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Colome High School qualified athletes for the state track meet at the Region 6B meet in Kimball on Thursday.
The Colome boys took sixth place as a team with 57.50 points. The Colome girls placed fourth with 78 points.

Results of the Colome boys include:
100—Beau Bertram 4th, :11.72
200—Holden Thieman, 2nd, :24.11; Bertram, 7th, :25.20
4×100—3rd, :46.85
4×200—2nd, 1:36.88
Shot put—Matt Campbell, 1st, 52-01
Discus—Campbell, 1st, 165-11
Long jump—Chase Dufek, 4th, 18-09
Triple jump—Andrew Laprath, 8th, 35-09.75
Callie Heath won both the 100 and the 200.

Results of the Colome girls include:
100—Callie Heath, 1st, :13.3; Saydee Heath, 7th, :14.24
200—Heath, 1st, :27.20
400—Abby Kortan, 3rd, 1:09.7
800—Kortan, 5th, 2:45.95
3200—Jaclyn Laprath, 2nd, 12:52.72
100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 5th, :18.21
300 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 5th, :56.03
4×100—3rd, :55.02
4×200—2nd, 1:54.87
Long jump—Saydee Heath, 2nd, 15-07; Abby Kortan, 7th, 13-09
Triple jump—Kortan, 3rd, 30-07.5

The state track meet will be May 26 and 27. Colome will be in Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field both days.

The Winner/Colome Pheasants earned a pair of wins Sunday at Leahy Bowl.

The team defeated Four Corners 14-5 in a non-league game.  In this game, Winner/Colome had 15 hits and Reed Harter was 4-5 with two runs scored.  Tarrell Bauld added three hits. Bauld and Zach Harter each knocked in three runs in the win.

Drew Weber threw five innings for the win, allowing four hits, two earned runs and striking out three. Austin Calhoon and Derek Graesser threw the final four innings.

In the second game, the Pheasants defeated Corsica/Stickney in a Sunshine League game 10-6. 
 Jared Donahue threw seven innings and struck out 16, allowing just one hit. Lincoln Neugebauer had two hits and scored three runs and Dillon Lambley added two hits for the Pheasants.

Winner/Colome will host Alexandria on Friday.

Winner High School track team set three new conference records at the SESD Conference meet in Mt. Vernon on May 9.

Sidda Schuyler set a record in the 2 mile run, Cameron Kuil set a record in the 200 and the boys 4×200 set a new record. Runners on that relay were Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil.

Kuil broke the Winner school record in the 400 in :49.27. The old record of :49.51 was held by Chas DeMers in 2005.

Both the Winner boys and girls teams won the team title in the conference meet.

Qualifying for state at this meet were Kyran Meek in the discus and Chloe Bartels in the 800.

Results of the Winner girls include:
100—Ellie Brozik, 5th, :13.78
200—Brozik, 4th, :27.36; Alexis Richey, 8th, :28.52
400—Samantha Schuyler, 1st, 1:01.41; Richey, 4th 1:04.26
800—Schuyler, 2nd, 2:25.55; Chloe Bartels, 4th, 2:26.31
1600—Sidda Schuyler, 2nd, 5:36.82; Aryn Meiners, 6th, 6:13.73
3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 11:48.87; Meiners, 6th, 13:21.34
100 hurdles—Skyler Hansen, 3rd, :18.13; Elisabeth Duffy, 4th, :18.29; Katherine Jankauskas, 6th, :19.19
300 hurdles—Duffy, 5th, :52.96; Hansen, 6th, :53.38; Jankauskas, 8th, :54.41
4×100 relay—5th, :55.86, Charlotte Schopene, Kelsey Sachtjen, Madison Thieman and Skyler Hansen
4×200 relay—2nd, 1:52.57, Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Katherine Jankauskas and Ellie Brozik
4×400 relay—2nd, 4:20.78, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schuyler and Sam Schuyler
4×800 relay—1st, 10:07.34, Chloe Bartels, Saige Schuyler, Sidda Schuyler and Sam Schuyler
Medley relay-4th, 4:40.83, Charlotte Shopene, Madison Thieman, Morgan Hammerbeck and Saige Schuyler
Shot put—Kyran Meek, 7th, 30-08
Discus—Meek, 1st, 113-02
High jump—Kelsey Sachtjen, 5th, 4-6
Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 8th, 14-02.25
Triple jump—Hammerbeck, 3rd, 30-11.25

