Custer County Chronicle

Boys go 2-2, finish in sixth place at LNI

Published by admin on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 10:07am

The Custer High School boys basketball team played its way to a sixth place finish at last week’s Lakota Nation Invitational basketball tournament in Rapid City, alternating wins and losses over the course of the four-day tournament.
“You’re satisfied but you’re never really happy,” Custer head coach Paul Kelley said. “We do have the kids who can compete with anybody. I think we showed we can compete, especially if we play defense like we did and keep improving.”

Cheer team wins at Lakota Nation

Published by admin on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 10:05am

Even weeks after its official season has closed, the Custer High School competitive cheer team continues to make headlines and win awards. The team’s latest triumph came in taking first place in the Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) cheer and dance competition held in Rapid City last week.
“They really killed it!” said coach Sheri Deatherage of her team’s performance of the routine.
Deatherage said the energy from the 16 other teams in the contest was “amazing and really encouraged our girls to do their very best.”

Wildcats place in top 15 at Rapid City Invitational

Published by admin on Thu, 12/15/2022 - 9:55am

There was a time in his early years as head coach of the Custer High School wrestling team when Jared Webster hoped to get a single Wildcat wrestler through to the second day of the Rapid City Invitational wrestling tournament.
That is no longer the case.
Three Wildcats wrestlers placed and the Wildcats finished in 13th place as a team at the two-day meet that is undoubtedly one of the toughest the Wildcats will wrestle in all season.

Girls hope for deep postseason run

Published by admin on Thu, 12/15/2022 - 9:54am

For the past several years, the Black Hills Conference has been a murderer’s row when it comes to girls basketball.
This year should be no different.
The conference features the returning Class A state champions in St. Thomas More. It has a pair of NCAA Division I signees in Rapid City Christian’s Olivia Keiffer (University of South Dakota) and St. Thomas More’s Reese Ross (University of Utah). It includes perennial power Belle Fourche, recent power Hill City and improved rosters from the Northern Hills to the Southern Hills.

Wildcats wrestlers dominate in first meets

Published by admin on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 3:03pm

If the first weekend of the season is any indication, the Custer High School wrestling team is going to be a handful this winter.
The Wildcats dominated a pair of home meets last Thursday and Friday, romping to a three wins in duals against the Hot Springs Bison, Harding County Ranchers and Burke/Gregory Storm while also finishing first at the their own Bill Young Invitational Tournament the following day.
The Wildcats piled up 239 points at their home meet Saturday, easily beating second-place finishing Spearfish, which had 199 points.

Basketball team young but experienced

Published by admin on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 3:02pm

The Custer High School boys basketball team enters its 2022-23 campaign with  great news, not-so-great news scenario that all surrounds the team’s youth.
The great news is that a bevy of the returning Wildcats have plenty of varsity experience after being thrown into the fire as freshmen and sophomores.

Volleyball loses in first round region play

Published by admin on Thu, 11/10/2022 - 8:44am

Custer came into regionals with a win versus Lead-Deadwood in its final regular season game, but the Wildcats suffered a loss to Hill City Nov. 1, losing regionals in the first round.
The Rangers again took all three sets versus Custer in this most recent match on Hill City’s home court; Custer couldn’t maintain any lead and lost each set 25-9, 25-21, 25-10.
Custer finished its 2022 season with a 12-19 record, with three of these wins being four or five set battles.

Volleyball team starts region play

Published by admin on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 9:18am

Custer High School began their regional campaign this week after a winning match last Tuesday versus Lead-Deadwood, 3-1.
The Wildcat team played its way to a 25-12 win in the first set, but then their start was cooled off as the Golddiggers took the next set 25-23.
Yet, Custer’s whole roster helped out the next two sets to bring a match win to their home court. The Wildcats took the third set, 25-14 and the fourth set 25-15.
Both Ally Cass (10 kills) and JoJo Larsen (six kills) contributed to making these last two sets no contest.

Girls third, boys fourth at state cross country meet

Published by admin on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:12am

Both of Custer High School’s cross country teams competed well at the Class A State Meet in Huron last Saturday.
Custer’s girls varsity took third place (84 points) out of 15 teams. Ramsey Karim (19:12) led the Wildcat squad in the 5K with a fourth place individual finish.  Custer’s Brit Wheeler’s also placed in the top 10 with a new personal best time of 19:28.
Two other Wildcats ran personal records at state: Mattea Marshall raced in at 20:55 and Hailey Woodward finished at 21:25.

Football team forfeits final game

Published by admin on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:06am

A long, long, long season for the Custer High School football team came to a quiet close last Wednesday evening when the school district announced the team would forfeit its final regular season game at Madison, its second consecutive forfeit. The team also forfeited its scheduled game at Canton the week prior. Both times the school cited lack of numbers and concern for safety due to sickness and injury.
Head coach Dave Williams said there were six or so Wildcats still injured and another four or five sick, meaning numbers had dwindled to the point the game shouldn’t be played.