Twelve lettermen will return for the Winner competitive dance team.
The
Lady Warriors will open the season Aug. 27 at the Gregory
Invitational.
The
returning letterwinners are Chloe Taggart, Amanda Edwards, Lena
DeMers, Amanda Blare, Kendyl Bachmann, Emily Sachtjen, Bailey
Fairbanks, Addi Heenan, Suchi Chaudhari Josey Kludt, Leah Wiechelman
and Trista Kierstead.
Coach
Sarah Taggart says there will be 12 girls doing hip hop and 9 pom.
There
are five seniors—Kendyl Bachmann, Josey Kludt, Trista Kierstead,
Amanda Blare, Leah Wiechelman.
The
team lost two girls who graduated—Marissa Meiners, Adrienne Lewis.
This
year the girls had a different choreographer. Summer Dance Connection
of Sioux Falls provided the training. They came to Winner this summer
for a 2.5 day camp.
Taggart
said the girls have a good start to the season. “We are looking
forward to a much higher score in pom because of the increased
difficulty of the turns the girls learned at camp,” explained the
coach.
Last
year, Winner placed third in hip hop and were only 4.5 points away
from first place.
The
team took 5th
in pom.
The
home meet for Winner will be Sept. 10. The state meet will be in
Watertown.
Taggart
said the end of January she will start a middle school dance group.
Related
to dance there will be a Warriorette dance camp for students K-5th
grade. This will be Sept. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. in the auxiliary
gym.
Then
the girls will perform at the halftime of Winner and Lead-Deadwood
football game on Sept. 17. This dance camp and football game are on a
Saturday.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Returning letterwinners for the Winner volleyball team are in from from left Lexi Klein, Aleya Miller and Cora Moss. In back from left are Keelie Kuil, Ava Craven, Karlee Brozik and Kelbi Meiners.
The Winner volleyball team is excited for the start of a new season.
The
Lady Warriors had their first match Aug. 23 when they traveled to Bon
Homme.
There
are 27 girls on the team with two seniors—Aleya Miller and Kelbi
Meiners.
There
are seven lettermen on the team. The letterwinners are Lexie Klein,
Aleya Miller, Cora Moss, Keelie Kuil, Ava Craven, Karlee Brozik and
Kelbi Meiners.
The
team’s record from last year was 18 wins, 14 losses.
Coach
Jamie Keiser says the team will be different than in past years. “For
several years we have been a power house in hitting. This year we do
not have the hitters. We have some younger girls that are getting
there. We are going to have to be more strategic and find holes,”
she said.
The
coach added the team will have to find ways to score points.
Keiser
says the Lady Warriors have options to move players around. She said
Meiners can play various positions She can play outside, right side,
back row at times when she is needed. Meiners is also a good server.
Keiser
said Ashlyn McPhee is doing a good job. Klein and Moss will be doing
the setting.
The
Lady Warriors are going to do what fits them best. They will do what
is needed to get the most kills and the most points. “It might take
some tweeking to find out where we need to be,” said Keiser.
The
Lady Warriors have a tough schedule. The will play a lot of teams
that are ranked.
Keiser
feels Belle Fourche will be a team in Class A that can do some
damage. “They are young and last year really impressed me when we
played them,” said Keiser.
The
coach said she is really looking forward to this year. She said the
girls are willing to try anything and have a good attitude. “They
hustle nonstop. It is just fun and everyone gives a lot of effort.”
Jenna
Phillips will be the assistant coach.
The
volleyball schedule includes:
Aug.
23—at Bon Homme
Aug.
25—at Miller
Aug.
30—Burke, home
Sept.
1—at Valentine
Sept.
8—Belle Fourche, home
Sept.
13—at Lyman
Sept.
15—Kimball/White Lake, home Sept. 17—Big Dakota Conference,
Stanley Co.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Returning lettermen on the Winner High School football team are in front from left Jude Sargent, Broden Duffy, Sam Schulz, Karson Keiser, Konner Osborn, Gus Bartels, Stratton Morehart, Austin Blare. Second row from left are Evan Bartels, Cole Rank, Tayden Mathis, Aiden Barfuss, Jack Peters, Dalton Petersen, Hunter Osborn, Noah Best, Kellen Brozik. In back from left are Aiden Schroeder, Briar Cook, Andrew Henderson, Matt Brozik, Hunter Shippy, Blake Volmer, Ethan Bartels, Jack Kruger, Shawn Hammerbeck, Spencer Calhoon and Riley Orel. Not pictured is Cody Wheadon. The Warriors open the season Aug. 19 at Tri Valley.
