Lena Jouwstra, 89, Luverne, died Thrusday, Feb. 7 at the Luverne Community Hospital. Services will be Monday, Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Christian Reformed Church, Luverne, with Rev. George Koopmans officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. at Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley. Visitation will be Sunday, Feb. 10 from 3 to 7 p.m. with the family present at Engebretson Funeral Home.

Melvin "Barney" Kruger, 59, Ash Creek, died Wednesday, Feb. 6 at his home. Services will be Saturday, Feb. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church, 2 miles west of Luverne, with Rev. David Jahn officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church. Dingmann Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Barbara A. Wikstrom, 67, Coon Rapids, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002. She was the mother of Evelyn Kephart, Luverne.

Services were Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Gearhart Coon Rapids Chapel. Burial was in Morningside Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include her husband, Gerald Wikstrom, Coon Rapids; one son, Jerry, and his fiancŽe, Nan; six daughters and sons-in-law, Evelyn and Danny Kephart, Luverne, Debra and Brian VanWagner, Deanna Gutzmer, Lynn and Russell Baker, Patricia Avey and Lynn Ruth Wikstrom; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one brother, Ed (Terry) Crocker; and one sister, Dorothy Flagg. She also had many adopted children and friends.

She loved to play bingo.

Kapal-Glodek Gearhart was in charge of arrangements.

Rose A. Wieneke, 86, Lismore, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.

Services were Wednesday, Feb. 6, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. The Rev. Gerald Kosse and Roxanne Lisnak officiated. Burial was at St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Lismore.

Rose Dollander was born to Jacob and Mary (Serie) Dollander on April 2, 1915, in Hardwick. She attended rural school near Magnolia.

She married Edmund R. Wieneke on Jan. 15, 1935, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. They farmed in Leota Township for eight years prior to moving to Lismore Township where they continued farming. Mr. Wieneke died Oct. 10, 1985. Se made her home in Lismore Township until she moved to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne in February 2000.

Mrs. Wieneke was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, CCW and Christian Mothers. She enjoyed camping, fishing, playing cards, and puzzle books.

Survivors include 10 children, Arlene (Ron) Steen, Englewood, Colo., Jerome (Carol) Wieneke, Frank (Deb) Wieneke, all of Adrian, Elmer (Judy) Wieneke, Jake (Theresa) Wieneke, Herman (Eileen) Wieneke, Ray (Shirley) Wieneke, Carl (Roberta) Wieneke, all of Lismore, Harold (Rhoda) Wieneke, Olewein, Iowa, and Lois (Larry) Schmidtke, Trimont; 37 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; one brother, Virgil (Kathleen) Dollander, Slayton; one sister, Margaret (Thomas) Kuykendall, Vallejo, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews and in-laws.

Mrs. Wieneke was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister, Steph, and one brother, Leopold.

Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.

Robert William Reisdorfer, 75, Marshall, formerly of Adrian, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002, in his home.

Services were Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Marshall.

Robert Reisdorfer was born to Jacob and Gladys (Nicks) Reisdorfer on May, 6, 1926, on the family farm in Leota Township. He graduated from Adrian High School in 1943. He joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in 1948 and was mobilized for the Korean Conflict.

He married Dolores Lapic on June 26, 1951, in Luverne. He sold insurance for 41 years with Farmers Insurance Group. He served with the Minnesota Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserves for 27 years. His military career culminated with the rank of master sergeant with the 88th Headquarters at Ft. Snelling.

Mr. Reisdorfer was a member of the American Legion, Knights of Columbus, and was a state officer for the Jaycees. He had many civic interests and served on a variety of committees with his favorite being the planning commission. His interests included going to auctions, collecting antiques, restoring furniture and politics. His favorite pastime was spending time and playing cards with his family.

Survivors include his wife, Dolores (Dee) Reisdorfer, Marshall; seven children, Nancy Reisdorfer, Vicki (Kevin) Schwartz, all of Minneota; Neil (Linda) Reisdorfer, Centerville, Sharon (Dave) Soenen, Austin, Texas, Ryan (Deana) Reisdorfer, Lino Lakes, Diane (Tom) Consolino, Albuquerque, N.M., and Mary Sue (Dave) Aasheim, Torrance, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Jim (Angeline) Reisdorfer, Lismore, and Dale (Anita) Reisdorfer, Ft. Worth, Texas; and one sister, June Martin, Omaha, Neb.

Mr. Reisdorfer was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Eldon.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorials be sent to Prairie Home Hospice.

Rehkamp Funeral Home, Marshall, was in charge of arrangements.

Lois Maxwell,85, Luverne, died Sunday, Jan. 20 at Luverne Hospice Cottage. Services will be Thursday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at Dingmann Funeral Chapel, Luverne, with Rev. John Opsata officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Dingmann Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

John Aukes, 94, Luverne, died Saturday, Feb. 9 at Mary Jane Brown Home, Luverne. A private family service will be held Wednesday with Rev. Paul Fries officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. Engebretson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys' basketball team had an eight-game winning streak snapped when it lost a 16-point game in Fulda Tuesday.

The roll reached eight straight with an 11-point win over Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin in Hills Friday.

H-BC, 11-5 overall, hosts Adrian tomorrow.

Fulda 72, H-BC 56
The home-standing Raiders pulled away from the Patriots in the second half during Tuesday's tilt in Fulda.

H-BC led 18-12 after eight minutes of play before falling behind 31-28 at halftime, but Fulda outscored the Patriots 41-28 in the second half to win by 16.

The Raiders moved in front 53-29 by outscoring H-BC 22-11 in the third period. A 19-17 scoring edge in the fourth quarter iced the win for Fulda.

