Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Big South Conference and Red Rock Conference released their 2024-25 basketball all-conference picks. Luverne High School boys’ basketball seniors Carter Sehr and Landon Ahrendt and girls’ basketball freshman Taya Johnson were named to the all-conference team in the Big South Conference. In the Red Rock Conference, Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball juniors Micah Bush and Jamin Metzger,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team traveled to Marshall Thursday, March 13, to take on Dawson Boyd for the Section 3 championship title. The No. 2-seed Patriots played the No. 1-seed Blackjacks tight in the first half of the game and took a 27-25 lead into the half. “I thought our boys came out and played very well in the first half,” head coach Chad Rauk said. “Our defense played really well…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team moves on to the section championship after beating Southwest Minnesota Christian 76-62 in the section quarterfinals Thursday, March 6, and taking down Murray County Central 60-44 Saturday, March 8, in the section semi-finals. The Patriots are scheduled to take on Dawson-Boyd for the Section 3 championship Thursday. March 13, at Southwest Minnesota State…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team fell to MACCRAY 54-44 in the Section 3 championship Thursday, March 6, in Marshall. H-BC had a one-point lead at the half, 25-24, against the Wolverines. MACCRAY came back and collected 30 points in the second half to take the section championship. “Thursday night felt like a 12-round fight between the Patriots and Wolverines. That was one of the most…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team is heading to the section championship against MCCRAY Thursday, March 6, after beating Westbrook Walnut Grove 48-35 in quarterfinal action Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Worthington and taking down Adrian-Ellsworth 66-43 Saturday, March 1, in Marshall. In the win against the Dragons, H-BC won the sub-section championship, the first time since 2004. The Lady Pates are…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The H-BC boys’ basketball team beat Adrian-Ellsworth 73-47 in the section tournament Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. The Patriots built a 33-26 lead in the first half and added another 40 points in the second half to win the game 73-47. Head coach Chad Rauk said he thought his players had a slow start in the first half of the game but later found their footing. “I thought we played a really…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team swept three teams to finish their regular season with a 23-2 record. The Patriots beat Edgerton 72-47 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, topped Heron Lake 80-41 on the road Friday, Feb. 21, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 79-30 at home Monday, Feb. 24. H-BC moves on to the Section 3A tournament with a game scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. Hills-Beaver…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 60-41 in Section 3A quarterfinal action Saturday, Feb. 22, in Worthington. “I was pleased with how we got out of the gates. The girls stormed out to a 7-0 lead setting the tone of the whole game,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had stretches after that where we weren’t finishing well around the rim and some shots weren’t…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team finished their regular season as the Red Rock Conference Champions. The Lady Pates amassed a 20-6 season record after beating Red Rock Central 68-16 at home Thursday, Feb. 13, and taking Murray County Central 55-48 on the road Monday, Feb. 17. H-BC receives a bye in the first round of the Section 3A tournament. The Patriots are scheduled to play the winner of…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team beat the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights 66-57 on the road Friday, Feb. 7. “I thought Friday night against the Knights the girls played one of their best all-around games on the offensive end,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had balanced scoring across the board and needed all of it because the Knights had a hot shooting night hitting eight three-pointers.”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team extended their season record to 17-1, beating two conference opponents this past week. H-BC beat Murray County Central 81-47 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and took down Red Rock Central 87-53 at home Friday, Jan. 31. The Patriots travel to play Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday, Feb. 6, and will take on Southwest Minnesota Christian on the road Tuesday, Feb. 11…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team won three games to extend their Red Rock Conference record to 17-6 overall. H-BC took down Adrian 53-47 at home Thursday, Jan. 30, beat Garretson 38-23 on the road Friday, Jan. 31, and outplayed Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 40-28 Monday, Feb. 3, on the road. The Patriots have three games left in the regular season. They take on Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 7…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team won three games this week extending the season record to 15-1. H-BC beat Southwest Christian 80-76 at home Tuesday, Jan. 21, topped Mountain Lake 77-47 at home Thursday, Jan. 23, and took down George-Little Rock 74-26 on the road Monday, Jan. 27. The Patriots were scheduled to play Murrey County Central in Slayton Tuesday, Jan. 28, and will host Red Rock…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 29, 2025The Patriot girls finished a busy week of basketball taking three wins and one loss along the way. H-BC won 62-59 at home against Southwest Christian Tuesday, Jan. 21, and they beat Mountain Lake 66-29 at home Friday, Jan. 24. On the road, the Lady Pates fell to Deubrook 50-42 Saturday, Jan. 25, and beat George-Little Rock 48-45 Monday, Jan. 27. H-BC will host Adrian-Ellsworth Thursday, Jan.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team won two big conference games last week, defeating Westbrook Walnut Grove 59-44 on the road Thursday, Jan. 16, and Edgerton 69-45 Saturday, Jan. 18, at home. The Lady Pates, now 11-5 for the season, were scheduled to host the Edgerton Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles Tuesday, Jan. 21, and will play at Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Friday, Jan. 24. H-BC 59,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 22, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team won two conference and one non-conference match-ups this week, extending their season record to 11-1. H-BC beat Edgerton Public 62-44 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 14, and won 76-48 against Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda at home Friday, Jan. 17. The Patriots took on Colman-Egan at the Dakota Valley Conference Classic tournament Saturday, Jan. 18, winning the game 48-46…
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