By Mark HaugenHills-Beaver Creek’s girls went 1-1 in the Tiger Classic at Albert Lea last week to finish 2004 at 6-6.The Patriots lost 56-34 to Bloomington Kennedy on Monday and bounced back to tip Farmington 53-42.Cassi Tilstra and Kelly Mulder were named to the six-member all-tournament team.H-BC plays at Comfrey on Tuesday.Bloomington Kennedy 56, H-BC 34The Patriots fell to the No. 1-ranked team in Class 4A in the opening round of the Albert Lea Tournament.Despite holding BK scoreless for the first five and a half minutes of the game, H-BC couldn’t overcome 23 percent shooting from the floor.Cassi Tilstra and Kerri Fransman netted 13 points apiece for H-BC.The Patriots took a 6-0 lead, gave up a bucket but then converted a three-point play to take a 9-2 lead in the first quarter."Then in the second quarter they got on track," Coach Tom Goehle said. "They have one of the best post players in the state in 6-3 Jenna Smith. She went to work in the second quarter and we went cold."H-BC hit only two of 11 shots in the second quarter."Against a team with that potent of an offense you need to shoot well to stay in the game," Goehle said. "We defended well and in the second half got it within 10 points a couple different times. I’m happy with how we played overall. I thought we could have taken care of the ball and little better and if we had shot the ball a little better it could’ve been a whole different story."H-BC Box ScoreRozeboom 2 1 0-0 7, Fransman 0 0-0 0, Bush 0 3 1-4 10, Feucht 0 1-2 1, Fink 0 2 0-0 6, Helgeson 1 0-0 2, Tilstra 7 4-8 18, Rozenboom 0 1-2 1, Mulder 3 2-3 8.H-BC 53, Farmington 42Hills-Beaver Creek jumped to a 17-10 first-quarter lead that held up the rest of the way.Tilstra paced H-BC with 18 points and four steals. Stacy Bush netted a trio of 3-pointers on her way to 10 points and added four assists. Kelly Mulder pulled down nine rebounds with four blocked shots."We took better care of the ball," Goehle said. "We were much more confident than we were the night before in handling the pressure. We shot the ball better and played well defensively, getting a lot of tipped balls and hands in the passing lanes."The Patriots shot 40 percent from the field (20-50). H-BC Box ScoreRozeboom 2 1 0-0 7, Fransman 0 0-0 0, Bush 0 3 1-4 10, Feucht 0 1-2 1, Fink 0 2 0-0 6, Helgeson 1 0-0 2, Tilstra 7 4-8 18, Rozenboom 0 1-2 1, Mulder 3 2-3 8.
