By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys turned a bevy of three-point shots into the school’s second post-season tournament championship at Southwest State University in Marshall Saturday.Playing Adrian in the South Section 3A Boys Basketball Tournament championship game, the Patriots buried 10 shots from beyond the three-point arch to lead H-BC to a 67-59 win over the Dragons.The win, which was H-BC’s 19th straight, gives the Patriots a berth in today’s Section 3A championship game at SSU. The 27-2 Patriots square off against defending state champion Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (24-3) in a 5 p.m. title tilt.If the Patriots continue to shoot the ball from the outside like they did against Adrian, the R-T-R Knights could be in trouble.H-BC made seven three-pointers in the first half to build a 42-29 lead at the intermission, and added three more in the second half to help thwart a rally offered by the pesky Dragons.Zach Wysong nailed five three-point shots and scored 17 points against the Dragons. Kale Wiertzema, who recorded eight assists, six rebounds and five steals, buried four treys to highlight a 25-point performance."We haven’t made that many threes forever," said Patriot coach Steve Wiertzema, who guided H-BC to a Sub-Section 2 of Section 3A championship during his first year as the head coach of the boys’ program in 1993."It was nice to see Zach hit some threes early," he continued. "We run some set plays to get him shots. When he hits them, we get going."Wysong connected for three long-range shots and scored 11 points in the first quarter, which was highlighted by a 13-0 run for H-BC. Adrian sported 2-0 and 4-3 leads when Brad Brake converted field goals early in the contest, but H-BC countered with a 13-0 run capped by a three from Wysong at 3:16 to give the Patriots a 16-4 lead.The 13-0 spurt was a part of a 20-3 run that ended with the Patriots owning a 23-7 lead when Kale Wiertzema scored at the 1:13 mark of the opening period. Adrian, however, received a pair of field goals from Brett Block in the final 33 seconds of the quarter to cap a 7-0 surge that made it a 23-14 difference at period’s end.Wiertzema hit three three-point shots and scored 11 points in the second quarter, giving the Patriots a 16-point lead (34-18) with his final three of the stanza with 5:54 left to play in the half.H-BC seemed to run out of steam at that point as Adrian managed to outscore the Patriots 11-8 the rest of the quarter to trail 42-29 at the break."We got tired," coach Wiertzema admitted. "We expended a lot of energy early when we were trying to wear them down. We ended up wearing ourselves down. Give Adrian some credit because I thought they played very well in the second half."The Dragons deserve credit for clawing their way back into the game in the second half.A layup from Adrian’s Nick Weidert drew the Dragons within seven points (45-38) of the Patriots at the 2:59 mark of the third quarter. H-BC’s Wysong hit a three with 50 seconds remaining in the period to build H-BC’s lead up to 12 points (52-50) before the Patriots settled with a 54-43 advantage at period’s end.Adrian closed the margin to six points twice (54-48 and 57-51) in the fourth quarter. H-BC responded with a 7-0 run that ended with Tyler Bush, who scored his 1,000th career point earlier in the contest, draining a pair of free throws with 3:01 left to play to give the Patriots a 64-51 lead.Weidert hit a jumper from the baseline at 1:56 to bring the Dragons within seven points at 64-57, but that was as close as AHS would come to catching H-BC the rest of the way."Our kids kept battling back," said AHS coach Chris Rozell, who guided the Dragons to a 14-12 record this season. "We were within six points and had a couple of chances to get closer in the second half. We just ran out of time.""Hills played a good game," Rozell continued. "They shot the ball well. For the most part, we had hands in their faces. They just got hot and kept on shooting. They hit their shots, took care of the basketball when they needed to and made their free throws."Bush, who scored 10 points in the second half, added 19 points and six assists to the winning cause. Tom LeBoutillier led the Patriots with seven rebounds. Brake led the Dragons with 20 points and three steals. Block scored 12 points and passed for six assists. Casey Knips netted 10 points and collected nine rebounds for AHS.Box scoreAdrianLonneman 0 0 0-0 0, Klaassen 1 0 0-0 2, Block 3 2 0-0 12, Weidert 2 1 0-0 7, Stover 1 1 3-4 8, Brake 8 0 4-6 20, Knips 4 0 2-3 10.H-BCWysong 1 5 0-0 17, Rozeboom 1 0 0-0 2, Bush 5 1 6-8 19, Wiertzema 4 4 5-9 25, Baker 0 0 0-0 0, Broesder 0 0 0-0 0, LeBoutillier 2 0 0-1 4.Team statisticsAdrian: 23 of 48 field goals (48 percent), nine of 13 free throws (69 percent), 22 rebounds, 15 turnovers.H-BC: 23 of 53 field goals (43 percent), 11 of 17 free throws (65 percent), 28 rebounds, nine turnovers.