By John RittenhouseThe 2005 season came to an end for the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth runners during the Section 3A Cross Country Championships Thursday in Adrian.The Patriots didn’t meet the criteria to advance to state competition by placing as one of the top two teams or finishing in the top 10 as individual runners during the boys’ and girls’ varsity races.Still, the meet was a good one for young H-BC-E teams.The H-BC-E boys, a team consisting of one senior, one junior and five freshmen, placed sixth in a 16-team field with 174 points.H-BC-E girls, a squad consisting of one junior, one sophomore, one freshman, one eighth-grader and two seventh-graders, finished ninth in a 17-team field with 230 points.Halden Van Wyhe led the Patriot boys by placing 18th in 18:22.Tyler Paulsen finished 26th in 18:39, Dustin Verhey 31st in 18:49, Brent Kramer 49th in 19:37 and John Sandbulte 59th in 19:51 to pad H-BC-E’s team tally.Cody Penning and Tom Scholten placed 63rd and 72nd with respective 20:08 and 20:32 times without impacting the scoring.Mya Mann placed 39th in 17:22 to lead the Patriot girls at the meet.Rayna Sandoval finished 42nd in 17:31, Jill Weitgenant 54th in 18:16, Courtney Hoogendoorn 55th in 18:17 and Heather Esselink 66th in 18:36 to round out the scoring for H-BC-E.Jayme Plimpton ran a 19:19 and placed 81st without contributing to the team tally.Girls’ standings: Adrian 29, Luverne 73, ML-B-O 116, Windom 137, RWV 144, Martin County West 200, Springfield-Cedar Mountain 200, Pipestone 250, H-BC-E 251, Murray County Central 272, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 291, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 321, Southwest United 324, Jackson County Central 330, Buffalo Lake-Hector-BOLD 359, Renville County West 388, Lakeview 513.Boys’ standings: Adrian 60, RWV 76, Southwest Christian 122, Luverne 126, RCW 155, H-BC-E 174, MCW 230, MCC 230, JCC 235, S-CM 240, Windom 254, SWU 257, ML-B-O 356, W-WG-RRC 364, Pipestone 368, BL-H-BOLD 372.