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Jackson Kinzer scored four touchdowns as the Colome Cowboys rolled over Burke/South Central 64-14 Friday in Colome.
The game ended at halftime due to the mercy rule.

The defending Class 9B champs improved to 3-0 on the season and have now outscored their opponents 170-20 this season. Currently, Colome is ranked No. 2 in the Class 9B poll.

Kinzer scored on TD runs of 62, 33, 59 yards plus intercepted a pass and ran it in for a touchdown.

Also scoring for Colome were Chase Dufek on a 60 yard run, Layton Thieman on a 7 yard run, Beau Bertram on a 58 yard run, Adam Cole on a 57 yard run.

Two point conversions were good on a pass from Thieman to Kolton Salonen, Wyatt Cahoy, Thieman, pass from Thieman to Kinzr, Thieman.

Burke/South Central scored in the first quarter when Jaden Frank scored on a 15 yard pass from Ben Witt.

In the second quarter, Tyson Mayor scored on a 13 yard pass from Hunter Van Niewenhuyse.

Colome coach Ben Connot said this was the best week of practice and the team was mentally prepared for the game.

“The kids never let up and we are feeling good where we are at right now,” said Connot.

The Cowboys had a total of 449 yards on offense. Leading rusher was Kinzer with 196 yards, Dufek, 83 yards, Adam Cole with 63 yards.

The defense was led by Nash Atteberry with 4 tackles and a sack, Bertram, 4 tackles and Salonen, 3.

Thieman had two interceptions.

The Cowboys have a bye week this coming week and Connot likes where it falls in the season.

The next action for Colome will be Sept. 15 when they play Gayville-Volin in Gayville.

“There is a lot of season left and we want to make sure we build on each week and get better and better,” said Connot.

Winner High School volleyball team defeated both Valentine and Ainsworth when they took a road trip into Nebraska.

The Lady Warriors downed Valentine in 3 sets—25-17, 25-17, 25-14.

Sam Marts, Gracie Littau and Abby Marts were 100 percent in serving.  Morgan Hammerbeck, Abby Marts and Daesha Klein each with 2 ace serves.  Abby Marts had 14 kills and Hammerbeck, 11.  Littau had 14 set assists.  Alexis Richey was 78 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck was 75 percent.  Richey had 20 digs, Hammerbeck and Klein, 11 each.  Ellie Brozik had 2 block assists.
As a team, Winner was 97 percent in serving, 35 kills, 27 assists and were 71 percent in serve receive with 62 digs.

“We came out focused and determined to win,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “Valentine has a great volleyball program and always has competitive teams. We did a great job of serving and kept Valentine out of system,” said the coach.  “We did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Valentine scrambling and out of system. We also did a great job of talking and working together as team,” she said.

Winner defeated Ainsworth in 3 sets—25-14, 25-20, 25-11.

Klein and Littau were 100 percent in serving. Klein and Sam Marts had 2 ace serves.  Hammerbeck had 9 kills and Abby Marts, 7.
Littau had 14 assists.  Hammerbeck was 83 percent in serve receive and Richey was 66 percent.  Richey had 16 digs and Abby Marts, 9.  Sam Marts had 1 solo block and l block assist and Ellie Brozik had 1 solo block.  As a team, Winner was 93 percent in serving with 6 ace serves, 20 kills and 17 assists. The team was 60 percent in serve receive with 50 digs.

“I thought we played aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball and finding the holes,” said Keiser. “We kept Ainsworth out of system and chasing the ball. We did a great job of playing together as a team.

Earlier in the week, Winner played Burke/South Central and the Lady Warriors fell in 3 sets 12-25, 20-25 and 26-24.

Sam Marts and Richey were both 100 percent in serving. Richey had 1 ace serve.  Hammerbeck had 10 kills, Abby Marts, 7 and Brozik, 5.  Littau had 21 assists.  Richey was 73 percent in serve receive.  Hammerbeck had 16 digs, Abby Marts, 15.  Hammerbeck had 2 solo blocks and Sam Marts, 1.  As a team, Winner was 97 percent in serving with 1 ace, 24 kills, 22 assists, 51 percent in serve receive and 70 digs.

