By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth boys made a bid to win the Red Rock Conference golf championship before falling three strokes short Thursday.The Patriots served as hosts for the annual league tournament at the Beaver Creek Golf Course, and they nearly stole the show by putting together a 370-stroke team tally.H-BC-E, however came up three shots off the pace.Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Southwest Christian turned in 367-stroke totals to finish the event in a tie. W-WG was awarded the championship because its fifth player outscored Southwest’s 101-105.Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster (386), Red Rock Central (414) and Southwest Star Concept (417) capped the six-team field.Three Patriot players earned spots on the All-RRC Team by placing in the Top-10 individually during the tournament.Tom Janssen led the Patriots by shooting an 87 to place third.Ben Herman placed sixth with a 90, and Tom Scholten finished ninth with a 94.SWC’s Collin Broekhuis edged W-WG’s Kenny Willers 82-83 to win the individual championship.SWC’s Evan Fey and W-WG’s Jordan shot 89s to share fourth place.SWC’s Matt Mulder placed seventh with a 92, SV-RL-B’s Tyler Hogan eighth with a 93 and SV-RL-B’s Jay Malenke 10th with a 96.Jason Marten contributed a 99-stroke round to H-BC-E’s team tally.Jeremy Elbers and Nick Deutsch shot 103- and 108-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.