Results of the Winner boys include:
100—Kuil, 1st, :10.99; Riley Calhoon, 5th, :11.85
200—Kuil, 1st, :21.72; Drew DeMers, 6th, :24
400—Kuil, 1st, :49.27; Atlas Willuweit, 5th, :55.85
800—Kayleb Brozik, 1st, 2:00.76
1600—Izak Moleterno, 2nd, 4:48.79
3200—Moleterno, 1st, 10:21.13; Kade Watson, 4th, 10:56.84
4×100 relay—1st, :45.37, Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Brady Fritz
4×200 relay—1st, 1:32.30, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Kayleb Brozik and Cameron Kuil
4×400 relay—3rd, 3:44.66, Brady Fritz, Atlas Willuweit, Joren Bruun and Kayleb Brozik
Medley relay—1st, 3:58.09, Drew DeMers, Isaac Naasz, Joren Bruun and Izak Moleterno
Shot put—Jayden Schroeder, 2nd, 46-08; Krockett Krolikowski, 3rd, 44-04
Discus—Schroeder, 2nd, 132; John Kludt, 4th, 126-04; Krokikowski, 5th, 121-02
High jump—Brozik, 4th, 5-07
Long jump—Calhoon, 7th, 18-10.25; Fritz, 9th, 18-03.75
Triple jump—Fritz, 3rd, 40-10; Joren Bruun, 4th, 38-04; Phillip Jorgensen, 7th, 36-09.50

Colome High School track team competed in the Ft. Randall meet at Lake Andes on May 9.

Results of the Colome boys include:
Long jump—Holden Thieman, 1st, 19-11; Kelly O’Bryan, 4th, 18-6.75; Chase Dufek, 5th, 18-3
Discus—Matt Campbell, 1st, 158-10
High jump—O’Bryan, 2nd, 5-8; Andrew Laprath, 4th, 5-0
Triple jump—O’Bryan, 5th, 37-3.5; Laprath, 6th, 34-9
Shot put—Campbell, 1st, 54-5.5
100—Beau Bertram, 1st: 11.69; Thieman, 4th, :12.56
200—Bertram, 1st, : 23.68; Thieman, 2nd, :23.99
800 relay—1st, 1:35.05
400 relay—2nd, :46.84
300 hurdles—Cole, 4th, :54.32
Medley relay—2nd, 4:10.39

Results of the Colome girls include:
Long jump—Haley Krumpus, 2nd, 14-5.25; Abby Kortan, 3rd, 13-10.50
Triple jump—Krumpus, 3rd, 31-5; Kortan, 4th, 30-7
100—Callie Heath, 1st, :13.02; Saydee Heath, 3rd, :13.40; Noteboom, 5th, :14.17
200—Callie Heath, 1st, :26.73; Krumpus, 3rd, :28.24
800 relay—1st, 1:50.82
1600–Jaclyn Laprath, 2nd, 5:59.83
400 relay—1st, :53.07
100 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 1st, :18.17
300 hurdles—Kaydee Heath, 1st, :52.17 ; Noteboom, 3rd, :57.81
800—Laprath, 5th, 2:49.55
3200—Laprath, 1st, 13:10.40

Winner/Colome high school baseball team got back on the winning track with a sweep of Rapid City on Saturday.

In the first game, Winner won 8-7 and took the second game 7-5.

Riley Calhoon’s inside the park home run in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Royals the lead. He finished with home run, single and 4 RBIs.   Carter Brickman had a triple, single and 2 RBIs and Dalton Baker had 2 singles and 2 RBIs.

Ty Bolton started in the mound and pitched two innings giving up 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits.  Calhoon pitched four innings in relief and earned the win. He gave up 3 runs, 4 hits.  Brickman earned the save by pitching a scoreless seventh inning.

In the second game, Kelly O’Bryan had a triple, single and scored 2 runs. Calhoon had a double, single and 2 RBIs and Brickman had a triple.

Levi McClanahan started on the mound for the Royals and pitched three innings giving up 3 unearned runs.

DeMers earned the win by pitching 3 innings in relief, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits.

Nick Lantz pitched a scoreless 7th inning to earn the save.

Winner/Colome amateur baseball team opened the season at home on Sunday as they hosted Dimock-Emery.

The visiting team edged the Pheasants 6-5. Phil Johnson hit the game winning RBI single in the top of the ninth inning.

Winner/Colome’s Jared Donahue took the loss in relief allowing four earned runs in three innings pitched with two strikeouts and five walks.

Austin Richey had 3 hits including two doubles while Derek Graesser had two hits including a triple.

Winner/Colome will play Four Corners in Winner on Saturday at 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Winner/Colome will host Corsica/Stickney at 5 p.m. at Leahy Bowl.