Coach Keiser said Burke/South Central has a vey balanced and scrappy team. “We came out flat and not mentally ready to play. We know we would have to play consistent and we dug ourselves a hole by giving them too many unearned points. They did a great job of attacking the ball which kept us playing defense. We struggled getting the ball to target in serve receive and they did a great job of staying in system. Hopefully we get to play them again in the SESD Tournament,” said Keiser.

The next action for Winner will be Sept. 12 hosting Lyman.

Colome High School volleyball team played three games in the Gregory tournament on Sept. 2.

Colome defeated Cody-Kilgore 25-13, 13-25, 25-18.

Abby Kortan had 18 points, Rayne Hermsen 7 and Haley Krumpus, 7 points.  Kortan had 4 aces, Krumpus, 3 and Hermsen, 1.
Kaydee Heath had 9 kills and Hermsen, 3.  Alexa McKenzie had 13 digs and Kortan, 5.  Heath had 2 blocs and Hermsen, 1.
Makayla Shippy had 13 assists.

Colome was defeated by Boyd County 15-25, 25-20, 23-25.

Heath had 10 points and 1 ace; Maggie McCarty had 7 points and 3 aces and Hermsen had 6 points.  Heath had 11 kills and six each from Hermsen and Krumpus.  McKenzie had 11 digs and Hermsen, 7.  Hermsen had 6 blocks and Heath, 4.  Shippy had 15 assists.

Colome fell to Warner 25-16, 25-9.

Krumpus had 4 points and Kortan 2.  Kortan had 4 kills and 2 each from Krumpus and Heath.  Shippy and Jordyn Seegers had 2 digs.  Heath and Kortan had a block.  Shippy had 7 assits.

The next action for Colome is Sept. 7 at Jones County. On Sept. 9, Colome will host Tripp/Delmont/Armour.

Winner area girls cross country team placed second at the McCook Central/Montrose Invitational cross county meet on Aug. 29.  Sidda Schuyler placed second followed by Aryn Meiners, 8th; Saige Schuyler 15th; Meagan Blare, 24th and Madison Thieman, 38th .

The Winner area boys varsity team took fifth place. In the boys varsity race, Kade Watson placed 10th; Dawson Phillips, 25th; Wyatt Turnqusit, 42nd.

In the girls junior varsity race, Melanie Brozik placed 8th; Charlotte Shopene, 16th ; Katherine Jankauskas, 37th; Joselin Kludt, 38th and Gabby Kocer, 39th.  Atlas Willuweit placed 68th in the boys junior varsity race.

The next action for the cross country team will be at Chamberlain Sept. 14 for the Big Dakota Conference meet.

The Winner/Colome Pheasants amateur baseball team had four players on the Class B all tournament team.

Named to the team were Austin Richey, Austin Calhoon, Derek Graesser and Geno Katz.

Winner middle school fall softball team was defeated by Garretson Red 7-2 on Sunday in Sioux Falls. The game was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the fourth inning when Garretson scored five runs to take the lead.

Winner defeated Watertown Purple 13-11. Kelbi Meiners had 3 hits driving in a 2 runs. Rylee Root had 3 hits driving in four runs. Libbie Petersek had 2 hits driving in 2 runs. Josey Kludt had 2 hits driving in 1 run. Aleya Miller and Karlee Brozik each had 1 hit. Root, Kludt and Petersek hit doubles.

Root struck out 7 batters.

Winner High School fall softball girls split games in their first outing of the season Sunday in Sioux Falls.

In the first game, Tri Valley defeated Winner 10-0. Pitchers were Riley McClanahan, Kenndal Turnquist and Elisabeth Duffy.
Leading hitters were Jaynee Gregg, Turnquist and Duffy.

In the second game, Winner defeated Lennox 8-3.

Duffy was the winning pitcher as she pitched all five innings.

