Custer County Chronicle

Track team gets off to strong start

Published by admin on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 9:06am

The Custer High School track team started its season off with a bang last week at the Comet Classic hosted by Rapid City Christian, as a bevy of Wildcats won events or placed high in events.
“It was a great start. A good first meet,” head coach Karen Karim said. “We had some pretty good performances. It was nice to see. There were things we figured out we need to work more on, and we get to see where everyone is at, which is a nice thing.”

Wildcats return a pool of talent to track

Published by admin on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 9:05am

Spring is in the air, which means high school track season is upon us. The Custer High School track team is ready to go, as evidenced by a strong showing at last weekend’s season-opening meet hosted by Rapid City Christian, where several Wildcats posted strong finishes in their respective events.

Boys season ended by Cavaliers

Published by admin on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 10:46am

On Feb. 8, the Custer High School boys basketball team gave the No. 2 ranked St. Thomas More Cavaliers all they wanted and then some, taking a late lead and keeping the score close for about 28 of the 32 minutes of the game in a 67-50 loss.
Last Friday in the second round of Region 8A play, however, was more of a standing on the tracks when the train came through scenario.

Wildcat wrestlers have six place at state

Published by admin on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 10:50am

Two-thirds of Custer High School’s state wrestling team, dubbed the “Notorious Nine,” placed and all but one put points on the board at the Class State B Tournament in Sioux Falls last weekend to propel the Wildcats to a sixth place finish overall in the state finals. Canton wrestlers scored 155.5 points to win the state championship and were followed by Kimball-White Lake-Platte-Geddes, Winner Area, Redfield, Philip Area and Custer. The Wildcats’ score of 90 points was just five points less than West River rival Philip.

Girls season ends in Hill City

Published by admin on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 10:44am

For the third consecutive game this season, a Custer and Hill City girls basketball game came down to the wire.
Unfortunately for the Custer High School girls basketball team, it was  the Rangers that made the big plays in crunch time for the second game in a row.

Nine Wildcats are headed to state tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:41am

They call them “The Notorious Nine”—the nine Custer wrestlers who will board a bus for Sioux Falls Wednesday to compete in this week’s State Class B Wrestling Tournament. On the team are several repeats from last year’s “Elite 11” team which was the largest state tourney team ever sent by head coach Jared Webster. The seven familiar faces include freshman standout Tray Weiss (106 pounds), 126-pound junior Landon Woodward, brothers Pierce (132) and Sterling (182) Sword, Jonathan Lewis (160), Parker Noem (170) and Zayne Severyn (195).

Girls to face Rangers in region play

Published by admin on Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:38am

The Custer-Hill City rubber match is set, with the winner moving on and the loser turning in their jerseys.
That’s what is on the line Thursday evening in Hill City, when the Custer High School girls basketball team travels to Hill City for a first-round matchup in Region 8A play. The winner advances to the region semifinals at St. Thomas More Saturday.
The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday evening, but Lead-Deadwood’s school closure Tuesday caused the Region 8A tournament to be pushed back.

Boys close out regular season

Published by admin on Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:36am

By Jason Ferguson

Wildcats hang on against Spearfish

Published by admin on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 9:29am

Boosted by 16 points from Josey Wahlstrom and 15 from Ally Cass, the Custer High School girls basketball team put another win against a Class AA opponent in the ledger when it defeated the Spearfish Spartans 46-41 last Thursday evening at the Armory.
After a break-neck schedule of four games in six days the previous week the matchup against the Spartans was the team’s only game last week, and it was close throughout with neither team leading by more than seven points at any point in the game.

Boys fall three more times, losing streak at four

Published by admin on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 9:28am

It was a tough week for the Custer High School boys basketball team last week as the Wildcats’ losing streak stretched to four as the ’Cats lost all three games it played last week. The most recent of the losses came last Saturday night, a 67-53 setback at the hands of Lakota Tech.
The Tatanka buried the Wildcats in an avalanche of three-pointers, as the visitors made 12 triples in the win, which accounted for 36 of the team’s points.