By John RittenhouseThe Adrian volleyball team was unable to record a win while playing three matches since last Thursday.The Dragons lost a four-game match to Murray County Central in Slayton Thursday before being swept by Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and dropping a four-game home decision to Fulda Monday and Tuesday respectively.Adrian, 1-15-2 overall, caps the regular season by playing a road match against Southwest Star Concept tonight before hosting Red Rock Central Tuesday.Fulda 3, Adrian 1The Dragons posted a game victory during Tuesday’s four-game loss to the Raiders in Adrian.Adrian displayed some character by following a pair of losses with a 25-22 win in Game 3.Fulda, however, took Games 1 and 2 by 25-13 and 25-12 tallies before ending the night with a 25-18 win in Game 4.Kylie Heronimus played a strong game at the net with 15 kills and 10 blocks for AHS. Brittany Bullerman, who had six service points, added 11 kills.Sarah Henning and Andrea Lonneman served eight and six points respectively. Katie Bertrand charted 11 set assists for AHS. Ashley Cox added six blocks.R-T-R 3, Adrian 0Adrian was unable to knock off the state-ranked Knights when the teams met in Adrian Monday for a non-conference match.The Dragons scored 53 points against an R-T-R team ranked No. 9 in the latest Class 1A poll, but the Knights swept AHS with 25-18, 25-18 and 25-17 victories."We struggled all the way through the match," said Dragon coach Jessica Hogan. "R-T-R is a good team. They capitalized on our mistakes, which we made a lot of during the match."Adrian received strong blocking performances at the net from Cox, Jessica Parsley and Heronimus, who registered nine, seven and four blocks respectively.Heronimus and Lonneman led AHS with six and four kills. Bertrand charted eight set assists.MCC 3, Adrian 1The Dragons took an early lead against one of the top teams in the Red Rock Conference before dropping a four-game match to the Rebels in Slayton Thursday.Murray County Central, one of two RRC unbeatens, found itself in an unfamiliar position when Adrian stunned the Rebels by posting a 25-21 win in Game 1.MCC, however, bounced back to win Game 2 by a 25-19 margin before coasting to 25-3 and 25-16 victories in Games 3 and 4 to put the match away."We played the way we know we are capable of playing in Game 1," said AHS coach Hogan. "MCC stepped it up in the last two games. We just need to find a way to be more consistent."Hogan was pleased with the way Adrian served the ball during the match. Bertrand led the way completing 10 of 10 attempts, scoring eight points and registering two aces.Heronimus led AHS with 10 blocks and five kills. Parsley added six blocks. Bullerman was 30 of 36 receiving.

By John RittenhouseThe Marshall Tigers all but ended any chances of Luverne winning a Southwest Conference football championship Friday in Marshall.The home-standing Tigers entered the game with an 0-5 record, but they didn’t play like a winless team while toppling the Cardinals 23-9 in what had to be considered an upset.With the loss, Luverne slipped to 2-2 in SWC play with two games remaining. With Jackson County Central being unbeaten in the league, either one win by the Huskies or one loss by the Cards will officially eliminate LHS from title contention.The loss was a disappointing one for Cardinal coach Todd Oye, who has seen the Tigers get the better of LHS in three of the last four seasons."Marshall came out and played well," he said. "They knew they were getting to the end of their conference season, and they wanted to get a win. They played well, and we didn’t do anything to win the