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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.

Kade Watson of the Winner Area cross country team won first place at the Ethan/Parkston cross country meet on Oct. 5.
Watson finished in 17:05.

Results of other Winner area varsity boys include: Dawson Phillips, 14th; Wyatt Turnquist, 17th.

The Winner Area girls won first place with Sidda Schuyler winning the meet. Schuyler finished in 19:32. Jaclyn Laprath took fourth in 20:33; Aryn Meiners, 6th, 20:58. Also placing were Saige Schuyler, 11th; Melanie Brozik, 20th.

In the girls junior varsity race, Katherine Jankauskas took 8th; Nanette Eagle Star, 10th and Charlotte Shopene, 12th.

Joseph Laprath won the boys junior varsity race.

The regional cross country meet will be in Chamberlain on Oct. 12.

The Winner Area girls cross country team won first place at the SESD conference meet Oct. 2 in Gregory. The Winner Area boys took third place.

Sidda Schuyler won the girls varsity race. Also placing for Winner were Jaclyn Laprath, 4th; Aryn Meiners, 9th; Saige Schuyler, 17th; Meagan Blare, 21st; Melanie Brozik, 27th.

In the varsity boys race, Kade Watson took third, Dawson Phillips, 15th; Wyatt Turnquist, 22nd; Atlas Willuweit, 32nd.

Madison Thieman placed 11th in the girls junior varsity race. Charlotte Shopene was 12th; Nanette Eagle Star, 13th; Katherine Jankauskas, 14th; Gabriel Kocer, 15th and Joselin Kludt, 19th.

Kade Watson of the Winner Area cross country team won first place at the Ethan/Parkston cross country meet on Oct. 5.
Watson finished in 17:05.

Results of other Winner area varsity boys include: Dawson Phillips, 14th; Wyatt Turnquist, 17th.

The Winner Area girls won first place with Sidda Schuyler winning the meet. Schuyler finished in 19:32. Jaclyn Laprath took fourth in 20:33; Aryn Meiners, 6th, 20:58. Also placing were Saige Schuyler, 11th; Melanie Brozik, 20th.

In the girls junior varsity race, Katherine Jankauskas took 8th; Nanette Eagle Star, 10th and Charlotte Shopene, 12th.
Joseph Laprath won the boys junior varsity race.

The regional cross country meet will be in Chamberlain on Oct. 12.

Of all the games a football team plays during a season, the homecoming game is one that stands out in every player’s mind.

On a beautiful Friday night, the Winner Warriors made those memories as they defeated the Chamberlain Cubs 36-13.

After Warrior Ty Bolton and princess Macie Ferwerda lit the olympic torch that burned though the game, the Warriors got down to business.

Winner played an excellent first half scoring 8 points in the first quarter and adding 20 more in the second quarter.

The Warriors opened the game with a nice drive capped off by Matt Smither’s 7-yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion by Riley Calhoon was good and Winner was up 8-0.

Three touchdowns in the second quarter gave winner a 28-7 lead at the half.

Calhoon scored on a 19 yard run, Trevor Peters scored on a 4 yard run and right before the half Smither scored his second TD on a 1-yard plunge.

“We played a good first half as we moved the ball and got ourselves in good situations,” said coach Dan Aaker.

“The one breakdown was the Cubs kickoff return that put Chamberlain in good field position. The Warriors were hoping to hold off the Cubs but they punched the ball in for a score.

However, Winner came right back with a touchdown. “That was a nice drive that ate up the clock and we were able to score right before the half,” explained the coach.

Both teams were scoreless in the third quarter. Aaker noted sometimes it seems the teams looses focus at times. “On two of our drives we did not stay on schedule and had a mental breakdown.”

The Warrior ended up giving Chamberlain another scored in the fourth quarter as Isaac Hawk scored on a 5 yard run.

With 5:36 left in the game, Winner responded with its final touchdown as quarterback Carter Brickman scored on a 1-yard keeper.

The Warriors had 375 yards of total offense with 327 of those yards coming via the rush.

In passing, Brickman was 4-5 for 48 yards.

The offense was led by Phillip Jorgensen with 105 yards followed by Calhoon with 71 yards, Peters, 60 yards and Matt Smither with 55 yards.

Leading tacklers were Calhoon with 7, Levi McClanahan with 5, Shea Connot, 4; Ty Bolton and Matt Smither with 3 each.

Aaker said one of the keys of this game is that the team must maintain its focus for 48 minutes. “At times we lost our focus and that cannot happen as the games get bigger. I know our guys know that,” said Aaker.

The Warriors will host Wagner on Friday night and this will be senior night.

Aaker says Wagner is a team similar to Chamberlain.

“Offensively we have to move the ball. This is a big week for us and we need to focus and play a consistent game.”

There are only two games left in the regular season. This Friday is the final home game before the playoffs and then on Oct. 13 the Warriors travel to Wessington Springs-Woonsocket.

Chase Dufek scored the winning touchdown with five minutes left in the game to give the Colome Cowboys a 20-14 homecoming victory over Scotland on Friday.

Dufek scored on a 19 yard run and Wyatt Cahoy had the two point conversion.

Dufek opened the scoring for Colome on a 17 yard run.

Kolton Salonen scored on a 13 yard pass from Layton Thieman.

Colome led 12-0 at the half however in the third quarter Scotland took the lead 14-12.

The Cowboys retook the lead at the end of the game on Dufek’s run.

Colome had 252 yards of total offense and Dufek had 138 yards on 17 carries.

On defense, Salonen had 8 tackles and a sack. Cahoy had 11 tackles.

“We came out flat,” said coach Ben Connot. “We need to be a lot better when we play this week.”

The Cowboys, 6-0, will host Corsica- Stickney in a 7 p.m. game on Friday.