By
Dan Bechtold
Editor
It’s
Winner. It’s football season.
These
two combinations will provide a lot of excitement on Friday night
lights.
The
Winner Warriors are the two time defending 11B state champions and
have a record of 23-0.
When
you talk about high school football it is a tradition that is
engrained in this community.
The
Warriors will open the 2022 season this Friday night when they travel
to Tri Valley.
Winner
has played Tri Valley three times in the Dome and several times in
the playoffs and they have never beaten Winner.
“They
have a proud program and if there is any game they want to win it is
against the Warriors,” explained head coach Trent Olson.
The
coach says the Warriors will know right away were they are after
playing Tri Valley.
“We
had more seniors last year than we have combined juniors and seniors
this year,” said coach Trent Olson. “We will be a much younger
team but a lot of those guys have experience from last year. We have
confidence the players will step up and fill leadership roles. You
will see a lot more younger kids out this year,” he said.
This
year there are nine seniors—Peters, Mathis, Orel, Petersen,
Wheadon, Osborn, Volmer, Kruger and Bartels.
Leading
the offense will be quarterback Blake Volmer. Volmer will replace
Joey Cole who was starting QB a year ago.
A
lot of veterans are in the running back spot. They include Jack
Peters, Riley Orel and Aiden Barfuss. “We return more at the skill
positions than we do at the line. The line is where we are going to
have the most inexperience.”
The
only returning starter on the line is Jack Kruger. “We have lots of
guys competing for those spots,” said Olson.
Tight
end rolls will be filled by Ethan Bartels and Shawn Hammerbeck.
On
defense, Winner returns all three line backers, Jack Peters, Jack
Kruger and Aiden Barfuss. They started every game last season.
The
defensive line graduated all four starters and all four were all
state.
On
special teams, the Warriors return starting kicker Ethan Bartels but
lost a dynamic weapon in the return game of Kaden Keiser. “Kaden
has been our return man for three years and we have to replace that
position,” said Olson.
Olson
says the schedule is very strange. He said of the six conference
games Winner was supposed to have the state only game the Warriors
two which basically dissolved the SESD Conference.
“It
will be challenging schedule for us this year,” the coach said.
For
Olson this is an exciting time of year. “We have big aspirations.
It is Winner football and the goals are high every year. The bar is
high and we hope to continue that tradition,” said Olson.
The
school winning streak is up for grabs. Winner is one game behind that
streak. The record is 24 wins and the Warriors now have 23.
The
coach added this senior class has a chance to be the most successful
senior class in the history of Winner. “That means something to
them. They want to go out there and accomplish some big things,”
said Olson.
Assistant
coaches are Kevin Keiser, Ben Connot, Austin Calhoon. A new volunteer
coach is Chris Aid who is a member of the Winner Police Department.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Colome football returning lettermen are in front from left Taitin Ringing Shield, Jordyn Harter, Kaden Pechota, Sully Shippy, Kash Heath, Jordan Musser. In back from left are Eli Vobr, Trey Thieman, Aidan Muller, Jack Anderson, Allie Spellman, Jonah Musser, Klayton Heath. Not pictured are Billy Looking Cloud, Shae Munroe and Lane Leighton. The Cowboys will open the season Aug. 19 at home against Avon.
The
Colome Cowboys football team will open the season Friday, Aug. 19
against Avon in a Great Plains Conference game. This will be a home
game.
New
head coach this year is Chase Hrabanek who was the assistant coach
for four years.
Hrabanek
is a 2015 graduate of Colome High School where he played football for
four years.
He
received a degree in animal science from Mitchell Tech.
There
are 20 players on the football team including seven seniors.
The
returning lettermen are: Taitin Ringing Shield, Jordyn Harter, Kaden
Pechota, Sully Shippy, Kash Heath, Jordan Musser, Eli Vobr, Trey
Thieman, Aiden Muller, Jack Anderson, Allie Spellman, Jonah Musser,
Klayton Heath, Billy Looking Cloud, Shae Munroe and Lane Leighton.