game."The game started off in a promising way as Luverne took a 3-0 lead with an 11-play, 34-yard drive that ended with Adam Kurtz booting a 25-yard field goal at the 6:17 mark of the first quarter.The drive was highlighted by a successful fourth-down conversion, and a 14-yard pass from Andy Stegemann to Ben Cornish.Marshall met the challenge by mounting an eight-play touchdown march with its first offensive possession.Tiger Scott Mathiowetz capped the drive with a six-yard run with 3:02 left in the opening quarter. Matt Koster ran in the two-point conversion to make it an 8-3 game.Neither team could produce points in the final 15:02 of the first half.Luverne made a bid to trim the difference to two points at the intermission, but a 25-yard attempt for a field goal was off the mark late in the second quarter.The Tigers put the game away with two impressive drives to start the third quarter.Marshall received the opening kick and marched 55 yards in five plays with Cory Krogen scoring on a two-yard run at the 9:54 mark of the third quarter. Another successful two-point conversion gave the Tigers a 16-3 lead.Marshall’s second possession of the third quarter turned into a six-play drive that ended with Koster tossing a 17-yard touchdown pass to Chace Pollock. A successful extra point made the difference 23-3 with 5:44 left in the third quarter.The Tigers hurt the Cardinals by passing the ball during both of their scoring drives in the third quarter.Koster completed two passes for 36 yards in the first drive, and two for 62 yards during the second drive."They use a formation designed to spread a defense out, and they throw a lot of wide receiver screens out of it. We didn’t do a very good job of stopping it," Oye said.Luverne ended a dismal night on a positive note by putting together a 14-play, 88-yard drive to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter.Tyler Elbers, who had a 14-yard run during the march, capped the drive with a one-yard plunge at the 7:00 mark of the fourth quarter. The Cardinals missed the ensuing extra-point attempt.Sophomore quarterback Nick Heronimus provided some spark for the Cardinals during their final scoring-drive. Heronimus completed a 22-yard pass to Cornish and ran three times for 20 yards during the advance.Luverne did get control of the ball two more times in the final seven minutes of the game, but the Cards were unable to produce a first down.The 3-3 Cardinals, who are undefeated at home in 2003, will host Redwood Valley tomorrow.RWV will bring 4-2 overall and 2-2 SWC records into the game, including a 21-12 win over Worthington Friday."They like to throw the ball," Oye said of the Cardinals. "The key for us will be stopping their passing game."Team statisticsLuverne: 118 rushing yards, 112 passing yards, 230 total yards, three penalties, 11 first downs, two turnovers.Marshall: 110 rushing yards, 187 passing yards, 297 total yards, four penalties, 12 first downs, one turnover.Individual statisticsRushing: Brad Herman 1-8, Mark Remme 8-26, Elbers 19-68, Stegemann 2-minus 10, Nate Siebenahler 1-6, Jared Pick 1-0, Heronimus 3-20.Passing: Stegemann 5-9 for 84 yards, Heronimus 2-9 for 28 yards, Kurtz 0-1 for zero yards.Receiving: Cornish 5-77, Pick 1-28, Herman 1-7.Defense: Tim Boen one sack, Tony Willers one sack.

