Warriors Fall to Little Wound

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Little Wound defeated the Winner boys basketball team 81-54 Thursday in Kyle in the Region 7A semifinals.  The Mustangs advanced to the Sweet 16 game which was played in Winner on March 7 as they took on Tea Area.

Drew DeMers had a big night as he scored 33 points.  Trevor Bertram scored 6 points and Wyatt Ewing, 4.

Wyatt Ewing pulled down 8 rebounds.

Warriors Down Red Cloud

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Winner boys basketball team took the first step in the Region 7A tournament with a 52-48 victory over Red Cloud on Feb. 27.

Isaac Naasz led the Warriors in scoring with 16 points followed by Drew DeMers, 10; Cameron Kuil and Brandon Volmer, 7 each and Wyatt Ewing, 6.

Kuil pulled down 7 rebounds and Naasz, 5.

DeMers had 3 assists and Trevor Bertram had a man maker.

Cowboys Win Opening Game of District Tourney

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Colome boys raced to a 23-9 first quarter lead on their way to a 67-25 victory over Burke/South Central in the District 12B basketball game on Feb. 28.

Four Colome players scored in double figures—Holden Thieman and Will Cahoy, 14 each; Kolton Salonen and Jackson Kinzer with 10 each. Beau Bertram and Kelly O’Bryan each added 8 points.

Kinzer pulled down 6 rebounds, O’Bryan and Holden Thieman, 5 each.

Wrestlers Placed Fourth at State

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Winner Area wrestling team made a strong showing in the State B wrestling tournament this weekend in Sioux Falls.  The Warriors took fourth place with 88 points.

Fueled by Tre Doren’s state championship at 285 pounds, the Warriors had five over wrestlers come home with a medal.   Winner had eight wrestlers on the mat at the state meet.

Doren, a senior, won a 5-2 decision over Austin Moore of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes.

At 106 pounds, 7th grader Kaden Keiser placed sixth as he defeated 10-6 by Jordan Rueb of Bon Homme/Scotland.

Wyatt Turnquist won fifth place as he won by injury default.

Atlas Willuweit wrestled Jackson Eklund of Burke/Gregory for third and fourth place. Willuweit took fourth as Eklund won 13-4.

Trevor Peters won seventh place with a 5-2 decision over Ben Soukup of Wagner.

Kayleb Brozik won fifth place as he pinned Logan Donelan of Elk Point-Jefferson in 4:24.
Avery Gilchrist and Jayden Schroeder also wrestled at state.

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Little Wound Defeats Winner

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Little Wound defeated the Winner girls basketball team 62-49 Saturday in Kyle.

Bella Swedlund led the scoring for Winner with 19 points including five 3 pointers.  Morgan Hammerbeck added 7 points.

The Lady Warriors shot 26 percent from the field. At the free throw line they shot 23 percent.

Chloe Bartels and Hammerbeck both pulled down 6 rebounds.

Winner ended the season with a record of 15-7.

Colome Falls to Gregory

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Gregory defeated Colome girls 46-32 in the first round of the District 12B basketball tournament last Monday in Colome.

Abby Korton and Saydee Heath each had 6 points for the Cowgirls. Callie Heath had 7 rebounds.

Colome was 7 of 56 from the field and at the free throw line made 17 of 31 shots.

Colome ended its season with a 4-17 record.