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Rangers finish sixth at state

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:18am
In a season that saw them endure playing for three different coaches, player defections and plenty of distractions, the Hill City High School volleyball team put all the noise aside to not only qualify for last weekend’s Class A State Volleyball Tournament but bring home a sixth place trophy in the process.
Saturday the Rangers played Elkton-Lake Benton for the consolation championship in the tournament, falling three games to one.

Rangers advance to state tourney

Published by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 10:32am
The Hill City Rangers girls volleyball team keeps advancing, and qualified for the South Dakota Class A State Tournament by virtue of a straight sets win over the Winner Warriors in  SoDak 16 action Nov. 9. The Rangers defeated Winner 25-9, 25-17 and 25-17.
Thursday the team will take on Wagner at 1:45 p.m. in the Summit Arena at the Monument in Rapid City in the first round of state tournament action. The Wagner Red Raiders team is “fairly tall and athletic,” according to Hill City coach Renae Schneider.

Schneider fills the void as volleyball coach

Published by admin on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 9:41am
A familiar face has taken over as the Hill City Rangers volleyball coach. Former Custer Wildcats volleyball head coach Renae Schneider has stepped in to take over as head coach of the Rangers. 
Schneider said the position is only a temporary one for her.
“I knew the situation and I felt sorry for the girls that were left,” Schneider said.
The situation she refers to is the recent departure of former coach Lindsy Wathen. Wathen abruptly resigned her position and her daughters also left the team. 

Rangers advance to SoDak 16

Published by admin on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 9:37am
The Hill City Rangers defeated the Broncs of Belle Fourche, winning all three sets during last Thursday evening’s Region 8A tournament play.
Set one was a nailbiter, with the two teams playing evenly, staying within three points of each other nearly the entire game.

Volleyball ends season with 11-15 record

Published by admin on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 8:51am

The Custer girls volleyball team ended its season with an 11-15 win/loss record after the first round of Region 8A play against the No. 3 ranked Belle Fourche Broncs last Tuesday night in Belle.
The Broncs beat the No. 6 Wildcats in straight sets to win the right to compete for a spot in the SoDak 16.  
“The first set was very rough for us,” said Wildcat head coach Jill Hohn. “After a strong start we languished and let them dominate.”
And dominate they did. The Broncs won the first set by a 16-point margin.

Rangers are Black Hills Conference champs

Published by admin on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 11:29am

The Hill City Girls Volleyball ended the regular season as Black Hills Conference champions. The Rangers were 9-0 in conference play and 24-7 on the season. The Rangers are second in the region and played their first rounds of region against Lead-Deadwood Tuesday. The win there puts them back at home on Nov. 4 against Belle Fourche.

’Cats bury ’Diggers in four sets

Published by admin on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 9:27am

Despite losing power hitter Kellyn Kortemeyer in the first set, the Custer girls volleyball team pulled out a four set victory over Lead-Deadwood in the final game of the regular season last Tuesday night in Lead. Head coach Jill Hohn said the six-foot-three senior got injured about half-way through the first set, but not before racking up four kills in the second matchup of the season with the Golddiggers.
Hohn declined to discuss the nature of Kortemeyer’s injury but said she was out for the game and would miss Tuesday’s first-round playoff game as well.

Cross country team finishes fifth at State A

Published by admin on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:52am

The  Hill City Rangers Boys and Girls Cross Country team finished fifth at the Class A State Cross Country Meet last Saturday. Defending 2020 Class A State champion Abby Cutler placed 10th this year and was the only girl to place in the top 10. Cutler crossed the line with a time of 19:18:12. The boys had no top 10 finishers. From left are assistant coach Jared Noyes, Lillie Ross, Ryken Falkenburg-Brown, Jazzla Hutto, Abby Cutler, Nancy Falkenburg-Brown, Jaelyn Peters, Tate Grabow, Luke Rupert, Josh Lane, Leighton Aves, Jayse Noem, Brandon Escalante and head coach Joe Noyes.

Volleyball heading toward postseason

Published by admin on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:46am
The Hill City Rangers Volleyball team had a mixed bag last week. Tuesday they beat Custer 25-18, 25-13, and 25-10. 
The Lady Rangers traveled to Alliance, Neb., over the weekend where they met with some challenges. 
“They play a lot faster than we do on this side of the state,” said outside hitter senior Marie Peckosh. 
The team lost to both Chadron and Sidney, Neb., but were able to defeat Lakota Tech and North Platte, Neb.

Dynasty Restored

Published by admin on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:00am

Custer High School’s cross country teams once again brought home trophies from the State A Cross County Championships in Sioux Falls on Saturday. The girls team placed three runners in the top 15 to clinch the top spot in the 15-team field from across the state and the boys team was runner-up behind favorite Sioux Falls Christian (SFC). Custer also received the Combined Team Champions plaque awarded by the South Dakota Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches Association.