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In a back and forth slugfest, Winner/Colome amateur baseball team was nipped 14-13 by Corsica/Stickney Saturday in Corsica.

Zach Harter hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the ninth to tie the game at 13 for the Pheasants.

With one out in the bottom of the inning, Corsica/Stickney scored a run to win the game.

For the Pheasants, Harter was 4-5 with 5 RBIs. Ryan Richey had a three run home run in the seventh inning. Derek Graesser had two hits and took the loss on the mound allowing six hits.

The Pheasants play at Dimock-Emery on Thursday and on Sunday Winner/Colome will play in Winner with Parkston here for a 6 p.m. game.

The South Dakota all star football roster has been announced.

The all star game was played June 10 at the DakotaDome in Vermillion.

Three members of the Winner High School football team will be playing on the Blue team.

Playing in the all star game will be Drew DeMers, Cameron Kuil and Jayden Schroeder.

Also playing on this team is Matt Campbell of Colome.

Winner Area girls golf team won the Region 3A meet at Hillsview Golf Course in Pierre on May 30.

The Lady Warriors shot a 357 as a team, eight strokes in front of perennial region power Parkton who shot a 365.

Ronae Klein was the medalist with a round of 80, one shot ahead of Parkston’s second place finisher.  Addy Root was third with an 87 and Liz Jankauskas was fifth with a 90.

The state Class A girls golf tournament was June 5-6 in Hartford.

On Friday at Leahy Bowl, the Royals defeated Platte/Geddes 11-10 and on Sunday they team won over Parkton by a score of 9-2.

Drew DeMers had a double, triple and 4 RBIS and Nick Lantz had a double and 3 RBIs.

Carter Brickman pitched four innings allowing four runs, 6 hits and 5 strikeouts. Kelly O’Bryan was the winning pitcher as he pitched two innings. He had 4 strikeouts.  Lantz pitched one inning for the save.

Levi McClanahan had a two run home run, a single and 3 RBIs.  DeMers had a 2 singles and 3 RBIs and Jeremiah Yeaman had 2 singles.

McClanahan pitched seven innings, allowed two runs, 3 hits and 4 strikeouts.

The Winner Junior Legion baseball team opened the season with an 8-1 victory over Valentine, Neb., on June 1.

Phillip Jorgensen had a triple and a single. Oscar Pravecek had a double and Kameron Meiners had two singles.

On the mound, Aaron Gilchrist went six innings allowing only two hits and striking out 7.

The Winner Junior Legion baseball team defeated Kimball/White Lake 14-13 on Saturday at Leahy Bowl.  Winner scored four runs in the bottom of the 7th inning.

Dalton Baker, Fred Whiting and Kameron Meiners did the pitching.

Meiners, Tyler Olson and Colby Kaiser all had 2 hits.

Winner/Colome club baseball players were honored with all-region honors.

Among the Region 4B winners were: Carter Brickman, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kelly O’Bryab and Holden Thieman.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team picked up its third Sunshine League victory with an 11-8 win over Wagner on May 28 in Winner.

Drew Weber earned the win on the mound allowing six earned runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts.  Derek Graesser picked up the save recording five strikeouts in two innings.

Graesser led the team with three hits including a triple, double, two runs scored. Lakin Neugebauer added two runs and two hits.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated South Central 19-0 in a game May 31 at Leahy Bowl.

Zach Harter and Austin Calhoon each had four RBIs.  Harter had a home run while Calhoon picked up the win on the mound tossing a one hitter.   Calhoon had 8 strikeouts and two walks in the five inning game.

Tarrell Bauld added a double and three RBIs while Austin Richey and Dillon Lambley each had 2 RBIs.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated Mt. Vernon 4-2 on Sunday.

Derek Greasser had a solo home run and pitched a complete game in Sunshine League play.

Austin Richey had three hits and drove in two runs with Reed Harter adding an RBI double.

Graesser allowed five hits, two runs and one walk.

The Winner High School boys track took fourth place at the state track meet this weekend and senior Cameron Kuil was named the MVP of the meet.

Kuil won the 400, 200 and took second in the 100. He also ran on a relay.  Kuil was the gold medal winner in the 400, which means he had the top time in all three classes. Kuil won the 400 in :48.52 which was close to a state record.
He won the 200 in :22.26 and was second in the 100 in :11.08.

