H-BC girls end regular season on a high note

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team wrapped up the season with a pair of wins over the past week.
The Lady Pates took down the Dragons 61-48 in Adrian Tuesday, Feb.22, and went on to beat Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 61-51 Saturday in Worthington.
The Patriots capped a solid regular season finishing in second place in the Red Rock Conference with a record of 11-5 and 13-12 overall.
H-BC will face Southwest Christian Tuesday in Worthington for the first round of playoffs. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
 
HBC 61 AE 48
The Lady Pates wrapped up their final game before playoffs with a win over Adrian-Ellsworth Tuesday night in Adrian.
In a game in which she scored her 1,000th career point, senior Kenadie Fick led the way with 23 points.
The Dragons were able to hang around in the first half as they went into halftime with a 25-21 deficit.
H-BC started to pull away in the second half outscoring Adrian-Ellsworth 36-27 after the break for a final score of 61-48.
Sophomore Layla Deelstra scored in double digits with 10 points while Sam Moser and Lanae Elbers had eight apiece. 
 
Fick 6 3 2-2 23, Rauk 0 0 0-0 0, L Deelstra 3 1 1-2 10, Voss 3 0 0-0 6, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 1 0 0-2 2, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 4 2 1-5 15, Moser 4 0 0-2 8,, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0,  Harris 0 0 0-0 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
 
Team Statistics
HBC: 26 of 56 (46 percent), 5 for 11 Free Throws (45 percent), 28 Rebounds, 18 Turnovers
AE: 18 of 50 (36 percent), 6 for 8 Free Throws (75 percent), 21 Rebounds, 26 Turnovers
 
HBC 61 HLOF 51
In the last game of the day at Worthington High School, the Patriots came away with a victory Saturday afternoon over the Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Coyotes.
The game was tightly contested all the way through. 
The Patriots were able to overcome their 22 turnovers in the contest on their way to a 61-51 victory.
The game was much closer than the score ended up. The Lady Pates held just a 29-26 advantage at halftime.
The game remained within seven points for the entire second half until the final two minutes of the game. 
Senior Kenadie Fick led the way again with 20 points and 6 rebounds. Sophomore Lanae Elbers also had a solid outing with 15 points and 9 rebounds. Senior Sam Moser had 4 points and 9 rebounds while sophomore Brynn Rauk had 5 points and 3 steals.
 
Fick 1 3 9-11 20, Rauk 1 1 0-0 5, L Deelstra 2 0 0-0 4, Voss 1 0 3-4 5, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 1 0 0-2 2, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 1 0 2-3 4, Elbers 4 0 0-0 8, Moser 2 0 0-0 4, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0,  Harris 2 0 2-3 6, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
 
Team Statistics
HBC: 20 of 61 (33 percent), 15 for 25 Free Throws (60 percent), 43 Rebounds, 22 Turnovers
HLOF: 20 of 50 (40 percent), 6 for 18 Free Throws (33 percent), 21 Rebounds, 20 Turnovers