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Winner volleyball team defeated Platte-Geddes in four sets on Oct. 24. The scores were 25-23, 25-18, 10-25, 25-18.

“Platte-Geddes is a very balanced and scrappy team,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We came out ready to play and played well. We knew we would have to play consistent to win.

“We did a great job of serving and attacking the ball which kept Platte out of system. We lost focus in set 3 but I was proud that we never gave up. We played together as a team with a lot of intensity,” said Keiser.

In the final regular season match, the Lady Warriors hosted Mt. Vernon/Plankinton on Thursday. It was senior night as two seniors Rachel Sherman and Sydney Hollenbeck and their parents were honored.

The Lady Warriors fell to MVP in three sets 19-25, 8-25, 20-25.

The regions will start Nov. 3 with Winner hosting St. Francis at 7:30 p.m.

For the first time in Winner High School history the Winner Area girls cross country team placed at the state meet.  The Lady Warriors took sixth place at the state meet in Huron on Oct. 22.

A 7th place finish by runner Sidda Schuyler makes her the highest placing girls cross county runner in the school’s history.

In addition to Schuyler, runner for Winner area were Chloe Bartels, Jaclyn Laprath, Sam Schuyler, Aryn Meiners and Meagan Blare.

Kade Watson led the Winner boys as he placed 33rd. Both Schuyler and Watson are only 7th graders. “We will be hearing their names for a long time,” said Coach Jayd Schuyler.  Izak Moleterno also ran for the Winner team at state.

“It is a good way to end the season and will allow us a lot to build on for the future,” added the coach.

In an emotional game, the Winner Warriors showed a lot of determination and poise in shutting out Jones County/White River 64-0 Thursday night.

This was the final game of the regular season and the No. 1 ranked Warriors are undefeated with an 8-0 record. This is the second consecutive year the Warriors have been undefeated at the end of the regular season.

The Warriors played with a heavy heart after last Wednesday’s death of teammate Taylor Watzel.

There was a moment of silence for Watzel before the start of the game.

On the sideline hung Watzel’s No. 66 jersey. Out of respect for Watzel and the WHS team the Jones County/White River team and coaching staff placed flowers at the base of the stand holding shirt.

Colome football team closed out the regular season on Thursday with a 44-0 win over Scotland.

Colome finished the regular season with a record of 7-1.

Colome hosted a first round playoff game on Oct. 25 as they took on DeSmet.

Winner High School volleyball team competed in the SESD conference tournament Saturday in Wagner.  Alexis Richey was named to the all-conference team.

The Lady Warriors lost to Burke/South Central in two sets. The scores were 14-25, 21-25.

Winner lost to Parkston in two sets—6-25, 22-25.

Winner defeated Chamberlain in two sets—25-12, 25-14.

Winner lost to Platte-Geddes in 3 sets—25-17, 23-25 and 18-25.

Winner volleyball team fell to Wagner in three sets on Oct. 18. The scores were 21-25, 18-25 and 21-25.

Coach Jaime Keiser says Wagner is a good team with big hitters. “We knew we would have to play consistent. We struggled with serve receive and our setter was chasing the ball so we couldn’t attack the ball. We gave up too many unearned points. We were not getting blocks up or getting to our sports defensively. I was proud of how we kept hustling and didn’t give up,” said Keiser.

Colome volleyball team defeated Crow Creek and St. Francis this week.
The Cowgirls defeated Crow Creek on Friday, Parents Night. The score was 25-10, 25-19, 25-19.

On Oct. 17, Colome defeated St. Francis 25-21, 25-23 and 25-22.

The next match will be Oct. 24 in Kimball.

The No. 1 rated Winner football team had another solid performance Friday night.

The Warriors shut out Redfield/Doland 54-0. The game ended at the half due to the mercy rule.

The Warriors scored 38 points in the first quarter on their way to the victory. This was Winner’s fifth shut out of the season.

It was senior night and the 18 seniors and parents were honored.

With a victory on Thursday, Winner will have the No. 1 seed and will assure home field advantage for all three playoff games.

The first round of the playoffs will be Tuesday, Oct. 25 and the game will be in Winner. The opponent is not yet known.

“We have to take care of business this week to get ready for the playoffs,” said Aaker.

Colome football team shut out Tripp-Delmont/Armour 52-0 on Friday in Colome.  Chase Dufek ran for 170 yards on five carries to lead the No. 5 rated Class 9B Cowboys.

Colome, 6-1, will host Scotland on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The playoffs start on Oct. 25 and Colome will have a home game but the opponent is not yet known.

Winner High School volleyball team defeated Chamberlain in four sets.

The scores were 25-21, 25-12, 21-25, 25-19.

“We came out ready to play and did a great job of attacking the ball and moving the ball to different hitters in game 1 and 2,” said coach Jaime Keiser.
“Chamberlain didn’t know who we were setting and had a hard time stopping us. We lost focus in game 3. We had a hard time getting anything going and gave Chamberlain too many unearned points. I was glad to see us battle back after losing the third game,” said the coach.