Custer County Chronicle

Wildcat boys finish third at conference meet

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:02am

The Custer High School boys wrestling team travelled to Philip and to Hill City this week to compete in the Philip Invitational on Friday and the Black Hills Conference on Saturday.
At the conference meet the boys earned third place with 133 points, coming in behind winners Belle Fourche with 169.5 points and Douglas-Rapid City Christian-New Underwood with 160.5 points.
Individually, several wrestlers earned a spot on the podium at the meet.

Wildcat girls finish in second place

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:01am

The Custer High School girls wrestling competed in the Black Hills Conference meet in Hill City this past weekend, coming in at second place behind Spearfish.
“On the team side, I thought the girls did really well. We were extremely lucky in our draws. We had a lot of first round matches, and kind of came out on fire. We knew Spearfish was going to be really hard to catch,” said girls coach Clayton Sander.

Wildcats thump Crusaders, fall to Cavaliers

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 9:59am

Don’t let one loss turn into two.
That was the mantra last  Friday night at the Custer Armory as the Custer High School basketball team looked to turn the page on a bitterly disappointing loss to St. Thomas More the previous night. The Wildcats did just that, jumping out to a large early lead and cruising to a 65-35 win over the visiting Maȟpíya Lúta Crusaders.

Girls get back in win column

Published by admin on Wed, 01/15/2025 - 3:13pm

The Custer High School girls basketball team put an end to a six-game losing streak last Saturday in Newcastle, Wyo., blasting the Dogies 51-14.
The Wildcats trailed 8-6 at the end of the first quarter but dominated the rest of the game, as the Dogies only scored six points the rest of the game—two in each of the final three quarters. Custer exploded for 26 points in the second quarter alone.

Boys cruise to win over Dogies

Published by admin on Wed, 01/15/2025 - 3:12pm

It was a light week of action for the Custer High School boys basketball team as it played only one game last week. It could be said that was a light game for the Wildcats as well, as they stormed out to a 21-10 lead in the first quarter and a 44-19 halftime lead on the way to a 68-31 win at Newcastle, Wyo.
Despite the lopsided win, Custer head coach Paul Kelley was disappointed with his team’s start, as he said the ’Cats started slowly, missing point blank shots and playing sluggish overall.

Boys compete at Mid Dakota Monster

Published by admin on Wed, 01/15/2025 - 3:09pm

The Custer High School boys wrestling team had a tough week, taking on the very competitive and large Mid Dakota Monster tournament in Presho over the weekend and competing in duals with Chamberlain and Winner last Thursday.
The team finished the tournament with some place winners but many not making the podium. Still somewhat early in the season, the team has already seen some of its best wrestlers injured (Riley Scott and Myles Woodward among them), but the team is pressing on and adapting to the changing line-up.

Girl wrestlers continue on an upswing

Published by admin on Wed, 01/15/2025 - 3:08pm

The Custer High School girls wrestling team competed in the Mid Dakota Bride of the Monster wrestling tournament in Presho this past weekend, with many on the team earning a spot on the podium in the highly competitive meet. As a team, they placed fourth out of 34 teams.
On Thursday they also competed in duals with Winner and Chamberlain, beating both teams.
“To be able to take that kind of placing as a team is huge for us,” said coach Clayton Sander.

Girl wrestlers sixth in Spearfish

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2025 - 9:19am

The Custer High School Wildcat girls wrestling team competed in the Spearfish Girls Invitational this past Saturday and placed sixth out of 12 teams.
“It was a little rough. We had a couple champions and some girls who lost some close matches and shouldn’t have, but for the most part I think we did OK,” said coach Clayton Sander.

Boys place fourth at Harding County

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2025 - 9:18am

Coming off a short break for the holidays, the Custer High School boys wrestling team placed fourth at the Harding County Invitational Dec. 30. The team finished with 138.5 points, behind Bowman County-Beach’s (N.D.) 143 points, Belle Fourche with 158 and champions Sturgis Brown with 208.5.
“It went pretty well. A lot of kids got quite a few matches over break which was nice, keeping them in shape,” said head coach Jared Webster.
Cole Scott wrestled at 106 pounds. He did not place but scored eight points with two pins early in the tournament.

Larsen posts quadruple-double in Wildcat loss

Published by admin on Wed, 01/08/2025 - 9:17am

Senior guard Jojo Larsen achieved one of the rarest stat lines in basketball last Saturday in Custer’s 64-58 loss to Tiospaye Topa at the America’s Hometown Classic in Madison—a quadruple double.
What is a quadruple-double?
When a player reaches double figures in four of the five statistical categories — points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks — he or she has achieved a quadruple-double.
In Larsen’s case, she finished the game with 13 points, 13 steals, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. For good measure, the 5-4 Larsen blocked a pair of Thunderhawk shots.