Custer County Chronicle

Volleyball makes comeback for LNI title

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:43pm

Coming off a sluggish couple of weeks for the Custer Wildcat volleyball team, it got their groove back just in time for at the Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) volleyball tournament this past weekend. The team powered its way through each match to take the championship as it defeated the Bennett County Warriors in the first- place match.
On Friday of the two-day tournament, the ’Cats played its first matches with St. Stephens, Wyo., Lodge Grass, Mont., and St. Francis.

Bison jump on Wildcats early

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:43pm

It was a picture-perfect night for football in Hot Springs last Friday evening as the Custer Wildcats and Hot Springs Bison got together to renew their rivalry in a battle for the Southern Hills Showdown trophy.
Unfortunately for the Wildcats, while the game kicked off at 6 p.m., they didn’t start to play until around 6:20 p.m., falling behind 27-0 to begin the game on the way to a 48-21 loss.

Runners stir stumps in Sturgis

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:42pm

The Custer High School cross country teams headed to Sturgis last Thursday and got a feel for the course before heading back to Sturgis this Thursday for the Black Hills Conference meet.
Freshman Peyton Krueger finished 19th place in the varsity 5K race with a time of 17:26.26, a personal record time for him this season.
“That’s a hard course to PR (personal record) at,” said head coach Karen Karim.
In 30th place came Austin Drew with a time at 17:50.31— pretty good for losing his shoe during the race, said Karim.

’Cats drop ’Diggers for homecoming win

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:30pm

For most of the last three games, the Custer High School football team’s offense has been stuck in neutral, with the offensive line shouldering much of the blame for the team’s inability to move the ball.

Soccer team routed in season finale

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:28pm

Heading into last Thursday’s game against Belle Fourche, the Custer High School soccer team needed a win over the Broncs to secure a win in the Class A playoff brackert.
About 30 minutes into the match, it became apparent that wasn’t going to happen.
The Broncs scored early and often in a 8-1 rout, dashing the Wildcats’ playoff hopes and ending the team’s season with a record of 2-8-2.

Volleyball has disappointing week

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:27pm

It was a disappointing week for the Custer High School volleyball team as it faced losses to Spearfish during last Thursday’s match and then another string of losses into the weekend as it competed in the Belle Fourche Invitational. The team remains optimisic, however, heading into a brand new week with fresh match-ups.
Spearfish got its 11th straight win as it beat Custer Thursday in straight sets 25-13, 25-16, 25-16.

Golf team qualifies for state meet

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:25pm

The Custer High School golf team is state bound next week by virtue of placing second in the Region 4A meet held Monday morning at Rocky Knolls Golf Course in Custer.
Custer finished with a team total of 64 over par, a distant second to St. Thomas More, which placed first at 28 over.

Runners get first look at state course

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:25pm

The Custer High School boys and girls cross country teams competed in the crowded Rapid City Invite at Hart Ranch last Friday and got their first look at the course they will be coming back to for both the region and state meets. For that reason, over 30 teams came from all over the state to get familiar with the terrain. Many of those teams also came from out-of-state to run against the strong competition.

Boys first, girls third at home meet

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 10:39am

The Custer High School cross country team had double duty this week as it raced in its home meet in Custer on Thursday before trekking East River to race in Huron on Saturday.
Over in Huron, the boys team came away with third place in the crowded competion, beat out only by larger AA schools.
“They placed third overall which is kind of a big deal because those are AA schools,” said head coach Karen Karim.

Soccer team struggles to 0-3 week

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 10:37am

On Aug. 29, a five-goal game by Xander Dinius propelled the Custer High School soccer team to a 6-2 win over the Hot Springs Bison.
Less than a month later the Wildcats offense was shut down entirely by the Bison in a 1-0 Hot Springs win Sept. 17, which was followed by two more losses over the weekend to Groton (5-1) and James Valley Christian (5-0) that have sent the Wildcats to a record of 2-5-2 and on the outside looking in of the Class A playoff picture.