National Honor Society members pictured are;
Back Row – left to right – Jess Franta, Michael Batson, Tyler Ferron.
Middle Row – left to right – McKensie Penkoff, Nicole Henrich, Riley Smith, Jessie Henrich, and Holly Wenger.
Front Row – the new inductees – Jakob Morris, Grace Flynn and Lauren Kitchen.
Photo by Carol Franta
by CCSD-1 Staff
–February 21, 2018
The Custer County High School Boys Basketball Team ended the regular season with a victory over Cripple Creek-Victor on Saturday, February 17th. The Bobcats fought their way to a crowd-pleasing comeback score of 55-53. After a sluggish first half which saw the Bobcats down by as much as 17 points, the boys came out in the second half ready to play some basketball. Custer County scored 35 points and sharpened their defense to hold the Pioneers to 22. Patrick Post led the team in scoring with 20 points. Kobe Lewsader added 14 points and had 13 rebounds. Billy Berry led the Bobcats in rebounds with 17, and he scored nine points. Chad Lewenkamp led in assists with eight. Continue reading Bobcats Boys Finish Well With Final Game Victory!
by Sentinel Staff
With two wins the weekend of February 16th and 17th, the Lady Bobcats have advanced to the 2-A District 1 Quarter-finals. On Friday, the girls played an away game against the Center Vikings and came out on top 62-38. Elizabeth Mullett paced her team with 27 points and Katie Florom scored 15, for second high in scoring.
The girls team came out strong on the home court on Saturday, the 17th against Cripple Creek-Victor, defeating the Pioneers 51-34. Senior Elizabeth Mullett and sophomore Lindsey Gilmore each scored 15 points, followed by freshman Catherine Mullett’s nine points to lead the Lady Bobcats scoring effort. Continue reading Lady Bobcats Qualify for Basketball Playoffs!
Press Release
The American Legion
Post 170
Good News!!!! Cub Scouts Pack 114 is once again active. Pack 114 went dormant several years ago but recent interest has made it possible to bring it back in a big way. Continue reading Cub Scouts Pack 114 Receives Charter
Custer County C-1 School Board Meeting
—January 16, 2018
by Larry Luikart,
Reporter
President Davis called the meeting to order leading the assembled group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Director Parkes was absent to attend to the needs of his spouse who was having a medical procedure.
There were no Public Comments requested at either session as listed in the Agenda.
The Consent Agenda included four items: The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting on December 12, 2017; Head Coach and Athletic Director Evaluation forms; a request for Leave of Absence by Carrie Smith. All requests were approved by the Board. Continue reading January 16th School Board Meeting: from Districts to an At-large Election?
by Jim Silver
This year’s class of eight students is making good progress in the second phase of the project begun last school year, which is two more housing units for Custer County teachers.
Last year’s class completed the two ground floor apartments of the four-plex, which are presently occupied. Now, the garden-level units are under construction by this crew of mostly experienced hands in the carpentry trade, under the watchful eye of their instructor, Mr. Cole McCollum. “Mostly experienced” means that these young men—all juniors and seniors and half of them return attendees of this class– are demonstrating an ever-increasing body of skills and are making correct how-to decisions along the way. Continue reading Building Trades Class Project for 2017-18 School Year
