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Boys basketball splits games

Published by admin on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 10:24am

Rangers boys basketball split a pair of games this week.

On Jan. 21, the Rangers traveled to Lead for a rematch of the previous week’s game that saw the Rangers win by 13 points.

The Rangers built a  nine point lead early and never looked back, leading wire-to-wire for a 20 point win, said head coach Nate Bayne.

On Jan. 22, the Rangers faced the Spearfish Spartans at home. It was a close game early, but the Spartans were able to make a few threes to get some cushion, Bayne said.

Girls basketball has unfinished business

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 10:56am

Last season, the Hill City girls basketball team made it to the state tournament.

But, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was canceled.

“We have a little unfinished business,” said head coach Wade Ginsbach.

But Ginsbach said they won’t rest on what happened last year with that team. This is a different team, he said, and this is this year’s team.

Ginsbach is challenging his team on how they are going to leave their mark this year, knowing they can’t rely on “whatever it was last year.”

Wrestling looking to punch more tickets

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 10:56am

Hill City wrestling sent three athletes to the state tournament last year:  Bradon Weiss, Tanner Davis and Jaxon Johnson, who was an alternate.

This year, they are looking to send more, said head coach Nick Ferguson.

“We have a lot of potential out there,” he said.” We have quite a few seniors out this year who have been with us all four years, so that’s always good help for senior leadership. We’re hoping to punch quite a few tickets this year to the state tournament.”

Boys basketball hopes to take step forward

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 10:56am

The Hill City boys basketball team is looking to build on the steps they took last year.

This year, there are some new faces on the team, said head coach Nate Baynes, so that will take some time to integrate them and get used to playing together.

“But we do have a higher level of expectation for sure,” he said. “Those are internal for now, but we do expect to have a very competitive, fun season.”

Bayne has his leading scorer back, Kobe Main (junior), and he expects Main to take a step forward.

Volleyball takes step forward

Published by admin on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 10:54am

Last week, the Hill City Rangers volleyball team finished eighth at the state Class A tournament in Watertown. While they weren’t able to get any wins, the Rangers were competitive in their matches, going to either four or five sets in each of them.

While, ultimately, the team didn’t get what they were looking for in Watertown, coach Lindsy Wathen said the team was able to get their goals of being the first seed in regions, Black Hills Conference champions, making it to the SoDak 16 and qualifying for states.

Volleyball has eyes on state title

Published by admin on Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:51am

For the first time in program history, Hill City Rangers volleyball is going to the state tournament.

This, said head coach Lindsy Wathen, is a big deal and has been a goal for her team since she took the reins as coach four years ago.

“Every year we have gotten just a little bit, one step closer,” Wathen said on making the tournament. “So it’s pretty exciting, but we don’t want to limit it there. We want to go as far as we can in the state tournament.”

Ranger girls cross country are state champions

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 11:06am

The cold never bothered them anyway.

The Hill City Rangers girls cross country team overcame cold and snowy conditions at the state meet and won the Class A state championship at Hart Ranch Oct. 24.

In addition to that, freshman Abby Cutler was the individual champion for Class A.

“It’s pretty amazing,” said head coach Joe Noyes. “To do all the work and have it pay off this way, it doesn’t get much better.”

Volleyball wins regular season home finale

Published by admin on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 11:06am

Hill City Rangers volleyball easily put away Custer High School during their match Oct. 20.

The Rangers were able to cruise to a 3-0 win (25-14, 25-13, 25-11) thanks to some good play all around.

Custer did jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first set, but then the Rangers came roaring back due in part to some impressive offensive play by the Rangers, which included an ace by Hailey Wathen.

Girls cross country is 5A champions

Published by admin on Thu, 10/22/2020 - 10:55am

Editor's note: this story has been updated since the print version to reflect the change of the start times at the state meet.

 

It’s another magical season for Hill City Cross Country as the girls team won the Region 5A championship with freshman Abby Cutler winning individual champion, while the boys are sending three team members to the state meet.

All of this comes after the Region 5A meet Oct. 15.

Volleyball upsets Rapid City Christian

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 11:07am

The Hill City Rangers volleyball team put on a master class and defeated the Rapid City Christian Comets 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 27-25) in a match on Oct. 8.

The Comets had one loss heading into the game and had defeated the Rangers earlier in a tournament; however, the Rangers came out to play that night.