Sports

Rangers tournament win caps winning week

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:59am

The Hill City Rangers volleyball team capped of a week where it went 8-0 — including six wins on Saturday — with a win at the Belle Fourche Invitational Volleyball Tournament.

To start off the day, the team beat Douglas, Lyman and Hot Springs. It played Belle Fourche to make into the semifinals, where it was matched up against St. Thomas More.

’Cats repeat as region champs

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:32am
For the second consecutive year, the Custer High School boys golf team is the best golf team in Region 4A.
The Wildcats blew away the field at the tournament, held Monday at Hart Ranch, as they finished with a team score of 373, well ahead of second place-finishing St. Thomas More, which finished with a score of 428.
The Wildcats were led by Austin Eggers, who after finishing as region runner-up a year ago added region champion to his resume, as he finished with an 80 to win the meet.

Wildcats mercy rule Falcons

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:30am
 
The Custer High School football team got back in the win column in a big way last Friday evening at Wildcat Field, scoring the first 32 points of the game on the way to a 62-12 game that was ended via the mercy rule early in the third quarter.
Custer head coach Dave Williams called the victory a big one after the team dropped two straight games, including a heart-breaker to Belle Fourche two weeks ago.

Cross country girls take second at Hart Ranch

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:29am
 
The Custer varsity girls cross country team placed second at the Rapid City Invitational meet at Hart Ranch on Friday and in the process got a great education about what it takes to win races. 
“Our girls were second behind [AA school Rapid City] Stevens who we beat last week,” said coach Karen Karim, “but it was awfully close. Five points in cross country, in a big meet like that is...there are lots of places you can make those points up. So it was a good learning experience for our girls.”

Volleyball team off to strong start in season’s second half

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:29am
The Custer High School girls volleyball team showed its muscle last week in a win over Class AA Spearfish and then went on to take second place in the Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) in Rapid City. 
On Thursday night the Lady Wildcats beat the Spartans on the road in four sets, (25-22), (25-21), (20-25) and (25-11).

Cheer works back from crash

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 9:28am
Still recovering from injuries sustained in a collision between two teammates at the Custer Invitational Cheer and Dance Meet last week, the Custer competitive cheer team finished fourth out of four teams at the Sturgis Scooper Spirit Invite on Monday. 
Working with a replacement for Jade Carder who was kicked in the head in the competition last week and was still on the injured list Monday night, the team performed its regular routine at Sturgis but managed to score only a 92.5 compared with 116.5 for tourney-winning Hot Springs. 

Crash foils cheer team’s chance

Published by admin on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 9:03am
The Custer High School competitive cheer team looked strong going into their own Custer Invitational Cheer and Dance competition on Monday. The girls on the team were well-rehearsed with a routine that included lots of flying and tumbling stunts and well-timed moves. Then disaster struck. 
Shortly into the musical part of the routine, two of the girls collided during a tumbling stunt resulting in senior Jade Carder getting kicked in the head. 

Mistakes again costly for Wildcats

Published by admin on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 9:01am
In a game that featured big plays, three lead changes and a two-hour weather delay, it was a series of miscues by the Custer Wildcats that put the final nails in the coffin of Custer’s 27-24 loss to Belle Fourche last Friday evening in Belle Fourche.
Trailing by that 27-24 margin with only minutes to play, Custer was starting to march down the field toward a potential winning score, but a Dathon Elmore pass intended for Kaleb Wragge was intercepted by the Broncs’ Lan Fuhrer, the Broncs’ third interception of the game.

XC girls take first at Huron Invite

Published by admin on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 9:00am
The Custer varsity girls cross country team brought home a first-place trophy from the Huron Invitational meet over the weekend, competing against several Class AA schools and running on the course where the state finals will be held in a few weeks.
Competing in what Coach Karen Karim called a fast-paced, difficult race, the Custer girls finished with all six runners in the top 35 of a field of 92, earning a team score of 73. 

Wildcats fall to STM

Published by admin on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 8:59am
The Custer girls volleyball team brought its season record to four wins and nine losses in play last week both at home and at the Cavalier Clash in Tyndall. 
On Tuesday last week, the Wildcats hosted St. Thomas More (STM) of Rapid City at the Armory, losing in three hard-fought sets. 
The first set was tied several times in the first half of the game, but after a 17-17 tie, the Cavaliers began to pull steadily away to win it 20-25.