Luverne’s Lexi Heitkamp (left) matches stride with Sioux Falls Lincoln’s Kayla Jelen during the Rock County Invitational cross country meet in Adrian Thursday. Heitkamp nipped Jelen by one second to win the individual championship.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne cross country teams played the role of hosts during the annual Rock County Invitational staged at the Adrian Area Country Club Thursday.Sioux Falls Lincoln stole the show by winning both the girls’ and boys’ varsity team championships, topping second-place Luverne in each division.Adrian and Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton also were on hand for the meet.Adrian finished third in the boys’ standings and fourth on the girls’ side. H-BC-E-E was incomplete in the girls’ race, but the Patriot boys finished fourth as a team.Luverne’s Lexi Heitkamp nipped Lincoln’s Kalya Jelen by one second to win the girls’ varsity race. Heitkamp posted a 15:23, while Jelen recorded a 15:24.Kayla Raddle placed seventh in 17:03, Kelsey Dooyema 15th in 17:37, Victoria Arends 17th in 17:49 and Kristy Heikes 18th in 17:53 to round out the scoring for LHS.Morgan Lynn placed a solid fourth with a time of 16:02 to pace the Adrian girls at the meet.Krissi Thier finished 21st in 17:58, Kelly Banck 22nd in 17:58, Megan Henning 35th in 19:06 and Sarah Kruger 52nd in 20:12 to cap the scoring for AHS.H-BC-E-E’s Mya Mann and Rayna Sandoval placed 20th and 33rd with respective 17:57 and 18:53 times for the incomplete Patriots.Tom Ward and Ruston Aaker cracked the Top-12 to lead the Luverne boys to a second-place finish as a team.Ward placed fifth and Aaker 11th with respective 17:37 and 18:09 times.Nick Otten (14th in 18:32), Jesson Vogt (16th in 18:38) and Tom Pinkel (22nd in 18:54) made contributions to Luverne’s team effort.Travis Halfmann (37th in 19:40), Michael Nelson (50th in 20:43), Craig Oeding (55th in 20:58), David Nelson (62nd in 21:22), Brent DeGroot (67th in 21:31), Grant Oldre (75th in 22:16), Eric Kraetsch (87th in 23:36) and Jerome Willers (89th in 23:41) ran for the Cards without influencing the scoring.Brandon Bullerman and Chad Janssen led the Adrian boys to a third-place finish by placing 18th and 19th with respective 18:42 and 18:50 times.Pete Jensen finished 24th in 18:56, Lee Stover 25th in 19:01 and Paul Honermann 29th in 19:07 to round out Adrian’s team effort.Ethan Wieneke (38th in 19:47), Aaron Mormann (44th in 20:28), David Brake (49th in 20:36), Kyle Knips (54th in 20:57), Kelly Seeman (56th in 21:02), Dustin Lonneman (74th in 22:15), Brad Brake (82nd in 22:32), Eldon Vaselaar (83rd in 22:34), Michal Berrie (88th in 23:37) and Trent Lutmer (100th, no time available) ran for the Dragons without contributing to the team effort.Tyler Bush set the pace for the H-BC-E-E boys by placing second individually with a time of 17:09.Todd Alberty placed 21st in 18:52, Kale Wiertzema 27th in 19:04, Derek Haak 39th in 19:48 and Dustin Verhey 41st in 20:09 to pad H-BC-E-E’s team tally.John Sandbulte (52nd in 20:49), Devin DeBoer (63rd in 21:29), Adam Finke (69th in 21:44), Tom Janssen (72nd in 22:01), Jared Drenth (81st in 22:29), Stephen Harsma (98th in 25:39) and Paul Cepeda (101st, no time available) also ran for the Patriots.Here is a look at the varsity team standings and junior high individual results from the Rock County Invitational.Boys’ standings: SFL 25, Luverne 58, Adrian 96, H-BC-E-E 103, Flandreau Indian School 136, Worthington 162, Murray County Central 215, Pipestone 274.Girls’ standings: SFL 40, Luverne 84, Tracy-Milroy 89, Adrian 105, MCC 114, Worthington 147.Junior high girlsAdrian: Anna Sauer, fifth, 9:09.Junior high boysAdrian: Ross Wieneke, second, 6:09; Jarod Boltjes, third, 6:13; Kyle Henning, seventh, 6:27; Collin Lynn, 11th, 6:31; Zach Runia, 17th, 6:58; Jared Altman, 24th, 7:34.H-BC-E-E: Cody Penning, 12th, 6:40; Grant Hoogendoorn, 13th, 6:42; Luke Tiesler, 21st, 7:25; Derek Drenth, 26th, 7:30; B.J. Kruse, 27th, 7:36.

