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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.

Course record set

Published by admin on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:27am

About 700 runners participated in this weekend’s Run Crazy Horse Marathon and Half Marathon events. This is the 10th anniversary of the event, according to race director Emily Wheeler.

The number of participants was dramatically limited this year to insure safety.

“Normally we have about 1,200 runners from 3 different countries. This year we have 46 states represented,” Wheeler said.

Race organizers encouraged social distancing. Organizers did not notice a lack of people wanting to participate.

Football loses final home game of the year

Published by admin on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:25am

In football, the Hill City Rangers played host to the Rapid City Comets in the Rangers final home game of the 2020 season.

While the final score might have read 66-12 in favor of the Comets, that did not mean the Rangers did not put up a good fight.

Both Jaxon Johnson and Austin Groven had long rushing touchdowns, and head coach Brett Eckert was aggressive with his play calling throughout the game, giving the Rangers a “never say quit” mentality that lasted throughout the game.

Championship season for cross country

Published by admin on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:25am

The Hill City cross country teams will look to bring home some hardware when championship season begins on Thursday.

On Thursday, the teams will travel to Hot Springs for the Black Hills Conference Cross County Championships.

On Oct. 15, the teams will travel to Deadwood to compete in the South Dakota High School Activities Association  (SDHSAA) Region 5A Cross County Meet.

On Oct. 24, the SDHSAA Class A State Cross County Meet will be run in Rapid City.

Big volleyball game Thursday

Published by admin on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:25am

In a battle between the top two teams in Region 8, the Hill City Rangers play host to the Rapid City Christian Comets at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8 in Gins Gym. The Comets are undefeated this season.

The Rangers will be looking to avenge their lone loss of the season, which came at the hands of the Comets in a tournament game Sept. 26. That game went to three sets — the maximum for tournament play. Each of the three sets were close.

The Rangers will then take on Sturgis at home on Oct. 10.