By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth golf team played its first match of the 2002 campaign at the Rock River Country Club near Rock Rapids, Iowa, Tuesday.
Entertaining Red Rock Conference foe Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster on a course the Patriots will call home until next season, H-BC-E came up on the short end of a 195-205 decision during the opener.
Tom Janssen played a solid round for the Patriots by shooting a seven-over-par 42 on the par-35 course. Janssen earned the meetÕs medalist honor for his effort.
Kyle Sammons, Jeremy Tiesler and Jeremy Elbers contributed 51-, 54- and 58-stroke rounds to H-BC-E's team tally.
Jordan Scott and Clint Roozenboom shot 59- and 66-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.
Tim Sather led the winning Raiders with an eight-over-par 43.
SV-RL-B fielded an incomplete B team against an H-BC-E squad that recorded a 217.
Dusty Seachris led the Patriots with a 51.
Travis Broesder, Nick Deutsch and Dustin Bonnema pitched in 52-, 53- and 54-stroke rounds to the team total.
Tom Scholten and Adam Lange shot 58- and 60-stroke rounds during the B squad match.
The 0-1 Patriots host Southwest Star Concept and Westbrook-Walnut Grove at the RRCC today and Tuesday respectively. The Patriots play Lincoln HI in Hendricks Monday.