By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth Patriots opened the 2004 football season by rolling to a 32-12 victory over Lakeview in Cottonwood Thursday.Senior Zach Wysong scored three touchdowns in three different ways to help the Patriots best the Lakers by 20 points in a non-conference clash.Wysong, who ran for 173 yards and picked up 55 yards as a pass receiver, scored one rushing touchdown, one receiving touchdown and returned a punt for a six-pointer to lead the Patriots to victory."We were really pleased with the way we played," said Patriot coach Dan Ellingson. "It was a really good effort. The kids played the entire game hard, and we even got the chance to play some younger kids late in the game."H-BC-E assumed control of the contest by opening a 20-6 halftime advantage.After their first offensive possession of the game stalled in Laker territory, the Patriots moved in front to stay with their second possession of the game.Tom LeBoutiller, who carried the ball 14 times for 118 yards in the game, scored on a five-yard run to cap the possession. The pass for a two-point conversion fell incomplete, leaving H-BC-E with a 6-0 cushion.The Patriots doubled their lead (12-0) four plays later.After H-BC-E’s defense forced Lakeview to punt three plays after LeBoutillier’s touchdown, Wysong fielded the kick and returned it 68 yards for a touchdown. Another pass for a conversion failed, leaving the Patriots with a 12-point lead that would end the scoring in the first quarter.Lakeview got back into the game when quarterback Cody Fruin tossed a nine-yard touchdown pass to Cam Hauge early in the second quarter. The Lakers, however, were unable to run in the two-point conversion and were left facing a 12-6 deficit.Lakeview got the ball back later in the period, but H-BC-E’s Cody Scholten took it away by intercepting a pass.The Patriot offense then displayed some quick-strike ability when a screen pass from quarterback Travis Broesder to Wysong turned into a 55-yard catch and touchdown run. Broesder carried in the two-point conversion to give the Patriots a 20-6 halftime lead.H-BC-E iced the game by scoring the first two touchdowns in the second half.Wysong picked off a pass that set up a three-yard touchdown pass from Broesder to Cody Rozeboom in the third quarter. A failed conversion pass left the Patriots sporting a 26-6 lead.Wysong capped the scoring for H-BC-E when he dashed for a 47-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to make the difference 32-6.Lakeview produced a late touchdown when Derby Wiesen scored on a four-yard run to end the scoring in the game.Take away 10 penalties that hurt H-BC-E on both sides of the ball, and Ellingson would have had no complaints about his team’s performance in the opener."It was the first game, and you’re never quite sure how things will come together," he said. "We did have 10 penalties, and our stats (statistics) would have been a lot better if we would have played a cleaner game. Our offense played well without Jason Martens (center) and Chris Nuffer (tight end), who missed the game with a score knee and strep throat. Our defense played really well, but we did give up a couple of long gains because of some missed assignments. But we can work those things out."H-BC-E makes its home debut Friday by hosting Westbrook-Walnut Grove.Team statisticsH-BC-E: 356 rushing yards, 60 passing yards, 416 total yards, 19 first downs, 10 penalties for 60 yards, three turnovers.Lakeview: 186 rushing yards, 107 passing yards, 293 total yards, nine first downs, five penalties for 41 yards, two turnovers.Individual statisticsRushing: LeBoutillier 14-118, Wysong 15-173, Broesder 13-32, Adam Finke 2-32, Tom Leuthold 1-3, Kerry Fink 1-2, Josh Nolte 1-minus 1.Passing: Broesder 3-12 for 60 yards.Receiving: Wysong 1-55, Rozeboom 1-3, Greg Van Batavia 1-2.Defense: Rozeboom nine tackles, Brian Gacke eight tackles, Jason Hup six tackles, Kenny Bittner two tackles and one sack, Scholten one interception, Wysong one interception.