By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys basketball team completed its quest of winning the Red Rock Conference championship in Round Lake Friday.Needing one win (or an Edgerton loss) to claim their second RRC title in the last three years, the Patriots got the job done by coasting to an 86-65 win over the Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster Raiders.The win upped H-BC’s league record to 14-0 with two games remaining. H-BC knocked Edgerton (10-4 in the league) out of the title-chase before the Flying Dutchmen lost a two-point home decision to Fulda Saturday.Along with winning the RRC title, H-BC’s win also included a milestone-reaching effort from senior Kale Wiertzema. Wiertzema, who passed the 1,000th point plateau for his career during a home win over SV-RL-B Dec. 14, registered his 500th career assist Friday.Wiertzema charted 10 assists during a game in which he scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds.Wiertzema scored 18 points and Zach Wysong netted 23 counters when the Patriots opened 27-14 and 57-26 at the first two quarter breaks of Friday’s game.H-BC led 74-42 after three quarters of play before winning by 21 points at game’s end.Tyler Bush contributed 12 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to the title-clinching performance. Cody Rozeboom and Travis Broesder pulled down seven rebounds each. Wysong and Tom LeBoutillier led the Patriots with three steals each.Box scoreDeBoer 0 0 0-0 0, Wysong 4 5 0-0 23, Bush 6 0 0-1 12, Sandbulte 0 0 0-0 0, Wiertzema 8 2 2-4 24, Baker 2 0 0-0 4, Haak 1 0 0-0 2, Broesder 1 2 0-0 8, Hup 0 0 0-0 0, LeBoutillier 3 0 0-2 6, Martens 1 0 0-0 2, Rozeboom 2 0 1-2 5.Team statisticsH-BC: 37 of 68 field goals (54 percent), three of nine free throws (33 percent), 40 rebounds, 15 turnovers.SV-RL-B: 25 of 46 field goals (71 percent), five of seven free throws (71 percent), 18 rebounds, 21 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls basketball team snapped a seven-game losing skid in the regular season finale Tuesday.Hosting Adrian in the final regular season for both teams, Luverne broke open a close game by outscoring the Dragons 21-9 in the fourth quarter to notch a 55-40 victory.The 15-point win was Luverne’s first victory since Jan. 17. The 5-17 Cardinals drew the eighth seed for the Section 3AA South Tournament, and they will take on No. 1 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Tracy.Adrian, which has dropped six straight games, will bring a 7-16 record into the Section 3A South Tournament. The seventh-seeded Dragons take on No. 10 Westbrook-Walnut Grove in a preliminary round game tonight in Adrian. The game starts at 6 p.m.The fourth quarter proved to be the decisive period during Tuesday’s game between the Cardinals and Dragons.Luverne took a 34-31 edge into the stanza and expanded the lead to 10 points (41-31) with a 7-0 run capped by a three-point shot by Maggie Kuhlman with 5:57 left to play.The Dragons trimmed the difference to eight points a couple of times, but Luverne outscored AHS 6-3 in the final 1:34 to win by 15.The Cards scored the first two points of the game before Adrian went on a 7-0 run that ended with Emily Thier converting a field goal at 5:31 of the first period to give the Dragons a 7-2 lead.Luverne battled back to tie the game at 11 before Kuhlman drained a three-point shot with two seconds left to give the hosts a 14-11 lead.Adrian tied the game at 14 early in the second quarter, but the Cards countered with an 11-0 run that ended with the hosts leading 25-14 when Samantha Gacke buried a pair of free throws with 2:25 left in the first half. Adrian trimmed the difference to two points (25-23) when Kelly Banck hit a three-point shot with 31 seconds remaining, and LHS maintained a two-point edge (26-24) at the intermission.The Dragons took a 31-30 lead when Samantha Lynn hit a three-point shot with 1:44 left in the third quarter. Luverne ended the period with a 4-0 spurt capped by a field goal from Gacke to take a 34-31 advantage into the decisive fourth quarter.Gacke, who blocked four shots, registered a double-double by scoring 15 points and collecting 12 rebounds. Kuhlman netted 22 counters. Tori Snyder charted four assists and three steals.Banck, who had four steals for AHS, produced a double-double by tossing in 17 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Lynn scored 15 points and passed for seven assists. Brittany Bullerman latched on to 12 rebounds.Box scoreAdrianJ.Bullerman 0 0 0-0 0, E.Thier 3 0 0-0 6, Banck 2 4 1-2 17, N.Lynn 0 0 0-0 0, K.Thier 0 0 0-0 0, S.Lynn 5 1 2-2 15, C.Thier 0 0 0-0 0, K.Bullerman 0 0 0-0 0, Runia 0 0 0-0 0, B.Bullerman 1 0 0-0 2, Loosbrock 0 0 0-2 0.LuverneHeitkamp 1 0 0-0 2, Nieuwboer 2 0 1-1 5, Snyder 2 0 2-5 6, Peterson 0 0 0-0 0, Kuhlman 1 4 8-10 22, Hoiland 2 0 0-0 4, Gacke 6 0 3-6 15, Evans 0 0 1-2 1.Team statisticsAdrian: 16 of 54 field goals (30 percent), three of six free throws (50 percent), 41 rebounds, 14 turnovers.Luverne: 18 of 56 field goals (32 percent), 15 of 24 free throws (63 percent), 24 rebounds, seven turnovers.

