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Volleyball bumps teams in opener

Published by admin on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 8:44am
The Hill City Rangers Girls Volleyball team played its first match after its season opener against Red Coud got postponed.
The Rangers  went 3-2 at this weekend's tournament, beating New Underwood, STM, and St Francis. All the team’s losses were against the championship teams, Chadron and Rapid City Christian

Rangers off and running

Published by admin on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 8:43am
The Rangers were off and running for the Hill City High School cross country team’s first meet of the season Friday, Aug. 25, hosted by Newcastle at Mallow Camp. 
Head coach Joe Noyes described the course as a tough but true cross country course out in the sticks going uphill for a mile and a half and then downhill for a mile and a half. 

Rangers kick off football season with home game

Published by admin on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 8:36am
The Hill City High School Rangers  football team began its season on Aug. 19 against Tripp-Delmont.
“The 52-14 loss was a good gauge of where we feel we can be at, especially defensively,” said head coach Brett Eckert.
The team gave a solid first half defensive effort showing “glimmers” of what Eckert hopes the team will be on defense. Eckert described Tripp-Delmont as a big team that can lean on its opponent.

Back to School Rally will be held Sunday

Published by admin on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 1:04pm
Is your child or grandchild in need of school supplies or a backpack for the upcoming school year? There is a Back to School Rally Sunday, Aug. 13 where children in the community can get all this for free plus enjoy some fun activities. 
The Back to School Rally is spearheaded by Isaiah Steinbrecher. Steinbrecher has been in ministry since 1998, has a Ph.D. in Theology and has a master’s in counseling. Now he is going back to school to study education. 
“I really value kids and helping them and encouraging them to be creative,” said Steinbrecher. 

Boys rally to finish in top ten at state

Published by admin on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 8:53am
The Hill City High School Ranger boys golf  team traveled to the Prairie Winds Golf Club in Watertown to compete in the Class State B Golf Tournament June 5-6.
The Rangers fired a 270 total, tying for 13th place after Monday’s first round.  
“David Hubacher played well on Monday, it was a bit of a struggle for the others on Monday,” said coach Josh Daiss. “After the round, we went out to dinner as a team and were determined to put that behind us and move onto day two.”   

Three boys place top eight at state

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 8:41am
Three Hill City High School Ranger boys took off in the 3200 meter run at the South Dakota High School AA Class A State Track & Field Meet at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. All three of them placed in the top eight. 
Junior Luke Rupert led the Rangers in third place at 9:35.54. Leighton Aves, a junior, finished next in sixth with a personal record of 9:44.09, and Tate Grabow, a freshman, finished eighth with a personal record of 9:45.53.

Rangers win regions

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 8:35am
The Hill City Rangers golf team is 2023 Region 6B champion.
The team captured the region 6B championship at Hart Ranch outside of Rapid City May 22 for the first  time in school history.  The Rangers edged out the Wall Eagles and White River Tigers by six strokes.
Leo Daiss led the Rangers by finishing in the number four spot after carding a round of 87. David Hubacher followed in fifth with an 88. Zane Messick was eighth with a 90 and Breylon Rahn fired a 91 to finish in 12th. 

Eighteen rangers head to state

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 8:34am
Hill City High School Ranger athletes placed in the top eight for every event group at the 2023 Black Hills Conference Track & Field Championship May 16. 
Alaina Dean won the 100 meter run at 13.12. Riley Wiese followed in eighth at 13.59. 
In the distance events, Brooke Thayer-Burke finished the 1600 meter run in eighth with a time of 5:53.85. Then in the 3200 meter run, Abby Cutler finished third at 12:09.64, and Aspen Veneklasen finished eighth at 13:22.44. 

Rupert breaks two mile school record

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 9:11am
By Esther Noe
 
Fifteen Hill City High School Rangers competed at the Howard Wood Relays in Sioux Falls May 5-6. According to head coach Joe Noyes, this “is one of our bigger meets this time of the year where we get to see where we stack up against other relays and kids in our class statewide.” 
Noyes went on to say that the distance boys performed really well during this meet. Luke Rupert broke the school record in the 3200 meter run by 22 seconds, coming in ninth at 9:33.43. 

Ranger golf competes at Stanley County Invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 9:00am
The Hill City High School Ranger Golf team traveled to Ft. Pierre for the Stanley County Invitational hosted at the Dunes Golf Course last Friday. The Rangers got their second team tournament victory in a row by edging out the Wall Eagles by four strokes, 213-217.
David Hubacher also took home the individual title after firing a scorching two under 71. Breylon Rahn followed in sixth with a 74, Adolph Tyler was 11th with a 78, Zane Messick was 15th with a 79, Leo Daiss was 16th with an 80 and Max Rupert was 30th with a 91.