Custer County Chronicle

Wildcat track team on fire at first meet

Published by admin on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 9:53am

If the athletes who participated in last week’s developmental meet in Rapid City were supposed to be rusty after nearly two years sans track, someone forgot to tell the Custer High School track team.
The Wildcats wasted little time in establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the conference, region and state when they piled up personal records and medals in their first track meet since the Class A State Track Meet in 2019.
While the outstanding results may have been a surprise to some, they weren’t to head coach Karen Karim.

Chargers pummel ’Cats in SoDak 16

Published by admin on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 9:11am

For the second consecutive year, the Custer High School boys basketball team had its season ended one game shy of the state tournament, as the Wildcats were routed by Sioux Falls Christian 85-55 in the SoDak 16 March 9 in Plankinton.
It was a tough loss for the senior class that was nine players deep, many of whom had been playing together in Custer uniforms since they were in elementary. Making the state tournament was one of the team’s stated goals prior to the season.

Woodward, Weiss, Noem eighth at state

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:03am

A record 11 Custer Wildcat wrestlers qualified for the state Class B wrestling tournament in Rapid City last week and three came away with medals after placing eighth in the tourney. What’s more, all three (as well as most of their teammates) are young enough to have several more chances to make it to the podium in years ahead.
The trio of medalists included sophomore Landon Woodward (120 pounds), freshman Parker Noem (160) and eighth- grader Tray Weiss (106).

Season ends at the hands of Winner

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:01am

The Custer High School girls basketball team got an up close and personal look at what it would like to become last Thursday evening in super regional play when the Wildcats traveled to Winner and lost 69-36 to the Warriors, which ended Custer’s season.
As has been the case for much of the season, the Wildcats started the game well, and trailed by only seven after the first quarter, but a 15-4 second quarter and 28-9 third quarter for Winner was too much for the Wildcats to overcome.

Eleven Wildcat wrestlers qualify for state

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:06am

For the first time in recent memory the Custer High School wrestling team has qualified 11 wrestlers for the state B wrestling tournament. The group, dubbed “The Elite Eleven,” placed second behind Philip at the Region 4B tourney in Rapid City on Saturday to earn a trip back to Rapid this weekend for the state finals.

Wildcat girls look to Winner for region matchup

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:05am

It’s playoff time for the Custer High School girls basketball team, and the team entered play last night in the first round of super region play as the No. 7 seed against the very same Lead-Deadwood Golddigger team it defeated last Thursday evening at the Armory by the score of 62-25.
Rather than the traditional regional play, this year’s playoffs feature the super region—a combination of three teams from Region 7A and all of Region 8A—because the rest of the teams in Region 7A did not play basketball this fall due to COVID-19.

Boys to host Tatanka in region play

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:56am

It is frequently said in sports circles that it is hard to beat a team three times in one season if the teams are relatively evenly-matched. The Custer High School boys basketball season will hope that isn’t true—at least for them this season.
That’s because the Wildcats, now 12-8 on the season, will likely host the Lakota Tech Tatanka for the third time this season next Friday in super region play, with a berth in the SoDak 16 on the line.

Boys pick up big wins over Tatanka, Broncs

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 9:01am

In desperate need of wins in order to host a home super region playoff game, the Custer High School boys basketball team did just that Monday and Saturday.
The Wildcats defeated Lakota Tech, a team ahead of them in the super region standings, for the second time this season Monday evening at the Armory by the score of 71-56.
“We felt we needed to play good defense, and if we did that, (the game) would take care of itself,” head coach Paul Kelley said.

Girls falter in games against Belle, Spearfish

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 9:00am

If the Custer High School girls basketball team can put together four quarters of basketball, it can play with anybody.
That has been the mantra of Tobey Cass since he began serving in the role of game coach 11 games into the season.
Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they played six good quarters and two bad quarters in a pair of losses last week, which snapped the four-game winning streak that had the team threatening to climb back to .500 after a 3-8 start.

’Cats runners-up at Black Hills Classic

Published by admin on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 9:58am

Wildcat wrestlers took second place honors at the Black Hills Classic Tournament in Hill City on Saturday losing only to the Class B West River powerhouse Philip Scotties.
In their last outing before the big dance begins at the Region 4B tourney in Rapid City on Feb. 20, the ‛Cats earned 125 team points to Philip’s 197.5.
Tray Weiss, wrestling at 106 pounds, was the only Custer wrestler to win a first place title. Weiss, an eighth grader, scored 24 points for his team and won an 18-4 major decision over Gage Anderson of Lemmon in the match for first.