Sports

’Cats named all-conference

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 9:12am
Seven Custer High School basketball athletes were named to the boys and girls Black Hills Conference All-Conference teams for basketball.
For the boys, Jace Kelley and Daniel Sedlacek were both named to the all-conference first team, while Dustyn Fish and AJ Kortemeyer both received honorable mention. For the girls, Josey Wahlstrom was named to the first team, while Kellyn Kortemeyer and Mallory Delmont were named honorable mention.

SDHSAA plans for resumption of sports

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:56am
 Because of coronavirus caution, schools in South Dakota are closed until May 4. That’s not preventing the South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) from making plans for state tournaments once school is back in session. 
The SDHSAA board of directors met by teleconference Friday morning and decided to let its staff work on planning for how sports and arts activities would take place once school resumes. They will also allow the staff to work on planning for the resumption of sports and activities that were postponed when the schools closed. 

Ranger girls revel in state tournament opportunity

Published by admin on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 10:46am
Editor’s note: Interviews were conducted before the South Dakota High School Activities Association postponed the state tournament
 
For the first time in 23 years, the Hill City Rangers girls basketball team is going to the state tournament.
 
While the team hasto wait to play its games until the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, the team is loose but focused as it preps.
 

Boys fall short in SoDak 16

Published by admin on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 8:46am
By Jason Ferguson
 
The Custer High School boys basketball team had its season ended one game short of the state tournament March 10, falling to the Crow Creek Chieftains 68-51 in SoDak 16 play in a game played in Kadoka.
“We knew it was going to be a tough game,” said Custer head coach Paul Kelley “The second quarter killed us. We struggled to score and had too many turnovers, and they capitalized on that.”
The Wildcats trailed only 13-8 at the end of the first quarter, but by halftime found themselves behind 36-21.

All Decade Team - Boys Golf

Published by admin on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 8:45am
Cole Conard - Class of 2017
Placed in the top three in the region meet three consecutive years, including a second-place finish in 2014. Two-time top 10 finisher at the conference meet, and placed in the top 20 at the state meet twice.
 
Austin Eggers - Class of 2020
Placed in the top 10 at the conference meet twice, while placing in the top 10 at the region meet twice, including a second-place finish in 2018 and a region championship in 2019. Highest state meet finish was 22nd in 2018.
 

Knudson inducted into SDCCTFCA hall

Published by admin on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 9:16am
Former Custer High School educator, cross country coach and track and field coach Eldon Knudon was recently inducted into the  S.D. Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association (SDCCTFCA) Hall of Fame.
Knudson is the “father” of the Custer High School cross country program, having started the program in the 1970s. He was also a longtime track and field head coach, as well as a football and basketball coach at different times in his career.

Wildcats one win away from state tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 9:12am
Behind three players in double figures, swarming defense, big shots from role players and just enough clutch free throws, the Custer High School boys basketball team got within a game of the Class A State Basketball Tournament next week by virtue of a 64-57 win over the Belle Fourche Broncs last Friday evening in the second round of Region 8A play.

Logan Graf is state champ at 106 pounds

Published by admin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 9:00am
Coming back from a serious hand injury right after Christmas, Logan Graf ended the season at the very top of his weight class. Graf was crowned state champion at 106 pounds at the state B wrestling tournament in Sioux Falls on Saturday. 
The sophomore’s only loss of the season came at a match in Fargo, N.D., when he missed a landing on his right hand and broke the large bone in the middle. The break required surgery in January, and the recovery period kept him off the mat until the regional tournament in Hill City in late February. 

Boys to take on Belle in region play

Published by admin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 8:59am
Seventeen wins.
That’s the goal of the Custer High School boys basketball team as it enters postseason play, which began last night in Region 8A first round action against Hot Springs in a game that ended after press time.
It’s not just a random number, that seventeen. The Wildcats, 14-6 entering last night’s game against the Hot Springs Bison, would find themselves in the Class A State Basketball Tournament should they get to 17 wins. Then, they could go for three more.

’Cats’ season ends in Belle Fourche

Published by admin on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 8:58am
For one half of basketball, the Custer High School girls gave the Belle Fourche Broncs all they wanted in the first round of Region 8A play Monday night in Belle Fourche.
The second half, however, proved to be more of what has plagued the Wildcats all season long, as turnovers and an inability to score led to a 31-18 Bronc advantage in the second half, and ultimately, a 48-33 Bronc win that put an end to Custer’s season.