Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team snapped a three-game losing skid by pounding Heron Lake-Okabena 78-47 in Hills Thursday.
H-BC raced to a 38-25 lead in the game’s first half and outscored the Wildcats 40-22 in the second half to win their first game of the season by...
Patriot girls upend Adrian
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team posted a 62-42 Red Rock Conference victory in Adrian.
The visiting Patriots opened a 26-18 lead in the first half before outscoring the Dragons 36-24 in the final 18 minutes of play to secure a 20-point victory.
Avery Van...
The Ellsworth boys’ basketball team came out on the winning end of a decision against rival Hills-Beaver Creek Friday in Ellsworth.
In a battle of a pair of 0-2 teams, the home-standing Panthers outscored the Patriots in both halves of the game to secure a 67-53 victory.
Ellsworth led 29-24 after...
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team experienced a successful 2015-16 debut when the Patriots traveled to Tyler Thursday.
Taking on the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights on their home floor, the Patriots outscored the hosts in both halves of the game to secure a 76-63 victory.
H-BC led by 11...
Dragon boys top Panthers in opener
The Adrian boys’ basketball team opened the season by recording a 64-53 home win over Ellsworth.
The Dragons opened a 13-point lead (35-22) in the first half and withstood Ellsworth’s challenges in the second half to prevail by 11 points.
Mitchell Lonneman (27...
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team opened the 2015-16 season in a disappointing way Nov. 25 in Pipestone.
After playing with the lead for a good share of the game’s first 12 minutes, H-BC was outscored 61-23 in the final 25:37 of a 71-40 setback.
Surrendering the first two points of the...
Seven players and the coach of the Hills-Beaver Creek High School football team received postseason honors of their accomplishments in 2015.
Five Patriots made the 2015 All-South District Western Division Football Team, and two more players landed honorable mention honors.
H-BC coach Rex Metzger...
Wysong states intentions
Avery Wysong, a Hills-Beaver Creek High School sophomore, gave a verbal commitment to play college softball at North Dakota State University in Fargo over the weekend.
Wysong, who moved to Hills over the summer with her family, will play under scholarship for NDSU’s...
Six athletes from the Star Herald coverage area raked in postseason honors from Red Rock Conference officials last week.
Two area athletes made the 2015 All-Red Rock Conference Volleyball Team.
Four more local individuals received honorable mention honors from the league’s coaches.
Hills-Beaver...
The 2015 volleyball season came to an end Friday in Worthington for the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots.
H-BC, the seventh-seed for the South Section 3A Tournament, took on No. 2 Windom during the event’s quarterfinal round.
The Patriots were unable to advance to the semifinals as the Eagles saddled H-...