Sports

Ranger girls take two more wins

Published by admin on Wed, 02/11/2026 - 9:26am
The Hill City Rangers girls basketball team hosted their neighbors from the south, the Chadron, Neb., Cardinals in the Gins Gym last Tuesday night.
The game opened at a fast pace but with little polish, as both teams traded turnovers and struggled to find any kind of offensive rhythm early in the first quarter.

Ranger boys win back to back games

Published by admin on Wed, 02/11/2026 - 9:25am
The Hill City Rangers boys basketball team took home two wins this week. The boys played the Chadron Cardinals at home Feb. 3.
Chadron scored first and had the lead by as much as eight points in quarter one. 
The quarter ended with four points separating teams. The Cardinals scored points early in the second and kept the lead until about five minutes remained in half. The Rangers dumped baskets getting nine unanswered points. 

Wrestle mania came to Hill City tournaments

Published by admin on Wed, 02/11/2026 - 9:23am
It was a weekend of wrestling in Hill City as the high school hosted 28 teams at the Black Hills Classic Tournament Feb. 7.
The Hill City Rangers high school wrestling team  placed 24th overall and had three wrestlers compete. 
Aspen Frasier took sixth place in the 106 weight class. Frasier faced six opponents and defeated three, including eighth grader Eric Willims of Rapid City Stevens, who Frasier beat by decision 6-3.

Wildcat girls no match for Comets, Cavaliers

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 9:34am

Going against the top two teams in Region 8A last week, the Custer High School girls basketball team was likely going to have to play its best games of the season—and maybe see a downturn from its opponents—in order to come away with wins, or at the very least close losses.
Unfortunately for Custer neither of those things ocurred, as the Wildcats were blown out in both games, including last Saturday against St. Thomas More in Rapid City.

Wildcat girl wrestlers take on a lighter schedule

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 9:33am

As the wrestling season draws to a close, the Custer Jr./Sr. High School girls team is focusing on resting the experienced wrestlers for the region and state meets, while giving the less experienced wrestlers more time on the mat.
The Wildcats’ week started at the Douglas Triangular Jan. 29. Coach Clayton Sander said that with only four girls competing for Custer, the final scores do not reflect how the girls did in the duals. 

Wildcats can’t crack back into win column

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 9:32am

The Custer High School boys basketball team’s losing streak grew to nine games Jan. 27 at the Armory, as the visiting Rapid City Christian Comets came to town and rolled to a 63-40 victory over the ’Cats.
Custer fell behind 8-1 quickly before Brady Virtue drove for two of his team-high 13 points, which he followed up with another drive moments later.
The Comets took an 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter following a Henry Koppmann basket inside, which was answered by the first of Cheydon McPhee’s three three-pointers for Custer.

Wildcat boy wrestlers win Douglas Triangular

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 9:29am

Starting the week with a win, the Custer Jr./Sr. High School boys wrestling team took on the Douglas Triangular Jan. 29 with duals against Chadron and Douglas/Rapid City Christian. 
“We have a good dual team. They had to come away with two wins. Otherwise, we’d have some catching up to do in the state duals. I told them before the dual started, ‘If you guys want to be in the state duals, we’ve got to win these,’ and they stepped up,” said head coach Jared Webster.
The Wildcats started with the dual against Chadron and won 50-30. 

Hill City girls sweep Scoopers, fall to Wall

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 8:47am
The AA Sturgis Scoopers met their match Tuesday night, falling to the Hill City Rangers girls basketball team on the Scoopers’ home floor. 
Hill City jumped to a quick 6-1 lead despite playing at a much slower tempo than usual.
“I think they did a really good job because we end up having to play those slow games every once in awhile,” said head coach Anna Eckert. “We’re used to playing a little faster pace, like we did against Philip, but we’re able to play against both types of teams.”

Boys stop Scoopers, get clipped by Eagles

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 8:47am
The Hill City Rangers are 7-7 on the season after a win against the Sturgis Brown  Scoopers (4-6) and a loss to the Wall Eagles (10-3).
The Scoopers were the first to score, grabbing three points at the Jan. 27 game. The Rangers could not make anything happen early on with Zane Messick missing an open layup three minutes into the game with the Rangers trailing. Brensen Veneklasen  grabbed the tip and Hill City tied it up. 

Aspen Frasier dominates the mats at Mahpiya Luta

Published by admin on Wed, 02/04/2026 - 8:46am
Aspen Frasier continues to dominate the mats in Hill City, placing first at the Mahpiya Luta Wrestling Tournament Jan. 31. 
Frasier had a round one  win against Sherman Landon Brown of Lakota Tech. The match lasted 2:54 and featured three nearfalls and a takedown.
Frasier faced Casen Humbracht of Hot Springs in his second round, in a one period win. 
In round three, Frasier easily defeated Finnley Osborne of Douglas-Rapid City Christian.