By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls capped a hectic five-day span by besting Edgerton 40-26 in a basketball game played in Hills Friday.
Playing their fourth game in five days, H-BC used the scoring of Erin Boeve and solid play on defense to secure third place in the Tri-County Conference with their 14-point win over the Flying Dutchmen.
Boeve, who had five rebounds and three blocked shots for H-BC, came up big for the Patriots in what proved to be a decisive fourth quarter.
The Patriots turned a five-point advantage heading into the period into a 14-point win by outscoring Edgerton 11-2. Boeve scored six of her team-high 18 points in the stanza.
H-BC led 10-4 after eight minutes of play before settling for five-point leads (21-16 and 29-24) at the next two quarter breaks.
The Patriots forced Edgerton to turn the ball over 28 times in the game, and Becky Broesder and LaDonna Sandstede led the way with three steals each. Broesder and Jody DeNoble had five rebounds each. Shanna Tilstra contributed four assists to the cause.
H-BC 40, Edgerton 26
The Patriots finished Tri-County Conference play with a 5-3 record after beating the Flying Dutchmen by 14 points in Hills Friday.
The game was close through three quarters before a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter allowed the Patriots to pull away in the end.
H-BC took a 29-24 advantage into the final eight minutes of play, when it limited Edgerton to two points while scoring 11.
The scores stood at 10-4 and 21-16 at the first two quarter breaks.
"This was a very good finish to a long week for us," said Patriot coach Goehle. "We finished the week with a 3-1 record. We continue to get better as a team, which is what you are looking for at this time of year."
Erin Boeve, who scored six points in the second and fourth quarters, led the Patriots with 18 counters. She also had five rebounds and three blocked shots. Becky Broesder had five rebounds and three steals. Jody DeNoble added five rebounds, Shanna Tilstra four assists and LaDonna Sandstede three steals.
Box score
C.Tilstra 0 0 0-0 0, Olson 0 0 0-0 0, Sandstede 0 1 0-2 3, Rentschler 0 0 0-0 0, S.Tilstra 1 0 0-0 2, Broesder 2 0 2-4 6, DeNoble 4 0 1-2 9, Boeve 7 0 4-6 18, DeHaan 1 0 0-0 2, Arp 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 16 of 40 field goals (40 percent), seven of 14 free throws (50 percent), 26 rebounds, 16 turnovers.
Edgerton: 11 of 39 field goals (28 percent), four of six free throws (67 percent), 23 rebounds, 28 turnovers.