By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys recorded their eighth-straight Red Rock Conference basketball victory when they hosted Fulda for a league clash Thursday in Hills.With senior Kale Wiertzema leading the way with a 28-point performance, the Patriots broke open what was a close game most of the night to secure a 76-57 win.Fulda scored the game’s first three points before H-BC reeled off seven straight counters capped by a free throw from Wiertzema at the 5:29 mark of the opening quarter to give the hosts a 7-3 lead.Fulda battled back to take a 15-13 edge late in period, but Wiertzema converted a layup with five seconds remaining to knot the score at 15.The score was tied at 19 in the fourth quarter when H-BC put together a 15-4 run capped by Zach Wysong’s half-court, three-point shot at the buzzer that gave the Patriots a 34-23 halftime advantage.Wysong, who scored 14 points for H-BC, gave the Patriots a 13-point lead (36-23) with a field goal early in the third quarter, but the Raiders rallied to trim the difference to seven points (36-29) as the period progressed, before falling behind 50-40 at period’s end.The Raiders sliced H-BC’s lead to seven points (52-45) in the first minute of the fourth quarter, but H-BC outscored Fulda 24-12 the rest of the night to prevail by 19 points.Wiertzema, who had five rebounds, scored 11 points when H-BC put the game away in the fourth quarter.Tyler Bush scored 15 points and led H-BC with 11 assists and eight rebounds. Tom LeBoutiller and Cody Rozeboom charted five rebounds and three steals respectively for the H-BC.Box scoreWysong 4 2 0-0 14, Rozeboom 4 0 1-3 9, Bush 5 0 5-5 15, Wiertzema 6 2 10-19 28, Baker 0 0 1-2 1, Broesder 1 1 2-2 7, LeBoutillier 1 0 0-0 2.Team statisticsH-BC: 26 of 55 field goals (47 percent), 19 of 31 free throws (61 percent), 28 rebounds, 10 turnovers.Fulda: 22 of 46 field goals (48 percent), seven of 13 free throws (54 percent), 28 rebounds, 12 turnovers.