Sports

Girls defeat Sundance

Published by admin on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:35pm
The Hill City High School girls basketball team cruised past the Bulldogs of Sundance, Wyo., with a 45-14 win this weekend. This puts the girls at 6-3 on a season that is half over.
The girls have a tough road game ahead traveling to Rapid City Christian to take on the 7-4 Lady Comets. The Lady Comets have a fairly young team, with three eighth graders and two freshmen. They have no players over 5-11. 
The Rangers are coming off a four-game winning streak. Their last loss was by one point to Vermillion on New Year’s Eve. 

Davis wins BHC crown

Published by admin on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:33pm
Hill City wrestling team member Tanner Davis is moving full steam ahead in his quest to bring home a wrestling title.
Competing in the 285 weight class at the Black Hills Conference Tournament at Douglas High School this past week, Davis pinned freshman Matthew Medina at 1:10 to take first place in his weight class. He was also selected Black Hills Classic All Conference.
“It was a super fun day,” Davis said. He wrestled twice and considered the event a “cake walk” with no really challenging matches. 

Rangers boys are bouncing back

Published by admin on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 11:03am
At first it appeared the Hill City High School boys basketball team was off to a discouraging start. After all, the first three games against the Red Cloud Crusaders, the New Underwood Tigers and the Hot Springs Bison were all lost by the Rangers. However, the turn of a new year appears to have brought a new vigor to the team. 
Although they lost a game against the Spearfish Spartans 85-60  Jan. 5, the next day proved a different story. At home in the Gins Gym, the Rangers claimed a win against the Edgemont Moguls 59-41. 

’Cats clinch conference title

Published by admin on Thu, 01/20/2022 - 9:47am

The Wildcat wrestlers continued their winning ways by taking first place in the Black Hills Conference Tournament on Saturday at Douglas High School. Six Custer wrestlers snagged first place medals and the team scored 182 to points to edge out Class A Spearfish (181.5) for the championship of the nine team tourney.
Head coach Jared Webster said for having several wrestlers out sick “and not being able to wrestle full varsity this weekend, I think we did pretty dang well. A lot of those JV kids stepped up and filled the spots so I’m very proud of them.”

Girls pick up two wins

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 10:10am
Basketball season is heating up for the Rangers girls team as they come off of back to back big wins. The team smoked Elkton-Lake Benton in the Dakota State University  Girls Classic by the score of 59-34. Senior Guard Abby Siemonsma was MVP scoring 22 points during the win. Siemonsma also had  three assists, three steals and was 8-18 on field goals. 
The Rangers also defeated Spearfish in a tight, come from behind victory on the road.
“We were down 10 in the fourth quarter and won in overtime,” coach Wade Ginsbach said. 

Wildcat boys improve to 6-2

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:41am

The Custer High School boys basketball team was scheduled to play two games last week. As it turns out, it nearly played three.
That’s because in a pair of  wins over Sturgis and Parkston, the Wildcats played three overtime periods, including two against Sturgis in a 55-52 win on the Scoopers’ home floor.
“It’s hard to explain what they are doing,” Custer head coach Paul Kelley said of his young team. “These kids just keep making the plays when they really need to.”

Girls pick up a pair of road wins

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:39am

By Jason Ferguson

’Cats place sixth at Mid-Dakota Monster

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 9:33am

The Custer High School wrestlers came in sixth on Friday at the Mid-Dakota Monster Tournament at Presho’s Lyman Gardens and head coach Jared Webster says that placing is “awesome” when one considers the size of the tournament and the caliber of the competition.
“We’ve never had three kids in the finals before and we had a shot at putting five or six in the finals,” Webster said of the annual tournament, which attracts both A and B schools from across South Dakota and Nebraska.

Davis victorious at Hot Springs meet

Published by admin on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 10:31am
The Hill City Rangers Wrestling team had a huge win at the Hot Springs Holiday Extravaganza. Eli Isakason  placed eighth and scored 10 team points, while Tanner Davis placed first and scored 28 team points. 
It was a great feeling but weird,” Davis said about winning the tournament. “All of these tournaments I’ve walked into I always had the ‘I wish I was on top of that podium’ idea and I never got it.” 
And while the victory was exciting it’s also slightly bittersweet, knowing as he puts it, “I will never walk into the same gym to wrestle again.”

Girls Team to host Spearfish Thursday

Published by admin on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 10:20am
The Hill City High School girls basketball team opens the 2022 portion of its season Thursday evening against the Spearfish Spartans (3-2) and enters the game sporting a record of 2-3. 
The Rangers are on a two-game losing streak entering the game, having lost to St. Thomas More 38-49 just before Christmas and Vermillion New Year’s Eve at the Sioux Falls Pentagon. 
Head coach Wade Ginsbach said, “So far we’ve been tested quite a bit. We’ve played some good teams. I think we're figuring it out.”