By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams placed third in nine-team fields at the annual Red Rock Conference meet in Slayton Thursday.The Patriot boys tallied 89 points, placing behind Southwest Christian and Fulda in the standings.H-BC-E-E’s girls scored 65 points to place third behind Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central and Comfrey-Springfield."Both our teams placed third, and I was really happy with how our kids performed," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "We had some great performances."The Patriot boys earned four RRC titles and placed second in three events during the meet.The girls matched the boys with four meet championships. They also came up with one second-place finish.Senior Chris Reid won three individual titles for the Patriot boys.Reid covered 21-0 3/4 while winning the long jump. He recorded the winning times of 11.21 and 23.09 in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.Tyler Bush won a RRC title in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.49. His time established a new meet record that was set by former teammate Brad Haak last season.Cody Scholten cleared 6-0 in the high jump during a runner-up performance for the Patriots.The 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays placed second with respective 3:34.81 and 8:30.82 times. Todd Alberty, Lee Jackson, Kale Wiertzema and Bush formed both teams.Erin Boeve locked up a pair of SWC titles to lead the Patriot girls at the meet.Boeve covered 15-11 in the long jump and ran 100 meters in 13.31 for her victories.Cassi Tilstra, who placed second in the 400-meter dash in 1:02.63, claimed an individual title by running 800 meters in 2:29.69.The girls’ 3,200-meter relay team of Rachel Kvaale, Jocelyn Bucher, Ashley Bucher and Amanda Tilstra won a RRC title with a time of 10:29.46.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of H-BC-E-E’s Top-six finishers at the RRC meet.Boys’ standings: Southwest Christian 138, Fulda 96, H-BC-E-E 89, Murray County Central 62, Comfrey-Springfield 62, Adrian 49, Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin 35, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 27, Southwest United zero.Girls’ standings: W-WG-RRC 133, C-S 101.5, H-BC-E-E 65, MCC 64, SWU 59, Fulda 44.5, SWC 39, ML-B-O 35, Adrian 17H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Curt Schilling, shot, 44-5; 800 relay (Scholten, Brad Van Dyke, Schilling and Reid), 1:38.72.Fourth place: 400 relay (Zach Boyum, Dylan Kvaale, Schilling and Van Dyke), 48.22; Alberty, 400, 53.82.Fifth place: Scholten, 100, 12.36.Sixth place: Alberty, triple jump, 38-0; Devin DeBoer, 300 hurdles, 49.68; Wiertzema, 800, 2:11.66.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Amber Poppen, high jump, 5-0.Fifth place: Mya Mann, 800, 2:42.4; 1,600 relay (J.Bucher, Mann, Brittney Helgeson and C.Tilstra), 4:2729.Sixth place: Kari Roozenboom, 100, 18.9; Kvaale, 1,600, 6:11.98; Boeve, 400, 1:05.12.
