Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026It was a big night of volleyball action on the court Thursday, Oct. 1, as Hills-Beaver Creek hosted Adrian-Ellsworth in head-to-head conference play. Both teams came into the game with relatively equal records and talent on their rosters, and the Dragons walked away with a 3-0 win after three close sets. A-E opened the first set building a seven-point lead before the Patriots got their rhythm…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots tamed the GHECT Mustangs corralling them 58-0 in Hills Friday, Oct. 2. Grenada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman had to punt four times, had two possession turnovers, were picked off twice and lost one fumble to the Patriots. H-BC junior Max Sammons and junior Brodie Metzger each intercepted the Mustangs in the second quarter and Metzger returned his pickoff 13 yards to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 07, 2026The H-BC Patriots volleyball team held off the Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes winning three of five sets on the road Tuesday, Sept. 29. “This game is always a fun matchup, and it was great to go back to my home gym, especially for the Coyotes cancer night in support of a child from Fulda,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought our scrappiness against HLOF set us ahead from other…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The H-BC Patriots halted Westbrook-Walnut Grove on the road Friday, Sept. 25, defeating the Chargers 55-6. The Patriots held WWG to 87 total yards of offense grabbing three interceptions and one fumble from the Chargers. Sophomore Malachi Bush and junior Jace Gacke each had one interception in the first quarter. Junior Karson Metzger recovered a Chargers fumble, and junior Maddox Metzger had…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Luverne Cardinals rolled over the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants 49-0 on the road Friday, Sept. 25. “I feel we played pretty well after a 2 ½-hour bus ride,” LHS head coach Todd Oye said. “The guys did a good job being focused to start the game.” LHS kicked off the ball to start the game and quickly shut down the Giants who were forced to punt. Luverne took over the ball at the 50-yard line and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 30, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team fell twice and won once to Red Rock Conference opponents this past week. H-BC lost a 3-1 match to Murray County Central Tuesday, Sept. 22, on the road and fell 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at home Thursday, Sept. 24. H-BC beat Edgerton Public 3-1 on the road Monday, Sept. 28. “We knew going into this week that we had some tough conference games…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ volleyball team held on to the “Queens of the Court” trophy, defeating Edgerton Public 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 17. H-BC kept the title and trophy for the second year in a row after Edgerton won it the first three years. “Queens of the Court is always such an exciting game to bring both our schools together to celebrate homecoming,” H-BC head coach Kaylan…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 23, 2026The Patriots ground out a 22-0 win against a solid Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda team at home Friday, Sept. 18. “We knew coming in that HLOF was going to be a big, physical team, and it was going to be a four-quarter game,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “It was definitely a good game for us to get under our belt in terms of playing a team with really good size upfront.” Even though it was a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team collected its second win of the season beating the Renville County West Jaguars 38-6 Friday, Sept. 11, at home. The game was cut short because of bad weather moving through the area. Early in the second quarter lightening and rain stopped play and the decision to call the game was made. “It was too bad that our game was called early in the first…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 16, 2026The Lady Pates beat Viborg-Hurley 3-0 at home Thursday, Sept. 10, in volleyball action. H-BC won the first set 25-19, took the second set 25-20 and closed the match winning the third set 25-19. “The girls played a strong home opener against Viborg-Hurley in front of a good crowd,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “I thought we did a good job of moving the ball around and playing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026Samantha McGaffee photo/0910 HBC/AEfootball2 Patriots sophomore Davin Afkas, No. 95, stands firm against an Adrian-Ellsworth push into the backfield Sept. 3 in Adrian. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team traveled to Adrian Thursday, Sept. 3, to take on the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons in nine-player football action. The Patriots won the game 38-6 to collect their first win of the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 09, 2026The Lady Pates traveled to Canton, S.D. Thursday, Sept. 3, falling 3-1 to the C-Hawks in the contest. The Patriots started off hot taking Set 1 by a score of 25-22. Canton replied with a 25-20 win in Set 2. Tied 1-1 after two sets H-BC ran into some errors on the court and wasn’t able to close the final two sets falling 25-14 and 25-21 to the C-Hawks. “Canton is a strong team that was great…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 02, 2026The Lady Pates girls’ volleyball team traveled to George-Little Rock Monday, Aug. 31 for four scrimmage games against Iowa teams. H-BC won the first match 2-1 against Sibley-Ocheyedan winning the first set 21-13. Sibley came back and took the second set 21-16 to tie the match 1-1. H-BC won the final set 15-12 to take the match win. The Patriots played Edgerton Public in the second match…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 05, 2026The 2026 Rock County Fair showcased several grandstand events and entertainment over the past week. On Wednesday, July 29, the Good Ol’ Plowboys featured several local and regional participants in a lawn mower pull. These were not your everyday off-the-shelf models. Rather, they were machines designed to tear through the dirt and not care about grass. There were five classes of pullers from…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 22, 2026Rapid Speedway Rock Rapids, IA No Races Sportsmen Overall points leaders to date 7th - Brandon Boeve – 754 9th - Eric Gaul – 588 12th - Johnathan Tiesler – 397 15th - Larry Kracht – 235 USRA Hobby Stock Overall points leaders to date 8th - Brock Harnack – 670 11th - Chase Overgaard – 608 22nd - Evan Schettler – 182 30th - Zach Bierman – 101 42nd - Silas Top – 62 45th - Spencer…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 15, 2026Nearly 50 runners participated in the 2026 Nutcracker Half Marathon Saturday, July 11, in the Luverne City Park. “The very first two guys to show up at the park were from Georgia and Oklahoma,” organizer Dave Duffy said. “And another lady drove seven hours from Kansas just to walk.” Duffy said that the two runners have goals of doing a half marathon in each state. Most other participants were…
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