By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth golf squads played their first matches in nearly two weeks when they traveled to Westbrook Monday.
The Patriot boys slipped to 2-2 for the season when they dropped a 173-193 decision to the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers.
H-BC-E's girls fell to 0-4 for the campaign with a 209-228 loss to the hosts.
Marie Barrie led the Charger girls to a 19-stroke win by shooting a medal-earning round of 49 strokes. BarrieÕs tally was 13 strokes over par.
Marla Groen checked in with an 18-over-par 54 to lead the Patriots.
Jessica Martens shot a 56 for H-BC-E, while Jessica Wassenaar and Melissa Fagerness contributed 59s to the team tally.
Angie Bush and Kari Jansma shot 79- and 85-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.
Andy Coulter set the stage for W-WG's 20-stroke win in the boys' competition by shooting a four-over-par 40 to become the meet's medalist.
Blake Brommer shot an eight-over-par 44 to lead H-BC-E.
Tom Janssen, Kyle Sammons and Dean Moss contributed 46-, 51- and 52-stroke scores to H-BC-E's team effort.
Clint Roozenboom and Ben Herman shot 58- and 59-stroke rounds without contributing to the team effort.
With Tom Beaner shooting a nine-over-par to lock up medalist honors, H-BC-EÕs boys' B squad notched a 220-227 victory over W-WG.
Jared Herman, Jeremy Tiesler and Jordan Scott pitched in 56-, 59- and 60-stroke scores to the winning team effort. Aaron Blank shot a 72 without contributing to the scoring.
The H-BC-E teams play in Pipestone today before competing at the Sub-Section 10 Tournament at Worthington's Prairie View Country Club Monday.