Sports

Football ends with loss to Madison

Published by admin on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 3:02pm

A stalled offense exacerbated by penalties doomed the Custer High School football team last Thursday evening at Wildcat Field as the Wildcats closed out their 2023 campaign with a 48-7 loss to the Madison Bulldogs.
The Wildcats were able to muster only 120 yards of total offense as the passing game scuffled with off the mark throws and dropped passes while penalties and turnovers often beset promising drives.

Ranger boys state champions

Published by admin on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:10am
They won conference, they won regions and now the Hill City High School Ranger boys won the Class A State Cross Country Championship Oct. 21.
“We’d seen it all year,” said head coach Joe Noyes. “We knew where the boys were and what they were capable of. We just wanted them to do it on the biggest stage, and they rose to that challenge and handled it in an impressive fashion.” 

Rangers take on Belle to end season

Published by admin on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 8:54am
The Hill City Rangers girls volleyball team wrapped up another winning week beating Custer (25-13, 26-16, 25-13) and Alliance, Neb., (25-16, 25-24, 23-25, 27-25).
“Alliance was a great prep match for our postseason,” said head volleyball coach Allie Henderson. “They are an all around team with a lot of strengths that we had to adjust to. Our first set we came out pretty strong which may have been unexpected for Alliance. They came back stronger in the second and we trailed at some point in all of the remaining sets.” 

Boys, girls teams are state-bound

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 10:07am

Both the Custer High School boys and girls cross country teams are state-bound after qualifying in the regional meet at Hart Ranch last Wednesday. The girls team placed second with 30 points, and the boys team placed third with 33. Both teams finished behind the Hill City Rangers, winning both championships at regions.
“I was relieved to get there,” said head coach Karen Karim.
With tough teams on both the girls and boys sides in the region meet, and after going back and forth with Belle Fourche in recent meets, the teams had their work cut out for them.

Volleyball team wins one, loses one

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 10:06am

The Custer High School Wildcat volleyball team had a week of mixed results last week, beating the Red Cloud Crusaders yet again in straight sets, but losing to St. Thomas More (STM) later that week.
The Wildcats beat the Crusaders Tuesday 25-12, 25-20, 25-16.
“There are always things that we can improve upon, but we were happy with the outcome,” said head coach Jill Hohn.
In the match, JoJo Larsen had eight kills, Rachel Miklos had six kills and Shauna Zacher had six aces.

Cheer team excited for state meet

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 10:05am

The Custer High School competitive cheer team competed in the Cobbler Invitational at Rapid City Central last Tuesday, earning sixth place out of seven teams. Then, last Friday, they went to Rushmore Athletics to work on their routine, stunts and tumbling ahead of the state meet this Friday.
“I think the biggest thing they got out of Friday was confidence. They are doing things they didn’t think they could. We had a few of them develop tumbling skills so we can do more than cartwheels and round offs,” said head coach Trenna Cooper.

Wildcats fall to visiting C-Hawks

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 10:05am

Improvement was the name of the game last Friday evening at Wildcat Field as the Custer High School football team welcomed the third-ranked team in Class A, Canton, to town.
The C-Hawks burst out to a 28-6 lead by the second quarter, but a determined Wildcat squad continued to hang in there and trade punches with the bigger, deeper team before succumbing 55-23.

Girls win three straight

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 8:37am
Winning. That’s the word to describe the Hill City Rangers girls volleyball team after three at-home wins last week against Red Cloud (25-8, 25-11, 25-13), St. Thomas More (25-15, 25-21, 25-11) and Wall (25-7, 30-28, 25-22).
The girls are 22-6 on the season.
The girls played a very technical game against Wall, according to Head Coach Allie Henderson. 

Ranger football season ends

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 8:37am
Football season has ended in Hill City with the Rangers losing to the Bison of Hot Springs 6-56. 
“Hot Springs was a really good football team and they are very deserving of the #3 rank in the state right now,” said Head  Football Coach Brett Eckert. He said his team came out and “battled hard” despite “ being really banged up” going in.
“We tried to move the ball through the air and had some great plays passing and also had some other times where the guys were open. We just didn’t convert.”

Rangers score region titles

Published by admin on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 8:34am
The Hill City High School Rangers claimed two team titles and two individual titles at the SDHSAA Region 5A Cross Country Meet Oct. 11. 
Due to the impending weather, the meet was held a day early. As a result, the Ranger's recovery time was cut a little short. 
However, head coach Joe Noyes said, "Even though they may have been a little tired, man, they outperformed being tired. So to us as coaches, that's such a great indicator of where we're going to be at the state meet when we're fresh."