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The Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams participated in the Red Rock Conference No. 3 meet on Tuesday, May 9.
The boys’ team traveled to Westbrook-Walnut Grove, finishing six out of seven teams, and the girls played at Slayton and did not place with only two girls competing.
The Patriots traveled to Adrian May 12 where the boys lost 161-209 and the girls played a two-on-two match with the Dragons.
H-BC was scheduled to travel to the Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 4 in Worthington Tuesday, May 16, and the Patriots will take on Lamberton Thursday, May 18, on the road.
Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 3
The Hills-Beaver Creek golf team competed in the Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 3 Tuesday, May 9.
Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/Westbrook Walnut Grove took first with a combined 18-hole score of 318. Adrian/Ellsworth placed second with 328, Southwest Christian-Edgerton was third with 357, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey was fourth with 369, Murray County Central was fifth with 399, Hills-Beaver Creek was sixth with 409, and Red Rock Central finished seventh with 410.
“The boys’ team shot a low score for the year and so did Cameron Allen and Micah Bush,” Patriots head coach Dan Ellingson said.
Bush, a freshman, led the Patriots with an 18-hole score of 92.
Allen, a sophomore, turned in a two-round total of 93, eighth-grader Camdyn Broesder finished with a 109, senior Brock Harnack posted a 115, and junior Cooper Gehrke finished with a 124.
Freshman Abby Olson turned in an 18-hole score of 132, and junior Taylor Spykerboer shot a 193.
“The girls’ team did not have a good day,” Ellingson said. “They started off poor and never recovered.”
H-BC vs. Adrian
In a golf meet at Adrian Friday, May 12, the Patriot boys lost to Adrian 161-209 in nine-hole play.
“This was the first time our players have played at Adrian,” Ellingson said.
“Although our scores were not the best of the year, our experience is helping us to make better decisions on the course.”
He said the boys are on the verge of breaking the 200-stroke team barrier for nine holes.
“I feel like we will do that this week,” Ellingson said. “Either Tuesday at Worthington or Thursday at Sanborn.”
Allen led H-BC with a round of 49, Harnack turned in a score of 50, Bush shot a 51, Broesder finished with a 59 and Gehrke shot a 63.
For the girls’ team Olson turned in a round of 59 and Spykerboer shot a 65.
Both H-BC and Adrian had only two female golfers in the meet.