Hills-Beaver Creek sophomore Kale Wiertzema (31) challenges the drive of a Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster player during Friday’s boys’ basketball game in Hills. Wiertzema scored 11 points to help H-BC notch its first win of the season against the Raiders.
By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team posted a win and a loss over the weekend.
The Patriots downed Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster by 29 points in Hills Friday before losing a nine-point home decision to Central Lyon (Iowa) Saturday.
H-BC, 1-2 overall, plays at Edgerton Public tonight before hosting Southwest Christian Tuesday.
CL 83, H-BC 74
A hot-shooting Central Lyon squad gunned its way to a nine-point win over the Patriots in Hills Saturday.
The Lions drained 59 percent of their field goals in the game to set the stage for victory.
H-BC sported an 18-15 edge after eight minutes of play before CL moved in front 43-33 at the intermission with a 28-15 scoring advantage in the second quarter.
The Lions led 65-52 heading into the final eight minutes of play, when H-BC used a 22-18 scoring edge to trim the final margin to nine points.
Tyson Metzger led H-BC with 21 points and eight rebounds. Jesse Leuthold netted 12 points and collected seven rebounds, while Trey Van Wyhe struck for 12 points and six rebounds. Tyler Bush, who led H-BC with five steals, recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 assists. Kale Wiertzema added 16 points and six assists to the cause.
Box score
Bush 3 1 2-4 11, Wysong 0 0 0-0 0, Roozenboom 1 0 0-0 2, Broesder 0 0 0-0 0, Wiertzema 5 2 0-0 16, Metzger 6 0 9-13 21, Leuthold 4 0 4-5 12, Van Wyhe 4 0 4-6 12.
Team statistics
H-BC: 26 of 70 field goals (37 percent), 19 of 28 free throws (68 percent), 31 rebounds, 12 turnovers.
CL: 32 of 54 field goals (59 percent), 15 of 22 free throws (68 percent), 30 rebounds, 21 turnovers.
H-BC 72, SV-RL-B 43
The Patriots posted their first win of the season when they rolled to a 29-point home victory over the Raiders Friday.
H-BC opened a nine-point halftime advantage before outscoring SV-RL-B 41-21 in the second half to win handily.
With Wiertzema netting five of his 11 points to set the pace, H-BC scored the game’s first seven points and led 14-2 midway through the first quarter before SV-RL-B put together an 8-0 run to make it a 14-10 game at the quarter break.
The Patriots padded their lead to 12 points (31-19) when Clint Roozenboom drained a field goal with 27 seconds left in the second period, but the Raiders scored the final three points of the first half to trim the difference to nine points (31-22) at the intermission.
H-BC put the game out of reach in the third quarter by outscoring the Raiders 23-8 while extending its lead to 54-30.
The Patriots led by as many as 31 points in the fourth quarter before settling for a 29-point win.
Metzger, who led H-BC with 16 points and 13 rebounds, led the third-quarter charge by scoring eight points in the period. Leuthold, who had 14 points in the game, scored 10 counters in the second half.
Wiertzema had seven assists and six rebounds for the winners. Bush had six rebounds, six steals and six assists. Van Wyhe added five rebounds and three steals to the cause.
Box score
Bush 3 0 2-5 8, Elbers 0 0 0-0 0, Wysong 0 0 2-2 2, Jackson 0 0 0-0 0, Roozenboom 3 0 3-6 9, Broesder 1 0 2-4 4, Wiertzema 3 1 2-2 11, Metzger 4 1 5-8 16, Leuthold 6 0 2-2 14, Van Wyhe 4 0 0-2 8, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 26 of 55 field goals (47 percent), 18 of 31 free throws (58 percent), 42 rebounds, 21 turnovers.
SV-RL-B: 18 of 49 field goals (37 percent), five of nine free throws (56 percent), 20 rebounds, 21 turnovers.