By John RittenhouseSeventeen members of the Blue Mound Figure Skating Club tested their skills at the Blaine Frosty Blades Skating Competition staged at Schwann’s Super Rink Friday and Saturday.Five members of the Luverne delegation secured competition championships to highlight the club’s appearance at the two-day event.Krissy Eitreim, Brianna McCarthy, Tommy McCarthy, Gretchen Schneekloth and Katie Schearer earned event titles in Blaine.Eitreim and Shearer won events at the Freestyle 6 level.Eitreim, who finished fourth in interpretive, third in compulsory and fifth in program events, won the spotlight dramatic title. Shearer, who finished second in program and fourth in spotlight light entertainment, won the compulsory and interpretive crowns.Schneekloth and Brianna McCarthy found success at the Freestyle 3 level, where they took top honors in the couples spotlight low competiton.Schneekloth also won the footwork event. She placed second in compulsory and interpretive, third in program, third in spotlight dramatic and placed third with Brianna McCarthy in the couples jump and spin medium competition.McCarthy placed first in spotlight light entertainment, finished fourth in program and placed third with her brother, Tommy, in family spotlight.Tommy McCarthy won program, compulsory and interpretive titles at the Freestyle 2 level. He placed fifth in spotlight light entertainment.Here is a look at the rest of the places earned by local skaters at last weekend’s competition.Freestyle 6: Sabrina Kingery, fourth in compulsory, fifth in spotlight dramatic, sixth in program. Nicole Willers, fifth in compulsory and sixth in program and footwork.Freestyle 5: Shannon DeBoer, second in spotlight light entertainment, sixth in program, compulsory and footwork; Marissa Biever, second in spotlight light entertainment, fifth in program, sixth in compulsory. Jessica Willers, thrid in couples spotlight high with Sarah Ailts, fifth in spotlight dramatic, sixth in footwork.Freestyle 4: Sarah Ailts, third in program.Freestyle 3: Courtney Thompson, second in spotlight dramatic and fourth in compulsory.Freestyle 1: Autumn Wenzel, fourth in stroking and sixth in program. Katelyn Breen, fourth in program and spotlight light entertainment. Briana Erickson, second in compulsory and spotlight light entertainment, fourth in program and fifth in stroking.Delta: Shelby Kingery, second in stroking and spotlight light entertainment, fifth in program and second in jump and spin low with Kynzie Smedsrud. Smedsrud, third in stroking and sixth in program.

