, 9 and Krumpus, 6.  Kaydee Heath had 23 digs, Hermsen, 13 and Alexa McKenzie 11.   Kaydee Heath had 6 blocks and Saydee Heath, 2.
Abby Kortan had 18 assists and Shippy, 8.

Sidda Schuyler won first place at the Region 4A meet in Chamberlain on Thursday and helped the Winner Area girls team to a first place title.

For the second year in a row the girls are the region champions and qualify the whole team for state. The boys placed fifth as a team and Kade Watson, Dawson Phillips and Wyatt Turnquist qualify for the state meet.

This is Schuyler’s first time winning the region cross country title. Her winning time was 18:14.22 and is the second fastest time for a girl in the state this year in Class AA, A or B.

“Sidda was 7th last year at state as a 7th grader and she looks to improve on that place this year,” said coach Jayd Schuyler.

The other results of the Winner varsity girls were: Jacyln Laprath, 5th, 19:59.68, Aryn Meiners, 7th, 20:26.39; Meagan Blare, 15th, 20:57.87; Saige Schuyler, 24th; Melanie Brozik, 25th.

In the varsity boys race, Kade Watson took 2nd in 16:17.31. Dawson Phillips was 16th in 17:54.06 and Wyatt Turnquist took 19th in 18:05.85. Atlas Willuweit was 47th.

In the girls junior varsity race, Charlotte Shopene, 6th; Katherine Jankauskas, 7th; Madison Thieman, 8th and Nanette Eagle Star, 15th.

Schuyler said Watson ran his best race of the year and looks to finish with a top 10 place at the state meet.

The Winner girls finished in sixth place at the 2016 state cross country meet. “The girls are looking to improve on that place this year,” said Schuyler.

One cross country poll has the Winner girls rated fifth and another has them rated 6th.

The state cross country meet is Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Hart Ranch in Rapid City.

The Class A girls race starts at 1 p.m. and the Class A boys start at 2:30 p.m.

Winner Warrior football team put a lot of points on the board Friday night as they defeated Wagner 64-16.

With the victory the Warriors improved to 6-1 for the season.

Winner raced to a 46-0 lead at the half.

The Warriors scored 24 points in the first quarter on touchdowns by Riley Calhoon and Ty Bolton. Calhoon opened the scoring on a 33 yard run. A minute later Bolton scored on a 16 yard run. Calhoon’s second touchdown came on a 49 yard run.

In the second quarter, Carter Brickman completed a 44 yard TD pass to Calhoon.

With 4:40 left in the first half, Zach Lapsley scored on a 1 yard run. With 12 seconds to go until the half, Trevor Peters scored on a 6 yard run.

Wagner scored a touchdown each in the third and the fourth quarters.

A lot of younger players saw action in the second half of the game. Preston Norrid scored two touchdowns. His first was on a 5 yard run and he scored the final TD on a 29 yard run.

Sandwiched between Norrid’s two TDs was a score by Joren Bruun on a 53 yard run with 6:34 left in the game.

The Warriors had a lot of yards of offense as they put up a total of 510 yards with 447 coming via the rush.

Leading rushers were Calhoon, 94 yards, Bruun, 64 yards; Norrid, 58 yards; Peters, 45 yards; Phillip Jorgensen 42 yards; Sam Kruger, 38 yards and Zach Lapsley, 34 yards.

Winner had 26 first downs and held Wagner to 9.

Coach Dan Aaker said the team had a good week of practice. “We told the team the character of a team is how you prepare and play games likes this. I was happy with what I saw,” said the coach.

On the defensive side of the ball, Aaron Gilchrist had 4 tackles, Levi McClanahan, Nathan Smither, Trevor Peters and Ethan Vesely all had 3 tackles.

The Warriors close out the regular season on Friday, Oct. 13 when they travel to Wessington Springs to play Woonsocket/Wessington Springs /Sanborn Central. This is a new team on Winner’s schedule as the two teams have never met on the football field. This game will also determine the SESD champion.

