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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.

Gage Watson of Winner High School qualified for the state golf meet at the regional held in Pierre on Sept. 25.

Watson placed 16th and shots rounds of 49 and 51.

Also golfing for Winner at the regional were Jayd Whitley who placed 25th and Nathan Monk, 30th.

Parkston won first place in the team title with Mobridge-Pollock taking second place.

The state meet was held Oct. 2-3 at Dakota Dunes Country Club.

Winner volleyball team defeated Todd County in 3 sets 25-12, 25-7, 25-13.

Morgan Hammerbeck and Alexis Richey were 100 percent in serving. Richey had 4 ace serves and Hammerbeck and Abby Marts, 3 each.

Addy Root had 15 kills, Hammerbeck had 13 kills, Abby Marts, 6 kills and Mackenzie Levi with 4 kills.

Richey was 71 percent in serve receive.

Root had 13 digs, Richey and Daesha Klein, 10 each.

Abby Marts had 1 block assist and JaiWanda Roubideaux, 1 block assist.

As a team, Winner was 95 percent serving with 13 ace serves, 24 kills, 23 set assists, 65 percent serve receive, 45 digs and 1 block.

“We came out and played three consistent games,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We played aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball and finding the holes. We kept Todd County out of system and chasing the ball all over the place. We played together as a team and were having fun,” said Keiser.

The next action for the Lady Warriors will be Oct. 5 when host White River. On Oct. 7, Winner will be at Chester Area as they take on Elkton-Lake Benton at 11 a.m. and Oct. 10 will host Chamberlain.

Andes Central/Dakota Christian defeated the Colome volleyball team 3-0 last Tuesday in Colome. The scores of the match were 15-25, 8-25 and 14-25.

Haley Krumpus had 6 points and Maggie McCarty had 3 points and 1 ace.

Rayne Hermsen and Abby Kortan each had 2 kills.

Kaydee Heath had 9 digs and Hermsen, 8.

Saydee Heath had 1 block and Makayla Shippy had 5 set assists.

In the junior varsity march, Colome lost 18-25 and 13-25.

ACDC won the C match 25-15 and 25-23.

Winner Area girls cross country team won first place at the Todd County Invitational on Sept. 26.

Sidda Schuyler won first place. She was followed by Jaclyn Laprath, 5th; Aryn Meiners, 7th; Saige Schuyler, 9th; Melanie Brozik, 11th; Meagan Blare, 16th and Madison Thieman, 37th.

Kade Watson led the varsity boys as he took second place. Also placing for the Warriors were Dawson Phillips, 22nd; Wyatt Turnquist, 37th; Atlas Willuweit, 58th.

In the junior varsity girls race, Katherine Jankauskas placed 5th; Nanette Eagle Star, 6th; Gabby Kocer, 7th.

In the boys junior varsity race, Joseph Laprath took 16th place.

The next action for the Winner Area team is Oct. 5 at Parkston.