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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Flores named to state volleyball All-Star team
Published: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Custer High School senior Melissa Flores can add one more honor to her volleyball conquests as she was recently named to the South Dakota Volleyball All Star Team.

The honor came as quite the surprise for the young lady who started playing the sport in the fifth grade.



Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

State a learning experience for wrestlers
Published: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The bad news for the Custer High School wrestling team members who participated in last weekend’s Class A state wrestling tournament in Sioux Falls is that none of them were able to crack the win column in any of their matches at the tournament. The good news for them, and head coach Jared Webster, is that all three will get the chnce next year.



Boys fall to Pine Ridge in district opener
Published: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Basketball can be a heartbreaking sport.

No matter how well you play defense, no matter how much you hustle, and no matter how great you rebound, if you can’t make any shots, you’re going to lose. Monday night in Pine Ridge, the Custer High School boys basketball team couldn’t make any shots. Predictably, that led to a loss.



Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Three Custer wrestlers state bound this weekend
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Three wrestlers—Cody Herman, Tanner Eisland and Ty Cooper—will represent Custer this weekend at the State “B” Tournament in Sioux Falls.



Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Boys to close out regular season Friday
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

In a game where everyone knew the final outcome before the game even started, the Custer boys did what they were supposed to do.



Not again! Bison upset Wildcats in district play
Published: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

As Yogi Berra once famously said, it was deja vu all over again.



Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Custer wrestlers region bound
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

All except two Custer wrestlers will head to Stanley County this weekend to compete in the Region 4B Tournament. That number could’ve been great if Custer wasn’t able to right its wrongs after a rough start at the District 7B Tournament in Philip this past Saturday, Feb. 13.



Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Boys give More a scare, defeat Dogies
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

If anyone needed proof the Custer High School boys basketball team is playing some of its best ball of the year, they got it Saturday night. The Wildcats went into St. Thomas More’s gym prohibitive underdogs, and although they didn’t win, they looked every part of a team to reckon with in a 53-44 loss that saw the ’Cats actually lead 14-13 after the first period.



Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Slow start dooms girls against Cavs
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

 

Someone needs to take the snooze button off the Custer High School girls basketball team’s alarm clock.

In what has been an all-too-familiar theme for the ’Cats this season, they had a less-than-stellar first half of their game in Rapid City last Friday night, scoring only eight first half points in a 38-25 loss to the St. Thomas More Cavaliers.

 



Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Girls win a pair, lose one during three-game swing
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Although it was a win, Custer High School girls basketball coach Stephanie Ornelas felt it was more of a struggle than necessary. The Wildcat girls basketball team headed north to Lead-Deadwood Feb. 8, and came from behind to pull out a 40-33 win over the Golddiggers after trailing the majority of the game.


Boys play 'best game of the year' against 'Diggers
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Chad Bryant scored 22 points and Brandon Smith and Luke Roddy both added 12 as the Custer Wildcats completed a season sweep of the Lead-Deadwood Golddiggers with a 69-55 win Feb. 8 in Lead. Custer head coach Larry Luitjens called it the best game the â??Cats have played all year



'Cat wrestlers strong before Districts
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Despite most of the team being either battered or sickly, a slew of Custer Wildcat wrestlers placed in the Hill City Invitational Tourney this past weekend in Hillâ??City. Cody Herman (103) set the pace for Custer as he took first place, while Clayton Wahlstrom (125) finished in third place, Soren Wahlstrom (130) finished in fourth despite not finishing due to a sickness. Max Wilson (135) finished in sixth place, Dylan Severyn (140) took second place, Zach Wager (160) took third and Ty Cooper (215) took fifth.



Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

'Cats dominate Newell
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

TJ Stover scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Chad Bryant and Jordan Konkol both added 12 points as the Custer Wildcats cruised to a 78-26 win over the Newell Irrigators last Thursday night in Newell.



Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Wrestlers show split personalities
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
After learning an unwanted “lesson” in a dual against Douglas last Thursday, the Custer Wildcat wrestling team looked nothing like the team that lost to the Patriots when they competed in the Belle Fourche Invitational Tournament this past weekend. Instead of being passive, the Wildcats proved they can be both tough mentally and physically when they put their minds to it.


Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Girls fall to 'Gators, hold off Patriots
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The Custer High School girls basketball team used an 11-0 fourth quarter run last Friday night in the armory to outlast the winless Douglas Patriots 52-38 in a game that was much closer for longer than most people probably thought it would be for much longer than those same people thought it should have been.



Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Wrestling squad closing gap on other teams
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Instead of heading east toward Winner, the Custer Wildcat wrestling squad drove south to Chadron, Neb., to compete in the Chadron Invitational Tournament this past weekend. While no one from Custer placed, coach Jared Webster said it was nice to see Custer show signs of improvement.


Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Girls team edges Hot Springs
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
If there are two more evenly matched teams in the Black Hills Conference than Hot Springs and  Custer, it wouldn’t be by much. The two teams proved that again last Saturday in Hot Springs, as the Custer High School girls basketball team traveled south for a matchup with the Bison, coming away with a 41-38 win in another back-and-forth game with their rivals to the south.


Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Boys stave off late rally, defeat Douglas
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The Custer Wildcat boys basketball team stormed out to a huge lead against the visiting Douglas Patriots, then held off a second half Patriot rally to come away with a 69-64 win last Thursday night in the armory. �They got pretty hot,� Custer head coach Larry Luitjens said.��I didn�t feel that it was poor defense all the time. I�thought we were in their face pretty good.�


Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Girls defeat Belle Fourche, fall to More
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The girls kicked their slow-starting ways Saturday against Belle Fourche, bursting out to a 28-17 halftime lead before staving off a fourth quarter Bronc comeback on their way to a 50-39 win.


Custer wins at Hill City, fares well in Philip
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Going into the Philip Invitational Tournament this past weekend, Custer Wildcat wrestling coach Jared Webster said he knew the tournament was going to be a challenge for his young wrestling squad. Knowing this, he told them no matter what to give it their all.


A weekend to forget for boys team
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
When the season is over for the Custer High School basketball team, it will most certainly reflect fondly on several weekends of the season as high points of the year. Last weekend will not be among those. After blowing a halftime lead to Pine Ridge and being pasted by 30 by St. Thomas More, one can assume Custer head coach Larry Luitjens is ready to forget last weekend ever happened.


Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Wrestlers strong at Lyman County tourney
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Three fourths of Custer’s wrestling squad placed at the Lyman County Invitational Tournament last weekend. It was a percentage Custer’s coach was proud of, but then again he wouldn’t have minded seeing that percentage jump up another 25 percent.


Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Girls team wins a pair of thrillers
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
At the rate they are going, the surgeon general may slap a disclaimer on the Custer High School girls basketball team in the near future: anyone with a heart condition should avoid watching them.


Improving boys drop Rangers, blast Bison
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Like any coach, Custer High School boys basketball head coach Larry Luitjens wants to see his team continue to improve as the season progresses. So far so good.


Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Thorpes throttle Wildcats
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
After watching Pine Ridge play its final game at the Lakota Nation Invitational tournament in December, the Custer High School girls were confident they could play with—and defeat—the Thorpes when the time came.


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