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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.

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.

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.

Kelly O’Bryan scored 23 points as the Colome boys basketball team defeated Jones County 69-41 on Jan. 17

Holden Thieman and Will Cahoy each added 10 points and Beau Bertram added 9.

Bertram pulled down 5 rebounds.  O’Bryan and Cahoy each had 5 assists.

Colome Cowboys received balanced scoring as they defeated Cody-Kilgore 64-32 on the road Jan. 19.

Four players scored in double figures led by Kelly O’Bryan with 16 points, Holden Thieman, 14; Kolton Salonen, 12 and Layton Thieman with 10.

Holden Thieman pulled down 10 of Colome’s 37 rebounds. Jackson Kinzer grabbed 7 rebounds.

Pine Ridge edged Winner Lady Warriors 71-65 Thursday in Winner.

Bella Swedlund paced Winner with 25 points, six rebounds and five assists. She made five 3 point shots. Chloe Bartels and Morgan Hammerbeck added 9 points.

Bartels pulled down 12 rebounds with Rachel Sherman grabbing 7 rebounds.

The next action for the Winner girls team will be Friday when they are at home hosting Mt. Vernon-Plankinton. This will be a double header with the boys team.

After taking a 19-6 lead in the first quarter, Winner Lady Warriors basketball team raced to a 58-19 victory over Bennett County on Jan. 17 in Winner.

Madyson Frazier had a season high 26 points. Chloe Bartels and Rachel Sherman each added 7 points.

Strong on the boards, Bella Swedlund pulled down 8 of Winner’s 36 rebounds. Sherman grabbed 7 rebounds.

Morgan Hammerbeck had 6 steals.

White River beat Colome girls 57-26 in the fifth place game of the Southern Plains Conference tournament Saturday in Gregory.  Colome was led by Abby Kortan with eight points and Callie Heath scored seven points.  The Cowgirls made 8 of 13 field goals.

On Friday, Colome defeated Gregory 46-32. Callie Heath had 14 points and 7 rebounds.  Kortan added 13 points. The Cowgirls went 19 of 55 from the field.

The Winner Wild started their tournament season with a first place finish at the Pierre tournament on Jan. 14.

In the first game, Winner defeated Sturgis 24-17. Kelsey Sachtjen scored 10 points followed by Ellie Brozik with 7, Kelbi Meiners, 3 and Emma Jorgensen and Hattie Hespe with 2 each

In the second game, Winner defeated Rapid City Lightning 21-20. Hespe scored 8 points, Sachtjen, 7, Brozik, 4 and Meiners, 2.

In the championship, Winner defeated Lower Brule 27-26. Brozik led the way with 13 points followed by Sachtjen, 9; Hespe, 5. Brozik made two big free throws in the last minute.

The coach said all the girls contributed to the first place finish. “They showed a lot of determination and kept fighting to pull off the victory.”

Winner Area wrestling team took fourth place and had three champions at the Jerry Opbroek Invitational in Mitchell on Saturday.
The Warriors took seven wrestlers to the tournament as the rest of the team competed in a meet on Bennett County.

Take first place were Wyatt Turnquist, Kayleb Brozik and Tre Doren.

Also placing for Winner were Atlas Willuweit, 3rd; Trevor Peters and Riggin Shippy, both fourth.