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H-BC-E-E athletes claim six conference titles

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams helped form nine-squad fields at the annual Red Rock Conference meet in Slayton Thursday.The H-BC-E-E teams won a combined six conference championships and placed second in four events during the outing.The Patriot boys won five meet championships on the way to scoring 103 points and placing fourth in the team standings.The H-BC-E-E boys won five individual events on the way to fourth place in the boys’ field.Tyler Bush led the way by winning the 800- and 1,600-meter runs with respective 2:01.62 and 4:48.08 efforts.Todd Alberty, Cody Scholten and Tom LeBoutillier won one individual event each.Alberty covered 39-10 in the triple jump, Scholten cleared 6-0 in the high jump and LeBoutillier cleared the 110-meter hurdles in 16:06.H-BC-E-E’s 1,600-meter relay team placed second with a time of 3:33.18. Bush, Kale Wiertzema, Lee Jackson and Alberty formed the team.The H-BC-E-E girls produced one RRC title and placed second in three events.Cassi Tilstra, who ran 400 meters in 1:01.16 to place second, won the 800-meter run in 2:25.9.H-BC-E-E’s 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays placed second with respective 4:17.06 and 10:15.3 times.Mya Mann, Jocelyn and Ashley Bucher and Tilstra ran the 1,600. Amanda Tilstra, Mann and the Buchers teamed up in the 3,200.The H-BC-E-E teams will compete at the Sub-Section 10 Track and Field Championships in Pipestone today.Here is a look at the final team standings and the rest of the top six performances turned in by H-BC-E-E athletes during the RRC meet.Girls’ standings: Murray County Central 100.5, Fulda 99.5, Westbrook-Walnut Grove-Red Rock Central 95, Adrian 93, Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin 71, Southwest United 67.5, Southwest Christian 61.5, Comfrey-Springfield 61, H-BC-E-E 52.Boys’ standingsSWC 161.5, MCC 113.5, Fulda 110.5, H-BC-E-E 103, Adrian 66, ML-B-O 61, W-WG-RRC 38, SWU 25, C-S 23.5H-BC-E-E girlsFifth place: A.Bucher, 800, 2:31.6; 400 relay (Amanda Connors, Rosie Lewis, Chelsi Fink and Kelly Mulder), 55.31.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: LeBoutillier, 300 hurdles, 42.67; LeBoutillier, long jump, 19-7; LeBoutillier, discus, 123-3; 3,200 relay (Alberty, Wiertzema, Jackson and Derek Haak), 8:43.69.Fourth place: Curt Schilling, shot, 42-2; Alberty, 400, 54.08.Sixth place: 400 relay (Paul DeLeoncepeda, Cody Rozeboom, Javier Cisneros and Roger DeBoer), 49.57; 800 relay (John Sandbulte, Soeren Trebesch, Devin DeBoer and R.DeBoer), 1:43.8.

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