Hills-Beaver Creek junior Kale Wiertzema puts up a jumper in front of Southwest Christian's John Top during a Red Rock Conference boys' basketball game played in Edgerton Tuesday.By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team split a pair of Red Rock Conference games on the road since Friday.The Patriots posted a 10-point win over Westbrook-Walnut Grove in Westbrook Friday. H-BC dropped a four-point decision to Southwest Christian in Edgerton Tuesday.H-BC, 11-7 overall and 6-4 in the league, hosts Murray County Central Friday before playing at Sioux Falls Christian Monday.SWC 66, H-BC 62A second-half rally came up four points short when the Patriots squared off against the Eagles in Edgerton Tuesday.After facing deficits at the first three quarter breaks, H-BC bounced back to tie the game late in the fourth quarter.SWC, however, regained the lead with a three-point shot and went on to top the Patriots by four points."We came back well," said Patriot coach Steve Wiertzema. "We got into foul trouble (starters Tyler Bush and Trey Van Wyhe fouled out) and that hurt us."SWC sported 15-9, 33-29 and 48-47 leads at the end of the first three quarters respectively.Kale Wiertzema led H-BC with 24 points, seven assists and three steals. Zach Wysong tossed in 17 points. Van Wyhe pulled down 10 rebounds.Box scoreBush 1 0 2-4 4, Wysong 4 2 3-4 17, Broesder 1 0 2-2 4, Wiertzema 5 1 11-14 24, Van Wyhe 3 0 3-3 9, Spykerboer 0 0 0-2 0, LeBoutillier 2 0 0-0 4.Team statisticsH-BC: 19 of 50 field goals (38 percent), 21 of 29 free throws (72 percent), 34 rebounds, eight turnovers.SWC: 25 of 55 field goals (45 percent), 10 of 20 free throws (50 percent), 29 rebounds, nine turnovers.H-BC 62, W-WG 52The Patriots put together a big first half while posting a 10-point win over the Chargers in Westbrook Friday.H-BC led 21-8 after eight minutes of play and increased the difference to 18 points (39-21) by halftime after outscoring W-WG 18-13 in the second period.The Patriots padded their lead to 20 points (52-32) by the end of the third quarter before the Chargers cut the lead in half by outscoring H-BC 20-10 in the fourth period.Wysong, who pulled down six rebounds and passed for three assists, led H-BC with 15 points.Kale Wiertzema netted 14 points, nabbed eight rebounds and charted eight assists. Van Wyhe scored 10 points, collected seven rebounds and dished out three assists. Tom LeBoutillier added 14 points to the winning cause.Box scoreBush 1 0 1-1 3, Elbers 0 0 0-0 0, Wysong 2 2 5-6 15, Jackson 0 0 0-2 0, Broesder 0 1 1-3 4, Wiertzema 2 1 7-10 14, Van Wyhe 5 0 0-0 10, Spykerboer 1 0 0-0 2, LeBoutillier 7 0 0-3 14.Team statisticsH-BC: 22 of 46 field goals (48 percent), 14 of 25 free throws (56 percent), 37 rebounds, 14 turnovers.W-WG: 21 of 58 field goals (31 percent), six of six free throws (100 percent), 24 rebounds, 10 turnovers.
