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Winner Warrior broke an 8-8 halftime score to go on and defeat Mount Vernon/Plankinton 20-14 Friday afternoon in Mt. Vernon.

This game was moved up to 4 p.m. due to the threat of inclement weather later in the evening.

The Warriors, ranked No. 4 in Class 11B, are 4-1 as they won the SESD Conference game.

“We struggled a times. I did not think our preparation was very good this week,” said coach Dan Aaker.

Winner made a nice drive in the first quarter with Carter Brickman throwing a 24 yard pass to Riley Calhoon for the touchdown. Ty Bolton makes the 2 point conversion and Winner is up 8-0.

Two minutes after the Winner score, MVP comes back and ties the game at 8-8. “They outplayed us on that drive and the next thing we know it is 8-8,” said Aaker.

The Warriors retook the lead in the third quarter on a 4 yard run by Trevor Peters.

This was followed in the 4th quarter by a 1 yard run by Brickman and the Warriors are up 20-8.

With 1:31 left in the game, MVP scored on a 1 yard run and the score is 20-14. “We are really having to scramble at the end of the game,” said the coach.

Aaker says he thinks everyone learned big lesson about being prepared for a football game.

The Warriors had 292 rushing yards and a total of 308 yards in the game.

Phillip Jorgensen had 89 yards, Matt Smither, 76 yards, Riley Calhoon, 61 yards and Trevor Peters, 54 yards.

Matt Smither had 13 tackles, Levi McClanahan, 12; Nick Lantz and Shea Connot, 6 each and Calhoon, 5.

This is homecoming week in Winner and Friday night the Warriors will host Chamberlain in a 7 p.m. game.

Aaker says Chamberlain has a nice team with a good quarterback.

“We talk about the uniqueness of Winner’s homecoming with all the alumni coming back and former football players here. We want to show them what we have and that has to happen Friday night.”

No. 2 ranked Colome scored 64 unanswered points Friday night as they rolled to a 64-14 victory over Alcester-Hudson.

The game ended in the third quarter due to the mercy rule.

The Cowboys were down early but quickly took control of the game.

The Cowboys are undefeated with a 5-0 record.

Kolton Salonen opened the scoring for Colome on a 17 yard pass from Layton Thieman.

The Cowboys put up a lot of points in the second quarter. Scoring for Colome were Jackson Kinzer on a 9 yard run, Wyatt Cahoy on a 4 yard run, Kinzer intercepted a pass from a 36 yard touchdown, Cahoy on a 3 yard run and Chase Dufek on a 40 yard run.

In the third quarter, Thieman scored on a 4 yard run and Linkyn Petersek on a 53 yard run.

The Cowboys finished the game with 448 total yards.

Kinzer had 170 yards, Dufek, 118 and Cahoy 19.
The defense was led by Dufek and Thieman with

9 tackles and each had an interception, Beau Bertram and Salonen with 6 each.

“We faced some adversity but we responded well as team,” said coach Ben Connot. “We had some people step up and play some important roles. I am pleased how we came back,” said Connot.

This Friday Colome will host Scotland in a homecoming game at 7 p.m.

Winner Lady Warriors volleyball team placed fourth at the Eastern Classic at Tri Valley on Saturday.

Winner defeated Tri Valley in 3 sets 31-29, 24-26 and 25-8.

Alexis Richey and Morgan Hammerbeck were 100 percent in serving. Richey had 3 ace serves and Hammerbeck, 2.
Hammerbeck had 14 kills and Abby Marts, 13.  Addy Root had 22 set assists.  Richey and Hammerbeck were both 61 percent in serve receive.  Richey had 20 digs and Hammerbeck and Abby Marts both had 18 kills.  JaiWanda Roubideaux had 2 solo blocks and Sam Marts had 1 solo block and 2 bloc assists.

As a team, Winner was 98 percent in serving with 6 aces, 34 kills, 25 assists. The team was 52 percent in serve receive with 76 digs and 4 blocks.

Winner got beat by Tea in 3 sets.

Abby Marts was 100 percent in serving.  Richey and Hammerbeck had 3 ace serves.  Abby Marts had 11 kills and Hammerbeck, 8.
Addy Root had 23 set assists.  Richey was 80 percent in serve receive and had 16 digs. Hammerbeck had 12 digs.  Sam Marts had 4 solo blocks and 3 block assists.  Roubideaux had 2 block assists and Hammerbeck, 2 block assists.

The Lady Warriors were 87 percent in serving with 12 aces, 24 kills, 54 percent in serve receive, 54 digs and 9 blocks.

