Lady Warriors Roll to 58-19 Victory

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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.

Cowgirls Play in 5th place Game

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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.

Winner Wild Wins 1st

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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.”

Three Champions Crowned in Mitchell Tournament

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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.

Wrestlers Win Dual

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Winner Area wrestling team defeated Stanley County 43-32 in a dual Jan. 10 in Ft. Pierre.  Coach Spencer Novotny said the Warriors came out flat. “Our young men weren’t ready to wrestle. That is my fault as a coach and we about got beat because of it,” he said.

Results include:
106—Kaden Keiser, W, over Levi Stover, 15-0
113—Wyatt Turnquist, W, pinned Tucker Dennis, 1:23
120—Joey Cole, W, dec. Queue Wind 7-2
126—Luke Heninger, SC, dec. Trevor Peters, 6-5
132—J.D. Carter, SC pinned Aaron Gilchrist, 1:48
138—Landon Debus, W, dec. Reid Wieczork, 10-1
145—Colton Hedman, SC, pinned Cailob Week, 4:47
152—Logan Kennedy, SC, pinned Owen Duffy, :50
160—Chad Whitley, SC, pinned Riggin Shippy, 3:30
170—Kayleb Brozik, W, pinned Jayden Face, :54
182—Jack Whaley, SC dec. Achilles Willuweit, 18-3
220—Nick Blare, W, won by forfeit
285—Tre Doren, W, won by forfeit

Colome Wins Jones County Tournament

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Colome ended White River’s reign at the Jones County Tournament.  Saturday in the championship game Colome defeated White River 52-38.

Kelly O’Bryan led Colome with 18 points and was named the MVP of the tournament. He was also named to the all-tournament first team.  Jackson Kinzer added 11 points.  Holden Thieman had 9 points and six rebounds. In this game, Thieman surpassed the 1,000 career points. He won the Pete Kerns sportsmanship award and was on the all tournament team.

Kelly O’Bryan and Kolton Salonen each pulled down 5 rebounds.

O’Bryan scored 25 points as Colome defeated Stanley County 63-53 Friday in the Jones County Tournament. With the victory Colome advanced to the championship.  Holden Thieman added 13 points and Salonen added 12.

Colome pulled down 19 rebounds and were led with 4 each by Salonen and O’Bryan.

Colome defeated Bennett County 70-34 in the opening round of the Jones County Tournament in Murdo on Jan. 12.

Kolton Salonen led Colome with 15 points and Kelly O’Bryan added 14.

Salonen pulled down 7 rebounds, Holden Thieman and Jackson Kinzer had 6 each and Beau Bertram, 5.

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Lady Warriors Fall to West Central

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Winner girls basketball team fell to West Central 67-53 at the Dakota State University Classic in Madison Saturday afternoon.

Bella Swedlund led the scoring for Winner with 19 points. Madyson Frazier added 12 points and Morgan Hammerbeck, 7.
Sydney Hollenbeck pulled down 8 rebounds.

The Winner girls will play Pine Ridge on Thursday in Winner. This will be a boys and girls doubleheader.
On Jan. 23, Winner will travel to Miller.