By John RittenhouseTwo local boys’ basketball teams hungry for a victory squared off in Adrian Friday.The Adrian Dragons and Hills-Beaver Creek met for the first time since H-BC defeated AHS in the South Section 3A title game last March.With both teams struggling early this season, a victory would have been a well-received reward for either squad.At night’s end, it was Adrian that celebrated its second win of the campaign by snapping a four-game losing skid with a 67-44 victory over the winless Patriots.The score was tied at two when AHS went on a 27-4 run capped by a three-point shot by Lee Stover to open a 29-6 lead at the 6:10 mark of the first half.H-BC trimmed the difference to 19 points as the first half progressed, but Stover hit another three at the buzzer to give the Dragons a 37-13 halftime advantage.Adrian didn’t let H-BC get back into the game in the second half as the hosts led by as many as 34 points (59-25) before prevailing by 23 at game’s end.Ryan Lonneman netted 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the winners. Brad Brake, who passed for six assists, recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Stover scored all 14 of his points in the first half.Jason Hup and Aaron Esselink scored 14 and 10 points respectively for H-BC. Tom Scholten charted eight rebounds, Halden Van Wyhe four assists and three steals and Devin DeBoer three steals for the Patriots.Box scoreH-BCVan Wyhe 1 1 1-3 6, Rozeboom 1 0 0-0 2, Finke 0 0 0-0 0, Scholten 1 0 2-4 4, DeBoer 0 0 1-2 1, Hup 4 0 6-8 14, Sandbulte 3 0 1-2 7, Esselink 4 0 2-4 10.AdrianSwayze 1 0 2-2 4, Lynn 0 0 0-0 0, Lutmer 0 0 0-0 0, Lonneman 8 1 0-0 19, Kontz 1 1 0-0 5, Haken 0 1 0-0 3, Archer 0 1 1-2 4, Diekmann 0 0 0-0 0, Oertli 1 0 0-0 2, Erlandson 1 0 0-1 2, Stover 3 2 2-2 14, Brake 7 0 0-0 14, Springman 0 0 0-0 0.Team statisticsH-BC: 15 of 63 field goals (24 percent), 13 of 24 free throws (54 percent), 31 rebounds, 17 turnovers.Adrian: 28 of 59 field goals (47 percent), five of seven free throws (71 percent), 37 rebounds, 17 turnovers.