“It has been a fun day,” Kuil said. “I was really looking forward to this last state meet. It is the last time of putting on the Winner jersey and it means a lot.”

The Winner senior was one one-hundredth of a second from being a triple winner as he was second in the 100. Jake Aanderud of St. Thomas More won the 100 in :11.07   Kuil said that was a tight race and he knows Jake. “I wouldn’t have wanted to give up the 100 title to anyone but him.”

Kuil said at the state meet he just did what he usually does. “I knew if I just did me, it would work out and it turned out pretty good.”  When asked what was his best race, Kuil said the 400.

Winner track coach Larry Aaker said he is so proud of the team. “Friday was a good day. Jayden Schroeder placing in the shot put was big for us and the boys 4×100 relay making finals was also a boost,” said Aaker.  The coach added he is super proud of Cameron.  He noted that everyone ran well from top to bottom.

Aaker explained there were some athletes who just missed placing like Brady Fritz in the triple jump and Schroeder in the discus.

The Warriors took third in the 4×200 in 21:3l.21 setting another school record and eighth in the 4×100 in :45.16.

In the 800, Kayleb Brozik took fifth in 2:03.04.

In the shot put, Schroeder had throw of 48-03.25.

On the girls side, Sidda Schuyler took sixth in the 2 mile run in a time of 11:48.14. In the mile run on Saturday, Sidda Schuyler was 13th in 5:28.64.

Samantha Schuyler was 8th in the 400 in 1:01.90.

On Friday in Tea, the Lady Warriors ran the preliminaries of several relays.

Colome boys track team took fifth place at the state track meet this weekend in Sioux Falls. The Cowboys scored 36 points.

Kelly O’Bryan won both the triple jump and the long jump.  Matt Campbell finished his high school track career by taking second in both the shot put and the discus.

O’Bryan won the triple jump Friday with a leap of 43-11.25. The triple jump mark set a new Colome school record that has stood for a long time. Mark Kinzer held the old Colome triple jump school record.  On Saturday, the Colome senior won another championship in the long jump with a leap of 21-03.75.

O’Bryan said the triple jump was battle between himself and Allan McDonnell of Wall. The Wall athlete took second in 43-04.25.  “It seemed like every time I would jump I would beat him and every time he would jump he would beat me. I just happened to have the last jump and a last bit of energy to bust out a personal best and set a new Colome school record.”  The previous Colome school record held by Kinzer was 42-1.

The Colome senior said coming into the state meet he did not come in with the idea of winning the triple jump. “My coach got me pumped up and the weather was nice. It was just the right day to do it,” he said.  A humble O’Bryan explained he did not compete in the triple jump at regionals in order to allow other Colome athletes to qualify. O’Bryan had already pre-qualified for the state meet.  O’Bryan said his goal was to get the school record and just make it on the podium, he did not care if that was 8th place or first. He was quick to add that first place was just icing on the cake.

“There is no better way to go out as a Colome Cowboy than as a state champion,” he said.

Colome track coach Charles Hosford said the triple jump was the most exciting thing he has been a part of as a coach. “To see a kid reach his potential is just amazing,” said Hosford.  “When you know it is there and you see it happen in front of your and the competitive manner in which is happen was so great.”  Hosford says this shows what kind of athlete O’Bryan is.

Following his champion on Friday, on Saturday in the long jump, the Colome senior also came away as a champion. His first jump was 21-03.75 for first place. He just had to hold off other competitors. O’Bryan said he was nervous waiting to see if anyone would beat his mark.  He was happy to see that his jump held and he was able to stand in the spotlight on the podium one more time.

The senior said the triple jump fired him up to do well in the long jump.  He said he could not be happier to be double winner and bring a banner back home to Colome.

Matt Campbell also had a good day with a second place finish in both the discus and the shot put.  Campbell had a throw of 54-06 in the shot put and 165-04 in the discus.  Hosford said Campbell has been an awesome athlete and is the hardest worker on the team.

Hosford said Campbell’s throws were not as well as he wanted. “For Matt, 164 in the discus is a great throw but he wanted to be up there at 180 and his shot put at 54 was great,” said Hosford.

The Colome girls 4×100 relay took sixth place in :53.09. Runners were Callie Heath, Saydee Heath, Kaydee Heath and Matrix Noteboom.

