Warriors Victorious in Extra Period

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In an overtime victory, the Winner Warriors defeated Platte-Geddes 68-66 on Feb. 14 in Winner.

The regulation game ended in a 59-59 tie. A free throw by Drew DeMers with 4 seconds left tied the game.

DeMers scored 28 points followed by Trevor Bertram with 15 points, Naasz and Wyatt Ewing, 9 each.

Naasz pulled down 7 rebounds, Ewing, 6; Cameron Kuil and DeMers, 5 each.

DeMers had 7 assists.

Lady Warriors Defeat Mobridge

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Winner Lady Warriors basketball team defeated Mobridge-Pollock 50-38 in the final game of the regular season Friday in Winner.

Rachel Sherman led the team in scoring with 17 points and Bella Swedlund added 11.

Sherman grabbed 10 rebounds with Chloe Bartels having 5.

The Lady Warriors hosted Red Cloud on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the first round of regional play.

Wrestlers Place Fifth

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Winner Area wrestling team took fifth place at the Huron tournament on Saturday.

The Warriors had six wrestlers place. Wyatt Turnquist took 1st; Atlas Willuweit and Kayleb Brozik, both 2nd; Kaden Keiser, 3rd; Jayden Schroeder, 4th and Aaron Gilchrist, 6th.

The next action for the wrestlers will be the regional tournament which is Saturday, Feb. 18, in Wagner. Wrestling starts at 10 a.m.

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Warriors Nipped by St. Francis

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The battle between the Winner High School boys basketball team and St. Francis came down to the wire.

In the end, St. Francis nipped the Warriors 47-46 in the final three seconds of the game.

DeMers led the scoring with 15 points, followed by Waytt Ewing, 14; Isaac Naasz, 10 and Trevor Bertram, 5.

Brandon Volmer pulled down 9 rebounds, Naasz, 6 and Chase Kingsbury, 4.  Bertram had 4 assists.