Sports

Wildcats get home course advantage

Published by admin on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 2:19pm

The sudden winter weather put a damper on the Custer Jr./Sr. High School golf plans as the Belle Fourche Pre-Black Hills Conference and Pre-Region Invite as well as the Douglas Golf Meet were cancelled. Unable to practice outdoors, the Wildcats retreated to Xtreme Sports in Custer to use its simulator.
“That’s become a big thing with golf,” said head coach Paul Kelley. “A lot of schools are picking those up. It hurts sometimes. You can putt on a simulator, but it’s just a lot different. ”

Stiefel sets new record at Howard Wood

Published by admin on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 2:18pm

Custer High School freshman Tenlee Stiefel soared to new heights at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays last Saturday in Sioux Falls, breaking her own school record in the pole vault and breaking the meet record as well.
The former meet record holder is the same person whose school record she broke as well—big sister, Ciana.
Stiefel vaulted 13-1 at the meet, grabbing the gold medal and raising the bar on her school record by an inch.
“That is pretty awesome,” head coach Karen Karim said. “She still has room to go higher. You can see it in her clearances.”

Rangers remain fresh on greens

Published by admin on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 9:55am
With a team score of 232, the Hill City Rangers squeaked into first place by one stroke over Philip at the Elks Challenge, hosted by the Wall Eagles, in Rapid City April 30. 
“I was visiting with coach Haynes of Philip and coach Walker from Wall about how competitive Region 6 is this year, and it showed today,” said coach Josh Daiss. “We were able to get the best of both of those teams today and will have to continue to play at a high level to hold them off for the rest of the season.” 

Rangers run east river in two meets

Published by admin on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 9:53am
The Rangers track team traveled to the east side of the state to take advantage of two different meets over the weekend. 
The Rangers performed well, competing in the biggest and most historic track-and-field event in the Upper Midwest—The Howard Wood Relays in Sioux Falls as well as the O’Gorman Invite.

’Cats deal with shuffled meets

Published by admin on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 12:42pm

It was a busy week for athletes on the Custer High School track team, as members of the team competed in a meet in some form or fashion for three straight days last week, starting in Rapid City and ending in Pierre.
The American Legion Dakota Relays in Pierre were supposed to be held last Saturday, but were bumped up to Thursday due to weather.

Rangers fair well despite dreary weather

Published by admin on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 9:32am
The Rangers golf team woke up to six inches of snow on the ground in Hill City and headed to Philip for the Philip Invitational April 24. The weather was slightly better on the prairie with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees and light drizzle during the round.  
The Philip Scotties won the home tournament with a 229 and were followed by the Wall Eagles with a score of 235. The Rangers were able to finish third with a team score of 239. 

Rangers achieve new championship placings

Published by admin on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 9:30am
The Hill City Ranger track team has had to stay flexible this track season, as uncooperative weather continues to cause cancellations and postponed meets across the region.
Following a weather cancellation for the Belle Fourche meet April 18, the team was able to take advantage of the nicer weather, participating in a combined junior varsity/varsity meet at O’Harra Stadium at the South Dakota School of Mines Tuesday hosted by Rapid City Central. 

Girls golf team gains experience on course

Published by admin on Wed, 04/22/2026 - 4:45pm

Kicking off the season with a scramble and a quad, the Custer Jr./Sr. High School girls golf team got some good experience last week.
“They gained some experience, which is the important thing. A lot of them have never played 18 holes at those golf courses or even walked them. So it was important for them to get that experience,” said head coach Paul Kelley.

More PRs, medals for track in Rapid City

Published by admin on Wed, 04/22/2026 - 4:44pm

It was another short week of competition for the Custer track team, as it had its meet scheduled for last Saturday in Belle Fourche cancelled due to weather.
The Wildcats did get in a track meet April 14, however, as the team traveled to the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City for the Track-O-Rama.

Track team weathers the weather

Published by admin on Wed, 04/22/2026 - 1:30pm
Despite the windy, cloudy and less than ideal weather, the Hill City track team performed well  Thursday at the Rapid City Track-O-Rama meet at South Dakota School of Mines.
Tate Grabow and Dax Frandsen ran season best times in the 800 meter, securing first (1:58.77) and third place (2:01.73) finishes respectively. The pair are ranked number one and number two in the state for the event following Thursday’s success. Grabow also finished first in the 1600 with a personal best time of 4:23.34.