Also
on the team are Alec Thieman, Seth Heath and Sam Brandsgaard.
The
Cowboys have the entire team back as there were no seniors last year.
Starting
at quarterback this year will be Eli Vobr. As a freshman last year
Vobr took on the quarterback role. “He did well last year for being
a freshman,” said Hrabanek. “That experience will carry over this
year. This is the sixth day of practice and I have already seen he is
much further along from last year.”
Trey
Thieman will also be taking some snaps for Colome.
Running
backs will be Kash Heath, Kaden Pechota, Trey Thieman, Jonah Musser
and Lane Leighton. Seth Heath as a freshman will also carry the ball.
Last
year, Kash Heath was the leading rusher.
The
three big guys on the offensive line will be Shippy, Muller and
Anderson.
Hrabanek
said assistant coach Logan Jager is working with the defense.
“We
have a lot of players who can play different spots and that is nice,”
said Hrabanek.
“It
is nice having everyone back and everyone has starting experience,”
added the coach.
Hrabanek
has lofty goals. He would like to see his team make it to the
DakotaDome. It has been a few years since the Cowboys were in the
state championship. The last time was in 2018.
“We
have had a few tough years where the kids have not won a lot of
games. Our goal each year is to make it as far as we can go.
While
it is cooler in the mornings the team has been practicing from 6:30
to 9 a.m.
Hrabanek
says the team has been working on a lot of conditioning.
The
coach says the team is excited for this season. “There is just a
look in the team’s eyes that they are tired of losing and want to
change it.
Hrabanek
talked about being named the head coach.
“Since a little kid
I have dreamed of this. When I was little I was always on the field.
I was water boy for many years and then played through my high school
career. Football on Friday nights in a small town is nice,” he
said.
In
addition to Jager being the assistant coach, Duane Wetzel will help
and is the junior high coach.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Returning letterwinners on the Winner High School golf team are in front from left Max Brozik, Karson Keiser, Brody Calhoon. In back from left are Landon Calhoon, Ryder Halligan, Carter Craven and Mason Beehler.
By Dan Bechtold/ Editor
Winner
boys golf team opened the season on Monday, Aug. 15 at the
invitational in Hartford.
The
Warriors are young but along with that youth comes a lot of
experience.
There
are 13 boys on the team including three sixth graders.
There
are seven returning lettermen—Max Brozik, Karson Keiser, Landon
Calhoon, Ryder Halligan, Brody Calhoon, Mason Beehler and Carter
Craven.
Also
on the team are Gus Tobin, Jalin Tideman and Levi Heenan.
The
sixth graders are Cooper Craven, Gage Tucker and Tatum Swan.
The
team only lost one senior—Kaden Keiser. There are no seniors on the
team. The Warriors return four of the five guys who finished
runner-up at regions a year ago.
“We
area fairly young team,” said coach Larry Aaker. “ A lot of these
guys played a lot of baseball this summer and did not get on the
course a lot but that might be to our advantage. They spent all
summer swinging a baseball bat. As the season gets going we will get
better and better and see our scores getting lower,” said Aaker.
In
practice the team has been working a lot on the short game such as
putting and chipping. “We will work hard on the short game that is
where you see a lot of strokes. If they can be good putters, good
chippers they have a chance of being really good,” explained the
coach.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Winner/Colome Legion baseball team took runner-up honors at the state meet in Gregory. Pictured in front from left are Statton Morehart, Ryder Halligan, Justin Hausmann, Karson Keiser, Charley Pravecek, Maxton Brozik, Zac Olson, Landon Calhoon. In back from left are coach Shane Phillips, Ethan Bartels, Aiden Barfuss, Jack Peters, Adam Bohnet, Joey Cole, bat boy Maddux Phillips, Ashton Klein, Pierce Nelson and coach Dan Pravecek.
Despite
a five run deficit in the sixth inning, Winner/Colome Legion team
almost came all the way back to defeat Vermillion in the Class B
Legion meet. However, the Royals fell in a heart breaker 8-7.
Despite
the over 100 degree heat last Tuesday both team battled for a state
title.
Vermillion
took a 6-1 lead but Winner/Colome fired right back with five runs in
the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 6-6.
