Bella Swedlund and Morgan Hammerbeck combined for 26 points as the Winner girls basketball team defeated Bon Homme 62-36.
Winner led 48-19 at the half.
Winner shot 40 percent (24-60) from the field and hit five 3 pointers. At the free throw line, Winner was 9 of 13 while the Cavaliers shot 11 of 18. Bon Homme out-rebounded Winner 25-22 but the Warriors came away with 24 steals.
The Winner girls basketball team defeated Parkston 64-49 on Dec. 22.
Madyson Frazier led the scoring for Winner with 15 points. She was followed by Sydney Hollenbeck with 13 points and Bella Swedlund with 10 points.
The Lady Warriors had a strong second quarter as they outscored Parkston 23-9. At the end of the first quarter, Parkston led 18-11.
The Lady Warriors pulled down 29 rebounds and were led by Morgan Hammerbeck with 7 and Chloe Bartels with 6.
The Lady Warriors shot 44 percent from the field and made 18 of 22 free throws for 82 percent. Winner was nipped by Sully Buttes 60-55 in a game played in Winner on Dec. 19.
Swedlund led the scoring for Winner with 16 points with Hollenbeck adding 10 points.
From the field, Winner shot 47 percent and made 5 of 6 free throws for 83 percent.
Hammerbeck pulled down 6 rebounds.
On Dec. 15, the Lady Warriors fell to Burke/South Central 58-51.
Swedlund scored 10 points followed by 8 each from Frazier, Kocer, Marts and Hollenbeck.
From the field, Winner shot 23 percent and made 19 of 31 free throws for 61 percent.
The next action for Winner will be in the Snowball Classic in Winner on Dec. 30. The Lady Warriors will play Hill City at 6 p.m.
Winner boys basketball team was defeated by Parkston 58-49 on Dec. 22.
Cameron Kuil scored 15 points, Drew DeMers, 13; Isaac Naasz, 7 and Trevor Bertram, 6.
“We thought our kids played really hard and actually beat Parkston in many statistical categories,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We fouled a little bit too much and they took advantage of it by making it 25 of 46 free throws.”
Naasz pulled down 11 rebounds and Kuil, 8.
The Warriors were 13 of 31 for 38 percent from the two point range and made 6 of 28 three pointers. At the free throw line, Winner was 7 of 11.
Luke Engel had 4 steals and DeMers, 3. Kuil had 4 assists, DeMers and Bertram, 3 each
Gardner says the team needs to get ready for the Hill City game. Winner will play Hill City in the Snowball Classic in Winner at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 30.
The Purple team defeated the Golden Oldies 96-80 in the 23rd annual Winner Warrior alumni game Friday night.
Ben Connot scored 27 points, Zach Horstman, 20; Nathan Galbraith, 12; Tanner Fritz, 10. Leading the Gold team were Blake Tideman, 27; Tyler Kucera, 17 and Jordan Sinkler, 16.
“It was great to see all the former faces on the court again,” said coach Brett Gardner. “We love the alumni game because former Warrior athletes get to lace it up and have some fun over Christmas break. The young Purple team now leads the all time series 13-10. We look forward to next year.”
Winner area wrestlers competed in a triangular in Burke earlier in the week.
Winner Area defeated Wagner by a score of 54-25.
Winner area defeated Burke/Gregory 63-18.
Winner High School boys basketball team had a big opener as they defeated Wagner 63-27 on Friday.
The Warriors made 13 of 25 2 points shots for 52 percent and 11 of 23 3 pointers for 47 percent.
At the free throw line, Winner was 4 of 14.
“We were very pleased that our student athletes came out of the gate ready to play, said coach Brett Gardner.
All 12 of the players got in the game.
The Colome girls basketball team opened the season as they fell to Corisca-Stickney 61-28 on Dec. 6.
The Cowgirls were 7 of 44 from the field and made 7 of 16 free throws.
Andes Central/Dakota Christian defeated Colome 49-30 on Thursday.
Winner High School girls basketball team opened the season with a 60-46 victory over Wagner on Friday.
The Lady Warriors had a big second quarter as they outscored the Red Raiders 21-6.
Winner shot 46 percent from the field and 71 percent from the free throw line.
The next action for Winner will be Thursday night when they host Burke/South Central.
Wyatt Turnquist Defeated 4-3 in KWLPG Finals
Winner Area wrestling team opened the season by taking second place at the Kimball tournament on Saturday.
First place went to Atlas Willuweit, Kaleb Brozik and Tre Doren. Taking second were Wyatt Turnquist and Avery Gilchrist. Kaden Keiser and Jayden Schroeder placed third. Landon Debus and Aaron Gilchrist placed fourth. Trevor Peters, Riggin Shippy, Chet Bryan, Achilles Willuweit and Nick Blare all took fifth place.
“We had a great tournament on Saturday. We wrestled really well but we still have a lot of little things to work on,” said coach Spencer Novotny.
All three wrestlers who won first place had records of 3-0.