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian football team snatched a victory out of the jaws of defeat Friday in Minneota.Trailing by six points late in the fourth quarter, Adrian drove 84 yards in the final two minutes of regulation play to knot the score at 33 and force overtime.After scoring a touchdown and adding a two-point conversion on the first play of overtime, Adrian kept the Vikings out of the end zone during their offensive series to lock up a 41-33 victory."We showed some character," said Adrian coach Randy Strand, after watching his team record a come-from-behind victory to up its record to 5-1."An 84-yard drive in the final two minutes is pretty good in high school football. The players just started making plays," he added.The Dragons looked to be in trouble when Minneota’s Steffan Sticklestad ran 33 yards for his fourth rushing touchdown of the game to give the Vikings a 33-27 lead with 2:01 left to play.Minneota tried to tack on a two-point conversion, but a pass fell incomplete to keep the difference at six points.Adrian countered with a 13-play drive that ended with Levi Bullerman tossing his fourth touchdown pass of the game, a 23-yard strike to Brett Block, to tie the game at 33 with 14 seconds remaining.Adrian’s extra-point attempt was blocked, sending the game into overtime.Dragon back Brandon Wolf scored on a 10-yard run on the first play of overtime before hauling in a conversion pass from Bullerman to give AHS an eight-point lead.Minneota faced a fourth-and-goal situation on the three-yard line moments later. The Vikings threw a pass that was in the hands of the receiver near the goal line, but Bullerman delivered a hit that separated the ball from the receiver’s hands and it fell incomplete."Levi just drilled the kid," Strand said. "The receiver was near the goal line, but Levi’s hit jarred the ball loose."Both teams sported leads during regulation play.Adrian drew first blood when its second possession developed into a 13-play, 84-yard scoring march. The drive ended with Bullerman tossing a 28-yard touchdown pass to Wolf at the 3:29 mark of the first quarter. Bullerman booted the extra point to make it 7-0.Minneota returned the ensuing kickoff across midfield, which set up a three-play, 47-yard possession. Sticklestad scored on a one-yard plunge to cap the drive, but Adrian’s Casey Knips blocked the extra-point attempt to keep the Dragons clinging to a 7-6 edge.The Vikings threatened to take the lead in the second quarter before a drive ended on downs on the AHS five-yard line.The Dragons took over and mounted a 16-play, 95-yard drive. The march ended with Bullerman throwing his first of three touchdown passes to Block, a 17-yard play, with 6:14 left in the first half. Adrian’s extra-point attempt was blocked, leaving the Dragons with a 13-6 cushion.Minneota battled back to score twice in the final four minutes of the first half to gain a 19-13 halftime advantage.Sticklestad capped a pair of 56-yard drives with touchdown runs of three and eight yards at the 3:21 and 24-second marks of the second quarter. Ben DeVlaceminck added the extra point to tie the game at 13 after the first touchdown. Adrian’s Knips blocked the second extra-point attempt.The Dragons regained the lead at 21-19 by scoring eight unanswered points in the third quarter.Minneota tried to punt deep out of its own territory early in the second half. The snap, however, sailed out of the end zone for a two-point safety for the Dragons at the 10:24 mark of the third quarter.Adrian put together a 51-yard, seven-play drive after the ensuing free kick. Bullerman and Block hooked up for an 18-yard touchdown pass to cap the drive with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter. The pass for a conversion failed, leaving the Dragons with a two-point advantage at 21-19.The Dragons increased their lead to 27-19 with a 13-play, 67-yard drive that started in the third quarter and ended with Bullerman scoring on a four-yard run at 10:55 left in the fourth quarter. Adrian’s extra-point attempt was blocked.Minneota tied the game at 27 when quarterback Derek Stripling threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Josh Timmerman with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter. Stripling carried in the tying two-point conversion.Both team scored six points in the final 2:01, setting up Adrian’s win in overtime."We didn’t really play well," Strand added. "We gave up a lot of big plays defensively. I thought our offensive line did a nice job in the fourth quarter. The linemen did a nice job of giving Levi some time to throw, and that gave us a chance to win the game."Adrian hosts 1-5 Murray County Central tonight.Team statisticsAdrian: 222 rushing yards, 251 passing yards, 473 total yards, 17 first downs, 11 penalties for 75 yards, three turnovers.Minneota: 279 rushing yards, 81 passing yards, 360 total yards, 11 first downs, nine penalties for 66 yards, one turnover.Individual statisticsRushing: Billy Anderson 5-16, L.Bullerman 23-101, Wolf 13-47, Trent Bullerman 8-25, Anthony Sauer 7-33.Passing: L.Bullerman 15-27 for 251 yards.Receiving: Block 7-126, Wolf 8-125.Defense: Sauer 16 tackles, Darren DeBeer 11 tackles, Knips 10 tackles and two blocked kicks, Block nine tackles and one interception.