The
both teams traded runs to tie it again 7-7. The regulation game ended
7-7 and the two teams headed an extra inning.
The
game was delayed for about 10 minutes in the bottom of the 7th
inning when Vermillion catcher T. J. Tracy went down with cramps and
shortly after home plate umpire Doug Ruesik had to leave the game
after dealing with heat-related issue.
When
play resumed Vermillion was able to get the winning run.
Barfuss
had two doubles and Joey Cole, one. Barfuss was the leader at the
plate as he was 3-4 with 2 RBIs.
Charley
Pravecek was 2-4.
Ethan
Bartels pitched 6.2 innings and Barfuss, 1.1.
The
Royals defeated Hartford Humboldt 8-7 on Friday in the first round of
the state meet.
Hartford/Humboldt
jumped out to an early 6-3 lead through four innings before the
Royals came back with two runs in the fifth and five in the sixth to
claim the victory.
Barfuss
led the way at the plate as he was 4-4 with two runs and four RBIs.
Joey Cole went 2-4 with three runs and one RBI.
Barfuss
also won the win on the mound in three innings of relief.
Winner
Colome defeated Redfield 10-5 on Sunday. The Royals big inning was
the sixth when they scored 6 runs.
Barfuss
had a home run and Cole a double.
Justin
Hausmann pitched five innings and Ryder Halligan, 1.
On
Monday, Winner/Colome lost to Gregory 9-3. The Royals has 4 hits.
Barfuss had a home run and Barfuss a double.
Landon
Calhoon pitched 3.1 innings and Kaden Keiser, 3.2.
The
game on Monday set up who would play in the championship the next
day.
The
Legion team ended the season with a 16-8 record.
Submitted Photo Ellie Brozik runs a leg of a relay in a meet in Burke. She was recently named a Best of the West track athlete.
Ellie Brozik of Winner has been named to the Rapid City Journal’s Best of the West Class A track and field athlete.
This
highlights West River girl athletes who had outstanding performances
in both running and field events.
The
Winner senior finished runner up in the triple jump with a leap of
34-9.25 and anchored Winner’s 4×200 relay that placed fourth
(1:47.66).
Brozik
won her third consecutive regional triple jump title this spring and
ran the final leg of the 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams that claimed
regional titles in both events.
Keelie
Kuil, Winner, was named to the honorable mention list.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo All around winners at the Tripp County 4-H horse show are from left Kade Fenenga, beginner; Payton Sargent, junior girl; Reven Moss, junior boy; Kyla Mammen, senior girl and Abe Kaiser, senior boy. The horse show was held June 27.
Submitted Photo The state high school trap tournament was held recently. High placers from Tripp County are from left Jude Sargent, 2nd place varsity male award and team first place conference award; Katie Welker, 2nd place state tourney, first overall conference, first female conference medals, and high overall trap, high female trap, high female skeet award and Jack Anderson, first place male conference medal and high overall male shooter.
The Winner/Colome high school trap and
skeet teams traveled to Aberdeen June 10 & 11 to compete at the South
Dakota Clay Target League state tournaments.
On June 10, 7 team members competed in the
state skeet tournament. The team finished 4th place overall. For individual
results, Katie Welker shot a 93 which was good for 1st place varsity female.
Jack Anderson shot a 76, Noah Manke 89, Cole Rank 74, Jude Sargent 89, Oren
Sargent 64 and Hunter Shippy 62.
In the trap division, the varsity team
finished in 4th place. Individuals placing in the tournament were Katie Welker,
2nd place varsity female with a 99. Jude Sargent was 2nd place varsity male
with a 98. Faith Covey tied for 9th place varsity female with an 88 and Jack
Anderson tied for 10th place varsity male with a 96.
Other individual scores were as follows:
Breven Bolander 86, Matt Brozik 55, Derek Fenenga 89, Jesse Larson 89, Noah
Manke 80, Hunter Osborn 84, Cole Rank 9, Oren Sargent 73, Payton Sargent 69,
Hunter Shippy 85, Alec Thieman 88 and Austin VanDerWerff 68.
Six members of the Winner/Colome team were
named to the trap All State team. Those include: Jack Anderson, Hunter Osborn,
Cole Rank, Jude Sargent, Hunter Shippy and Katie Welker.
Katie Welker was also named to the all
state skeet team.
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