Winner got beat by Elk Point Jefferson in the third and fourth place match.  Winner lost in 3 sets 25-15, 18-25, 15-25.

Hammerbeck and Abby Marts were 100 percent in serving. Hammerbeck along with both Sam and Abby Marts each had 1 ace serve.   Abby Marts had 11 kills and Hammerbeck, 8.  Root had 15 set assists.   Abby Marts was 90 percent in serve receive and Richey was 75 percent.  Hammerbeck and Richey each had 17 digs.  Abby Marts had 3 solo blocks and Sam Marts, 1.

As a team, Winner was 97 percent in serving with 3 ace serves, 23 kills, 19 set assists, 63 percent in serve receive with 63 digs and 4 blocks.

“We played very inconsistent and had a lot of ups and downs during the day,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We would play very good one minute and then everything would fall apart the next time. We had a lot of serve receive, serving and attack errors which gave our opponents too many unearned points,” said Keiser.

The next action for Winner will be Oct. 3 at home against Gregory.

Winner High School boys golf team took part in the pre-regional on Sept. 19 in Pierre.

Gage Watson led the Winner golfers as he placed 20th.

Nathan Monk placed 31st and Jayd Whitley placed 34th.

Parkston won the team title.

Winner Lady Warriors volleyball team defeated Mobridge-Pollock in 3 sets on Sept. 18 in Winner. The scores were 25-15, 25-22, 25-13.

Sam Marts and Gracie Littau were 100 percent in serving. Alexis Richey and Morgan Hammerbeck each had 4 ace serves.

Abby Marts had 15 kills and Hammerbeck, 11.  Littau had 27 set assists.

Hammerbeck was 80 percent in serve receive and Richey was 63 percent.

Richey and Abby Marts both had 11 digs.

Abby Marts had 2 solo blocks and 1 block assist.

Hammerbeck had 1 solo block and 1 block assist.

The Lady Warriors were 95 percent in serving with 13 ace serves, 32 kills, 29 assists, 56 percent in serve receive with 46 digs and 9 blocks.

Coach Jaime Keiser said Mobridge-Pollock is a scrappy team. “We came out ready to play and played very well the first set. We dug ourselves a hole by giving them too many unearned points in set 2,” said the coach. “We did a great job of attacking and digging, but struggled in serve receive. I was proud that we played together as a team and pulled it out in set 2.”

The next action for Winner will be Oct. 3 hosting Gregory and hosting White River on Oct. 5.

Colome girls volleyball team took sixth place at the Kimball tournament on Saturday.

Canistota defeated Colome 25-19, 25-18

Kaydee Heath had 2 kills, 5 digs and 1 ace.  Rayne Hermsen had 1 kill and 4 digs, Makayla Shippy had 1 kill, 2 assists, 1 ace and 1 block; Abby Kortan had 2 kills, 3 assists, one dig and 1 ace; Haley Krumpus had 1 kill and 2 digs; Alexa McKenzie had 8 digs; Maggie McCarty, 2 digs and Jaclyn Laprath, 1 digs.

Colome lost to Kimball/White Lake 19-25, 14-25.

Hermsen had 3 kills, 4 digs and 2 aces; Shippy, 5 assists, 1 dig; Kortan, 2 kills, 2 assists, 2 digs; Krumpus, 1 dig, Saydee Heath, 2 kills, 2 blocks and 1 dig.  McKenzie had 4 digs, McCarty and Baylie Hoffine, 1 each and Laprath 5 digs.

In the fifth place match, Colome lost to Jones County 16-25, 19-25.

Earlier in the week, Colome hosted Avon. The Cowgirls were defeated by Avon in 3 sets—18-25, 19-25, 17-25.  Hermsen had 5 points and 2 aces and McCarthy scored 5 points.  Krumpus and Kaydee Heath both had 4 kills.  Shippy had 6 digs and Kortan, 5.
Shippy had 6 assists.

Colome lost the junior varsity match 13-25, 14-25.

The Winner Area cross country team was busy this week as they competed in the Rapid City Invitational on Friday and Platte-Geddes on Saturday.

At the Rapid City meet, in the girls varsity Sidda Schuyler placed 12th , Jaclyn Laprath, 55th, Aryn Meiners, 78th, Saige Schuyler, 87th, Meagan Blare, 88th, Melanie Brozik, 92nd.

In the varsity boys race, Kade Watson placed 35th, Dawson Phillips, 103rd and Wyatt Turnquist, 136th.

