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Alexis Richey of Winner has been named to the Big Dakota Conference all conference team. She is one of 12 members that make up the all conference team.

Abby Marts of Winner was named to the honorable mention team.

Colome volleyball team was defeated by Avon in the District 12 tournament. The scores were 8-25, 20-25 and 22-25.

Earlier, Colome lost to Kimball-White Lake 25-27, 25-19, 16-25 and 17-25.

Colome finished the season with a 12-15 record.

Winner Warrior football team was not going to let any team scare them off in the quarterfinals
Monday in Winner.

The Warriors shut out Tri Valley 40-0 to advance to the semifinals on Saturday.

This was a rematch of last year’s state 11B championship game where Winner defeated Tri Valley.

The Warriors will host the semifinal game on Saturday when Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan comes to town.

Jackson Kinzer helped the Colome Cowboys to a 38-8 playoff football victory over Hamlin Monday in Colome.

Kinzer scored two touchdowns and also ran back a Hamlin punt for a touchdown to give Colome a 30-0 lead before the half.

Colome will now play Corsica-Stickney on Saturday Nov. 5 in Corsica in the semifinal playoff game. The game on Saturday will be at 7 p.m.  Colome, 9-1, played Corsica-Stickney in the first game of this year’s football season.

Hamlin ended its season with a 7-3 record.

Top seeded Winner carried on where they left off during the regular season as they shut out Parkston 52-0 in the first round of the Class 11B football playoffs Oct. 25 in Winner.

The game ended at the half due to the mercy rule.

The Warriors are 9-0 and played Tri Valley Monday night in Winner on the second round of the playoffs.

Last year in the state championship Winner defeated Tri Valley 45-6. The last three state championships that Winner won they have faced Tri Valley.

The Colome Cowboys football team had a strong performance in the opening round of the state football playoffs.
The Cowboys defeated DeSmet 46-14 on Oct. 25 in Colome.

Layton Thieman threw for 233 yards throwing four touchdown passes.

Colome, 8-1, hosted a second round game in Colome on Oct. 31.

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.