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H-BC-E-E teams place fifth at Cardinal Relays

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams expanded their schedules by entering a meet with little warning Thursday.After having the Central Lyon Relays washed out April 12, and finding out the event would be rescheduled on a date H-BC-E-E already had filled, the Patriots were looking for an extra opportunity to compete. They found the opportunity in the annual Cardinal Relays in Luverne, an event that was rained out April 12 and rescheduled Thursday.Competing in eight-team fields, the H-BC-E-E squads placed fifth. The girls tallied 64 points and the boys scored 63.5 counters.The girls’ 3,200-meter relay team secured the lone meet title for H-BC-E-E by winning the event with a time of 10:31.1. Amanda Tilstra, Mya Mann, Rayna Sandoval and Cassi Tilstra formed the team.The Patriot girls placed second in the 800- and 1,600-meter relays with respective 1:55.39 and 4:21.31 times. Amanda Connors, Kelly Mulder, Mann and Cassi Tilstra ran the 800. Mann, Amanda Connors, Amanda and Cassie Tilstra formed the 1,600-meter team.H-BC-E-E athletes placed second in two individual events and one relay to highlight the appearance at the meet for the Patriot boys.Cody Schilling cleared 6-0 to placed second in the high jump. John Sandbulte covered 36-10 1/4 to finish second in the triple jump.The 800-meter relay placed second with a time of 1:36.85. Jan Sommerling, Cody Scholten, Kale Wiertzema and Tyler Bush formed the team.Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s point-producers during the Cardinal Relays.H-BC-E-E girlsThird place: Sandoval, 3,200, 13:18.23.Fourth place: 400 relay (Rosie Lewis, Brittney Helgeson, Kari Roozenboom and Mulder), 57.64; A.Tilstra, 400, 1:07.03; Lewis, shot, 29-7.Fifth place: Lewis, discus, 90-8; Roozenboom, triple jump, 29-11 1/2.Sixth place: Roozenboom, 110 hurdles, 18.79; Mulder, discus, 29-1; A.Tilstra, triple jump, 29-5 1/5.H-BC-E-E boysThird place: 1,600 relay (Sommerling, Wiertzema, Jon Klaassen and Bush); Cody Schilling, triple jump, 36-10.Fourth place: 400 relay (Roger DeBoer, Sandbulte, Klaassen and Schilling), 48.75; Sandbulte, 300 hurdles, 46.33; Schilling, high jump, 5-6.Fifth place: 3,200 relay (Wiertzema, Derek Haak, Sommerling and Bush), 9:15.7; Scholten, 200, 24.76.Sixth place: DeBoer, 110 hurdles, 18.89.Eighth place: Haak, 3,200, 11:44.79; Sandbulte, long jump, 16-8 3/4.

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