H-BC School Board

meets June 9

Hills-Beaver Creek Dist. 671

Minutes

Monday, June 09, 2025

The 2025 youth soccer season kicked off Tuesday, Aug. 5, with over 200 kids, Pre-K through seventh grade, playing their first game of the short season.

Where did July go? Feels like we just celebrated the Fourth of July last week.

Oh well, we go through this every year … so many activities, celebrations, vacations and more crammed into one month.

The Luverne Redbirds ended their District 8B tournament run Saturday, Aug. 9, in New Ulm after falling 10-5 to the Raymond Rockets for a second time in the playoffs.

The Rockets beat Luverne 5-3 Aug. 2 in the first round of the District Tournament in New Ulm.

Jaydon Johnson placed first overall in the Cardinal Pride competition on the first day of football practice. Individual event winners are:

Bench press: Dawson Holtz - 225 pounds/six times.

Luverne picklers celebrated National Pickleball Day Friday, Aug. 8, playing together at the Luverne pickleball courts north of the high school.

Hometown Pride, a YouTube documentary about the 2003-2010 Ellsworth Panthers boys’ basketball state run, will premiere next week at the Palace Theatre.

Golfer Mark Opitz recorded his first hole-in-one Saturday, Aug. 9, at Nordic Trails Golf Course in Alexandria.

Mark and Annie (his wife) were golfing together when he made the shot on hole No. 4.

Mark used a six iron on the fourth hole par 3, 130-yard shot.