Hill City Prevailer

Three boys place top eight at state

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 8:41am
Three Hill City High School Ranger boys took off in the 3200 meter run at the South Dakota High School AA Class A State Track & Field Meet at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. All three of them placed in the top eight. 
Junior Luke Rupert led the Rangers in third place at 9:35.54. Leighton Aves, a junior, finished next in sixth with a personal record of 9:44.09, and Tate Grabow, a freshman, finished eighth with a personal record of 9:45.53.

Rangers win regions

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 8:35am
The Hill City Rangers golf team is 2023 Region 6B champion.
The team captured the region 6B championship at Hart Ranch outside of Rapid City May 22 for the first  time in school history.  The Rangers edged out the Wall Eagles and White River Tigers by six strokes.
Leo Daiss led the Rangers by finishing in the number four spot after carding a round of 87. David Hubacher followed in fifth with an 88. Zane Messick was eighth with a 90 and Breylon Rahn fired a 91 to finish in 12th. 

Eighteen rangers head to state

Published by admin on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 8:34am
Hill City High School Ranger athletes placed in the top eight for every event group at the 2023 Black Hills Conference Track & Field Championship May 16. 
Alaina Dean won the 100 meter run at 13.12. Riley Wiese followed in eighth at 13.59. 
In the distance events, Brooke Thayer-Burke finished the 1600 meter run in eighth with a time of 5:53.85. Then in the 3200 meter run, Abby Cutler finished third at 12:09.64, and Aspen Veneklasen finished eighth at 13:22.44. 

Rupert breaks two mile school record

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 9:11am
By Esther Noe
 
Fifteen Hill City High School Rangers competed at the Howard Wood Relays in Sioux Falls May 5-6. According to head coach Joe Noyes, this “is one of our bigger meets this time of the year where we get to see where we stack up against other relays and kids in our class statewide.” 
Noyes went on to say that the distance boys performed really well during this meet. Luke Rupert broke the school record in the 3200 meter run by 22 seconds, coming in ninth at 9:33.43. 

Ranger golf competes at Stanley County Invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 9:00am
The Hill City High School Ranger Golf team traveled to Ft. Pierre for the Stanley County Invitational hosted at the Dunes Golf Course last Friday. The Rangers got their second team tournament victory in a row by edging out the Wall Eagles by four strokes, 213-217.
David Hubacher also took home the individual title after firing a scorching two under 71. Breylon Rahn followed in sixth with a 74, Adolph Tyler was 11th with a 78, Zane Messick was 15th with a 79, Leo Daiss was 16th with an 80 and Max Rupert was 30th with a 91.

Rangers putt past Wall, finish first

Published by admin on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 8:54am
Despite a busy week and tough windy conditions, the Rangers golf team capped off a week of play with a first-place tournament finish. 
Golfers had a whirlwind week participating in four total tournaments in just six days.  

Record smashing meet in Sturgis

Published by admin on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 8:53am
Hill City took three of the top eight places in the boys 800 at the 2023 Black Hills Classic in Sturgis April 29.
 Brandon Escalante took fourth place with Luke Rupert  finishing fifth and Tate Grabow in seventh.
There were several Ranger athletes who outperformed themselves at the meet. 
Leighton Aves set a personal record in his second place 1600 race, running 4:35:45.
Devin Buehler also set a personal record of 6-1 in the high jump, finishing first.

Rangers take advantage of every opportunity

Published by admin on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 8:35am
The Pierre American Legion Relays was postponed to April 24 due to weather. However, since students are currently doing state standardized testing, head coach Joe Noyes did not feel it was appropriate to drive to Pierre.
Instead, Belle Fourche moved the 2023 Northern Hills Invite to April 24, and the Rangers were able to compete at this meet. 
“I specifically was really pleased with our athletes,” said Noyes. “There’s typically four event groups—throws, jumps, sprints and distance—and we had PRs (Personal Records) in all four event groups. 

Rangers golfers hit the greens

Published by admin on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 8:33am
Golf season is finally in full swing after weather postponements. 
The team played in the Class B Classic in Mitchell at the Lakeview Golf Course April 24.
The Rangers went up against over 20 of the top teams in the state, in addition to a full field of 95 golfers.  
Coach Josh Daiss was happy with the team’s play and the team score of 261 and a 10th place tie finish. 

Tracks season takes off

Published by admin on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 8:33am
After three meets were canceled due to weather, the Hill City High School Ranger track team finally competed in its first meets of the season. However, things still drifted into the extremes with three meets in five days and a 40-degree difference in temperature between the meets.
Despite the dramatic shifts in weather, head coach Joe Noyes said the athletes performed really well. Between the three meets various students made personal records, and there were several individual and relay wins.