By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys basketball team won a pair of Camden Conference games and dropped a non-conference test since Friday.Ellsworth beat Minneota by 10 points in Ellsworth Friday before losing a three-point home decision to Flandreau Indian School Saturday. The Panthers bounced back from the loss to best Lincoln HI by 11 points in Ivanhoe Tuesday.Ellsworth, 13-12 overall, hosts Lakeview to end the regular season Friday.Ellsworth 58, LH 47The Panthers picked up an 11-point win during a hard-fought game in Ivanhoe Tuesday.Ellsworth outscored Lincoln HI in three of the game’s four quarters, but the contest wasn’t decided until the Panthers drained seven of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to settle the issue.The Panthers led by five points (32-17) at halftime and maintained a five-point lead (41-36) at the end of the third quarter.Converting free throws down the stretch, Ellsworth outscored the Rebels 17-11 in the fourth quarter to win by 11.Darrin Weikamp scored 18 points and snared seven rebounds for the winners. Cody Schilling led the Panthers with 11 rebounds, scored 10 points and charted eight assists. Ben Herman added 12 points and six rebounds to the winning cause.Box scoreDeutsch 0 0 1-4 1, Kramer 1 0 1-2 3, DeBerg 0 0 1-2 1, Schilling 2 0 6-6 10, Weikamp 6 0 6-9 18, Klaassen 0 0 0-2 0, Van Der Stoep 0 1 0-0 3, Herman 6 0 0-1 12, Kix 3 1 0-0 9, Jansma 0 0 1-2 1.FIS 83, Ellsworth 80Flandreau Indian School rallied from a halftime deficit to nip the Panthers by three points in Ellsworth Saturday.The Panthers outscored Flandreau in the first two quarters of the game to sport a 38-30 lead at the intermission. Flandreau, however, used a 53-42 scoring cushion in the second half to win by three.Flandreau, ranked eighth in South Dakota, outscored Ellsworth 27-13 in the third quarter to set the stage for victory."Their press gave us some trouble in the third quarter," said Panther coach Ken Kvaale.Schilling scored 23 points, passed for 12 assists and grabbed eight rebounds for EHS. Weikamp scored 13 points and snared nine rebounds. Aaron Van Der Stoep scored 22 points.Box scoreKramer 2 0 0-0 4, Schilling 10 0 3-4 23, Weikamp 3 1 4-4 13, Van Der Stoep 4 4 2-2 22, Herman 3 0 0-2 6, Kix 3 0 1-2 7, Jansma 2 0 1-1 5.Team statisticsEllsworth: 32 of 52 field goals (62 percent), 11 of 15 free throws (73 percent), 24 rebounds, 16 turnovers.Ellsworth 67, Minneota 57The Panthers grabbed an early lead and were able to maintain it during Friday’s 10-point home win over the Vikings.Ellsworth raced to a 16-point halftime lead (42-26) and never lost control of the game during the second half to complete a sweep of their annual season series with Minneota.The Panthers dictated play for the first six minutes of the first quarter and led 18-7 when Van Der Stoep converted a field goal at the 1:09 mark.Minneota rallied to trim the difference to six points (20-14) by period’s end, but EHS played a solid second quarter that featured the hosts sporting an 18-point (42-24) cushion when Schilling turned an offensive rebound into a field goal with 29 seconds left in the first half.The Vikings, who trailed 42-26 at the intermission, climbed back into the game with a 12-3 in the first 4:30 of the third quarter to trim Ellsworth’s lead to seven points at 45-38. Schilling scored with 1:15 remaining in the third period to give the Panthers an 11-point lead (53-42) that remained in tact (55-44) at period’s end.The Panthers led by as many as 14 points (67-53) in the fourth quarter before settling for a 10-point win.Schilling led the winners with 20 points (10 in the second quarter) and seven assists. Weikamp added 17 points, six rebounds and three steals to the winning cause. Van Der Stoep scored seven points in the second quarter and finished the contest with 14 counters.Box scoreDeutsch 0 0 0-0 0, Kramer 2 0 4-6 8, Schilling 9 0 2-2 20, Weikamp 4 3 0-0 17, Klaassen 0 0 0-0 0, Van Der Stoep 4 2 0-0 14, Herman 2 0 2-2 6, Bittner 0 0 0-0 0, Jansma 1 0 0-0 2.Team statisticsEllsworth: 27 of 42 field goals (64 percent), eight of 10 rebounds (80 percent), 22 rebounds, eight turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek girls will enter the postseason with a full head of steam after recording an upset victory over Fulda in Hills Monday.Fulda, the state’s fifth-ranked team and the No. 1 seed for the upcoming South Section 3A Girls Basketball Tournament, could have earned a share of the Red Rock Conference title with a win over