Atlas Willuweit won the championship match with a 10-3 decision over Hunter Pranger of Mount Vernon/Plankinton. Brozik won the 170 pound championship match with a 7-1 decision over Kaylor Pinney of Philip area. Doren at heavyweight won his championship match with a 3-1 overtime win over Austin Moore of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes.
Turnquist and Avery Gilchrist also wrestled in the championship match. In the finals, Cadyn Coller of Philip Area won by decision 4-2. Gilchrist was pinned in the championship in 48 seconds by Keagan Fitch of Philip Area.
Keiser won his third place match with a 5-1 decision over Bradyn Lhotak of Wagner. Schroeder won by pin in 3:30 over Blake Crowser of Philip Area in the third place match. Debus was defeated 11-0 by Cody Donnelly of Philip Area in the third place match.
Aaron Gilchrist was pinned in 2:03 by Hunter Wright of Redfield/Doland in the third place match. Peters won by decision 5-3 over Wyatt Stevens of Wessington Springs/Woonsocket. Shippy won by fall in 45 seconds in the fifth place match. Shippy pinned Austin Severson of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes. Bryan was also in a fifth place match and won by pin in 1:44 over Geoffrey Devries of Philip Area.
Achilles Willuweit won the fifth place match in a pin in 56 seconds over Warren Soulek of Kimball/ White Lake/ Platte-Geddes.
Blare won a 3-2 decision in the 5th place match. He won over Alex Cruz of Redfield/Doland.
Coach Novotny said the team’s technique was pretty good. “I knew going into this weekend that we wouldn’t be in great condition but we worked through it and even had some over time matches that we didn’t run out of gas in.”
The coach said the team is going into a busy week. The team will wrestle in a triangular in Gregory on Thursday and in the Rapid City tournament on Friday and Saturday.
Winner High School boys basketball team will open the season on Dec. 9 at Wagner.
The Warriors, who finished last season with a 19-6 record, will return eight lettermen including seven seniors. The lettermen are: Drew DeMers, Cameron Kuil, Trevor Bertram, Isaac Naasz, Chase Kingsbury, Luke Engel, William Schroeder and sophomore Brandon Volmer. In addition to the seven seniors, there are 3 juniors, 10 sophomores and 14 freshmen. Seniors who graduated from last year’s team are Devon Leiferman and Lattrell Terkildsen.
Last season the Warriors had an interesting run to the state tournament. They knocked off Todd County at home, then beat Red Cloud on their home court and in the championship defeated Little Wound in the ice arena at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.
At the state tournament in Rapid City, the Warriors came up short in the first game against St. Thomas More. The Warriors placed sixth at the state meet. This was the second consecutive year Winner played in the state tournament.
Coach Brett Gardner, who is starting his third season at the Warrior helm, says the seven seniors have both varsity and state tournament experience. The three returning starters are DeMers, Kuil and Naasz. Gardner says: “We have great leadership. We should be athletic and fast. We might not be as tall as other teams so we have to be faster. We will use our athleticism to our advantage.” The coach says the team will play an up tempo style this year. “We want to get some fast break points on transition.”
Gardner says the Warriors have good shooters in DeMers, Bertram and Engel. “They need to knock down some shots with Cameron, Chase and Isaac needing to get to the rim and finish layups. Willy Schroeder is also a good shooter,” said Gardner. The coach says the team will lean on seniors to do a lot of things. “Our goal is to compete every night and defend the full 32 minutes, knock in some shots and have some fun,” said Gardner.
The first week of practice the team has been working on footwork and fundamentals. “We pride ourselves on defense. Fundamentals, foot work, team work and defense is what we are concentrating on,” said the coach. Gardner says Winner has an awesome schedule and plays in two conferences—Big Dakota and SESD.
The Warriors will play 20 games and have 11 home games. Winner will be in two classics—the Snowball Classic in Winner and the Hanson Classic in Mitchell. As he looks at teams in Class A, Gardner says Class A is stacked this year. “Class A is the best it has been in five years. St. Thomas More returns all its players, Madison is back, Sioux Falls Christian returns a lot in addition to Sioux Valley having a lot of returners.” Assistant coaches will be Trent Olson who is starting his 14th year and Blake Tideman who is beginning his third year.
The 2016-2017 boys basketball schedule includes:
Dec. 9—At Wagner
Dec. 16—At Miller
Dec. 17—Sully Buttes, home
Dec. 22—Parkston, home
Dec. 27—at Bon Homme
Dec. 30—Snow Ball Classic in Winner
Jan. 3—Chamberlain, home
Jan. 6—Bennett County, home
Jan. 7—Gregory, home
Jan. 10—at Valentine
Jan. 19—Pine Ridge, home
Jan. 21—Hanson Classic in Mitchell
Jan. 24—Todd County, home
Jan. 27—MVP, home
Feb. 4—at CEB
Feb. 7—St. Francis, home
Feb. 10—at McLaughlin
Feb. 14—Platte-Geddes, home
Feb. 17—Mobridge-Pollock, home
Feb. 20—at Crow Creek
Feb. 27—Regional
March 16-18—State A in Sioux Falls
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