Hill City Prevailer

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.

Grabow conference champion

Published by admin on Wed, 10/16/2024 - 8:44am
 
Last week head coach Joe Noyes predicted that the Hill City High School Ranger cross country girls team could get third place and the boys team could get fourth place at the Black Hills Conference Cross Country Championships Oct. 10, and that is exactly what they did. 
Both races were close, and Noyes said without the AA schools that were ahead, the Rangers could possibly place first and second at the region meet Oct. 17. 

Rangers are heading to the playoffs

Published by admin on Wed, 10/16/2024 - 8:40am
It’s been over a decade since the Rangers football team made it to postseason play, but the 2024-25 Hill City team is now officially entering playoff season.
“The boys are excited to finish the regular season at an impressive 7-1. They have continued to show their ability to make plays on offense, adjust on defense, and play overall quality team football,” said head coach Brett Eckert.
He is not surprised by his team’s performance this season. 

Rangers head into championship season

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 9:30am
By Esther Noe
 
On Oct. 3, the Hill City High School Ranger cross country team competed at the Sturgis Invitational Cross Country Meet. This was the team’s last regular meet of the season. Now it heads into what head coach Joe Noyes calls the “championship season,” which includes the conference, region and state meet. 

Rangers shut out Philip Scotties

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 9:28am
The Rangers  football teams  improved to 6-1  with a resounding 53-0 shut out win over  the Scotties of Philip Friday night. 
The game was called off after the first half as once again the Rangers made play after play both offensively and defensively.
Quarterback Devin Buehler made some outstanding plays in the first quarter including finding a wide-open Brensen Veneklasen on a 41-yard play that put the Rangers up by 26.

Rangers dig into Rapid City Christian

Published by admin on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 9:18am
By Leslie Silverman
 
Despite injuries, illnesses and other absences, the Hill City Rangers volleyball team was able to defeat Rapid City Christian in what might have been their hardest win this season (25-17, 24-26, 25-18, 20-25, 15-12).
“RCC definitely proved to be more challenging than expected. We are having a really hard time having games where we’re actually playing with a complete team,” says head coach Allie Henderson. “We have played more games without the entire team than we have with the whole starting lineup.”