Callie Heath placed 8th in the 100 in :13.31.

Winner High School boys and girls track teams won the Region 7A meet Thursday in Martin.

The Lady Warriors scored 260.5 points for first place and the boys scored 243 points.

Several Winner athletes qualified for the state track meet which is May 26-27.

Results of the Winner girls team include:
100—Ellie Brozik, 3rd, :13.34; Meagan Blare, 4th, :13.90; Charlotte Shopene, 5th, :13.93
200—Alexis Richey, 2nd, :28.52; Ellie Brozik, 4th, :29.21; Skyler Hansen, 6th, :30.40
400—Samantha Schuyler, 2nd, 1:03.50; Alexis Richey, 3rd, 1:08.52; Meagan Blare, 4th, 1:10.18
800—Saige Schuyler, 2nd, 2:37.55
1600—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 5:43.50; Chloe Bartels, 4th, 6:02.84
3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 12:50.24; Aryn Meiners, 4th, 14:06.28
100 hurdles—Elisabeth Duffy, 1st, :17.65; Skyler Hansen, 2nd, :18.20; Katherine Jankauskas, 3rd, :19.06
300 hurdles—Duffy, 2nd, :54.62; Hansen, 3rd, :56.97; Jankauskas, 4th, :58.84
4×100 relay—1st, :55.65, Charlotte Shopene, Kelsey Sachtjen, Madison Thieman and Ellie Brozik
4×200—1st, 1:55.75, Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Katherine Jankauskas and Ellie Brozik
4×400—1st, 4:34.52, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels, Morgan Hammerbeck and Samantha Schuyler
4×800 relay—1st, 10:46.71, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schyler, Sidda Schuyler and Samantha Schuyler
Medley relay—4th, 5:24.72, Charlotte Shopene, Madison Thieman, Kelsey Sachtjen and Gabby Kocer
High jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 1st, 4-7; Sam Marts, 4th, 4-01
Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 3rd, 14-2.75; Duffy, 4th, 13-07.25
Triple jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 2nd, 30-02; Blare, 4th, 29-03
Shot put—Kyran Meek, 1st, 31-04.25; Jaynee Gregg, 4th, 28-04; Bella Swedlund, 6th, 27-02.25
Discus—Meek, 1st, 102-05; Swedlund, 2nd, 90-11; Gregg, 6th, 76-11

Results of the Winner boys include:
100—Cameron Kuil, 1st, :11.24; Riley Calhoon, 4th, :11.46
200—Drew DeMers, 3rd, :23.74; Isaac Naasz, 4th, :24.65
400—Kuil, 1st, :52.62; Joren Bruun, 4th, :57.93
800—Kayleb Brozik, 1st, 2:08.37
1600—Izak Moleterno, 1st, 4:54.59
3200—Kade Watson, 2nd, 11:23.96; Moleterno, 3rd, 11:24.46
110 hurdles—Phillip Jorgensen, 2nd, :20.18; Jacob Clay, 3rd, :24.46
300 hurdles—Phillip Jorgensen, 2nd, :49.68; Kaden Keiser, 4th, :53.02
4×100—1st, :46.31, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Brady Fritz
4×200—1st, 1:41.12, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil
4×400—1st, 3:53.40, Brady Fritz, Joren Bruun, Luke Engel and Kayleb Brozik
4×800—2nd, 10:19.94, Luke Engel, Kaden Keiser, Joey Cole and Kade Watson
Medley relay—4th, 4:35.72, Casey Stickland, Colton Schroeder, Luke Engel and Joey Cole
High jump—Kayleb Brozik, 2nd, 5-8
Long jump—Fritz, 1st, 19-02.5; Riley Calhoon, 3rd, 18-09.25; Joren Bruun, 4th, 17-10.75
Triple jump—Bruun, 1st, 39-0; Fritz, 2nd, 38-09; Phillips Jorgensen, 3rd, 36-06
Shot put—Jayden Schroeder, 1st, 46-06; Levi McClanahan, 3rd, 41-04.25; John Kludt, 5th, 37-06
Discus—Schroeder, 1st, 123-07; John Kludt, 3rd, 112-0; Levi McClanahan, 4th, 109-02

The Warriors and Lady Warriors will compete in the state track meet this weekend. On Friday, May 26, Winner and all Class A teams will compete in Tea and on Saturday, May 27, the finals will be Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field.