Brad Haak and Trey Van Wyhe led H-BC with 12 and 10 points respectively. Darin DeBoer and Van Wyhe recorded six and five rebounds.

Box score
Metzger 1 0 0-0 2, D.DeBoer 0 2 2-4 8, Roozenboom 0 0 0-1 0, Van Maanen 1 0 0-0 2, Haak 5 0 2-2 12, Leuthold 0 0 0-0 0, L.DeBoer 2 1 1-2 8, Van Wyhe 2 0 6-7 10, Top 0 1 5-6 8, Buck 3 0 0-0 6, Krull 0 0 0-0 0.

Team statistics
H-BC: 18 of 51 field goals (35 percent), 16 of 22 free throws (73 percent), 29 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
Fulda: 28 of 64 field goals (44 percent), seven of 10 free throws (70 percent), 35 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

H-BC 73, ML-B-O 62
The one-two punch of seniors David Top and Matt Buck lifted the Patriots to an 11-point win over the Wolverines in Hills Friday.

Buck and Top both recorded double-doubles for a team that bounced back from a 17-15 deficit after eight minutes of play by outscoring ML-B-O 58-45 in the third three quarters.

Top burned the nets for 29 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Buck, who had five assists, pumped in 19 points and led the Patriots with 14 rebounds.

H-BC outscored the Wolverines 24-15 in the second quarter to assume a 39-32 halftime advantage. The Patriots increased their lead to 10 points (60-50) in the third quarter before winning by 11.

Brad Haak added 10 points and nine rebounds to the winning cause. Lyle DeBoer led the Patriots with six assists and three steals. Jesse Leuthold contributed five assists.

Box score
D.DeBoer 3 0 1-3 7, Van Maanen 1 0 0-0 2, Haak 4 0 2-4 10, Leuthold 1 0 0-2 2, L.DeBoer 2 0 0-2 4, Top 7 2 9-18 29, Buck 9 0 1-3 19.

Team statistics
H-BC: 29 of 59 field goals (49 percent), 13 of 32 free throws (41 percent), 46 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
ML-B-O: 23 of 54 field goals (43 percent), 10 of 16 free throws (63 percent), 27 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

Adrian sophomore guard Sarah Kruger drives to the basket during Thursday's Red Rock Conference girls' basketball showdown against Fulda in Adrian. Kruger scored 11 points to help AHS down the Raiders 62-55 in overtime and take over first place in the RRC West Division.

By John Rittenhouse
Something had to give when Adrian squared off against Fulda in a girls' basketball game played in Adrian Thursday.

In what was a showdown for the lead in the Red Rock Conference West Divison, the home-standing Dragons pulled out a thrilling 62-55 overtime victory.

Both teams had one league loss entering the clash, which placed extra importance on the outcome. In what proved to be an entertaining game played in front of a big crowd, the Dragons rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to pull out a seven-point win in overtime.

Fulda, which handed the Dragons their lone RRC loss when the teams met in Fulda Nov. 30, appeared to be in control of the game when it turned what was a 30-20 lead at halftime into an 11-point advantage (35-24) in the early stages of the third quarter.

Sparked by a reserve sophomore post, Adrian answered the challenge by outscoring the Raiders 38-20 the rest of the way to take over the division lead by one game.

Maria Gengler, who didn't step on the court in the first half, came up big for the Dragons in the second half and overtime. Her 12-point, seven-rebound effort played a key role in Adrian's second-half rally.

After falling behind by 11 points early in the third quarter, Adrian put together a 6-0 run to pull within five points (35-30) of the Raiders before facing a six-point (40-34) at period's end.

The Dragons dominated play in the early stages of the fourth quarter and tied the game at 42 when Andrea Burzlaff, who paced AHS with 15 points and 12 rebounds, converted a field goal with 5:06 left in regulation play.

Fulda countered with a 5-0 run to regain the lead at 47-42), but Gengler capped a 6-0 Adrian run by draining a field goal at the 1:28 mark to give her team its first lead (48-47) since early in the first quarter.

The Raiders tied the game at 48 before Adrian took a 51-48 advantage with one free throw by Jenna Honermann (with :14.2 remaining) and two more by Sarah Kruger (:06.3). Fulda, however, received new life when Abby Oakland swished a three-point shot right before the horn sounded, setting the stage for a four-minute overtime session.

Adrian clearly was the most aggressive team in overtime as it outscored the Raiders 11-4.

Burzlaff netted six points and Kruger added four of her 11 counters to lead the Dragons in the extra session.

Fulda controlled play in the game's first half.

A 4-0 run gave the Raiders their biggest lead of the first period (12-7) before Honermann scored off an offensive rebound with six seconds remaining to make it a 12-9 game.

A 5-0 run early in the second quarter put the Raiders in front 21-13, and Adrian never got closer than six points in a period that ended with the hosts facing a 30-20 deficit.

Honermann contributed 11 points and nine assists to AdrianÕs cause. Kylie Heronimus came up with four steals.

Box score
Heronimus 4 0 0-2 8, Bo.Bullerman 0 0 0-0 0, Honermann 5 0 1-2 11, Burzlaff 7 0 1-2 15, Henning 0 0 0-0 0, Kruger 2 0 7-10 11, Lonneman 0 0 0-0 0, Gengler 5 0 2-2 12, Knips 1 0 1-2 3, Br.Bullerman 1 0 0-0 2.

Team statistics
Adrian 25 of 64 field goals (39 percent), 12 of 20 free throws (60 percent), 38 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
Fulda: 19 of 65 field goals (35 percent), 14 of 17 free throws (82 percent), 32 rebounds, 20 turnovers.