H-BC.The Patriots, however, didn’t cooperate.H-BC took a lead early in the second quarter and never lost the advantage during what ended as a 55-45 victory.The Patriots end the season with a 16-8 overall record and a 10-6 mark in RRC play. Fulda finishes conference play with a 14-2 mark. Southwest Star Concept, which beat Comfrey Monday night, wins the league with a 15-1 mark.H-BC will bring a five-game winning streak into the South Section 3A event, which begins Saturday in Luverne. The fifth-seeded Patriots take on No. 4 Ellsworth at 2:30 p.m.The Patriots won the 2004 South Section 3A title Monday night and proved they can play with the area’s best teams. H-BC faced a pair of four-point deficits in the first quarter before coming from behind to beat the Raiders by 10 points.Fulda scored the game’s first four points before H-BC moved in front 10-8 when Melinda Feucht drained a field goal at the 4:06 mark of the opening period. The Raiders moved in front 14-10 moments later, but H-BC knotted the score at 15 with 39 seconds remaining when Feucht drained a pair of free throws.H-BC opened a 13-point lead (30-17) by going on a 15-2 run capped by Cassi Tilstra’s field goal at the 1:54 mark of the second quarter.Fulda, which trimmed the difference to nine points (30-21) at the intermission, pulled to within two points (32-30) of the Patriots with 5:38 remaining in the third quarter. H-BC met the challenge by scoring nine of the next 11 points to gain a 41-32 cushion that was trimmed by two points (41-34) at period’s end.A field goal by Tilstra with 5:41 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the Patriots their biggest lead (49-36) of the final period. Fulda trailed by nine points as the quarter progressed, but the Raiders never offered a serious threat to H-BC.Tilstra led the Patriots with 18 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Feucht and Kerri Fransman netted 16 and 12 points respectively. Brittney Rozeboom snared six rebounds.Box scoreRozeboom 0 0 0-3 0, Fransman 1 3 1-2 12, Bush 0 0 2-4 2, Feucht 6 0 4-5 16, Fink 1 1 0-0 5, Tilstra 5 0 8-10 18, Roozenboom 0 0 0-0 0, Mulder 1 0 0-2 2.Team statisticsH-BC: 18 of 61 field goals (30 percent), 15 of 26 free throws (58 percent), 31 rebounds, five turnovers.Fulda: 20 of 54 field goals (37 percent), five of 10 free throws, 40 rebounds, 14 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian Dragons captured their second consecutive Section 3AA Team Wrestling Tournament title with a pair of wins in Redwood Falls Friday night.Adrian upended Tracy-Milroy-Balaton by 36 points in the semifinals before rolling to a 35-point victory against Yellow Medicine East in the championship match.By winning the section title, 32-2 Adrian advances to the Minnesota State Class AA Team Wrestling Championships to be staged in the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul Feb. 24-26. Adrian placed second at last year’s state tournament, which was the best performance turned in by an AHS squad at the state classic."We’re happy to be going there again," said Adrian coach Gregg Nelson. "We didn’t wrestle that great Friday, but we were good enough to win. Now we’re ready to get on to bigger and better things."Adrian, which will be making a team appearance in state competition for the seventh time, will take on Section 5AA champion BOLD at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, during the quarterfinals. AHS beat BOLD 42-16 in Olivia Jan. 4.Adrian 47, YME 12The Dragons never trailed during their championship showdown with the Sting Friday.Adrian’s Stephen Loosbrock gave his team a 4-0 lead it would never relinquish after handing YME’s Austen Cole a 16-4 major decision in the 103-pound match.YME did trim the difference to one point (4-3) when Ryan Tongen nipped Tony Thier 4-2 at 112, but the Dragons outscored the Sting 43-9 the rest of the way to win by 35.Jordan Reker (57 seconds over Wyatt Sand), Brandon Bullerman (2:48 over Landen Cole), Will Lutmer (1:27 over Sam Isfeld) and Cody Lutmer (3:38 over Tim Palm) all recorded pins for AHS.Levi Bullerman received a forfeit at 189, and Dusty Bullerman contributed a 15-1 major decision win over Tom Jacobson at 145 to the winning effort.Adrian’s Joey Bullerman, Tony Sauer and Cody Reverts all posted decision victories during the match.Match wrap-up103 (A) Loosbrock 16-4 Cole.112 (Y) Tongen 4-2 Thier.119 (A) J.Bullerman 8-6 Williams.125 (Y) Listul 5-1 Z.Reker.130 (A) J.Reker pins Sand.135 (A) B.Bullerman pins Cole.140 (Y) Weber 5-0 