Hills-Beaver Creek students crowned Becky Broesder and Brad Haak their 2001 Homecoming King and Queen during coronation activities Monday evening. Homecoming candidates for king and queen and M.C.'s for the festivities were (from left) Brad Haak, Becky Broesder, Lyle DeBoer, M.C. Jody DeNoble, Kevin VanBatavia, Tonya Leenderts, M.C. Paul Jess, Trisha Larson, Justin VanMaanen and Brittney Olson.

Ruth Jorgensen, 81, Tucson, Ariz. died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

A memorial service will be in Tucson at a later date.

Mrs. Jorgensen was originally from Mt. Vernon, Ind. She was a childhood friend of Dr. Robert Keitel. The couple became reacquainted in 1998 after more than 50 years.

She was a frequent visitor in Luverne during the last three years.

Evelyn Broesder, 86, Rock Rapids, Iowa, formerly of the Magnolia and Ellsworth area, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001, at Rock Rapids Health Care Centre in Rock Rapids.

Services were Friday, Sept. 21, at Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. The Rev. Dan Haggar officiated. Burial was in Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth.

Evelyn Katherina Lange was born to August and Margaret (Frahm) Lange on March 27, 1915, at Westside Township, Nobles County, near Magnolia. She attended country school in Nobles and Rock counties in southwest Minnesota. She worked as a housekeeper for several people until her marriage.

She married John M. Broesder on May 27, 1939, in Rock Rapids. They farmed near Rock Rapids until 1968 when they moved to a farm near Ellsworth. In 1983 they retired from farming and moved to Rock Rapids. After her marriage she was a homemaker and helped with chores, especially taking care of her chickens. She also sewed. Mr. Broesder died on March 16, 1990. Due to her failing health she became a resident of Rock Rapids Health Care Centre on May 24, 2000.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Marilyn Broesder, Rock Rapids; one daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Klaas Nagel, Little Rock, Iowa; five grandchildren, Mark (Dana) Broesder, Spencer, Iowa, Kyle (Shari) Broesder, Rock Rapids, Brenda (Curtis) Jurrens, George, Iowa, Becky (Joel) Heidebrink and Bradley (Donell) Nagel, all of Little Rock; 12 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Edna Goembel, Luverne, Violet Cauwels, Verdi, Vivian Cauwels, Magnolia, and Florence Utley, La Harpe, Kan.; four brothers, Lloyd Lange, Fort Ripley, Robert Lange, Beaver Creek, Donald Lange, Adrian, and Rodney Lange, Luverne.

Mrs. Broesder was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John, three sisters, Esther, Fern and Joyce, one brother, Raymond, and one great-granddaughter, Sarah Nagel.

Roste Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, was in charge of arrangements.

Lyle D. Authier Sr., 71, Buffalo, formerly of Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in Buffalo Hospital.

Services were Saturday, Sept. 15, at United Methodist Church in Thompson, Iowa. The Rev. Wendy Trone officiated. Burial with military rites was in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Lyle Authier was born to Cyril and Goldie Authier on Nov. 28, 1929, in Pipestone. He graduated from high school in Thompson in 1947.

He married Norma Pierce on Aug. 8, 1949, in the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. He served with the U.S. Air Force followed by a career in law enforcement which he dearly loved. He began his career with the Tucson Police Department, Tucson, Ariz., served as chief of police in Luverne and retired with the Winnebago County Sheriff Department in 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Authier, Buffalo; four children and their spouses, Kathy and David Noll, Alexandria, Diane and Kevin Mulligan, Delano, Kirk and Brenda Authier, Vinton, Iowa, and Lyle Jr. and Jamie Authier, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; 12 grandchildren, Christopher, Justin, Matthew, Adam and Steven Noll, Keely and Chelsey Mulligan, Philip, Andrew and Allison, Authier, and Travis and Shelby Authier.

Peterson Chapel, Buffalo, was in charge of arrangements.

Vernon "Pete" Pedersen, 72, died Saturday, Sept. 29 at his home. Memorial services will be Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, Luverne, with Rev. Paul Fries officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Engebretson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Fannie Van Maanen, 89, Beaver Creek, died Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Luverne Community Hospital. Services will be Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Reformed Church of Steen with burial at East Side Cemetery, rural Steen. Visitation will be Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 2 to 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Engebretson Funeral Home.

Mary Patricia Soyer, 77, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Luverne, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001.

Services were Saturday, Sept. 22, at Christ the King Catholic Church in Sioux Falls.

Mary Patricia Corbett was born to Lloyd and Margaret (Stewart) Corbett on Sept. 26, 1923, in Fargo, N.D. She grew up in Luverne, graduating from high school in 1941. After high school she began working for Northwestern Bell.

She married Johnny Soyer on July 23, 1946, in Luverne. For several years she traveled with her husband and his band throughout the country, and in 1961 they made their home in Sioux Falls. She went to work for Westward Ho Country Club and later at Irv's and the Elks Club before returning to Westward Ho, retiring in 1988.

Mrs. Soyer was a longtime member of Christ the King Catholic Church, St. Joseph Church Guild, Catholic Daughters, Ladies of the Moose and the Elks.

Survivors include her husband, Johnny Soyer, Sioux Falls; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Yolonda Soyer, Pierre, S.D., and Tim and Kim Soyer, Sioux Falls; one daughter, Sandi Ragels, Sioux Falls; five grandchildren, Gina Ragels Penisten and her husband, Jim, Nicole Cholik, Jordan Soyer, Tyler Soyer and Heidi Soyer; one sister, Audrey Walgrave and her husband, Ardean, Luverne, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Miller Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, was in charge of arrangements.

