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Three members of the Colome football team have been named to the Class 9B all-state team.

Colome won the Class 9B championship over Langford Area and the Cowboy all state picks are Kelly O’Bryan, Matt Campbell and Wiley Heath.

O’Bryan was an all around asset for the Cowboys catching 31 passes for 525 yards, 8 touchdowns and racked up 1,280 yards of total offense.  For his career, the Colome senior had more than 60 catches for 1,045 yards and 15 touchdowns.  In the championship game, he was named the outstanding back.

Campbell helped pave the Cowboys to the state championship. Coach Dale Krumpus says Campbell is a “good, hard nosed football player.”  Campbell was named the outstanding lineman in the state championship game.

Heath was named to the defensive unit as a linebacker. Heath had 92 tackles for the season and recorded 201 tackles for his career along with 3.5 sacks. Krumpus said Heath’s top trait was putting himself in the right position to make the play.

Named to the honorable mention list was Colome’s Isaac Kortan.

Two members of the Winner High School football team have been named to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 team.  Krockett Krolikowski and Cameron Kuil were named to the honor list which was announced on Thanksgiving day.

Success on offense starts with guys in the trenches. For Winner, Krolikowski served as the anchor for the offensive line that paved the way for a ground attack that averaged 320 yards and 50 points per game and powered the team to its second straight 11B championship.  On defense, he logged 47 tackles and six sacks.  An SDSU commit, he has been a key piece to Winner’s 24-0 run over the past two years.  “Krockett is truly one of those special players that does not come around very often,” Coach Dan Aaker said. “He is unbelievably quick for his size and is very physical. If the teams don’t double team him they are in trouble.”

Also named to the list was senior Cameron Kuil.  A constant threat to score, Kuil scored 14 touchdowns on the ground, four receiving  and returned three kicks for touchdowns.  On defense, Kuil racked up 30 tackles and picked off four passes two of which were returned for a touchdown.  “Cameron was a threat to score at every position he played on the field. In two separate games, he rushed for a touchdown, intercepted a pass for a touchdown and ran a kickoff back,” Aaker said.
“He is the ultimate team player who only cares about playing for his teammates.”

Winner players who received special mention were Drew DeMers and Jayden Schroeder.

In Class 9B, Kelly O’Bryan and Matt Campbell of Colome were listed as special mention.

Cameron Kuil of Winner has been named the Midco Sports Class 11B player of the year.

The Winner senior helped Winner to back to back Class 11B football championships.

He rushed for 937 yards and scored 14 touchdowns this season.  He had 12 receptions for 305 yards and 4 touchdowns.
On defense, Kuil had 23 tackles, 5 interceptions (2 returned for TD).

Four members of the Colome High School football team have been named to the academic all state list.

The Colome players named are: Isaac Kortan, Wiley Heath, Will Cahoy and Jordan Shippy.

The requirements for the award that the player be a senior, have a 3.5 grade point average or higher and have been in the sport for three years.

Winner High School football team puts its mark on history by winning the school’s first back to back state titles.

Friday afternoon in the DakotaDome in Vermillion with fans cheering them on the Warriors shut out Groton Area 54-0.

The play was solid and another dominating victory.

Coach Dan Aaker called it a flawless game as Winner finished the season undefeated with a 12-0 record. For two years this team has been undefeated and has a record of 24-0.

Named the Joe Robbie MVP of the game was Drew DeMers and he was also named the outstanding back. Krockett Krolikowski was named the outstanding lineman.

DeMers said it is an incredible feeling. “Not everyone gets a state championship every year. To get tow is just amazing.”

Colome Cowboys pulled away from a tie game to go on and win the Class 9B state championship Thursday evening in the DakotaDome in Vermillion.

The Cowboys defeated Langford Area 42-23 to win their third championship in school history and the first since 2007.

Colome quarterback Layton Thieman who completed 11 of 18 passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns shared his feelings after the game. “This has been a blast,” he said. For his efforts Thieman was named the Joe Robbie most valuable player of the game.

Winner volleyball team was defeated by Dakota Valley in the Sweet 16 tournament Thursday in Wagner.

Winner lost in three sets—10-25, 14-25, 11-25.

Winner coach Jaime Keiser said Dakota Valley is a very experienced, powerful and smart team. “They have some good hitters and they did a great job of attacking the ball which kept us playing defense. They did a great job of serving the ball and kept us out of system on serve receive. Dakota Valley is a very good team and we just couldn’t get anything going,” said the coach.

This ended the season for the Winner volleyball team.

Winner High School football team punched its ticket to the state 11B state championship game Saturday night in Winner when they defeated Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 38-13.

The Warriors, the defending Class 11B state champions, will play Groton at 1 p.m. Friday in the DakotaDome in Vermillion.

In the Class 9B semifinal game Saturday, one play was the difference in deciding the victory.

That one play went to the Colome Cowboys who defeated Corsica-Stickney 28-27 on a two point conversion by Jackson Kinzer.

With 40 seconds left in the game, Kelly O’Bryan scored a touchdown to pull Colome within one point. Kinzer ran the ball in for the two points and it was celebration time for the Cowboys.

Kinzer said; “The pitch has been working going left and that is what we did and it worked.”

Winner High School volleyball team has made the Sweet 16 after defeating Little Wound in region play on Saturday.

Winner won 25-13, 24-26, 25-18, 25-19.

Winner will play Dakota Valley on Thursday, Nov. 10 in Wagner at 7 p.m.