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Youth basketball wins tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:08am

A Hill City Youth Athletics team made up of boys from first through third grade won the Polar Bear Classic Basketball Tournament for their age group last week.

According to head coach Andi Bauer, this was the culmination of hard work.

“We started off the year rough, but we picked it up quickly,” she said.

This was Bauer’s first year coaching basketball; however, she is not new with boys sports. She has coached that same group of kids in wrestling, soccer, baseball and football since some of them were in kindergarten.

Four wrestlers qualify for state

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:07am

Hill City qualified four wrestlers for the State Class B wrestling tournament to be held this weekend in Rapid City. They are: Hunter Way (126), Braden Weiss (132), Jaxon Johnson (138) and Tanner Davis (220). The complete results for our Region 4B tournament held last Saturday are as follows:

SDHSAA Region 4B Results for Hill City

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Hunter Way (19-11) placed 3rd and scored 16.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Hunter Way (Hill City) 19-11 won by decision over Wyatt Wientjes (Mobridge-Pollock) 16-14 (Dec 11-8)

Boys basketball playing their best come crunch time

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 10:39am

The Hill City Rangers boys basketball team continues to show improvement, according to head coach Nate Bayne.

The team went 1-1 this week with an eight point win over Philip High School and a tight game against Winner High School, one of the top ranked teams in the state.

“We showed some improvement on the defensive end, as well as rebounding,” Bayne said. “The guys are really sharing the ball well.”

On Friday, Bayne said Jovani Sanchez really stepped up for both the junior varsity and varsity games, hitting six three pointers combined.

Black Hills Classic results

Published by admin on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 10:50am

The results for Hill City High School wrestlers from the Black Hills Classic held on Feb. 6 in Hill CIty.

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Hunter Way (16-12) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Elijah Braning (Belle Fourche) 7-11 won by fall over Way 16-12 (Fall 5:22)

Consulation round one: Hunter Way (Hill City) 16-12 received a bye (bye)

Consulation semifinal: Pierce Sword (Custer) 16-13 won by fall over Way 16-12 (Fall 1:41)

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Braden Weiss (23-10) placed second and scored 16.0 team points.

Revenge on the mind for boys basketball

Published by admin on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 9:57am

According to head coach Nate Bayne, the Hill City boys basketball team has revenge on its mind as it takes on Hot Springs High School on Saturday and looks to avenge an overtime loss from earlier in the season.

This past week, the team played three big games, Bayne said.

“We played well Tuesday night and beat Sturgis at home,” he said. “Thursday night we traveled to Wall. Despite a 17 point halftime deficit, we pulled to within six before taking a nine point loss. We took a trip to Kadoka Saturday and played a hotly contested game.”

Hill City scramble results

Published by admin on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 9:57am

Hill City wrestling hosted a scramble on Jan. 29. Here are the results:

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Hunter Way (19-10) placed 1st.

Round 1 - Hunter Way (Hill City) 19-10 won by fall over Carson Casey (Rapid City Stevens) 7-13 (Fall 0:20)

Round 2 - Hunter Way (Hill City) 19-10 won by fall over Cassandra Witte (Rapid City Central) 10-16 (Fall 1:48)

Round 3 - Hunter Way (Hill City) 19-10 won by fall over Talan Lunders (Rapid City Stevens) 9-4 (Fall 2:20)

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Braden Weiss (23-9) placed 1st.

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.