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Wildcats golfers place 11th at state

Published by admin on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 9:35am

The Custer High School girls golf team improved both its individual scores and its team placing in a second showing at the state tournament in as many years. The Wildcat golfers finished 11th out of 13 teams in last week’s State A championships at Sioux Falls, moving up from last place last year which was the first time Custer had qualified as a team in many years.

Rangers golfers place 17th at state

Published by admin on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 10:25am

The Hill City Rangers Golf Team took 17th overall at their first trip to a state  tournament in the history of the school.
Normally a two-day event, intermittent rain hampered play for all the teams involved. Play on Monday was suspended in the afternoon due to rain. The boys were able to continue that first round on Tuesday morning. However by afternoon rains caused the entire event to cease, and only the first round scores were counted.

’Cats excel in state tune-up tourneys

Published by admin on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 9:20am

The Custer girls golf team had a couple of opportunities to keep its tournament skills sharp between region meet and state last week. The Wildcats came away with some impressive scores and placings at the same time in meets in Box Elder and Hot Springs.

Boyster dominates sprints at state track meet

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 9:51am

Have yourself a day, Blake Boyster.
Have yourself three days while you’re at it.
Boyster, a junior sprinter for Custer High School, had a meet for the ages at the South Dakota Class A State Track Meet last weekend when he won the 100, 200 and 400 to propel the Wildcat boys to a third-place finish at the meet. The Wildcat boys closed the meet with 59 points, 30 of which came from Boyster’s three gold meals. Sioux Falls Christian won the meet with a team total of 125.

Rangers finish season at state track meet

Published by admin on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 9:06am

The Hill City Rangers competed at the Class A State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls from May 26-28. Although everyone enjoyed the experience, the results were met with some mixed emotions.
Things did not go as expected, but “We were really impressed by the resilience of our athletes and our coaches to just adapt and make it work,” said head coach Joe Noyes. “Our kids came to perform.”

Golfers qualify for state meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:14am

For the second year in a row, the Custer girls golfers have punched their ticket to participate as a team at the state tournament in early June. The Wildcat team came in second behind St. Thomas More (STM) at the Region 4A golf tournament in Belle Fourche last Tuesday with a combined score of 438 as compared to 420 for STM. Host team Belle Fourche finished in third place with a score of 476 and Hot Springs was fourth with 479.

Track teams sweep region titles

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:12am

The Custer High School track team made it a clean sweep at the Region 8A track meet last Thursday at Hart Ranch, as both the boys and girls overcame the blustery, cold weather and the other region teams to come away with the team championships.
The girls piled up 181 team points, easily out-distancing second-place Belle Fourche, which had 144 points. The boys had 151 points of their own, also besting Belle Fourche, which had 119 points.

Rangers head to state track meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 9:39am

On May 19 the Hill City Rangers headed for Rapid City for the Region 8A Track Meet. It was a windy day with overcast conditions which unfortunately affected what the athletes were able to do. However, head coach Joe Noyes said, “Those athletes that did run ran really well and were a great representation of our team, school and community.”

Rangers place second at region golf meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 9:39am

After securing  a runner-up finish at the Regional Tournament at Elks Golf Club May 23 the Hill City Rangers golf team is now heading to the State Tournament June 6-7.
oach Josh Daiss says it is his understanding that this will be the first time in Hill City School history that a boys team has accomplished that feat.
Daiss expressed his overall pride in the team’s season.

Edwards sets PR, boys look to qualify

Published by admin on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:13am

The Black Hills Conference Track and Field meet was one of the remaining opportunities for the Rangers to qualify for state competition. Overall Coach Joe Noyes said he was “really pleased” with the boys and girls track teams performance.
“Every week they show up and they compete at the highest level,” Noyes said.