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne volleyball team posted back-to-back win matches played early this week.After a three-game match in Windom Thursday, the Cardinals beat Martin County West in a four-game test played in Trimont Monday before sweeping a three-game decision from Brandon Valley (S.D.) in Luverne Monday.Luverne, 9-10-1 overall, hosts Worthington tonight before playing in the Hull (Iowa) Western Christian Tournament Saturday and in Pipestone Tuesday.Luverne 3, BV 0The Cardinals took care of business while posting a three-game home win over the Lynx Tuesday.Luverne sported leads for most of the match while outscoring Brandon Valley 75-57.Stephanie Morgan helped the Cards open a 9-3 lead in Game 1 with a four-point service run.BV battled back to tie the game at 14, but the Cards countered with a 9-2 surge capped by a service point from Cassie Pap to take a 23-16 cushion before closing a 25-18 victory with a kill by Ashley Heitkamp.Luverne scored the first three points of Game 2 and increased the difference to eight points (13-5) before BV trimmed the difference to four points at 14-10.The Cards still led by four (17-13) before going on an 8-3 run to notch a 25-17 win.BV sported a pair of one-point advantages early in Game 3 to take a lead for the first time in the match.The Lynx led 12-9 before the Cards moved in front 15-12 with a six-point run capped by an ace serve from Heitkamp.BV battled back to trail by one (23-22) late in the game, but kills by Pap and Morgan closed the door on a 25-22 LHS victory.Morgan, who tied Tera Boomgaarden the team lead with three blocks, led the Cards with nine kills. Heitkamp and Pap added six and five kills respectively.Heitkamp served nine points and two aces, Pap eight points and four aces, and Brittney Williams six points and two aces. Williams also recorded 27 set assists.Luverne 3, MCW 1Luverne snapped a three-match losing skid when it topped the Mavericks in a four-game match played in Trimont Monday.The Cardinals had to play catch-up volleyball after losing a competitive first game, but LHS met the challenge by posting three straight wins behind consistent passing and good court coverage."Our passing was the strong point. Our movement on the floor was much better in this match, too," said LHS coach Lori Jacobs.The teams exchanged blows before MCW took the early advantage by posting a 25-23 win in Game 1.Luverne started to assert itself by notching 25-18 and 25-13 victories in Games 2 and 3.Game 4 was tightly contested, but a four-point service run by Boomgaarden and a three-point run by Williams helped the Cards pull out a 25-22 win.Williams, who led LHS with 34 set assists, was 17 of 18 serving with nine points. Boomgaarden was 13 of 14 serving with three aces and seven points. Heitkamp was 14 of 15 with one ace and eight points.Callen Bosshart led the Cards at the net with 12 kills. Pap and Boomgaarden added nine and seven kills to the cause. Morgan and Heitkamp chipped in eight and four blocks to the effort.Windom 3, Luverne 0The Cardinals slipped to 1-3 in Southwest Conference play after falling in Windom Thursday.Luverne put up a good fight against a third straight state-ranked opponent, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Cardinals from losing 25-20, 25-22 and 25-18 games."We played great," said Cardinal coach Jacobs. "I think this was one of our better matches that we have played even though we lost."Jacobs was especially proud of the way the Cardinals battled in Game 2. LHS fell behind 16-1 early before rallying to take a 22-21 lead. Windom, however, scored the next four points to take the game.Pap, who had one tip, led LHS with nine kills. Morgan added seven blocks and eight kills. Boomgaarden added three kills.Williams, who had 18 set assists in the match, was 12 of 13 serving with seven points and one ace. Heitkamp was 11 of 11 serving with seven points and one ace. Traci Evans was seven of eight with five points and one ace.

