Sports

Golfers qualify for state meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:14am

For the second year in a row, the Custer girls golfers have punched their ticket to participate as a team at the state tournament in early June. The Wildcat team came in second behind St. Thomas More (STM) at the Region 4A golf tournament in Belle Fourche last Tuesday with a combined score of 438 as compared to 420 for STM. Host team Belle Fourche finished in third place with a score of 476 and Hot Springs was fourth with 479.

Track teams sweep region titles

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:12am

The Custer High School track team made it a clean sweep at the Region 8A track meet last Thursday at Hart Ranch, as both the boys and girls overcame the blustery, cold weather and the other region teams to come away with the team championships.
The girls piled up 181 team points, easily out-distancing second-place Belle Fourche, which had 144 points. The boys had 151 points of their own, also besting Belle Fourche, which had 119 points.

Rangers head to state track meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 9:39am

On May 19 the Hill City Rangers headed for Rapid City for the Region 8A Track Meet. It was a windy day with overcast conditions which unfortunately affected what the athletes were able to do. However, head coach Joe Noyes said, “Those athletes that did run ran really well and were a great representation of our team, school and community.”

Rangers place second at region golf meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 9:39am

After securing  a runner-up finish at the Regional Tournament at Elks Golf Club May 23 the Hill City Rangers golf team is now heading to the State Tournament June 6-7.
oach Josh Daiss says it is his understanding that this will be the first time in Hill City School history that a boys team has accomplished that feat.
Daiss expressed his overall pride in the team’s season.

Edwards sets PR, boys look to qualify

Published by admin on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:13am

The Black Hills Conference Track and Field meet was one of the remaining opportunities for the Rangers to qualify for state competition. Overall Coach Joe Noyes said he was “really pleased” with the boys and girls track teams performance.
“Every week they show up and they compete at the highest level,” Noyes said.

Swinging into second place

Published by admin on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:12am

The Hill City Ranger Golf team traveled to Belle Fourche on Friday for the Marjean Huber Memorial invite hosted by the Bison.  The team finished second overall with three golfers placing in the top 10 for the first time this year.
Leo Daiss led the team with a second place finish while Zane Messick placed fourth and Adolph Tyler placed ninth.
Coach Josh Daiss said he was proud of the kids who battled the windy conditions with gusts up to 40 mph for their best finish of the year.

Girls tie for conference crown

Published by admin on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 9:10am

Josey Wahlstrom and Jojo Larsen appear to be joined at the hip. On the track they are, anyway.
The two finished first and second in three races at last Friday’s Black Hills Conference meet, helping propel the Wildcat girls to 164 points, putting them in a tie with Spearfish for the team championship.

Rangers divide and conquer at two meets

Published by admin on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 10:58am
The Hill City Rangers divided up this week to compete at two different meets. First, 15 athletes headed for the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls May 6. 
“This is a good meet because they break the relays into each class,” said head track coach Joe Noyes. “So it gives us a great opportunity to race the other 23 best teams in the relays.”
This in turn helps reveal how the athletes are doing. 

Ranger golfers place second at Newell meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 10:56am
The Hill City Rangers golf team edged out Newell to take second out of the five teams that competed in the Newell tournament this past week.
The weather was ideal and the team played strong, especially with the return of Zane Messick to the roster. Messick had been out with an injury and this was his first tournament back. 
Coach Josh Daiss was pleased with the team's performance.
“The boys played better this week, finishing second with a team total of 291,” Daiss said.  

’Cats strong heading into postseason

Published by admin on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 9:17am

Freshman Shauna Zacher continues to lead the Custer girls golf team heading into post season play. Zacher led the team in three tournaments over the past week, culminating in a tie for ninth place at the Black Hills Conference Tourney held in Custer on Monday morning.
Zacher’s score of 104 tied her with Amity Strand of St. Thomas More (STM) and helped the Wildcat golfers to a forth place finish as a team.