Winner/Colome club baseball team defeated Lead-Deadwood by a score of 9-4 on May 7, but fell to St. Thomas More 11-3.

Holden Thieman had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, while Kelly O’Bryan had a triple.

Ty Bolton took the loss throwing four innings, allowing an earned run.

The Cavaliers five run sixth inning put the game away.

Earlier in the day, Winner/Colome defeated Lead-Deadwood 9-4.

Drew DeMers had two hits and two stolen bases while Carter Brickman and Bolton each had two RBIs.
Brickman threw 4 1/3 innings allowing three hits and no earned runs.
O’Bryan and DeMers teamed up to record the final eight outs.

Winner/Colome baseball team fell to Platte 4-2 on May 8.

Nick Lantz started on the mound and pitched three innings giving up four runs on 8 hits and no walks.  Levi McClanahan pitched three innings of relief and had 4 strikeouts.
Drew DeMers had a 2 RBI double.

The Royals fell to Pierre 14-1 on May 10.

Pierre scored 8 runs in the third inning.
Holden Thieman, Drew DeMers and Joren Bruun each pitched in the loss.
Riley Calhoon had a RBI double and Colby Kaiser and Kameron Meiners each had singles.

By Dan Bechtold, Editor

It was a dream day for the Winner High School boys track team as they won first place in two events at the 92nd running of the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls.

Plus it was a special day for senior Cameron Kuil who placed third in the special 200 and won a Howard Wood gold medal scholarship.

In the 4×200 the Warriors used a big push from Kuil at the wire to win the Class A meet title. The Warriors won the race in 1:31.52. Runners were Riley Calhoon, Brady Fritz, Drew DeMers and Cameron Kuil.

Less than three hours later Winner did it again winning the Class A 4×100 relay in a time of :44.27.4. Runners were Riley Calhoon, Isaac Naasz, Drew DeMers and Kuil.

Kuil ran the anchor leg moving the Warriors from fourth place went he took the baton to first at the finish line.
Kuil was asked what was going through his mind when he got the baton. “I knew I had to give it my all. We talk about my closing speed and I try to use that to my advantage.”

Naasz said it feels good to get the trophy because Winner has not had a first place victory in a long time at Howard Wood. “It feels pretty good to bring something back to Winner especially in track because that doesn’t happy very often.”

DeMers said he got out to a good start. “I knew I had a lot of pressure on myself because I did not want to let Cameron down.” Kuil took it from there and made up the time to give the Warriors a victory.

Calhoon said the four some wanted to make sure we have good handoffs and practiced hard so the time was just right.

Coach Larry Aaker said “We knew going in we had a pretty good shot of doing well in the boys 4×100 and 4×200. The boys are extremely competitive, they want to compete for each other and they were very focused on getting the job done.

“We knew that if we could put Cameron in a good position that our chances of winning were a little higher than everyone else’s just because of Cameron’s speed and his ability to finish races. Credit the first three legs in both races for running extremely well and getting the baton around,” said Aaker.

Kuil’s weekend of running started on Friday night. He was one of eight athletes chosen to run in the special 200 meter dash. He joins a list of other Winner athletes, both male and female, who have had their day in the spotlight at the special Howard Wood events.

Kuil took third in the 200 in :22.17 just behind Bismarck, ND. Legacy’s Alex Brosseau in :22.08.

Kuil admitted he was balancing both nerves and excitement as he climbed into the starting blocks in lane five. He said he spent a lot of time focusing on his start.

“The special 200 was a great race for Cameron,” said Larry Aaker. “He represented himself, the school and the Winner track team very well. As a coach it’s great to see a kid rewarded and I know Cameron had a lot of fun and it is something that he will remember the rest of his life.”

Aaker said the Winner girls had a great weekend on the track. “I am really proud of how well they ran and competed. Their success was kind of overshadowed by the boys two victories but these girls keep getting better each and every meet. Four of the five relays ran their fastest time of the year.”

Sidda Schuyler also ran her fastest time of the season in the mile.

The girls 4×100 relay ran a time of 54.45. Runners were Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Madison Thieman and Ellie Brozik.

The 4×800 relay took fourth in 9:54.11. Making up this relay were Chloe Bartels, Saige Schuyler, Sidda Schuyler and Sam Schuyler

The girls medley relay took 5th place with runners Alexis Richey, Ellie Brozik, Chloe Bartels and Sam Schuyler. Their time was 4:22.30.

The 4×400 relay qualified for the state track meet in a time of 4:15.15. Runners were Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels, Morgan Hammerbeck and Sam Schuyler.

The girls 4×200 relay was made up of Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Katherine Jankauskas and Ellie Brozik. They ran a 1:52.54.

