Custer County Chronicle

Wildcat golfers take second at regions

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 10:11am

The Region 4A girls golf tournament was held last Tuesday at Meadowbrook golf course in Rapid City. Out of five placing teams, Custer came out second overall with a score of 411. They were behind St. Thomas More (STM), whose team scored 359. Coming in third, fourth and fifth were Belle Fourche, Hot Springs and Lead-Deadwood, respectively.
“Everybody had a pretty good day. Overall, I was really happy with it,” said head coach Hailey Uphoff.

Boys, girls sweep Region 8A track titles

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 10:10am

The Custer High School track team appears to be rounding into peak form at the right time, as both the boys and girls teams ran, leaped and threw their way to sweeping the Region 8A Track Meet championships last Thursday in Belle Fourche.
The Wildcat girls piled up 192.5 points, over 80 points ahead of second-place finishing Belle Fourche, which had 112 points.

Paulsen brothers head to hall of fame

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 11:22am

A pair of Custer brothers who are Wildcat basketball legends are among 13 former players who had exceptional careers in the state who will be inducted into the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame during the 13th annual banquet Aug. 26 at the Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls.
Paige and the late Derek Paulsen are among those set to be inducted into the hall of fame. Wildcat basketball fans will no doubt remember the brothers, who in the late 1990s and early 2000s produced some of the best seasons in the history of Custer High School.

Stiefel, Boyster shine at Howard Wood

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 10:10am
By Jason Ferguson
 
Two of Custer’s standout track athletes appear to be rounding into their best form as the postseason approaches.
Ciana Stiefel and Blake Boyster both had big days last Saturday at the Howard Wood Dakota relays, with Boyster running a 48.80 to win the 400 meter while Stiefel set a Class A record in the pole vault, clearing 12-7 to win the gold medal. The height moved Stiefel into second-place all-time in the state in girls pole vault and also broke a Howard Wood record that has stood for 15 years.

Wildcat golfers third at Black Hills Conference

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 10:08am
The Custer High School girls golf team competed in the pre-conference tournament in Hot Springs last Thursday and then back in Hot Springs for the Black Hills Conference on Monday. The Wildcats secured a third place finish at the Black Hills Conference tournament with a team score of 418. They finished behind Spearfish and St. Thomas More (STM) with scores at 379 and 365, respectively. 

Wildcat golfers get into the swing of season

Published by admin on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 12:19pm

The Custer High School Wildcat girls golf team competed in the Sturgis Invite at Boulder Canyon last Friday and at the Custer Invitational at Rocky Knolls Golf Course Monday.
Head coach Haley Uphoff said she was happy with the turnout at both meets. In Sturgis, the team finished fourth with a score of 412. They were behind Saint Thomas More (STM) at 363, Spearfish at 371 and Rapid City Stevens at 394. Uphoff reported that she was pleased to finish behind only one other Class A school, STM, at the Sturgis meet. Both Spearfish and Stevens are larger class AA schools.

Larsen wins pair of golds

Published by admin on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 12:18pm

It was the Jojo Larsen show at the Black Hills Track Classic in Sturgis last Saturday, as the sophomore Wildcat sprinter ran her way to a pair of gold medal finishes, winning the 100 in a time of 12.43 while also winning the 200 at a time of 25.86, the latter of which is the fastest time in the state in Class A this spring.
“It was a good day for her. She looked smooth, strong and fast,” Custer head coach Karen Karim said.
Larsen rounded out her day with a sixth-place finish in the 400, running a time of 1:02.46.

Boyster wins two golds in Pierre

Published by admin on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 10:45am

After having its home meet cancelled last week due to weather and seeing another meet postponed, the Custer High School track team was able to get back on the track in two locations Monday when part of the team headed to Pierre for the American Legion Relays while others headed north to the Northern Hills Invitational in Belle Fourche.

Girls golf tees off in Rapid City

Published by admin on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 10:43am

The girls golf team competed at the Pre-Region meet at Meadowbrook golf course in Rapid City on Monday and Tuesday. Four Wildcat girls competed with one placing. Custer earned third as a team out of the four teams that could place at the tournament.
Shauna Zacher and Amber Layton each finished the meet with a total of 108 strokes. In a playoff, Zacher ended up taking the placing spot at 10th.
Next up was Jordyn Uphoff, who earned a score of 116.
Rounding out the team for the Wildcats was Quinn Lewison, who finished just behind Uphoff with 118 strokes.

Track team finally gets to compete

Published by admin on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 3:39pm

In case you forgot, it’s track season. Well, maybe the constant snow and wind reminded you of that.
Such has been the case for the Custer High School track team, as it had its first three meets cancelled by weather before finally getting on the track twice last week. The Wildcats competed April 10 at the Scooper Invitational in Sturgis in gorgeous weather before participating in the Track-O-Rama in Rapid City last Friday in less-than-ideal weather.
Such is life for track teams in South Dakota.