By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth girls’ cross country team took top honors during the Patriot Invitational staged at the Beaver Creek Golf Course Monday.Of three complete teams competing at the varsity level, H-BC-E led the field with 22 points. West Lyon and Worthington placed second and third with respective 44- and 54-point efforts.H-BC-E’s five varsity runners placed ninth or better during the race.Cassi Tilsra led the way by finishing third in 16:13.Mya Mann, Amanda Tilstra and Ashley Bucher placed fourth, fifth and sixth with respective 17:14, 17:15 and 17:20 efforts.Rayna Sandoval finished ninth in 17:36.H-BC-E’s boys scored 67 points to finish second behind Southwest Christian (22 points) in varsity competition. Murray County Central (78), Worthington (81) and WL (93) capped the field.Tyler Bush won the individual title for the Patriots with a time of 16:30.Kale Wiertzema (sixth in 17:19), Derek Haak (14th in 18:47), John Sandbulte (20th in 20:11) and Grant Hoogendoorn (28th in 21:34) capped the scoring for the Patriots.Adrian attended the meet and competed in the junior high and junior varsity events. Here is a look at the rest of the individual efforts turned in by H-BC-E and Adrian athletes during the Patriot Invitational.Junior varsity boysH-BC-E: Dustin Verhey, third, 10:54; Tyler Paulson, fifth, 11:07; Brent Kramer, eighth, 11:31; Jared Drenth, 18th, 12:23.Adrian: Jarod Boltjes, first, 10:46; Aaron Mormann, second, 10:52; Brad Brake, fourth, 11:05; Bryce Antelope, sixth, 11:20; Jack Albertson, seventh, 11:28; Dustin Lonneman, ninth, 11:32; Eldon Vasellaar, 23rd, 14:04; Trent Lutmer, 24th, 14:10. Adrian won the team competition with 15 points.Junior varsity girlsH-BC-E: Jill Weitgenant, first, 12:43; Amanda Connors, third, 12:59; Brittney Rozeboom, eighth, 14:45.Junior high boysH-BC-E: Cody Penning, sixth, 5:57; Andrew Hoyme, 13th, 6:09; Luke Tiesler, 17th, 6:18; Tom Nolte, 18th, 6:25; Alex Angelo, 21st, 6:37; Tyler Kruid, 28th, 6:57; Derek Drenth, 28th, 6:57; Sam Luze, 29th, 6:59; B.J. Kruse, 32nd, 7:41. H-BC-E placed second as a team with 55 points.Adrian: Nathan Reyne, first, 5:32; Ross Wieneke, second, 5:42; Michael Graff, fourth, 5:53; Zach Runia, fifth, 5:56; Kyle Henning, eighth, 5:58; Jordan Pater, 11th, 6:06; Nick Kellen, 19th, 6:29; Huston Heitkamp, 20th, 6:35; David Bird, 27th, 6:54; Nick McCann, 31st, 7:26. Adrian placed first as a team with 17 points.Junior high girlsH-BC-E: Courtney Hoogendoorn, ninth, 7:19; Brooke Tilstra, 14th, 7:37.Adrian: Hailee Heitkamp, first, 6:06; Anna Sauer, seventh, 6:55; Alissa Sauer, 13th, 7:27; Samantha Vaselaar, 16th, 8:32.
