By John Rittenhouse
Golf, volleyball and baseball were some of the spring attractions during the annual Friendship Days celebration in Hills last weekend.
The Hills Thunder took on a pair of amateur baseball teams at the diamond in Hills Saturday afternoon. (Look for related story elsewhere in the sports section.)
An 18-hole golf tournament staged at the Rock River County Club near Rock Rapids, Iowa, was on tap for Friday.
Fourteen four-player teams made up the field for a best-ball scrambler.
When the tournament was complete, a team consisting of Tim Plimpton, Duane Fiala, Claude Van Driel and Tom Arends emerged as the champions.
Brad Berkhof, Jon Finke, Kelly Demuth and Scott Olson formed the second-place squad.
Denise Wysong produced the women's longest drive during the tournament, while Travis Korver slapped the men's longest drive. Blake Wysong drained the men's longest putt.
An eight-team volleyball tournament was played on Saturday.
A team captained by Amy Behr won the championship.
Teams led by Lowell Rozeboom and Doug Diekevers placed second and third respectively.