Aaker said Friday’s opponent is a good football team with a 6-1 record. “This is going to set up to be a good game with a playoff atmosphere.”

The first round of the playoffs begin on Oct. 19.

The Colome Cowboys suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of Corsica-Stickney Friday night in Colome. The Jaguars won the game 22-6.

The Jaguars held Colome to just 116 yards of total offense

Corsica-Stickney took an early 8-0 lead.

Playing in a light rain in the first half, Class 9B No. 2 Colome coughed up the ball and Corsica-Stickney took advantage by scoring and giving them a 16-0 lead.

Colome coach Ben Connot said it was a slow start and that was his team’s downfall.

“Starting down 16-0 didn’t help at all,” said Connot. “We had our chances but did not capitalize.”

Jackson Kinzer scored late in the first quarter on a 2 yard touchdown run to get the Cowboys on the scoreboard.

Wyatt Cahoy led the Colome defense with 13 tackles and Layton Thieman added 10.

Colome, 6-1, will head to Avon on Friday.

Winner High School volleyball team defeated Gregory in three sets on Oct. 3.  The scores were 25-10, 25-10 and 25-16.

Morgan Hammerbeck and Alexis Richey were 100 percent in serving. Hammerbeck had 6 aces.  Abby Marts had 14 kills and Hammerbeck, 8.  Addy Root had 31 set assists.   Daesha Klein was 83 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck was 80 percent.
Richey and Hammerbeck each had 11 digs.  Abby Marts had 1 solo block and Sam Marts had 1 solo and 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 96 percent in serving with 10 ace serves, 36 kills, 34 assists, 68 percent in serve receive with 56 digs and 3 blocks.

“We came out focused and ready to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We did a great job of digging and serving. We were aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Gregory on the defensive end,” said the coach.  “We played 3 pretty consistent games. The girls played as a team and were having fun,” said Keiser.

Winner High School volleyball team lost to Elkton/Lake Benton in the Chester Challenge on Saturday. The scores were 17-25, 25-19, 23-19, 13-25.

Addy Root and Morgan Hammerbeck were 100 percent in serving. Alexis Richey had 4 ace serves and Daesha Klein, 2.
Hammerbeck had 21 kills.  Root had 36 set assists.  Richey and Hammerbeck were both 78 percent in serve receive.
Richey had 26 digs and Abby Marts, 18.

As a team, Winner was 95 percent in serving with 9 aces, 43 kills, 64 percent in serve receive and 90 digs.

“Elkton/Lake Benton has a very balanced and athletic team,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “I thought we came out ready to play. We were being aggressive on offense and were attacking the ball which kept Elkton/Lake Benton chasing the ball all over the place. When we attacked the ball, Elkton/Lake Benton couldn’t stop us. Our struggle was serve receive. We couldn’t pass the ball and Addy was running all over the place to chase the ball. We also gave Elkton/Lake Benton to many unearned points on defense,” said Keiser.  The coach added the third game Winner came out and took the lead right away, but just couldn’t finish. “We just need to take care of the little things.”

Winner defeated white River in three sets 25-8, 25-13 and 25-10.


Richey and Klein were 100 percent in serving. Richey had 2 ace serves and Abby Marts and Addy Root had 1 ace serve.
Marts had 17 kills and Hammerbeck, 13.  Root had 34 set assists.  Richey was 81 percent in serve receive and Marts was 80 percent.   Richey had 13 digs. Sam Marts and Root had 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 93 percent in serving with 5 ace serves, 41 kills, 37 set assists, 73 percent in serve receive with 65 digs.

“We came out ready to play from the start,” said Keiser. “We did a great job of serving and attacking the ball which kept White River out of system. We did a better job in serve receive which has been a weakness of ours,” said the coach.

Winner will be at Mt. Vernon/Plankinton on Oct. 16 and Wagner on Oct. 17.

Gage Watson of the Winner Area boys golf team competed in the state A tournament at Dakota Dunes.

Watson shot a two day total of 228.

The state tournament was Oct. 2-3.