By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek girls' basketball players were not overlooked when the 2001-02 All-Red Rock Conference Team was announced late last week.
Competing in the conference for the first time, H-BC had two players make the All-RRC roster and another draw honorable mention for their efforts on the court this winter.
Senior guard Becky Broesder and sophomore post Erin Boeve are the first Patriots to make an All-RRC squad.
Freshman guard Cassi Tilstra drew honorable mention.
The all-league team consisted of 21 players. Twelve girls drew honorable mention.
Adrian and Fulda led all teams by having three players each listed on the All-RRC roster.
Adrian seniors Andrea Burzlaff and Becky Knips and junior Jenna Honermann grace the roster.
Fulda senior Jenna Wendorff and juniors Erin Oakland and Rachel Gundermann are members of the team.
Red Rock Central, Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Southwest Christian, Murray County Central and Southwest Star Concept picked up two selections each.
RRC seniors Wendy Lyle and Sarah Altermatt, W-WG senior Anne Doubler and junior Katie Hansen, SWC seniors Jill Talsma and Ginnie Vis, MCC seniors Sara Homan and Lisa Laleman and SSC seniors Crystal Kruger and Allison Hay all made the team.
Edgerton senior Amber Rieck, Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster junior Rosa Malenke and Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin sophomore Mikkala Junker round out the roster.
Others to draw honorable mention from the RRC coaches are Adrian sophomore Kylie Heronimus, Fulda junior Jamie Goedtke and freshman Abby Oakland, RRC senior Dana Meyer and sophomore Brittni Nickel, W-WG junior Katie Swanson, SWC senior Christa Kuipers, MCC senior Missy Halbur, Edgerton junior Amber Poppen and sophomore Kelly Esselink-Arp, and ML-B-O freshman Lindsay Bartel.