By John Rittenhouse
Twenty Hills-Beaver Creek athletes competed at the Hershey's District Track and Field Meet staged in Pipestone Saturday.
The H-BC entries were present in the meet's three age divisons (9-10, 11-12 and 13-14), winning four district championships and placing second in two other events.
In Hershey's District competition, the two relays and individuals advance to the Minnesota State meet, which will be in Pipestone July 7.
Seven H-BC athletes moved on to state competition Saturday.
Karic Wiertzema and Tyler Bush will advance as district champions.
Competing in the 13-14 division, Bush won the 800- and 1,600-meter runs.
Wiertzema is the 9-10 champion of the softball throw and the 400-meter dash.
Wiertzema is also a member of H-BC's 400-meter relay, which won a district title in the 9-10 division. Cory Tilstra, Caleb Ellingson and Andrew Scholten are the other members of the team.
Scholten also advanced to state by placing second in the 9-10 softball throw.
Chelsi Fink and Melinda Feucht are the girls who earned berths in the state meet.
Feucht was second in the standing long jump in the 13-14 division. Fink was second in the softball throw in the 11-12 division.