By John RittenhouseA total of 21 Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton athletes extended their seasons during the Sub-Section 10 Track and Field Championships Thursday in Pipestone.Five H-BC-E-E boys advanced to today’s Section 3A meet in Pipestone after locking up three automatic berths in the section field by placing third or better in individual events and relays.Another seven Patriots advance to section competition by earning at-large berths in the section field.Four at-large berths (in every event) in the section are awarded to athletes based on their performances compared with the athletes from the other three sub-sections that comprise Section 3A.One H-BC-E-E girl locked up an automatic berth in the section field during Thursday’s meet. Another eight Patriots advance to the section meet by locking up at-large berths.The H-BC-E-E boys, who placed fifth in team competition with 85 points, received one sub-section title from Kevin Vander Schaff. Vander Schaff won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.58.Vander Schaff also ran legs with H-BC-E-E’s 400- and 800-meter relays, which secured automatic berths into section competition by placing second with respective 45.83 and 1:35.6 times.Cody Rozeboom, Casey Van Midden Dorp and Kerry Fink round out the 400-meter squad. Pavel Matejski, Rozeboom and Fink joined Vander Schaff in the 800.Van Midden Dorp (second in the long jump with a distance of 19-2 3/4) and Fink (third in the 400 in 53.66) also locked up automatic berths in section competition for the Patriot boys.The Patriots earned at-large berths to the section meet in six events.John Sandbulte (fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 37-4 1/2 and fourth in the 300 hurdles in 44.51), Dustin Verhey (fifth in the 3,200 in 10:56.66) and Tyler Paulsen (fifth in the 1,600 in 4:57.82) qualified individually.The 3,200- and 1,600-meter relays advance after placing fourth and sixth with respective 9:04.46 and 3:40.23 times.Rozeboom, Cody Schilling, Matejski and Sandbulte ran the 1,600. Sandbulte, Halden Van Wyhe, Brent Kramer and Paulsen teamed up in the 3,200.Mya Mann picked up the lone automatic berth into the section field for the Patriot girls, who finished seventh in team competition with 55.5 points.Mann won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.96.The Patriot girls earned at-large berths into the section field in seven events.Mann (fourth in the 800 in 2:27.81), Heather Karner (fifth in the 800 in 2:36.07), Rayna Sandoval (fifth in the 3,200 in 12:57.94) and Rosie Lewis (fifth in the shot put at 33-4 1/4) advance individually.The Patriots also earned at-large berths in the 800-meter relay (fifth in 1:56.46), 1,600-meter relay (fifth in 4:20.55) and 3,200-meter relay (sixth in 10:24.16).Santana Wysong, Amanda Connors, Ashley Bucher and Lewis ran the 800. Jocelyn and Ashley Bucher, Connors and Mann teamed up in the 1,600. Amanda Tilstra, the Buchers and Sandoval formed the 3,200-meter squad.Here is a look at the team standings and the rest of H-BC-E-E’s point-earning efforts during Thursday’s meet.Boys’ standings: Southwest Christian 122, Luverne 120, Murray County Central 117, Fulda, 113, H-BC-E-E 85, Adrian 68, Pipestone 66.Girls’ standings: Pipestone 191, Luverne 126, SWC 100, MCC 80, Adrian 74. Fulda 65.5, H-BC-E-E 55.5H-BC-E-E boysFifth place: Schilling, high jump, 5-4.Sixth place: Roger DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.72; Van Wyhe, high jump, 5-2.Seventh place: Van Midden Dorp, 100, 12.21; Matejski, 200, 24.2; Adam Finke, pole vault, 8-6; Schilling, triple jump, 36-8 1/2.Eighth place: Peter Luchtenburg, 110 hurdles, 19.4; DeBoer, long jump, 17-0; Terrence Reid, triple jump, 36-0 3/4.H-BC-E-E girlsFourth place: Lewis, discus, 95-7.Fifth place: Heather Esselink, 400, 1:06.93.Sixth place: 400 relay (Wysong, Whitney Wilgenburg, Connors and Lewis), 55.43.Seventh place: Kari Roozenboom, 100 hurdles, 18.6; Wysong, high jump, 4-4.Eighth place: J.Bucher, 300 hurdles, 54.99; Connors, triple jump, 30-3 3/4.