Patriot girls place second during
Pipestone-Jasper Tournament

By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team turned in a solid performance while competing at the Pipestone-Jasper Tournament Saturday.
H-BC earned a berth in the event’s championship match by winning three of four two-game matches during round-robin play.
The Patriots took the first game of the championship match against the host school, but P-J rallied to outscore H-BC 30-3 in Games 2 and 3 to win the match.
"We started out slow, but I thought we played pretty well together the whole day," said Patriot coach Nicole Fey. "Overall, I thought our girls had a great day. They worked well together and did a nice job of finding the open holes in the defenses we faced."
The Patriots drew P-J in the first round of round-robin play and took 15-3 and 15-8 setbacks.
H-BC, however, rebounded from the loss to post consecutive victories against Canby, Murray County Central and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster.
The Patriots and Canby proved to be evenly-matched teams, but H-BC bested the Lancers by 15-13 and 15-12 tallies.
H-BC pulled out a 15-11 victory during the first game against MCC before pounding the Rebels 15-1 in the second tilt.
The Patriots overwhelmed SV-RL-B while recording 15-4 and 15-7 victories against the Rebels.
When round-robin play was complete, H-BC and P-J had the best records, setting up a best-of-three-game championship match between the teams.
The Patriots got off to a great start by recording a 15-11 win in the opener, but the Arrows bounced back to register 15-1 and 15-2 victories in Games 2 and 3.
"What helped us a lot during the first game of the championship match was getting a lot of big blocks at the net. Our blocking wasn’t there in the next two games," Fey said.
Erin Boeve, Shanna Tilstra and Becky Broesder had big tournaments at the net for H-BC.
Boeve, who was 35 of 39 serving, had 15 ace blocks an 18 kills. Tilstra, who completed 22 of 25 serves, led the Patriots with 20 kills.
Broesder, who had 12 kills, helped the Patriots even more by completing 28 of 31 serves and 17 of 20 digs.
LaDonna Sandstede registered 50 set assists and was 38 of 40 serving during the event.
Tonya Leenderts completed 12 of 16 digs and 34 of 39 serves.
H-BC ended the tournament with a 13-7 overall record. The Patriots play Southwest Christian in Edgerton and Lake Benton on the road tonight and Monday respectively. H-BC hosts Edgerton Public Tuesday.