Hill City Prevailer

Rupert wins Rapid City meet

Published by admin on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 9:00am
In the middle of the homecoming parade, the Hill City High School cross country team showed its Ranger pride by competing at the Rapid City Area Schools Invitational Cross Country Meet. 
“Both the girls and the boys looked a little tired this week which is pretty normal for where we’re at in our training cycle,” said head coach Joe Noyes. “We’re training for the state meet not the Rapid Invite.”
Even so, with 139 other boys competing, Luke Rupert won the varsity 5K with a time of 15:35.56. 

Rangers defeat Miller

Published by admin on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 9:00am
The Hill City Rangers Football team is having a winning season, standing at 3-2 after a decisive win against Miller-Highmore-Harrold. The Rangers defeated Miller by a score of 44-12.

Rangers fifth at Black Hills Conference meet

Published by admin on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 8:58am
With no time to practice, four members of the Hill City Rangers golf team played in the Black Hills Conference Championship Sept. 19 at Hart Ranch outside of Rapid City. 
This tournament is outside of the Rangers’ normal season, but they are allowed to play as a Black Hills Conference school. 
“It was good to get out there and compete. It’s always fun to compete against the bigger schools,” said coach Josh Daiss. 

Girls win invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 8:57am
The Hill City High School volleyball team is the Belle Fourche Invitational champion.
The girls defeated Lead-Deadwood, New Underwood and Belle Fourche to get to semifinal action where they easily defeated Custer 25-14 and 25-19.
Advancing to the finals, the girls took on Beulah, N.D., beating them in two sets, 25-19 and 25-17

Three Ranger girls place in top four

Published by admin on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:52am
Half the Hill City High School varsity cross country competed at the Lyman Raider Nation Invitational Cross Country Meet in Presho Sept. 16. This was a smaller meet on a flat, fast course. 
Head coach Joe Noyes said races like these are good for the athletes because they see different competition and sometimes determine different race strategies. 
“The ladies performed very well. We had three girls in the top four,” said Noyes. 

Rangers defeat Sturgis, Jones County

Published by admin on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:51am
The 10-5  Hill City Rangers Girls Volleyball team finally come home for a Tuesday game after a long stretch on the road. The Rangers faced off against Lead-Deadwood last night. Results were not available before press time.
Head coach Allie Henderson is thrilled with how her team is playing. 
“I am happy with how the girls played. It can be difficult to play to your level at all times but they had some really great moments and took advantage of the leads to try some new things out,” she said.

Rangers defeat Tatanka, eye homecoming

Published by admin on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:47am
Ranger football fans have an opportunity to see their 2-2 team play at home this Friday in what will likely be an exciting game against Miller-Highmore.
The boys are coming off a 30-0 win against Lakota Tech. Head coach Brett Eckert says he knew the team had to shut down the Tantanka’s best players to keep them from gaining momentum.

After loss on road, Rangers looking for win

Published by admin on Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:57am
The Hill City Rangers football team lost on the road against Sioux Valley by a score of 53-0. The boys are now 1-2 for the season.
Head coach Brett Eckert described Sioux Valley as a “very good team” thatis undefeated so far this season.
“Being down 20-0 at half against the number two team in the state showed that we are moving in the right direction,” Eckert said about the game.

Girls continue play on the road

Published by admin on Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:56am
The Hill City Rangers girls volleyball team is now 7-5 on the season after a “good showing” at the Monument Tournament this past weekend. The team went 3-2 in the tournament, with both losses coming against Stevens High School.
“We’ve had a tough schedule so far with most of our losses to AA schools, and even those were close games that could have been wins had we played our best game,” said head coach Allie Henderson.
Henderson doesn’t like to see the girls give up a close match.

Rangers set personal records at Heartland Preview

Published by admin on Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:54am
As a flat and fast course, the Heartland Preview started out hard and soon became a race of who could hang on. The Hill City High School Rangers not only succeeded in this but also set seasonal and personal records. 
To start, out of the 220 boys who placed in the varsity 5K, Luke Rupert won the meet with a time of 15:16.7. Head coach Joe Noyes added that for the first two miles of the race Rupert was six seconds faster than his lifetime personal record.