Hill City Prevailer

Robison takes on wrestling program

Published by admin on Wed, 12/04/2024 - 8:36am
The Hill City High School Rangers wrestling team has a new head coach this year. Josh Robison grew up in Hill City and attended school here from kindergarten through 12th grade. 
“I wrestled when Chad Ronish got the program rebuilt in 2005, and I wrestled from probably 2006 to when I graduated in 2010,” said Robison. 

Loss ends Rangers’ season

Published by admin on Wed, 11/20/2024 - 9:03am
Sioux Valley knocked the Hill City Rangers volleyball team out of the playoffs with a win in five sets (15-25,25-17,21-25,25-21,15-7) during  SoDak 16 play. The 29-4 Rangers had a strong season despite not making it to state. 
It was not the way the teams had hoped the season would end, according to head coach Allie Henderson.  

Rangers whiz past Comets to orbit into SoDak 16

Published by admin on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 8:53am
The Rangers volleyball team is heading to the SoDak 16 after defeating Rapid City Christian (25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17).
Coach Allie Henderson said her team was nervous and it was evident, especially in the second set when the girls had a commanding 6-1 lead which quickly became a 16-all set before the Rangers defeated the Comets.
This was not the first time it took the Rangers more than three sets to win a match against RCC.

Girls get first round bye

Published by admin on Wed, 11/06/2024 - 8:40am
The Ranger girls volleyball team defeated Belle Fourche at its last game of the season (25-12, 25-13, 25-15).
Hill City finished the season with a 28-3 record putting them first in the regionals and earning them a bye for the first round.
Who they play next will be decided in round one of regions taking place Nov. 5. They will play at home Nov. 7 against either Hot Springs or Rapid City Christian. A win there puts the girls in the Sodak 16 Nov. 12.
 

Rangers seize nine-year record

Published by admin on Wed, 10/30/2024 - 3:48pm

For the last nine years, the Hill City High School Rangers have had either a boys team or a girls team place at the South Dakota High School AA Class A State Cross Country Meet.
This year the Ranger boys placed fifth with 93 points at the state meet Oct. 26 at Hart Ranch Camping Resort in Rapid City, but it took the unwavering commitment of every athlete on the team to achieve this honor, head coach Joe Noyes said.
Out of 128 athletes, junior Tate Grabow claimed the state individual title, besting his opponents by 16 seconds with his winning time of 16:17.50.

Volleyball grabs three more victories

Published by admin on Wed, 10/30/2024 - 3:47pm

Going into its last game of regular season play the Hill City Rangers girls volleyball team is 27-3.
The girls scored more wins last week with a solid defeat of Custer (25-18, 25-12, 25-20).
Serves were the name of the game against Custer with five Rangers serving at 100 percent.
Alaina Dean had nine perfect serve receives while Brooke Larsen had four perfect serve receives.
Coach Allie Henderson said beating the Wildcats was like getting a weight lifted off the team’s shoulders.

All treats as Rangers head to quarterfinals

Published by admin on Wed, 10/30/2024 - 3:46pm

The Hill City Rangers football team is heading to the quarterfinals in the Class 9AA playoffs  after their first playoff win against Bon Homme.
The game had some ups and downs and was a first- time playoff experience for any Rangers team member says head coach Brett Eckert.

Ranger girls receive region title

Published by admin on Wed, 10/23/2024 - 8:47am
Just like head coach Joe Noyes predicted, the Hill City High School Ranger cross country girls placed first and the boys placed second at the South Dakota High School AA Region 5A Cross Country Meet Oct. 17. 
“With athletic.net, we’re able to score out the meet and get an idea of where we can be,” said Noyes. “That allows us to have an idea of where we’re at going into the state meet and where we think we can climb to. It’s nice when it goes like you think, especially when you can score better than what you were projected.” 

Girls win two more as they wind down for season

Published by admin on Wed, 10/23/2024 - 8:45am
The Rangers volleyball team is 24-3 coming into the final games of  the season. The girls won both their matches this week. coach Allie Henderson called the win against St Thomas More, (25-16, 14-25, 18-25, 25-18, 17-15)  stressful but fun.
“They were a completely different team from the one we saw at the beginning of the season,” Henderson said. “They came out blocking really strong and their middle hitters gave us a pretty hard time initially.” 
She said both teams made adjustments on the fly.  

Rangers want fans to make it loud

Published by admin on Wed, 10/23/2024 - 8:39am
We like it loud. That’s the message from the Hill City Rangers football team as they host a playoff game Oct. 24. The boys want as many people as possible to come out to Ranger field and show support for their team. They say collectively that that support means a lot for their team.
Quarterback Devin Buehler, a senior this year, wants fans to, “make it loud. Everybody. It doesn’t matter if your newborn is sleeping. Bring them. We’ll have anybody there,” Buehler said.