By John RittenhouseHills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton fielded complete varsity teams for the Garretson (S.D.) Cross Country Invitational Monday.It turned into a good one for Tyler Bush and the Patriot boys, who successfully defended their individual and team titles at the event.Competing as a complete team for the first time this season, the H-BC-E-E girls placed fifth in a 10-team field."I thought our kids ran really well," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "It was nice to run against some different teams and against different competition. It was nice to field a complete girls’ varsity team for a change, too."Bush won his first varsity race of the season with a time of 17:51. His effort led the Patriots to a 29-49 win over second-place Baltic in the team standings.Kale Wiertzema (fourth in 18:55), Todd Alberty (fifth in 18:59), Derek Haak (22nd in 20:27) and Lee Jackson (23rd in 20:29) played roles in the boys’ victory as a team.The Patriot girls placed fifth out of 10 teams with 76 points. McCook Central won the team title with 27 points.Cassi Tilstra set the pace for the Patriots by finishing 10th in 17:07.Amanda Tilstra (21st in 18:19), Mya Mann (22nd in 18:27), Jill Weitgenant (34th in 19:28) and Rayna Sandoval (35th in 19:28) padded the team scoring for H-BC-E-E.The H-BC-E-E squads will run at the Worthington Turkey Trot Saturday. Here is a look at the rest of the individual results for H-BC-E-E from Monday’s meet.Boys’ junior varsityDustin Verhey, third, 17:00; Michael Bos, 12th, 18:33; Cody Penning, 23rd, 19:30; Luke Tiesler, 25th, 19:35; Grant Hoogendoorn, 34th, 20:37; Stephan Harsma, 40th, 21:14; Tyler Larson, 43rd, 21:19.