Leading hitters were Ronae Klein, Mary Calhoon, Alani Old Lodge, Jaynee Gregg, Keyleigh Stands, Joslyn Felix, Riley McClanahan, Alex Bohnet, Delanie Nelson, Hailey Hollenbeck, Kenndal Turnquist, Emmy Kaiser and Elisabeth Duffy.

The next game for the team will be Sept. 10 when they travel to Dakota Valley to play the host team.

Burke/South Central defeated the Colome volleyball team 3-1 Saturday in Colome.  Set scores were 20-25, 25-19, 25-9 and 25-18.

Abby Kortan had 4 kills and one ace and Alexa McKenzie had 12 digs.

Colome will play in the Gregory tournament on Saturday.

Winner Lady Warriors volleyball team opened the season with a victory over Bon Homme last Tuesday in front of the home crowd.  The Lady Warriors won in 3 sets 25-12, 25-18, 25-19.

Gracie Littau and Sam Marts were 100 percent in serving.  Morgan Hammerbeck had 5 ace serves and Abby Marts, 2.  Hammerbeck had 17 kills and Abby Marts, 10.  Littau had 34 set assists.  Alexis Richey was 84 percent in serve receive.
Abby Marts and Richey each had 9 digs.  As a team, Winner was 93 percent in serving with 12 aces, 39 kills, 37 assists. They were 85 percent in serve receive with 35 digs.

“We came out focused and ready to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We were aggressive and did a great job of attacking the ball which kept Bon Homme on the defensive end. We were getting in defensive position and playing very well as a team,” said Keiser.
“It was a total team effort and everyone stepped up and did what they needed to do to win.”

On Thursday, Winner hosted Miller and lost in four sets—25-21, 19-25, 16-25, 20-25.

Daesha Klein and Littau were 100 percent in serving.  Hammerbeck and Abby Marts had 2 aces with Hammerbeck having 26 kills and Marts, 4.  Littau had 41 set assists.  Hammerbeck was 84 percent in serve receive and Richey was 83 percent.  Richey had 36 digs and Hammerbeck and Abby Marts, 21 each.  Sam Marts had 4 solo blocks and 1 block assist and Abby Marts had 1 solo block and 1 block assist.  As a team, Winner was 93 percent in serving with 5 aces, 55 kills and 41 assists. The team was 76 percent in serve receive with 112 digs and 7 blocks.

Coach Keiser said Miller is great team and brought back a lot of players from last year. “They have a very balanced and athletic team. We came out ready to play and battled back after being down to win set 1. They had some hard hitters and did a good job of playing defense and digging up their hard hits but it kept us out of system,” explained Keiser.

“We played with a lot of intensity and never gave up. Hopefully we will get another shot at them in the Big Dakota Conference Tournament.”

The next a action for Winner will in a triangular with Valentine and Ainsworth on Aug. 31. On Sept. 5, Winner will host Bennett County and Gregory.

Colome football team crusied to a 56-6 victory over Tripp Delmont Armour/Andes Central/Dakota Christian Friday night in Colome.

The game was delayed for an hour and a half due to lightning, however the two teams were able to get in the game.

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

Scoring for Colome were Jackson Kinzer on a 36 yard run, Layton Thieman threw a 50 yard pass to Kinzer, Beau Bertram caught a 46 yard pass from Thieman, Wyatt Cahoy scored on a 1 yard run, Chase Dufek on a 69 yard run and Linkyn Petersek scored two touchdowns on runs of 17 and 15 year.

Calvin Ringing Shield scored on a defensive touchdown.

Two point conversions were made by Dufek, Thieman and Nathaniel Hansen.

The Cowboys had a total of 381 yards of offense. Thieman had 96 yards passing.

Dufek ran for 104 yards and Kinzer, 96 yards and Petersek, 32 yards.

Leaders on defense were Bertram, 3 tackles and a sack, Nash Atteberry 3 tackles and a sack.

“We came out and executed well,” said coach Ben Connot.

The next action for Colome will be Sept. 1 when they host Burke/South Central.