By John RittenhouseThe Lakeview Lakers threw a wrench into Ellsworth homecoming festivities Friday.Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth took on the state’s seventh-ranked nine-man football team for the only game of the year scheduled to be played in Ellsworth.Lakeview spoiled the party turning a pair of first half turnovers by the Patriots in to a pair of touchdowns on the way to a 15-0 victory.The win upped Lakeview’s season record to 6-0. H-BC-E slips to 4-2 after dropping its second consecutive game."We could have played them to a stalemate," said Patriot coach Dan Ellingson. "We had a couple of turnovers that gave them good field position, and they scored touchdowns off of them. Still, they had to convert fourth downs to keep a lot of their drives alive. I thought our defense played pretty well."It was H-BC-E’s defense that kept Lakeview from taking control of the game early.The Lakers lost the ball on downs on H-BC-E’s 13- and 11-yard lines during their first two possessions of the game after the Patriots came up with big defensive stands.A twist of fate after H-BC-E’s second defensive stand of the game set up Lakeview’s first touchdown.H-BC-E’s offense, which turned the ball over five times in the game, fumbled on the second play after taking over on downs on the Patriot 11-yard line.Lakeview’s Tyler Jeseritz recovered the loose ball on the H-BC-E 13, and Lakers’ quarterback Davin Wiesen tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Derek Louwagie with 26 seconds left in the first quarter. Jeseritz carried in the two-point conversion to make it an 8-0 game.Another fumble by the Patriots in the second quarter gave the Lakers good field position for their second scoring drive.Lakeview took over on the H-BC-E 43 and scored nine plays later when Jeseritz hauled in a 14-yard touchdown pass from Wiesen. Sean Woodbeck added the extra point to make it a 15-0 game with 3:11 left in the first half.The Patriots displayed some offensive life by advancing the ball into Lakeview territory with its first three possessions of the second half, but the threats ended with two interceptions and one punt.H-BC-E’s Tom LeBoutillier recovered a fumble on the Patriot 30 with 9:54 left in the fourth quarter, and H-BC-E put together a 16-play drive that nearly turned into points before the Patriots lost the ball on downs with 2:12 left to play.Lakeview ran the ensuing time off the clock to preserve its 15-point win.H-BC-E will play 0-6 Southwest United in Brewster Friday.Team statisticsH-BC-E: 131 rushing yards, six passing yards, 137 total yards, eight first downs, two penalties for 10 yards, five turnovers.Lakeview: 248 rushing yards, 105 passing yards, 353 total yards, 19 first downs, one penalty for five yards, three turnovers.Individual statisticsRushing: Zach Wysong 20-102, LeBoutillier 8-17, Travis Broesder 2-3, Cody Scholten 5-6, Drew Spykerboer 1-3.Passing: LeBoutillier 2-8 for six yards.Receiving: Wysong 1-3, Spykerboer 1-3.Defense: Scholten 10 tackles, LeBoutillier eight tackles, one fumble recovery and one sack, Wysong seven tackles and one interception, Broesder one fumble recovery.

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton cross country runners prepared for the upcoming Red Rock Conference meet by competing at the Adrian Invitational Tuesday.H-BC-E-E’s girls’ junior varsity team ran extremely well in Adrian, placing second to Canby by a 29-44 margin.Amanda Tilstra, Mya Mann and Jill Weitgenant led the Patriots by placing third, fifth and sixth with respective 18:13, 18:31 and 18:36 times during the junior varsity run.Rayna Sandoval and Amanda Connors placed 14th and 20th with 19:14 and 20:17 efforts.Patriot coach Tom Goehle didn’t have complete results from the boys’ junior varsity race, but he said John Sandbulte placed 17th in 16:31 to lead the Patriots.Dustin Verhey led the H-BC-E-E boys’ junior varsity team by placing second in 5:50.Cody Penning (22nd in 6:21) and Grant Hoogendoorn (27th in 6:26) are the other H-BC-E-E runners Goehle had information on at the boys’ junior varsity level.The Patriots were unable to field a complete team for the boys’ varsity race.Tyler Bush placed a solid third with a time of 17:21.Kale Wiertzema finished 37th in 19:24, Todd Alberty 39th in 19:32 and Derek Haak 42nd in 20:07 to round out H-BC-E-E’s varsity entries.The Patriots will run at the RRC meet in Slayton Tuesday.

