Custer County Chronicle

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.

Wildcats eye Region 4B tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 9:27am

Freshman wrestler Tray Weiss remains at the top of the heap in his 106-pound weight class going into the Region 4B wrestling finals in Ft. Pierre this weekend. The 36-3 Weiss is ranked No. 1 in the Week 10 Class B statewide rankings released by Dakota Grappler on Monday.

’Cats runners-up in Hill City

Published by admin on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 9:31am

The Custer Wildcats, ranked fifth in this week’s Dakota Grappler statewide ratings of Class B schools, finished runner-up to fourth-rated Philip Area at the Black Hills Classic Wrestling Tournament in Hill City on Saturday.
Philip garnered 237 team points to take home the championship trophy and Custer racked up 228.5 points. Class A schools Rapid City Central and Spearfish finished in third and fourth places with scores of 153 and 130.5 respectively.
“I’m very pleased with our performance,” said head coach Jared Webster.

Boys hand Bison third loss, fall to Belle, Douglas

Published by admin on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 9:30am

Custer High School boys basketball was not for the faint of heart last week.
Over the course of about 50 hours the Wildcats played a pair of heart-stoppers, coming out on the good side of the latter of the two games while falling in the first game of the week as both the Hot Springs Bison and Douglas Patriots paid a visit to the Armory.
Included in last week’s mix was a Saturday afternoon game in Belle Fourche where the team suffered a tough 48-38 loss that was a hit to the Wildcats in terms of regional seeding.

Girls play four games in six days

Published by admin on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 9:29am

The Custer High School girls basketball team played four games over the course of six days last week. Usually that kind of schedule is reserved for the Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI).
It’s unusual for a team to play that many games in such a short time span in February, but such is life in the COVID-19 world, as the Wildcats capped off the four games by making up a postponed game against St. Thomas More Monday evening in Rapid City.

Girls hold on against Rangers

Published by admin on Thu, 02/03/2022 - 9:24am

By Jason Ferguson

Boys fall to Crusaders, Comets

Published by admin on Thu, 02/03/2022 - 9:23am

It was a tough week for the Custer High School boys basketball team last week as the team dropped a pair of games, with one being a heart-breaking one-point loss to Red Cloud and the other a blowout loss at the hands of Rapid City Christian.
Against the Crusaders the Wildcats had a shot to win the game after a Crusader free throw put Red Cloud up by one. After the second free throw was missed the rebound was pulled down by Kyle Virtue, but the Wildcats couldn’t get a play executed in time and ended up with a less-than-ideal shot attempt as time expired.

Custer leads Class B teams at Belle

Published by admin on Thu, 02/03/2022 - 9:23am

Custer placed first among all Class B teams at the Belle Fourche Invitational wrestling tournament on Friday and Saturday and placed third overall behind A schools Rapid City Stevens and Sturgis. The Wildcats’ team score of 171 was good enough put place them ahead of 17 other schools in a mixed field of Class A and B teams from three states.

Finally at home, girls drop ’Gators

Published by admin on Thu, 01/27/2022 - 9:24am

Defense was the name of the game for the Custer High School girls basketball team in its game against the Newell Irrigators last Thursday evening at the Armory, as the Wildcats held the Irrigators to 31 percent shooting while forcing 32 turnovers in a 63-31 win.
“We’ve been working a lot on that press and they have been doing well,” head coach Tobey Cass said. “They are hard workers. Our subbing was on point. It all came together. Our goal is to keep that going.”