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H-BC-E-E opens outdoor season Tuesday

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams opened the outdoor portion of their schedules at the Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne Tuesday.H-BC-E-E athletes turned in a solid performance by winning a combined eight meet titles and placing second in two events at the meet.The Patriot boys won five championships, and three came from individual efforts.Curt Schilling won the shot put with a distance of 42-5, Cody Scholten cleared 5-10 to take top honors in the high jump and Tom LeBoutillier skipped over the 110-meter hurdles in 16.43 to place first.LeBoutiller finished second in the long jump with a distance of 19-0.The Patriot boys also fielded the winning 1,600- and 3,200-meter relay teams, which turned in respective 3:38.23 and 8:44.77 efforts. Kale Wiertzema, Lee Jackson, Todd Alberty and Tyler Bush formed both teams.Ashley Bucher won an individual title for the Patriot girls when she crossed the finish line in 1:06.76 during the 400-meter run.H-BC-E-E also won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 4:19.78 and 10:21.58 times.Mya Mann, Amanda Tilstra, Bucher and Cassi Tilstra ran the 3,200. Jocelyn Bucher, Mann, Amanda and Cassi Tilstra teamed up in the 1,600.The girls’ 400-meter relay team of Amanda Connors, Mann, Cassi Tilstra and Kelly Mulder placed second in 54.7.Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s individual finishers during the Cardinal Quadrangular.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: Bush, high jump, 5-8; Greg Van Batavia, 1,600, 5:34.29.Fourth place: LeBoutillier, discus, 112-8; 400 relay (Paul DeLeon, Bush, Scholten and LeBoutillier.)Fifth place: John Sandbulte, triple jump, 35-1 1/2; 3,200 relay (Van Batavia, DeAngelo Smith, Derek Haak and Sandbulte), 9:35.49; Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 20.2; 800 relay (Javier Cisneros, Wiertzema, Sandbulte and Scholten), 1:41.9; 400 relay (Cisneros, Van Batavia, Jackson and Smith), 51.9; Cody Rozeboom, 400, 58.8; Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 48.98; Haak, 3,200, 11:38.Sixth place: Scholten, discus, 105-4; DeLeon, 100, 12.3; Soren Trebesch, 400, 59.6; DeLeon, 300 hurdles, 51.98; Dustin Verhey, 3,200, 11:44.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Rosie Lewis, shot, 30-10; J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 53.6; Rayan Sandoval, 3,200, 13:29.Fourth place: Connors, long jump, 14-0; 800 relay (Shelly Sas, Connors, Lewis and Mulder), 2:01.8.Fifth place: Lewis, discus, 82.4; A.Bucher, triple jump, 28-6.Sixth place: C.Tilstra, high jump, 4-8; J.Bucher, triple jump, 28-4; Brittany Helgeson, 400, 1:07.9.

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