H-BC boys' basketball upended by Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey

The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team traveled to Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Tuesday, Dec. 20.
The Patriots lost to the Wolverines 74-56 and are now 0-3 for the season.
“We played really well in spurts and allowed them to get out to an early lead,” said head coach Kale Wiertzema.
At the end of the first half the Patriots found themselves down 43-29.
“We did end up cutting the deficit to four in the middle of the second half,” Wiertzema said.
 H-BC made 27 points to the Wolverines’ 31. 
H-BC gave up 27 points in transition during the game. “We can’t get beat down the court that many times and expect to win,” Wiertzema said.
Junior Riley Tatge scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked one shot and had one steal.
Senior Brock Harnack contributed 10 points, two rebounds and one steal.
Jamin Metzger, a ninth-grader, scored nine points, had four rebounds and two steals.
Sophomore Beau Bakken sank seven points, fought for 10 rebounds and had two steals.
Other point scorers were senior Brayden Metzger with eight, sophomores Cameron Allen and Sawyer Bosch made four points each, and EJ Wegener made two points.
The Patriots are scheduled to finish 2022 with a tournament at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall Friday, Dec. 30.