Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Journey Dwire took sole possession of first place in the Class 3A Conference 1 girls’ standings, as the team moves into third place halfway through the five-week season.
Dwire leads the girls with a Week 3 season average of 20.5 hits per 25 shots.
Five of her teammates rank in the Top 25. They are Danielle Leenderts (fifth), Tara Paulsen (ninth), Olivia Bork (13th), Samantha Moser (14th) and Brooklynne Hubbard (24th).
On the boys’ side, Cooper Gehrke is tied with teammate Weston Kellenberger in 10th place (season average of 21.33). Teammates in the Top 25 also include John Tiesler (17th) and Casey Kueter (23rd).
The H-BC team is in third place after three weeks of competition with 5,808.5 points. Verndale High School leads the seven-member conference with 6,460.5 points.
Coach Travis Dwire told team members prior to the Week 3 shoot that they could easily catch and pass the top team.
H-BC closed the gap with Verndale to a 652-point lead coming into Week 4.
H-BC posted its highest score in Week 3 with 2,225 points, up from 1,730 in Week 2 and 1,853 points on the opening day of the season on April 25.
Individually in Week 3, Hunter Leenderts shot a straight 25.
H-BC High School — Week 3
Name Round 1, 2, Total
Cameron Allen 21 22 43
Olivia Bork 14 17 31
Sawyer Bosch 19 24 43
Camdyn Broesder 13 21 34
Ty Bundesen 17 23 40
Robert Drake 16 22 38
Journey Dwire 18 24 42
Luke Fuerstenburg 23 20 43
Cooper Gehrke 21 23 44
Alex Harris 22 24 46
Brooklynne Hubbard 7 9 16
Lukas Hubbard 19 14 33
Clayton Kellenberger 21 18 39
Weston Kellenberger 20 20 40
Casey Kueter 24 20 44
Blake Leenderts 22 20 42
Danette Leenderts 19 19 38
Hunter Leenderts 25 23 48
Daniel Martinyuk 22 19 41
Cody Moser 19 20 39
Jack Moser 20 16 36
Samantha Moser 17 15 32
Tara Paulsen 19 21 40
Cole Rozeboom 19 18 37
Max Scholten 17 18 35
Michael Ykema 20 18 38
John Tiesler 22 23 45