The girls team placed 12th.

The cross country team traveled to Platte on Saturday. In the girls varsity, Madison Thieman was 27th, Charlotte Shopene, 29th, Katherine Jankauskas, 30th, Gabriel Kocer, 33fd, Nanette Eagle Star, 39th.

In the varsity boys race, Atlas Willuweit, 42nd.

In the junior high girls race, CiCi Watson placed 8th. 
On Oct. 2, the cross country team will travel to Gregory for the SESD Conference meet.

Winner High School football team improved its record to 3-1 with a 24-12 victory over Valentine,Neb., Friday night in Winner.

Coach Dan Aaker was impressed with victory and said it was a nice win for the team.  “We were ready to match their intensity,” said the coach.

The Warriors scored first at the end of the first quarter on a 5 yard run by Riley Calhoon.

Valentine came back in the second quarter and scored on a 1 yard run by Jordan Kelber which tied the score at 6-6.

With 1:24 left before half, Ty Bolton scored on a 1 yard run to give Winner the lead at 12-6.

The Warriors had positive field position in the first half. They were able to make some traditional Winner Warrior drives of getting third and fourth downs.

The Warriors scored a touchdown each in the third and fourth quarters.

In the third quarter, Calhoon scored on a 1 yard run. In the fourth quarter, Bolton completed a 35 yard pass to Calhoon for a touchdown.

The final score of he game was by Valentine as Kelber completed an 82 yard pass to Dylan Lurz.

The Warriors had 306 yards of total offense. Both teams were fairly even in first downs with the edge going to Winner 17-15.
Calhoon and Phillip Jorgensen both had 77 yards rushing with Matt Smither adding 69 yards.

The Winner defense played well in the game. Going into this contest the focus was to limit the big plays.

Aaker said he was worried about screens so in practice this week the team worked a lot on screens which proved beneficial in the game.

The Warrior defense was led by Matt Smither with 8 tackles followed by Shea Connot, Brandon Volmer and Levi McClanahan with 5 each. Bolton had 4 tackles.

Calhoon and Volmer each had an interception for Winner.

Aaker said the last two weeks the team has battled and played physical and played with a lot of heart.  “This week we took another step forward. We had the best week of practice all year. If we can bring that to the table each week we will continue to get better,” he said.

Aaker added that even in the 95 degree heat at practice the team came with a lot of energy.

The Warriors will take on a new team on Friday when they travel to Mt. Vernon to play Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.  The MVP team is coached by Brent Olson, brother of Winner coaches Trent and Sam Olson.

This will also be an SESD conference game.

Aaker says MVP runs a lot of options and the Warriors will have to stop Jesse Hastings who rushed for 112 yards when MVP defeated Flandreau 48-20.

Colome Cowboys rushed to a 60-6 victory over Gayville-Volin Friday night to remain undefeated for the season.

The No. 2 ranked Cowboys are 4-0.  The game Friday in Gayville ended at the half due to the mercy rule. The Cowboys scored 46 points in the first quarter.

Scoring for Colome were Jackson Kinzer on a 17 yard run, Chase Dufek on a 35 yard run, Kinzer on a 75 yard kickoff return, Layton Thiemanon a 10 yard pass to Calvin Ringing Shield, Dufek on a 70 yard run, Thieman on a 47 yard run, Kinzer on a 36 yard run, Thieman on an 8 yard run.

Two point conversions were scored by Wyatt Cahoy, Kinzer, Dufek

The Cowboys had 372 yards on offense. Dufek picked up 105 yards and Thieman had 73 yards.

The defense was led by Cahoy with 8 tackles, Beau Bertram, 7 and Nash Atteberry, 6.

“We came out ready to play,” said coach Ben Connot. “We got better this week and we need to keep that going,” he said.
The Cowboys will play Alcester/Hudson in Alcester on Friday.

Winner High School volleyball team took second place at the Big Dakota Conference tournament Saturday in Ft. Pierre.

Named to the all tournament team were Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck and Abby Marts.

In the first match, Winner defeated McLaughlin in two sets 25-6, 25-5.  In the next match, Winner defeated Mobridge-Pollock in two sets 25-21, 25-14.

Winner was in the championship pool with Stanley County and Miller.  Winner defeated Stanley County 25-5 and 25-15.  In the championship match, Miller defeated Winner in 3 sets 23-25, 25-21 and 20-25.

Richey got her 1,000 dig during the Miller match.

The next action for Winner will be Sept. 23 at Tri Valley and Sept. 26 at Todd County.