Hills-Beaver Creek junior Cassi Tilstra bumps the ball during Monday’s 3-0 home win over Ellsworth. Tilstra served three aces and delivered three kills to the winning cause.By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team posted its fourth consecutive victory when it hosted Ellsworth for a non-conference match in Hills Monday.The match between long-time rivals that were members of the Tri-County Conference for years turned into a one-sided contest that favored the Patriots.H-BC outscored EHS 75-45 to record a 3-0 sweep of the Panthers.The win upped H-BC’s record to 14-4. Ellsworth slipped to 9-10 with the loss.H-BC set the tone for the night early as a three-point service run by Brittney Rozeboom lifted the Patriots to a 4-0 lead in Game 1.The Patriots continued to add to their lead by building a 19-9 cushion before going on a 6-1 run late in the game capped by an ace serve from Erin Boeve to ice a 25-10 victory.Ellsworth led 3-1 early in the second game before H-BC went on an 11-5 surge that ended with a block by Kelly Mulder to take a 12-8 lead.The Panthers trimmed the difference to one point (13-12) when H-BC went on a 9-0 run capped by a service point from Cassi Tilstra to open a 22-12 lead.Ellsworth battled back to draw within four points (24-20) of the Patriots, but H-BC’s Kari Roozenboom supplied a kill that clinched a 25-20 win for the hosts.Ellsworth sported a 2-1 lead in the third game when H-BC put together a 15-2 run that ended with an ace serve from Deidre Vanden Bussche to take a 16-5 lead.The Panthers climbed within seven points (22-15) of the Patriots late in the game, but a 3-0 run capped by a service point from Melinda Sandstede gave H-BC a 25-15 win that ended the match.Boeve, who was 12 of 13 serving with four aces, led H-BC with 22 kills and 14 blocks. Mulder added 12 kills and six blocks to the winning cause, while Tilstra and Amber Olson charted three kills each.Tilstra was 16 of 17 serving with three aces, Rozeboom eight of nine serving, and Sandstede delivered five aces.Laurel Drenth and Amy Tiesler led EHS with three kills each. Drenth set the pace with two blocks, and Tiesler was nine of nine serving.

10 years ago (1993)"Chalk it up to a sign of the times, but the closing of the Kenneth Grocery store is a big disappointment to the people of the little community.‘I’ve bought all my groceries there all my married life,’ said Delores Strassburg, Kenneth. ‘I’ve been married 53 years.’The grocery store has served Kenneth customers for 93 years under various ownerships."25 years ago (1978)"The next water bill for residents of Luverne will include a 10 percent increase in base rates.Without discussion at the regular meeting Tuesday, the city council unanimously passed an ordinance to increase water rates 10 percent immediately."50 years ago (1953)"George Golla and Magnus Christensen are mighty relieved fellows this week. They finally caught the culprit that has been killing turkeys from their flock east of Luverne … but it cost them more than $3,000 and many sleepless nights. Early last Thursday morning they caught the killer in the act … a big mongrel dog."75 years ago (1928)"Lack of sufficient moisture to produce luxuriant pasture vegetation is clearly shown in the results obtained by the Rock County Cow Testing association for the month of September. In fact, only five cows out of the three hundred fifty-seven in the twenty-six herds, produced forty pounds or more of butterfat during the month. Only two herds averaged twenty-five pounds or more of butterfat during this period."100 years ago (1903)"Six Luverne business and professional men will make up a party of hunters which leaves here Tuesday for Wheaton, this state, to hunt and fish at Lake Traverse, in Traverse county. In the party will be Dr. C.O. Wright, Dr. C.A. Palmer, B.E. Schmuck, Mayor J.H. Furlow, Recorder E.C. Schwartz and H.P. Blasdell. They expect to be absent ten days."