Lucille Smith, 86, Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.

Services were Saturday, Sept. 22, at First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.

Lucille Nuffer was born to Alfred and Elizabeth (Taubert) Nuffer on Dec. 5, 1914, on the family farm in Martin Township near Hills. She attended Luverne High School and graduated in 1931. She continued her education at Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa. Upon completion of her education she worked in the office of Nelson Brothers Department Store in Luverne until 1939. She then moved to Washington, D.C., where she was employed as a senior typist in the Civil Service for the U.S. Housing Authority. She returned to Luverne in 1941 and worked at First National Bank in Luverne for a number of years.

She married Henry Smith on Feb. 12, 1949. Following their marriage they lived and farmed near Hills for 33 years. Mr. Smith died Feb. 28, 1982, in Mesa, Ariz. In June 1985 she moved to Luverne. She entered Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center Feb. 5, 1999.

Mrs. Smith was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek where she held offices in Sunday School, Presbyterian Church Women and served as an elder. She enjoyed singing, traveling and keeping scrapbooks.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Rhonda Smith, Luverne; three grandchildren, Laurie Dahlquist and her husband Adam, Erica Smith and Chad Smith, all of Luverne; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Gerrit and Inez Smith, Luverne, Marvin and Charlotte Park, Flandreau, S.D., and Frances Caulde, Healdsburg, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Henry, an infant daughter, Grace, one sister, Lillian Kongslie, and one brother-in-law, Ben Smith.

Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth football team prepared for its homecoming game by spoiling one for Edgerton High School Friday.

Taking on winless EHS in Edgerton, the Patriots scored 41 consecutive points in the first three quarters while spoiling homecoming festivities for the Flying Dutchmen.

The Patriots did throw EHS a bone by allowing the hosts to score a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but the game that ended with H-BC-E winning 41-12 already had been settled at that point.

H-BC-E upped its record to 4-0 and 3-0 in the Southwest Ridge Conference with the victory. The Patriots, Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster lead the league with identical 3-0 marks.

The Patriots will be gunning for their fifth-straight win when they host 2-2 Lincoln HI for their homecoming tilt tomorrow.

"Lincoln HI is coming off a 30-8 win over Lakeview," said Patriot coach Dan Ellingson. "They are playing a lot better right now than they were early in the season. They are a very good defensive team, and they have a good quarterback on offense that they like to move around a lot. We'll have to take care of their mobile quarterback."

LH will have to contend with an H-BC-E offense that has been putting up a lot of points in recent weeks.

During Friday's game in Edgerton, the Patriots showed off their big-play capability while scoring 41 points in the first three quarters.

"We did a good job of making big plays offensively. We had three runs of 50 yards or more in the game. Our backs did break some tackles during the long runs. We also received some good down-field blocking," Ellingson said.

The Patriot offense squandered some good field position provided by an interception from the defense by losing the ball on downs to start the game, but it made up for it by scoring 20 points with the next three possessions.

Senior quarterback David Top, who threw for 63 yards and two touchdowns in the game, helped get things rolling when he hit Brad Haak for a five-yard touchdown pass to cap H-BC-E's second offensive possession of the game. A failed extra-point attempt followed the touchdown.

Playing his first game of the season, Patriot senior Lyle DeBoer made an instant impact when he broke loose for a 71-yard touchdown run to end H-BC-E's third possession late in the first quarter. A Top-to-Haak conversion pass increased H-BC-EÕs lead to 14-0.

Chris Reid, who toted the ball 15 times while gaining 184 yards in the game, joined the offensive outburst in the second quarter. Reid scored on a 30-yard run to give the Patriots a 20-0 advantage that stood until the third quarter.

Any chance of an Edgerton rally in the second half was wiped away when the Patriots exploded for 21 points in the third period.

The Patriots received the kick to start the second half and moved in front 27-0 when Reid scored from 55 yards away. The first of three consecutive extra points by Tyler Bush followed the touchdown.

H-BC-E got the ball back moments later and moved in front 34-0 when Top and Reid connected for a 15-yard touchdown pass. The Patriots were faced with a fourth-and-two situation deep in Edgerton territory.

DeBoer recovered an Edgerton fumble as the third quarter progressed, setting up a 57-yard touchdown run by Reid that capped H-BC-E's 41-0 run.

Edgerton got three-yard touchdown runs from Jeremy Landhuis and Kyle Landin in the fourth quarter. Both scores, which occurred with H-BC-E's top defenders watching the game from the sidelines, were followed by unsuccessful two-point conversion attempts.

"We played our positions really well defensively," Ellingson said. "Edgerton is a team that likes to run a lot of reverses and other misdirection plays. We did a good job of staying at home and not letting any of those plays develop."

Team statistics
H-BC-E: 341 rushing yards, 86 passing yards, 427 total yards, eight first downs, six penalties for 60 yards, zero turnovers.

Edgerton: 166 rushing yards, 53 passing yards, 219 total yards, seven first downs, five penalties for 30 yards, three turnovers.

Individual statistics
Rushing: Reid 15-184, DeBoer 7-99, Lee Jackson 4-28, Chris Tiesler 3-13, Jordan Scott 4-17, Travis Broesder 1-1, Clint Roozenboom 1-minus 1.

Passing: Top 5-10 for 63 yards, Curt Schilling 1-2 for 23 yards.

Receiving: Haak 2-8, Matt Buck 1-25, Roozenboom 1-23, Reid 1-15, Kevin Van Batavia 1-15.

Defense: Schilling 15 tackles, DeBoer two tackles and one fumble recovery, Reid four tackles and one interception, Haak two tackles and one interception.