Todd Co Nips Warriors

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Winner High School boys basketball team was nipped 44-43 by Todd County on Jan. 30 in Winner.  The Warriors led 25-21 at the half.

Drew DeMers led the scoring with 18 points followed by Trevor Bertram with 15 points.

Chase Kingsbury, Brandon Volmer and Wyatt Ewing all pulled down 4 rebounds.

DeMers and Bertram each 3 assists and Luke Engel had 3 steals.

Cowboys Boys Basketball Rolling

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Colome Cowboys improved its record to 10-2 with 54-50 victory over Kimball/White Lake on Jan. 31.

Holden Thieman led the scoring with 19 points followed by Will Cahoy with 12 points.  Colome out-rebounded Kimball 25-24. Jackson Kinzer pulled down 8 rebounds, Kolton Salonen, 6 and Holden Thieman and Kelly O’Bryan with 5 each.  Cahoy and O’Bryan had 6 assists.

On Friday, the Cowboys defeated Andes Central/Dakota Christian 55-47 and on Saturday Colome played in the Highmore Classic and defeated Harrold 57-54.

On Friday, Colome defeated AC/DC 55-47. The Cowboys received balanced scoring with Holden Thieman scoring 23 points, Kelly O’Bryan, 11; Kolton Salonen, 10 and Jackson Kinzer, 9.  Colome out-rebounded AC/DC 31-18. O’Bryan pulled down 7 rebounds with 6 each from Salonen, Holden Thieman and Jackson Kinzer.

On Saturday, Holden Thieman scored 28 points and Kolton Salonen added 16.

Lady Warriors Pick Up Two Wins

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Winner girls basketball team defeated Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 66-44 on Saturday.

Bella Swedlund led the scoring for Winner with 20 points followed by Chloe Bartels with 9.  Gabby Kocer pulled down 8 rebounds with Bartels, Abby Marts and Sydney Hollenbeck with 6 each.

Madyson’s Frazier’s double double helped Winner to a 72-50 victory over Crow Creek on Thursday.

Frazier had 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.   Bartels scored 17 points and Swedlund had 16 points and 9 rebounds.

Winner will play in McLaughlin on Friday.

Colome Falls to Chamberlain

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Lyman defeated the Colome girls basketball team 65-36 on Jan. 30.Chamberlain defeated the Colome girls basketball team in the Highmore Classic on Saturday.

Callie Heath scored 10 points and Makayla Shippy, 7.Chamberlain won the game 36-15.

Abby Kortan led the Cowgirls with 7 points. Callie Heath grabbed 3 rebounds. Heath pulled down 12 of Colome’s 25 rebounds.

Colome will host Kadoka on Feb. 10.

Wrestlers Place 6th in Aberdeen

 

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Winner Area wrestling team took sixth place at the Lee Wolf Invitational in Aberdeen on Jan. 28.

First place went to Wyatt Turnquist at 113 pounds.

Atlas Willuweit, 120, took second place.

Kayleb Brozik and Tre Doren both took third place.

Kaden Keiser took fifth place. Also taking 5th, was Jayden Schroeder.

Trevor Peters, 126, took 7th place.  Landon Debus, 138, took 7th

Riggin Shippy placed 8th

The wrestlers will compete in the Big Dakota Conference tournament on Feb. 4 in St. Pierre.

Lady Warriors Win Thriller Over Miller

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A shot by Gabby Kocer in the second overtime propelled the Winner Lady Warriors to a 77-76 victory over Miller on Jan. 23.

The game was tied at the end of regulation play and first overtime ended in a 7-7 tie. In the second overtime, Winner outscored Miller 16-15.

Kocer was the leading scorer with 20 points followed by Bella Swedlund with 17, Madyson Frazier, 16 and 9 each from Rachel Sherman and Morgan Hammerbeck.

The Lady Warriors pulled down 44 rebounds and were led by Hammerbeck with 9, Sherman and Sydney Hollenbeck with 7 each.
Frazier had 6 assists.

Wrestlers Place 2nd in Tournament

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Twelve Winner Area wrestlers placed at the local Winner Invitational tournament on Saturday.  The Warriors took second place as a team with 190 points. Philip won the tournament with 236 points.

Winner had two champions in Kayleb Brozik and Tre Doren.

In addition to the two champions, other placers were: Trevor Peters, 2nd; Wyatt Turnquist, 3rd; Kaden Keiser, 4th; Atlas Willuweit, 3rd; Zach Mayes, 6th; Landon Debus, 6th; Avery Gilchrist, 4th; Achilles Willuweit, 5th; Jace Voegeli, 4th, Nick Blare, 4th and Jayden Schroeder, 2nd.

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Winner Area Wrestlers Knock Off No. 1 Valentine

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Kaden Keiser’s 10-6 decision over Chase Olson at 106 pounds gave Winner Area wrestling team a 39-36 victory over Valentine, Neb., in a triangular on Jan. 17.

The Badgers were the No. 1 ranked team in the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association most recently Class C rankings.

It the dual with O’Neill, Neb., Winner won 58-18.

“Last Tuesday was a complete team effort and I think that some of the younger guys are figuring out that they can compete at a high level” said Coach Novotny.

Warriors Fall to Tri Valley in Hanson Classic

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Tri Valley defeated Winner boys basketball team 56-42 in the Hanson Classic Saturday in the Mitchell Corn Palace.

Drew DeMers scored 23 points with Isaac Naasz adding 8 and Brandon Volmer, 6 points.

Rebounding leaders were Cameron Kuil, 8; Chase Kingsbury, 6 and Naasz, 5.

On Friday, Pine Ridge got by Winner 57-52.

Kuil scored 15 points, DeMers, 14, Naasz and Chase Kingsbury with 6 each.

Trevor Bertram scored 12 points, DeMers, 11; Kuil and Wyatt Ewing, 7 each and Luke Engel, 5.

Naasz pulled down 8 rebounds and Kuil 7.

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