Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School golf team traveled to Mountain Lake Tuesday, April 9. The Patriots finished behind Mountain Lake and Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/ Westbrook-Walnut Grove in the boys’ team competition. The Patriots hosted Mountain Lake and Red Rock Central in Larchwood Thursday, April 11. The H-BC boys’ team beat Red Rock Central but fell to Mountain Lake. The Patriots will face…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School track and field team traveled to Garretson, South Dakota, for the Jesse James meet Saturday, April 13. The Patriots boys’ team finished in fourth place with a total team score of 81 points. Deubrook Area took first with a team score of 129 points, Baltic was second with 113, and Chester was third with 109. Behind H-BC in fifth was Tri-Valley with 69 points.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams participated in the Luverne Invite Friday, April 5, along with five other teams. Adrian/Ellsworth, Southwest Minnesota Christian, Windom, Lakeview and Worthington were also present for the invite. The field events started at 4 p.m. and the track events started at 4:45 p.m. Luverne finished with 85 Top 10 finishes and 15 first-place event…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Patriots track and field team traveled to Slayton Thursday, April 4, to participate in the Dick Davidson Invite at the Murray County Central Sports Complex. Teams participating in the event were (MN 2A) Jackson County Central, (MN 3A) Hills-Beaver Creek, Murray County Central, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Wabasso and Westbrook-Walnut Grove/Red Rock Central. “They didn’t keep team scores,” said…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Big South Conference and the Red Rock Conference released their 2023-24 All-Conference basketball team selections. In the Big South Conference, LHS senior Gavin DeBeer and junior Carter Sehr were named to the all-conference team in boys’ basketball. In the Red Rock Conference, H-BC boys’ basketball players sophomores Jamin Metzger and Micah Bush were named all-conference and juniors Beau…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne Cardinals and Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots girls’ golf teams played in the Worthington Invite Saturday, April 6, for their first meet of the season. The girls played 18 holes in wind gusts upward of 50 miles per hour at times. “This was a tough day to be our first meet,” Luverne head coach Chris Nowatzki said. “But the girls hung in there and we’ve got some stuff to work on.” The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 27, 2024The Blue Mound Figure Skaters presented their “Family Game Night” Ice Show March 22 and 23 at the Blue Mound Ice Arena. The local arena on both Friday and Saturday was packed with family, friends and fans of the performers. This year’s show, “Family Game Night,” includes themed performances of classic games, game shows and video games. Beginner through advanced freestyle skaters took to the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 20, 2024Have you ever heard the saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks?” Well, try reteaching an old(er) dog, (young)er tricks. After years and years of not playing golf, I (the older dog), have joined the Luverne Country Club and taken up golf (the younger trick) again. I was on the school golf team when I first learned the sport of hitting a small ball into a small hole that was placed far…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 20, 2024Spring sports are just around the corner, and local athletes in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are starting their new routines in great weather. With temps in the 50s and 60s recently, Cardinal track and field athletes, as well as softball players, began practicing outdoors during the week of March 11. LHS baseball and golf, as well as H-BC track and golf, started practicing the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 20, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball head coach Chad Rauk was named the 2024 Section 3A South Boys’ Basketball Coach of the Year. Rauk was presented a plaque commemorating the accomplishment after the Section 3 - South Subsection Championship game against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on March 9 in Marshall. In his first season as the Patriots head coach, Rauk led his team to a 17-8 regular season…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 13, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team beat Murray County Central 50-39 in their Section 3A quarterfinal game Thursday, March 7, in Worthington. The Patriots advanced to the Section 3A semifinal game against Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Saturday, March 9, in Marshall. H-BC came up short and fell to RTR 64-51 to end the Patriots’ 2023-24 season. The Patriots finished the regular season with a 17…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team crushed Heron Lake 65-44 in their first section tournament game Saturday, March 2, in Worthington. The No. 1 seed Patriots had no trouble beating the No. 9 seed Coyotes in section play. H-BC took the lead early and finished the first half scoring 42 points to Heron Lake’s 12. In the second half the Patriots had a commanding lead and brought in several players off…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 06, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team fell to Southwest Minnesota Christian 59-50 in the section quarterfinals Friday, March 1, in Worthington. The No. 4 seed Patriots hung tight with the No. 1 seed Eagles, giving SWMC a scare early in the game when the Patriots went on a 14-3 run. H-BC kept the momentum going throughout the first half, finishing two points behind the Eagles, 29-27, at the half…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team went 2-1 in conference play this week and will prepare for their first round of section basketball on Saturday, March 1. The Patriots beat SWMC 66-38 Tuesday, Feb. 20, and Adrian 74-39 Friday, Feb. 23, and fell to RTR 83-65 Monday, Feb. 26. H-BC ended their regular season with a record of 17-8 and 14-4 in conference play. The Patriots are the No. 1 seed in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 28, 2024The Patriots girls’ basketball team traveled to Worthington Saturday, Feb. 24, for the Section 3A South Subsection Quarterfinal game against Adrian. The Lady Pates won the game over the Dragons 64-61 in overtime play. “That was one of the wildest games I have been a part of as a coach or a player,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “Our girls did a great job getting out of the gates strong in both…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 21, 2024The H-BC boys’ basketball team finished the week with a 1-1 record, defeating Edgerton at home 71-46 Tuesday, Feb. 13, and falling to Mountain Lake by one point Friday, Feb. 16, on the road. The Patriots will face Russell-Tyler-Ruthton next Monday, Feb. 26, at home for their final regular season game. H-BC 71, Edgerton 46 The Patriots stole a win against Edgerton, beating the Dutchmen 71-46…
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