By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track team got its first taste of outdoor competition during the Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne Tuesday.The Patriots recorded a combined three event victories and six second-place performances during the meet.Cody Scholten and Tyler Bush posted wins for the H-BC-E-E boys.Scholten cleared 6-0 in the high jump. Bush ran 800 meters in 2:06.96.The boys finished second in the 400-, 800- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 52.42, 1:35.64 and 9:14.41 times.John Sandbulte, Tyler Paulsen, Bush and Brent Kramer ran the 3,200. Jan Sommerling, Roger DeBoer, Jon Klaassen and Cody Schilling teamed up in the 400. Sommerling, Bush, Kale Wiertzema and Scholten joined forces in the 800.H-BC-E-E’s 1,600-meter relay consisting of Sommerling, Klaassen, Scholten and Schilling placed sixth in 4:01.97.The girls’ 3,200-meter relay team recorded a meet title with a time of 10:25.55. Amanda Tilstra, Ashley Bucher, Cassi Tilstra and Mya Mann formed the team.Cassi Tilstra placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:27.88, and Rosie Lewis finished second in the shot put with a toss of 33-6.The 400-meter relay team of Lewis, Mulder, Mann and Cassi Tilstra finished second in 53.77.H-BC-E-E’s 800- and 1,600-meter relay finished fourth with respective 2:01.09 and 4:59.43 efforts.Lewis, Ashley Bucher, Brittany Helgeson and Kelly Mulder ran the 800. Jocelyn Bucher, Amanda Tilstra, Lewis and Tyra Hinrichs teamed up in the 1,600.The H-BC-E-E squads compete at the Central Lyon Relays Tuesday.Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s individual efforts at the Cardinal Quadrangular.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 46.49.Fourth place: Schilling, high jump, 5-6; triple jump, Sandbulte, 35-6 1/4; DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.42.Fifth place: Schilling, triple jump, 35-5 3/4; Klaassen, 100, 12.25; Wiertzema, 800, 2:18.5.Sixth place: Derek Haak, 800, 2:19.01; Sandbulte, 3,200, 12:51.69.Seventh place: Klaassen, shot, 34-6; DeBoer, 300 hurdles, 52.41.Eighth place: DeBoer, high jump, 5-4.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Mulder, shot, 29-3; J.Bucher, 1,600, 6:08; Mann, 800, 2:35.39.Fourth place: Lewis, discus, 87-5; A.Tilstra, 1,600, 6:09.Fifth place: Cassandra Duncan, high jump, 4-6; A.Bucher, triple jump, 29-5 1/2; Rayna Sandoval, 400, 1:10.49.Sixth place: A.Tilstra, triple jump, 29-5; A.Bucher, 800, 2:44.44.Seventh place: J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 56.59; Sandoval, 800, 2:47.83.Eighth place: Mulder, discus, 80-11.
