Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 28, 2026The Luverne volleyball team went 1-1 at home beating Hills-Beaver Creek 3-2 Oct. 20 and fell 3-0 to Adrian-Ellsworth Oct. 22. Luverne finished the regular season 11-17, Adrian-Ellsworth closes with an 18-9 record and Hills-Beaver Creek finished with an 11-12 record heading into the section tournaments. In the Section 3A tournament the No. 7 seed H-BC Patriots hosted the No. 10 seed Edgerton…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 28, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots finished the regular season 8-0 after beating the Cedar Mountain Cougars 46-0 on the road Tues., Oct. 20. “We were able to finish the regular season undefeated and co-district champions with Wabasso,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “I told our guys that it isn’t an easy thing to do in a 14-team district, and we were able to do it for the fourth time in a row,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 28, 2026The Lady Pates fell 3-2 to Edgerton Public in Section 3A volleyball action Monday, Oct. 26, at home. The No. 10 seed Flying Dutchmen won the Round 1 South Subsection game against the No. 7 seed Patriots in five back-and-forth sets. H-BC won the first set 30-28, fell 25-23 in Set 2, won 25-17 in Set 3, fell 26-24 in Set 4 and lost 15-9 in the fifth and final set. Three of the five games were…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 21, 2026The Lady Pates won three volleyball matches this past week giving up only one out of 10 sets along the way. H-BC beat Mountain Lake 3-0 at home Oct. 13, took down Garretson 3-0 on the road Oct. 15 and won 3-1 against Red Rock Central at home Oct. 19. The Patriots were scheduled to face Luverne on the road Tuesday, Oct. 20, in their final regular season game of 2026. Round 1 of the Girls 3A…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 21, 2026The Patriots outplayed the Mountain Lake Wolverines 62-0 on the road Wednesday, Oct. 14, to improve to 7-0 for the season. The Wolverines came into the game 0-6 and had trouble keeping up with H-BC from the opening kickoff. Against the Patriots starters, Mountain Lake had to punt seven times in the first half as H-BC put 55 points on the board. In the second half the Patriots subbed in several…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 14, 2026The Hills-Beaver Creek football team retained the Red Rock trophy after beating the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen 28-14 Friday, Oct. 9, in Edgerton. H-BC amassed 395 total offensive yards while holding Edgerton to only 185 yards in the contest. “It was a physical four-quarter football game, and I thought we did a good job of limiting their run game and not allowing those long explosive runs,” H-BC…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 14, 2026The Lady Pates ended busy week of volleyball action with two wins and five losses within five days. “While we played a ton of games this week, I felt that the girls handled it very well, and the quality of our games and the girls’ intensity rarely wavered,” H-BC head coach Kaylan Untiedt said. “In fact, I felt that our game play improved from Tuesday to Saturday, and I look forward to the…
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…
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