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The H-BC girls’ basketball team played a busy stretch of games in the past week.
The Lady Pates dropped a 71-34 game to West Lyon on Jan. 11 at home before defeating Edgerton 44-39 on the road Thursday.
They fell to Arlington in Saturday’s “Border Clash” in South Dakota and won a close game with Westbrook Walnut Grove 27-26 at home Monday.
The 5-8 Hills-Beaver Creek girls will host Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Friday before taking on Adrian-Ellsworth Tuesday at home.
West Lyon 71 H-BC 34
In a game they led from start to finish, West Lyon took down the Lady Pates Tuesday, Jan. 11, in Hills.
The Wildcats, who came into the game with a perfect 9-0 record, got out to an early lead and cruised their way to a 43-14 halftime lead.
The Patriots came out of halftime playing much better than in the first half, but ultimately fell 71-34 by the end of the game.
Kenadie Fick (7 rebounds) hit four three-pointers in the game on her way to lead the Patriots’ scoring with 12 points. MacKenzie Voss added six points for the Pates while sophomores Lanae Elbers and Larissa Steinhoff each added four. H-BC falls to 3-7 on the year and looks to rebound on Thursday night in Edgerton.
Box score:
Fick 0 4 0-0 12, Rauk 0 1 0-0 3, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 3 0 0-0 6, Bork 1 0 0-0 2, Steinhoff 2 0 0-0 4, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 2 0 0-0 4, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 1 0 1-2 3, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Kueter 0 0 0-0 0
Team statistics:
HBC: 14 of 43 (33 percent), 1 for 2 free throws (50 percent), 27 rebounds, 19 turnovers
WL: 28 of 67 (42 percent), 5 for 10 free throws (50 percent), 39 rebounds, 6 turnovers
H-BC 44, Edgerton 39
Two evenly matched teams met Thursday night, Jan. 13, in Edgerton as the fourth-place Patriots put together a great second half to take down the third-place Flying Dutchmen in a big Red Rock Conference matchup.
It was a tightly contested first half as the home team took a 23-21 advantage into the break.
The second half was just as tight all the way through before the Patriots eventually pulled away late to beat the Dutchmen 44-39. Senior Kenadie Fick led the way for the Lady Pates with 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Lanae Elbers also scored double digits with 10 points, while senior MacKenzie Voss and eighth-grader Abbie Harris each had six.
H-BC improves to 4-7 and will take on Arlington in the Border Clash in Colman, South Dakota, on Saturday afternoon.
Box score:
Fick 1 4 3-6 17, Rauk 0 0 0-0 0, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 2 0 2-2 6, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 0 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 1 0 0-0 2, Elbers 3 0 4-6 10, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 1 0 1-2 3, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 1 1 1-5 6, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Kueter 0 0 0-0 0
Team statistics:
H-BC: 14 of 44 (32 percent), 11 for 23 free throws (48 percent), 31 rebounds, 26 turnovers
Edgerton: 15 of 56 (27 percent), 6 for 10 free throws (60 percent), 24 rebounds, 17 turnovers
Arlington 46, H-BC 34
The Patriots matched up with Arlington in the Border Clash at Colman-Egan Area High School on Saturday afternoon.
These two teams played a very tight game as the Patriots went on a run to take the lead late, 32-31, with under seven minutes to go in the game. The rest of the way was all Cardinals as they went on a 15-2 run to close out the game. The Lady Pates’ 34 turnovers were too much to overcome as they fell 46-34.
Senior Kenadie Fick and sophomore Lanae Elbers each scored double digits for the Patriots with 13 and 10 respectively. Elbers also had eight rebounds in the game while seventh-grader Olivia Deelstra came down with five.
Box score:
Fick 2 2 3-5 13, Rauk 0 0 1-3 1, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 1 1 1-2 6, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 0 0 0-2 0, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 1 0 0-0 2, Elbers 2 2 0-1 10, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 1 0 0-2 2, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Kueter 0 0 0-0 0
Team statistics:
H-BC: 12 of 30 (40 percent), 5 for 15 free throws (33 percent), 26 rebounds, 34 turnovers
Arlington: 17 of 50 (34 percent), 9 for 12 free throws (75 percent), 21 rebounds, 15 turnovers
H-BC 27, WWG 26
It was a defensive battle in Hills between the Patriots and Chargers Monday night when the Lady Pates claimed a one-point victory.
It was nearly five minutes into the game before the scoring started, but senior Kenadie Fick (13 points and four steals) hit two three-pointers in the next two minutes to give the Patriots an 8-5 lead.
With just under four minutes to go in the half, sophomore Larissa Steinhoff (4 points) took a pass from Sam Moser and put it in to put the Patriots up 14-10.
Westbrook Walnut Grove then went on an 8-0 scoring run to end the half with an 18-14 lead.
The Chargers came out in the second half trying to stall by dribbling the ball out at half court without running an offense.
Coach Dylan Gehrke and the Lady Pates decided it was time to put on the pressure.
After trailing 24-14, Fick would sink a three-pointer on the other side of the court to start a 13-0 run which included several steals thanks to the full court press dialed up by the Patriots.
One more basket by the Chargers pulled them within one point at 27-26 with 5:30 remaining in the game.
This would be the end of the scoring in the contest as the Patriots went on to secure the one-point victory.
Box score:
Fick 2 3 0-0 13, Rauk 0 0 0-0 0, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 2 0 0-0 4, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 2 0 0-0 4, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 1 0 2-2 4, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 1 0 0-0 2, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Kueter 0 0 0-0 0
Team statistics:
H-BC: 11 of 36 (31 percent), 2 for 2 free throws (100 percent), 31 rebounds, 30 turnovers
WWG: 10 of 47 (21 percent), 3 for 8 free throws (38 percent), 16 rebounds, 15 turnovers