By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth baseball team went 1-2 during three outings since last Thursday.
The Patriots played road games against Red Rock Conference teams Red Rock Central-Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin losing both tilts by the 10-run rule.
H-BC-E hosted Bethany Christian Monday, producing a 12-0 win over the Bears.
RRC-W-WG overpowered the Patriots 19-0 in a game played in Westbrook Thursday.
RRC-W-WG scored six runs in the first and third innings and added seven in the third to open a 19-0 advantage.
H-BC-E, which was limited to two hits, didn't produce a run in a game that ended by the 10-run rule after four and one-half innings of play.
The Patriots blanked the Bethany Christian Bears 12-0 in Hills Monday. No information was available from that game.
H-BC-E's three-game stretch ended with a 10-0 loss to ML-B-O in Butterfield Tuesday.
The Wolverines sported a 1-0 lead through three and one-half innings of play before plating three runs in the fourth inning and six in the fifth to win by the 10-run rule at that point.
H-BC-E, 3-7-1 overall, is scheduled to host Edgerton today and play in Pipestone Tuesday.