Ellie Brozik ran the prelims of the 100 meter dash in :13.55.

Sidda Schuyler ran the two mile in 11:40.44 and the mile in 5:30.60.

Other results on the boys side, Kayleb Brozik ran the prelims of the 400 in :53.89.

Izak Moleterno ran the 2 mile in 10:35.90 and the mile in 4:51.37.

Jayden Schroeder threw the shot put with a throw of 45-03 and he also threw the discus.

The boys medley relay team ran a time of 4:22.30. Making up this relay were Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Cameron Kuil and Izak Moleterno.

All in all, Winner did very well at the Dakota Relays.

Also, Kuil won the Dakota Relays scholarship with a special presentation made Saturday afternoon. Coach Aaker said he wanted to congratulate Cameron on being the scholarship winner.

The next meet for Winner is the regional in Martin on May 18.

Matt Campbell led the Colome track team at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls this weekend.

The Colome senior threw both the shot put and the discus and placed third in each event.

Campbell started Saturday morning off with the shot put and had a third place throw of 52-09.

Later in the afternoon, Campbell threw the discus and had a throw of 166-11.

The Cowboys 4×200 relay took sixth place in 1:35.06. The Colome boys 4×100 relay took 11th in :46.44. Runners on both squads are Chase Dufek, Jackson Kinzer, Holden Thieman and Beau Bertram.

The Colome girls 4×100 relay team took fifth place in :53.01. Runners are Matrix Noteboom, Kaydee Heath, Saydee Heath and Callie Heath.

This same group of four Colome girls ran the 4x200in 1:56.37.

Saydee Heath ran the prelims in the 100 in :13.39.

Bertram ran the prelims of the 100 in :12.01.

Kelly O’Bryan competed in the triple jump in 40-05.

The next meet for Colome will be the regional on May 18.

Winner boys and girls track teams swept the team title at the Meet of Legends in Burke on May 2.

The Winner girls held off Colome by four points 71-67.

The WHS boys scored 103 points.

The Lady Warriors medley relay team pre-qualified for state by running a time of 4:28.

Runners were Morgan Hammerbeck, Alexis Richey, Chloe Bartels and Samantha Schuyler.

The meet absorbed many more teams that were supposed to be participating at the cancelled Don Riede Relays in Freeman. Instead of eight teams there were 17 in Burke.

Results of the Winner girls include:
200—Morgan Hammerbeck, 8th, :28.90
400—Alexis Richey, 6th, 1:04.90; Chloe Bartels, 7th, 1:05.10
800—Samantha Schuyler, 2nd, 2:28.60; Saige Schuyler, 3rd, 2:36.30
1600—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 5:42.70
3200—Sidda Schuyler, 1st, 12:09.60
300 hurdles—Skyler Hansen, 5th, :53.70
4×400—2nd, 4:18.70, Alexis Richey, Saige Schuyler, Samantha Schuyler and Chloe Bartels
4×800—1st, 10:20.40, Chloe Bartels, Sidda Schuyler, Saige Schuyler and Samantha Schuyler
Medley relay—2nd, 4:28, Alexis Richey, Morgan Hammerbeck, Chloe Bartels and Sam Schuyler
Long jump—Morgan Hammerbeck, 2nd, 15-5

Results of the Winner boys include:
100—Isaac Naasz, 7th, :11.80
200—Cameron Kuil, 1st, :22.50; Drew DeMers, 5th, :24
400—Atlas Willuweit, 3rd, :55.20; Joren Bruun, 5th, :56.30
800—Kayleb Brozik, 2nd, 2:05.40
1600—Izak Moleterno, 3rd, 4:45.60
3200—Moleterno, 2nd, 10:46.50; Kade Watson, 4th, 11:12.50
4×100 relay—1st, :45.40, Riley Calhoon, Isaaz Naasz, Drew DeMers and Brady Fritz
4×200—1st, 1:33.60, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Brady Fritz and Cameron Kuil
4×400—4th, 3:52.80, Kayleb Brozik, Atlas Willuweit, Phillip Jorgensen and Casey Stickland
Medley relay—1st, 3:42.60, Riley Calhoon, Drew DeMers, Cameron Kuil and Kayleb Brozik
Shot put—Jayden Schroeder, 2nd, 46-07.50; Levi McClanahan, 5th, 43-03; A. J. Roubideaux, 8th, 40-09.25
Discus—Schroeder, 4th, 134-04; McClanahan, 6th, 115-01
Long jump—Riley Calhoon, 3rd, 19-10
Triple jump—Bruun, 7th, 37-05.50