By John RittenhouseA Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton relay team turned in a memorable performance during the Dakota Relays staged at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls Saturday.At a meet where finishing in the Top 10 is a major accomplishment, the boys 1,600-meter relay team representing H-BC-E-E turned in a memorable performance by winning the event with a time of 3:30.1 in Class B competition.Competing in what Patriot coach Tom Goehle said was the slow heat, the H-BC-E-E team consisting of Kale Wiertzema, Jan Sommerling, Darrin Weikamp and Tyler Bush nipped a squad representing Elk Point Jefferson (3:30.8) in the heat race. When Sioux Falls Christian, the pre-event favorite to win the event, won the second heat race with a time of 3:31.7, the Patriot boys were able to celebrate their meet title."It doesn’t happen every year," said Goehle, when summing up H-BC-E-E’s championship effort."It’s much like competing at the state meet because you’re going against the best athletes from all around the area. It was very windy throughout the meet, and to run the time we did was pretty awesome."H-BC-E-E placed a strong third in the girls’ 1,600-meter relay with a time of 4:16.63. Mya Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Ashley Bucher and Cassi Tilstra formed the squad.Cassi Tilstra ran in the Girls Special Event on Friday, placing second with a career-best time of 1:00.28 in the 400-meter dash.Tilstra also ran with the medley relay, which placed sixth with a time of 4:48.32. Rosie Lewis, Kelly Mulder and Mann are the other members of the team.The H-BC-E-E boys placed seventh and eighth in the 400-meter and medley relays with respective 45.65 and 3:45.48 efforts. Sommerling, Wiertzema, Cody Scholten and Bush formed both teams.Scholten cleared 6-1 to place 10th in the high jump.