Heitkamp.145 (A) D.Bullerman15-1 Jacobson.152 (A) Sauer 8-4 Sannerud.160 (Y) Stock 7-3 Engelkes.171 (A) Reverts 8-3 Isfeld.189 (A) L.Bullerman by forfeit.215 (A) W.Lutmer pins Isfeld.275 (A) C.Lutmer pins Palm.Adrian 49, T-M-B 13The Dragons erased a pair of deficits to advance to the section finals with a 36-point win over the Panthers in Friday’s semifinals.T-M-B scored the first seven points of the match and led 10-9 after the 135-pound tilt, but Adrian outscored the Panthers 40-3 the rest of the way to win by 36.Brandon Bullerman received a forfeit at 140 pounds to put the Dragons in front (15-10) to stay.Pins by Dusty Bullerman (5:08 over Chad Eggreman), Tony Sauer (3:15 over Kyle Lanners), Will Lutmer (2:14 over Mike Schreier) and Cody Lutmer (2:36 over Jordan Rolling), Nate Engelkes’ 10-2 major decision win over Dan Dieter and Levi Bullerman’s forfeit points gave the Dragons a comfortable win.Joey Bullerman, Zach and Jordan Reker posted decision wins for AHS early in the match.Match wrap-up103 (T) Thao 11-3 Loosbrock.112 (T) Prairie 10-4 Thier.119 (A) J.Bullerman5-1 Cooreman.125 (A) Z.Reker 5-4 Snyder.130 (A) J.Reker 8-2 Evans.135 (T) Ross 6-0 Heitkamp.140 (A) B.Bullerman by forfeit.145 (A) D.Bullermanpins Eggreman.152 (A) Sauer pins Lanners.160 (A) Engelkes 10-2 Dieter.171 (T) Carlson 5-4 Reverts.189 (A) L.Bullerman by forfeit.215 (A) W.Lutmer pins Schreier.275 (A) C.Lutmer pins Rolling.

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATECERTIFICATE OFASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes Chapter 333The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. 1. State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Donatello’s Café and Deli2. State the address of the principal place of business. 214 S Main Ave Hills MN 56138-11033. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name or if the business is a corporation, provide the legal corporate name and registered office address of the corporation.Eugene Immediato 221 Hill Ave N. Jasper, MN 561444. I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statute section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath./s Eugene ImmediatoJune 29, 2004 Eugene Immediato, Owner507-348-4010507-962-3498(2-17, 2-24)

Bert Spykerboer, 77, Ellsworth, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2005, at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa.Services were Monday, Feb. 14, at Luverne Christian Reformed Church. Bert Spykerboer was born to William and Lena (Kracht) Spykerboer on Nov. 12, 1927, in rural Rock Rapids. He grew up and attended country school south of Rock Rapids before moving to a farm near the Minnesota/Iowa state line south of Ellsworth. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at the Philippine Islands. After receiving his honorable discharge he returned to Ellsworth.He married Priscilla Kelderman on Nov. 29, 1950, at Christian Reformed Church in Doon, Iowa. Following their marriage they lived on acreages southwest of Luverne before moving to their present farm near Ellsworth in March 1965. He enjoyed farming along with raising Belted Galloway cattle. He was known by many as a cattle trader. He moved to a nursing home Dec. 21, 2004. He was admitted to Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital on Feb. 8He was a lifetime member of Luverne Christian Reformed Church. He enjoyed playing cards, watching baseball and football and was knowledgeable about sports trivia.Survivors include his wife, Priscilla Spykerboer, Ellsworth; five children, Carol (Chris) Boom, Larchwood, Iowa, Kevin (Paula) Spykerboer, Marilyn (Greg) Brommer, all of Rock Rapids, David (Amy) Spykerboer, Beaver Creek, and Jason Spykerboer, Ellsworth; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, one brother, Henry (Wilmanette) Spykerboer, Ellsworth; and three sisters, Hattie Brands, Pipestone, Mary (John) Brands, Kenneth, and Albertha Tiedemann, Luverne; and a brother-in-law, Robert Dykema, Ellsworth. Mr. Spykerboer was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Chris, one sister, Jennie Dykema, an infant sister and a brother-in-law, Jim Brands. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.

Opal Nelson, 86, Hills, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Tuff Memorial Home, Hills. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Hills, with the Rev. Lowell Berg officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today in Roste Funeral Home, Hills, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.