Sports

Volleyball team wins a pair of matches

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:17am

Custer’s high school volleyball team snapped its losing streak last week and recorded two wins and one loss in its last three matches.
Tuesday’s match versus Pine Ridge was a win, 3-2. Thursday’s game versus Spearfish resulted in a hard-fought 3-1 loss and Custer won versus Kadoka 2-1 in Saturday’s game.
Neither match the team came out on top in was easy, but the wins spurred the Wildcats to the most winning they’ve had in the season so far.

’Cats play ‘best game of the season’

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:15am

When the Custer High School football team’s schedule was released last summer, most in this neck of the woods who saw it were shocked, appalled or both.
One of the main reasons for that displeasure was the fact the ’Cats would repeatedly have to travel across the state to tangle with East River schools five and six hours from Custer.

Cheerleaders improve scores at Stevens

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:11am

Custer High School’s competitive cheer team put 10 cheerleaders on the mat at the Rapid City Stevens Invite on Saturday and was able to incorporate some of its more challenging material in its second competition of the season.
“We saw a significant increase in our scores over (our first meet at) Spearfish,” said head coach Sheri Deatherage.

Runners compete in Rapid

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:10am

The Custer High School cross country team competed last week at Rapid City’s Invitational. Over 30 school teams were present, so each race had more than one hundred entrants.
The varsity boy’s 5K race reflected one of Custer’s standouts, Gage Grohs, finishing in 11th place at 16:48.
Head coach Karen Karim said Drew Lehman also had a “good race as well” and finished the 5K in 17:37, 31st place.
Custer’s coach Karim also noted ninth grader Kian Rusch’s  good effort to come in at 19:22.

Wildcats fall to Broncs

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:07am

Custer’s soccer team played Belle Fourche last week and lost 8-4, but the Wildcats’ four goals are proof their new program continuously improved over the course of the season, which is now over.
Before the game, Custer’s coaches and fans celebrated the seniors on the team: Peyton Helfer, Aiden Suelflow, Melanie Braia and Owen Pollard.
Custer’s head coach Sydney Hickman called out Sidney Garcia’s “great defense,” this game and Hickman also noted goalie Braia’s “solid catches.”
And even if cornered, Kiran Pesicka still had a “constant quickness,” Hickman said.

Three Wildcats qualify for state golf meet

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:03am

Three Custer High School golfers will compete in next week’s Class A State Golf Tournament after qualifying for the meet by virtue of their placing in the Region 4A Meet Monday at Tomahawk Country Club south of Deadwood.
Jackson Wiles, Lane Poper and Regan Sorenson all qualified for the meet by placing in the top 50 percent of competitors at the meet. The Wildcats just missed qualifying as a team, finishing in fourth place with a team score of 393. The top three teams automatically qualify for the state meet.

Fall golf bodes well for spring season

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 8:51am
 
The Hill City Rangers golf team played in the Black Hills Conference tournament Sept. 20 and placed fifth out of 10 teams.
 
The conference took place at the Prairie Ridge golf course at Ellsworth Air Force Base.
 
Coach Josh Daiss explained the fall season outing. “We are a B school for golf, so our season is in the spring. We are allowed to play in the Black Hills Conference being a member school,” he said.
 

Ranger runners press on

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 8:46am
 
 The Hill City Ranger cross country team raced again Sept. 23 in the Rapid City Area Schools High School Invitational Cross Country Meet. 
 
According to head coach Joe Noyes, this meet gave the Rangers a chance to compete against some of their top contenders in Class A like Sioux Falls Christian, Belle Fourche, Custer and Chamberlain. 
 
“It was just a really good meet to see where we stand as a team and a program at this point in the season,” Noyes said. 
 

Football braves loss

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 8:44am
 
The Hill City Rangers football team fell to Miller/Highmore-Harrold last week. The score was 6-41.
 
This brings the Rangers to 1-4 on the season. 
 
Coach Brett Eckert acknowledged the boys didn’t play up to their potential. 
 
“We felt coming into the game that we were ready  and prepared, but their players made plays and we didn’t,” Eckert said. 
 
Eckert was pleased with the Rangers’ passing game despite the loss. 
 

Rangers stop Irrigators

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 8:34am
 
 
End to a perfect season. 
 
That’s  what happened to the Newell Irrigators when they played the Hill City girls volleyball team at home Sept. 22. The girls won the match in four sets, 25-20, 25-15, 24-22, 25-23.
 
 Coach Allie Henderson was ecstatic about the win. “The girls played hard and had fun. We definitely wanted to be their first loss and prove that we deserved that win,” she said.