By Mark HaugenSenior Kale Wiertzema became just the eighth Hills-Beaver Creek boys basketball player to go over the 1,000 mark in career points on Tuesday night in Hills.He ended with 31 points on the night in helping the Patriots to a 3-0 record on the week and lifting them to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in the conference.H-BC beat Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster 81-56 on Tuesday night, beat Ellsworth 77-70 on Saturday and downed Murray County Central 78-65 on Thursday.The Patriots play Southwest Christian in Edgerton Friday night and at Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Tuesday.H-BC 81, SVRLB 56Kale Wiertzema’s 3-pointer in the third quarter pushed him over the 1,000-point mark for his career and helped lift the Patriots to the victory.It was part of a 28-9 H-BC scoring outburst that put away SV-RL-B, as the Patriots shot 56 percent for the game.Wiertzema poured in 31 points on 10-16 shooting and rolled "7"s in rebounds, steals and assists. Zach Wysong tossed in 21 points, hitting 5-7 on 3-pointers. Tyler Bush led with eight rebounds and nine assists."We shot the ball real well and played a little better defense in the second half," Coach Steve Wiertzema said. "We’re playing real well using our speed to our advantage and shooting the ball well. It’s progressing like we want."H-BC Box ScoreDeBoer 0 0-0 0, Wysong 33 5 0-1 21, Bush 3 0-0 6, Sandbulte 0 0-1 0, Wiertzema 10 2 5-6 31, Haak 1 1-2 3, Broesder 0 2 0-0 6, Hup 2 1-2 5, LeBoutillier 1 0-0 2, Rozeboom 2 1 0-0 7.. Team Totals:2-pt shooting: H-BC 22-40 for 55 percent, SVRLB 13-24 for 54.2 percent. 3-pt shooting: H-BC 10-17 for 58.8 percent, SVRLB 9-14 for 65.3 percent. Rebounds: H-BC 30 (Bush 8, Wiertzema 7), SVRLB 16, Blocks: H-BC 3. Steals: H-BC 14 (Wiertzema 7). Turnovers: H-BC 9, SVRLB 14. Assists: H-BC 27 (Bush 9, Wiertzema 7). H-BC 78,MCC 65The Patriots had their running game in high gear and wore down Murray County Central on Thursday in Slayton.H-BC jumped to a 19-11 first-quarter lead and forced 13 first-half turnovers.Wiertzema fell one assist shy of a triple-double, compiling 19 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists. He nabbed six steals for good measure.Wysong hit three 3-pointers and totaled 17 points, while Broesder had 14. Bush and LeBoutillier scored a dozen each.H-BC Box ScoreDeBoer 0 2-2 2, Wysong 3 3 2-2 17, Bush 4 0 4-4 12, Wiertzema 5 2 33-4 19, Baker 0 0-0 0, Broesder 4 2 0-0 14, Hup 0 0-0 0, LeBoutillier 6 0 0-2 12, Martens 0 2-2 2. Team Totals:2-pt shooting: H-BC 22-51 for 43.1 percent, MCC 18-34 for 52.9 percent. 3-pt shooting: HBC 7-10 (Wysong 3-5, Wiertzema 2-3, Broesder 2-2), MCC 9-19. Rebounds: H-BC 41 (Wiertzema 12, Bush 7, Broesder 7, LeBoutillier 7), MCC 23. Steals: H-BC 16 (Wiertzema 6, Bush 5). Turnovers: H-BC 17, MCC 21. Assists: H-BC 22 (Wiertzema 9, Bush 8).H-BC 77, Ellsworth 70H-BC came out firing, rolling up 27 points in the first quarter, and held off a late Panther charge for the win.Wysong nailed four 3-pointers on his way to a team-high 21 points. Wiertzema netted 17 points and led with nine rebounds and nine assists. Bush added 15 points and five steals.The Patriots led 60-44 going into the fourth quarter, where they were outscored 26-17."We played very well to start the game but lost our intensity on defense and got into some foul trouble," Coach Steve Wiertzema said.H-BC Box ScoreWysong 2 4 5-6 21, Bush 6 1 0-0 15, Wiertzema 7 3-6 17, Baker 2 0-0 4, Broesder 3 1 0-1 9, Hup 1 0-0 2, LeBoutillier 2 3-5 7, Rozeboom 1 0-1 2.. Team Totals:2-pt shooting: H-BC 24-42 for 57 percent, E 16-37 for 43 percent. 3-pt shooting: H-BC 6-13 for 46 percent, E 9-27 for 33 percent. Rebounds: H-BC 35 (Wiertzema 9, Baker 7), E 35. Blocks: H-BC 1, E 0. Steals: H-BC 10 (Bush 3, Wiertzema 3, LeBoutillier 3). Turnovers: H-BC 15, E 10. Assists: H-BC 23 (Wiertzema 9, Bush 5).