Winner/Colome Legion baseball team won its first game in the region tournament in Rapid City on July 15. The Royals defeated Martin 15-0.
In the second game on Thursday, Winner/Colome defeated Spearfish 5-4 in 13 innings.
On Friday, Winner/Colome had to play Spearfish again in back to back games. Spearfish won both games and advances to the state Legion tournament in Salem.
In Friday’s first game, Spearfish won 8-6. In the final game, Spearfish won 16-8.
“We made a heck of a run at making the state tournament. We were able to secure a spot in the championship with a crazy, fun win Thursday against Spearfish but came up a little short in the two championship games on Friday,” said coach Drew Weber.
“Spearfish is really a good team with players that had just a little more experience than we had and it showed up in the deciding game on Friday. I could not be more proud of the way we played and this is a valuable learning experience for us, considering we only loose two players next year. It will be very difficult to replace Landon Engel and Brandon Bicek as they have been two of our most consistent and steady players the last couple of years,” said Weber.
The coach says Winner/Colome feels like they are one of the top teams in the state and proved that with our showing during the region. “We were one or two plays away from making the state tournament and I expect us to come back next year and make those plays,” said Weber.
Winner/Colome finished the season with a 17-9 record.
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