Despite its golf season occurring in the spring, the Ranger boys golf team competed in the Black Hills Conference golf tournament at the Rocky Knolls Golf Course Sept. 23. Most of the Black Hills Conference schools are Class A or AA for golf and play in the fall. The Rangers, a Class B team, are invited to the tournament because they are a Black Hills Conference school.
The Rangers took fourth place, finishing behind St. Thomas More, Spearfish and Sturgis.
The Hill City Rangers volleyball team had a busy and successful week, with three matches in just five days and coming away with three straight victories.
Friday night was again kind to the Hill City Rangers who are now 5-0 on the season after a resounding 60-6 win against the Faith Longhorns.
Zane Messick got the Ranger’s initial first down of the Sept. 19 game after a throw from quarterback Brensen Veneklasen.
Veneklasen kept the ball himself for a few plays, but it would be Caleb Sobolik who would be the first to score for Hill City with 10:47 left in the first quarter.
The Hill City High School cross country team is racing toward the end of its season, and the training strategy is getting more individualized and focused on the bigger picture: making it to state.
Head coach Joe Noyes explained the Rangers’ training cycle.
The Hill City High School cross country varsity team traveled to Sioux Falls last Saturday to take on a host of South Dakota’s top runners as well as teams from Minnesota and Nebraska at the Heartland Preview cross country meet at Yankton Trail Park.
Conditions were good for the rolling hill course, allowing fast times for runners despite the warm temperatures.
The Hill City Rangers football team is undefeated three games into its 2025-26 season. Hill City (3-0) roared past the Dupree Tigers (1-2) at home Sept. 5, with a resounding 51-0 win.
The penalties began early in the game with a false start against Dupree on the opening kickoff where senior Caleb Sobolik took the ball to midfield.
The Ranger cross country team competed Friday at the Northern Hills Invitational Cross Country Meet in Spearfish. According to head coach Joe Noyes, the team raced “the most competitive and locked in we have looked at this point in a season.”
The Rangers Volleyball team went head-to-head against the Spearfish Spartans on the road last Tuesday and suffered their first Black Hills Conference loss in a three-set sweep.
The Spartans controlled the match from start to finish, making some critical first-set plays to take the lead 25-20.
Spearfish maintained control of the game despite a close and competitive exchange in the second set with Spearfish narrowly edging out the Rangers 25-23.
