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The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team hosted Central Lyon Saturday, Dec. 17.
The Lyons were state runners-up in Iowa 2A basketball in 2022.
The Patriots had their hands full in the matchup and lost to the Lyons 74-44.
Leading the scoring for the Patriots was Brayden Metzger with 12 points.
Beau Bakken posted 11 points and Brock Harnack added eight points.
Other contributors were Jamin Metzger with six points, Riley Tatge with five and EJ Wegener had two.
Defensively Tatge had four rebounds, two blocked shots and one steal. Jamin Metzger had five rebounds and one blocked shot.
Brayden Metzger contributed five rebounds and two steals. Harnack and Micah Bush had four rebounds each.
Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team has a season record of 0-2.
The Patriots were scheduled to travel to Mountain Lake Tuesday, Dec. 20, and they’ll participate in a tournament Friday, Dec. 30, at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.