Custer County Chronicle

Busy week for Wildcat girls golf team

Published by admin on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:02am

The Wildcat girls golf team competed in the Douglas Invitational last Tuesday and earned second place out of 10 teams with 407 strokes. The team finished behind the St. Thomas More (STM) Cavaliers, with 355 strokes. Also scoring were Rapid City Stevens at 419, Rapid City Christian at 462, Belle Fourche at 484 and Douglass at 549. Hot Springs, Little Wound, Red Cloud and Lakota Tech also competed but did not have enough players to score as a team.

Two school records fall in Pierre

Published by admin on Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:26am

There is a new Custer High School record holder in both the boys long jump and girls javelin throw following competition at the American Legion Relays Monday in Pierre. The meet was moved from last weekend due to inclement weather.
Carter Tennyson is the new boys record holder in the high jump, clearing 6-4 (and nearly 6-6) to surpass the previous record of now-Custer High School track team volunteer coach Chris Stiefel, which was 6-3 and had stood since 1997. The leap was also good for first place at the meet.

More PRs set in Rapid City, Belle

Published by admin on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:41am

By Jason Ferguson

Golf team tees off season in Belle Fourche

Published by admin on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:39am

The Custer High School girls golf team has been faced with cancellations and postponements since the start of the season. The one tournament the growing team was able to go to was also moved from Hot Springs to Belle Fourche, and the team did quite well.
The team is returning all its members from last year except for Amber Layton, who graduated last year, and there are some new golfers as well.  

Lehman brothers pace track team

Published by admin on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 4:45pm

Drew and Cade Lehman combined for three medals—including two golds—to lead the Custer High School boys track team as it competed in the Queen City Classic last Friday at Lyle Hare Stadium on the campus of Black Hills State University in Spearfish.
The meet was a large one that included Class AA teams and large schools from Wyoming and Montana. In many events Custer placed behind only the participants from the larger schools.

Track team competes in Sturgis

Published by admin on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:43am

Not every event was contested at last week’s Early Bird Meet in Sturgis, but the Custer High School track team was still able to improve in several events over the course of the event. Discus, javelin, long jump and triple jump were not contested due to the snowstorm that had hit Sturgis earlier in the week.
On the boys side of things Carter Tennyson was victorious in the high jump, clearing a personal record of 6-2, and barely missing at 6-4.

Track team opens season in Newcastle

Published by admin on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:18am

The Custer High School track team got its season off to a strong start last week in Newcastle, Wyo., where it competed in the Laura Chord Memorial.
The meet featured schools from both Wyoming and South Dakota, ranging in size from Thunder Basin High School in Gillette, Wyo., to Midwest, Wyo. (population 283).
The meet was both a high school and junior high meet, and had as many as 180 entries between the two in some events, making for a long day. Custer head coach Karen Karim said the weather was decent until the afternoon, when it became cold and windy.

’Cats hope for return to podium this spring

Published by admin on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:16am

Fresh off a second-place finish at last year’s Class A State Meet, the Custer High School girls track team will make a push to return to that spot—or higher—at this year’s state meet with a handful of returning girls looking to match or better state finishes a year ago.
At the top of the list for returning girls is Jojo Larsen, who was second in the 100 at last year’s state meet and third in the 200, as well as a member of the medley team that finished in third place.

Pole vaulters set high bar at indoor meet

Published by admin on Wed, 03/20/2024 - 11:03am

The Custer Wildcat pole vaulters set a high bar (literally) at the Chadron State Colllege High School Invitational indoor track meet last Saturday. Custer Athletes took the first place spots in both the boys and the girls pole vault events at the meet.
Sisters Cienna and Tenlee Stiefel came in first and second place, respectively. Cienna, who is a junior also broke the meet record of 12’, which she tied for last year, making the new record 12’2.
Tenlee earned second with 10’, and teammate Addie Sander earned fifth place with 7’6.

Third time no charm as Bison end Wildcats’ season

Published by admin on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:27am

It is often said it’s difficult to beat the same team three times in the same season, particularly if the teams are closely matched.
That saying didn’t hold water on a pair of occasions last week.