Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 02, 2024H-BC captured its fifth win of the season, now 5-0, beating the Cedar Mountain Cougars Friday, Sept. 27, on the road with a 42-8 win. The Patriots took the lead in the first quarter when senior Cameron Allen intercepted a Cougars pass and ran it back 50 yards for a touchdown. Senior Sawyer Bosch converted on the extra point run to give H-BC an 8-0 lead. In the middle of the second quarter,…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 02, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team fell to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 3-0 at home Tuesday, Sept. 24, and beat Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 3-2 on the road Thursday, Sept. 26. Unfortunately, stats for the RTR and HLOF games were not available for this publication. The Patriots were scheduled to host Adrian Tuesday, Oct. 1, and will travel to Marshall for a two-day tournament Friday, Oct. 4, and…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 25, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team fell twice on the road this past week. The Lady Pates lost 3-2 to Edgerton Tuesday, Sept. 17, and 3-0 to Murray County Central Thursday, Sept. 19. The Patriots were scheduled to host Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday, Sept. 24, and will travel to Heron Lake/Okabena-Fulda Thursday, Sept. 26. Edgerton 3, H-BC 2 The Lady Pates lost a close match 3-2 to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 25, 2024The Patriots extended their win string to four with a victory over Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 50-14 on the road Friday, Sept. 20. “I thought we played physical football on both sides of the ball and made some big plays throughout the night,” head coach Rex Metzger said. “Offensively we were able to spread the ball around and get a lot of different guys touches.” H-BC used 10 different players to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 18, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots won big over their rivals, Edgerton, Friday, Sept. 13, at home. The Patriots beat the Flying Dutchmen 44-8 to win the border battle and keep the “Red Rock” at H-BC. “It was a physical football game like we expected against Edgerton,” head coach Rex Metzger said. “We had a couple of turnovers in the first half and some penalties that hurt us, but I thought in…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 18, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team fell 3-0 in two games at home this past week. The Patriots lost to Mountain Lake 3-0 Tuesday, Sept. 10, and to Red Rock Central 3-0 Thursday, Sept. 12. “It showed us some things we can continue to improve on as the season continues,” Kaylan Untiedt said about the losses. “But I was excited to see our spark return.” The Patriots were scheduled to travel to…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots handed the Renville Jaguars a 44-6 loss Friday, Sept. 6, in the second win of the year on their home field. “Renville County West is a physical team with a lot of upperclassmen, and I thought we played well on both sides of the ball,” head coach Rex Metzger said. “We were able to establish our run game early, and they really stacked the box…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 11, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team had a busy week on the court, with a 2-2 record against four teams. In their home opener, H-BC beat Viborg-Hurley 2-0 Tuesday, Sept. 3. The Patriots traveled to George-Little Rock Monday, Sept. 9, for a three-team tournament, falling to George-Little Rock 2-0, losing to River Valley 2-0, and beating Harris-Lake Park 2-0. H-BC was scheduled to host…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 04, 2024In their first game of the season, the H-BC Patriots hosted Lanesboro, beating the Burros 52-0 Thursday, Aug. 29. “I thought we came out and set the tone with a big opening kick return by junior Bode Kruger that set up a scoring run on our first offensive play,” head coach Rex Metzger said. Kruger’s return put the Patriots on the Burros’ 26-yard line, and junior quarterback Jamin Metzger took…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024The ninth annual Davis Lake Triathlon once again kicked off the Fourth of July activities at The Lake Thursday. The triathlon has two divisions, the Minnows and the Sharks. The Minnows race is a quarter mile kayak, two-mile bike ride and one-mile run. The Sharks race is a half mile kayak, eight-mile bike ride and 2-1/2-mile run. Both races can be completed by individuals or 3-person teams.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024Dan Ellingson, Hills, aced hole No. 6 at the Adrian Country Club Tuesday, July 2. He used a six iron for his second hole-in-one. Ellingson said his first was “last century, at Willow Run.” The hole-in-one was witnessed by a foursome that included Don Bosshart, Luverne.
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJuly 10, 2024Following are racing results for local drivers competing in Fairmont, Rock Rapids, Hartford, Slayton, Worthington and Brandon for the week of July 1-7. Rapid Speedway Rock Rapids, IA – July 5 Canceled due to flood Fairmont Raceway Fairmont, MN – July 7 Hobby Stock 7th - #10 Blake Schneekloth Murray County Speedway Slayton, MN – July 5 Bombers 7th - #22H Cody Hansen Hobby…
- By Mavis FodnessJune 26, 2024Four additional pickleball courts were added to the area recently with two new courts constructed in Hills, one painted on the basketball court at the elementary school in Beaver Creek and an additional court painted on the former basketball court in Hardwick. The Hills courts were constructed in a former grass area in Jacobson Park for a total cost of $34,700. The cost was assisted through an $8…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 19, 2024H-BC shooters are (front, from left) Matt Metzger, Stacy Bork, Shaun Hubbard,Travis Dwire, Laura Leenderts, (on stairs, from left) Blake Leenderts, Michael Ykema, John Tiesler, Alexis Gardner Swenson, Karis Dwire, Cash Wilsey, Tryg Tollefson, Gracyn Wegener, Camdyn Broesder, Gunner Bork, (second row, top of platform) Jayden Poulos, Lukas Hubbard, Maddox Metzger, Hunter Leenderts and Keaton…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 19, 2024The Luverne Baseball Association had a short presentation Tuesday, June 11, for improvements made to the Joe Roberts Field this past spring. The Twins Community Fund provided $8,000 through their Twins Fields for Kids Grant Program to completely redo the fencing around both fields and behind the backstops. Barry Shelton, vice president of the Luverne Baseball Association, and board member Brian…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 19, 2024Following are local racing results for local drivers competing in Rock Rapids, Hartford, Slayton, Worthington and Brandon for the week of June 10-16. Rapid Speedway Rock Rapids, IA – June 14 Sportsmans 7th- #24H Brock Harnack Hobby Stocks 3rd - #22E Eric Gaul 4th - #14K Bryant Klaassen B-Modifieds 9th DNF - #19X Trevor Kracht Stock Cars 9th - #4D Cory Kelderman…
You must log in to continue reading. Log in or subscribe today.