Hills-Beaver Creek Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The H-BC boys’ and girls’ golf teams traveled to Mountain Lake Golf Club Thursday, April 10, to take on Mountain Lake and Red Rock Central in 9-hole action. The Patriot boys’ team finished in second place with a team score of 211. Mountain Lake took first place with a team score of 188. H-BC beat Red Rock Central who finished with a team score of 217. The Patriot girls’ team, which consists…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025Two H-BC seniors, Beau Bakken and Sawyer Bosch, received Red Rock Conference all-conference honorable mention recognition. Both Patriots were a big part of the season for H-BC and their section basketball run.- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Patriots golf team traveled to take on Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Friday, April 4, for their first match of the season. The H-BC boys’ team fell 176-193 to the Coyotes in 9-hole play. “I was proud of how the guys competed for it being our first meet of the year,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. Senior Cameron Allen medaled for H-BC, finishing in second place overall with a 42. Sophomore…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Patriots track and field team went on the road to start their 2025 season, participating in the Mount Marty High School Class B Invite at the Ruth Donohoe First Dakota Fieldhouse. Forty schools participated in the indoor meet on Thursday, March 27, at Mount Marty University. “This is the first indoor meet we’ve participated in for several years,” head coach Rex Metzger said. “It was great…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 02, 2025The Big South Conference and Red Rock Conference released their 2024-25 basketball all-conference picks. Luverne High School boys’ basketball seniors Carter Sehr and Landon Ahrendt and girls’ basketball freshman Taya Johnson were named to the all-conference team in the Big South Conference. In the Red Rock Conference, Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball juniors Micah Bush and Jamin Metzger,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 19, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team traveled to Marshall Thursday, March 13, to take on Dawson Boyd for the Section 3 championship title. The No. 2-seed Patriots played the No. 1-seed Blackjacks tight in the first half of the game and took a 27-25 lead into the half. “I thought our boys came out and played very well in the first half,” head coach Chad Rauk said. “Our defense played really well…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team moves on to the section championship after beating Southwest Minnesota Christian 76-62 in the section quarterfinals Thursday, March 6, and taking down Murray County Central 60-44 Saturday, March 8, in the section semi-finals. The Patriots are scheduled to take on Dawson-Boyd for the Section 3 championship Thursday. March 13, at Southwest Minnesota State…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 12, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team fell to MACCRAY 54-44 in the Section 3 championship Thursday, March 6, in Marshall. H-BC had a one-point lead at the half, 25-24, against the Wolverines. MACCRAY came back and collected 30 points in the second half to take the section championship. “Thursday night felt like a 12-round fight between the Patriots and Wolverines. That was one of the most…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team is heading to the section championship against MCCRAY Thursday, March 6, after beating Westbrook Walnut Grove 48-35 in quarterfinal action Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Worthington and taking down Adrian-Ellsworth 66-43 Saturday, March 1, in Marshall. In the win against the Dragons, H-BC won the sub-section championship, the first time since 2004. The Lady Pates are…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMarch 05, 2025The H-BC boys’ basketball team beat Adrian-Ellsworth 73-47 in the section tournament Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. The Patriots built a 33-26 lead in the first half and added another 40 points in the second half to win the game 73-47. Head coach Chad Rauk said he thought his players had a slow start in the first half of the game but later found their footing. “I thought we played a really…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team swept three teams to finish their regular season with a 23-2 record. The Patriots beat Edgerton 72-47 at home Tuesday, Feb. 18, topped Heron Lake 80-41 on the road Friday, Feb. 21, and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 79-30 at home Monday, Feb. 24. H-BC moves on to the Section 3A tournament with a game scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1, in Worthington. Hills-Beaver…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 26, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team beat Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 60-41 in Section 3A quarterfinal action Saturday, Feb. 22, in Worthington. “I was pleased with how we got out of the gates. The girls stormed out to a 7-0 lead setting the tone of the whole game,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had stretches after that where we weren’t finishing well around the rim and some shots weren’t…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team finished their regular season as the Red Rock Conference Champions. The Lady Pates amassed a 20-6 season record after beating Red Rock Central 68-16 at home Thursday, Feb. 13, and taking Murray County Central 55-48 on the road Monday, Feb. 17. H-BC receives a bye in the first round of the Section 3A tournament. The Patriots are scheduled to play the winner of…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The H-BC girls’ basketball team beat the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights 66-57 on the road Friday, Feb. 7. “I thought Friday night against the Knights the girls played one of their best all-around games on the offensive end,” head coach Dylan Gehrke said. “We had balanced scoring across the board and needed all of it because the Knights had a hot shooting night hitting eight three-pointers.”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot boys’ basketball team extended their season record to 17-1, beating two conference opponents this past week. H-BC beat Murray County Central 81-47 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 28, and took down Red Rock Central 87-53 at home Friday, Jan. 31. The Patriots travel to play Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday, Feb. 6, and will take on Southwest Minnesota Christian on the road Tuesday, Feb. 11…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorFebruary 05, 2025The Patriot girls’ basketball team won three games to extend their Red Rock Conference record to 17-6 overall. H-BC took down Adrian 53-47 at home Thursday, Jan. 30, beat Garretson 38-23 on the road Friday, Jan. 31, and outplayed Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 40-28 Monday, Feb. 3, on the road. The Patriots have three games left in the regular season. They take on Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 7…
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