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Winner boys basketball team fell to McLaughlin by a score of 76-71 after a fierce battle at the end of the game on Friday.

Drew DeMers led the scoring with 33 points followed by Wyatt Ewing with 10, Luke Engel, 9; Trevor Bertram and Brandon Volmer with 6 each.

Bertram pulled down 5 rebounds and DeMers had 4 steals.

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.

Platte-Geddes nipped the Colome boys basketball team 50-47 Thursday in Platte.

The Cowboys had four players in double figures—Kolton Salonen with 13, Kelly O’Bryan, 11; Layton Thieman and Holden Thieman with 10 each.

Holden Thieman pulled down 6 of Colome’s 18 rebounds. Salonen grabbed 5 rebounds.  Holden Thieman had 5 steals.

A strong second quarter propelled the Colome Cowboys to a 66-40 victory over Menno on Saturday.

Holden Thieman scored 16 points followed by Kolton Salonen, 13; Kelly O’Bryan 11; and Jackson Kinzer, 10.

Salonen grabbed 11 of Colome’s 29 rebounds. Holden Thieman grabbed 8.

Kelly O’Bryan scored 19 points as the Colome Cowboys defeated North Central 69-41 on Feb. 7.

Kolton Salonen added 16 points.

The Cowboys out-rebounded North Central 33-24. Holden Thieman pulled down 11 rebounds with Salonen grabbing 6.

Winner Lady Warriors defeated Platte-Geddes on Thursday and fell to McLaughlin on Friday.  Winner won over Platte-Geddes 54-49.

Bella Swedlund and Morgan Hammerbeck both scored 13 points with Sydney Hollenbeck adding 12.

Winner pulled down 30 rebounds led by Gabby Kocer and Swedlund with 5 each.

The Lady Warriors traveled to McLaughlin on Friday and were defeated 45-35.

Swedlund led Winner in scoring with 17 points.

Chloe Bartels pulled down 9 rebounds with 6 each from Rachel Sherman and Hammerbeck.
The Lady Warriors will host Mobridge-Pollock in a double header Friday in Winner.

Winner girls basketball team defeated Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 50-40 in action Feb. 6 in Winner.

Gabby Kocer led the scoring for Winner with 17 points. Sydney Hollenbeck added 13 points.

In rebounding, Winner had three players grab 6 each—Kocer, Bella Swedlund and Hollenbeck. Morgan Hammerbeck grabbed 5 rebounds.  Swedlund had 5 assists.

Menno defeated the Colome girls basketball team 56-31 on Saturday.

Callie Heath scored 9 points, Kaydee Heath, 8 and Makayla Shippy, 6.  Leading rebounders were Kaydee Heath, 11, Callie Heath, 9 and Saydee Heath, 7.  Kaydee Heath and Shippy each had 2 steals.

Earlier in the week, Colome played Kadoka and lost 67-43.

Callie Heath and Shippy both scored 9 points.  The Cowgirls pulled down 44 rebounds and were led by Callie Heath with 11 and Saydee Heath with 7.

Krockett Krolikowsi of Winner has been named a football all American for South Dakota.   The National High School Athletic Coaches Association names the selection.   Also chosen from South Dakota was Spencer Neugebauer of Mitchell.

Krolikowsi helped the Winner Warriors win back to back Class 11B football titles.  This past season he had 114 tackles, 34.5 tackles for a loss and 17 sacks.  The Winner High School senior plans to play football at South Dakota State University.

“It is a great honor and I am very proud,” said Krolikowski.  “I could not have done this without my coaches, player and this community,” he said.  The athlete says he appreciates the work ethic instilled in him by his parents.

The KSYF Taco John’s athlete of the week was Tristan Watzel, a senior wrestler from Winner High School.  He proves that winning records and state championships aren’t the only criteria to make you a true champion.

Winner High School senior wrestler Tristan Watzel hadn’t won a match in his high school career. The sport was made more challenging since Watzel has limited use of his right arm and leg due to an accident when he was young. However, Watzel got his first win in this match by a fall on senior night on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Winner’s dual against a classy Chamberlain team and the place went nuts.

Tristan competed in both football and wrestling all four years of high school for that perseverance and for staying with it despite everything life throws at you sometime.