HLA Athletics News

Comet Boys Win in Glenwood

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:59:01 +0000

The Hillcrest boys basketball team posted a 63-54 win over Minnewaska Area in Glenwood on Thursday night. The Comets opened up a 34-21 lead after an impressive first half.

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Hillcrest Girls Fall at Home

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:57:33 +0000

The Hillcrest girls basketball team fell to Verndale on Thursday night 64-37 at the Student Activities Center at Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls. The Pirates shot 44% (27/61) from the field and came up with 19 steals in the contest. They also held a 32-19 edge on the boards. Verndale led 39-20 at halftime and outscored the lady Comets 25-18 over the final eighteen minutes.

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Comet Boys Top Cowboys

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:55:59 +0000

The Hillcrest boys basketball team hosted Breckenridge on Tuesday night and placed four players in double figures on the way to a 71-57 non-conference victory over the Cowboys.

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Chargers Come From Behind to Beat Comets

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:54:35 +0000

The Brandon-Evansville Chargers Boys Basketball Team rallied from a 28-19 halftime deficit to defeat the Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Comets 54-47.

The Chargers benefited from a balanced scoring attack. Three players were in double figures led by John Haseman's 21 points. Patrick Schaffer added a career high 18. Blake Satterlie made four 3 pointers for 12 points. Billie Juul and Schaffer each dished out 4 assists. Haseman grabbed half of the Chargers 20 rebounds. The Chargers shot 49% (19/39) from the field and 55% (11/20) from the free throw line.

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Owls Defeat Lady Comets

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:53:13 +0000

The Hancock Owls paid a visit to Fergus Falls on Valentines Day night where they recorded a 62-48 non-conference girls basketball victory over the Hillcrest Comets.

Hancock shot a blistering 48% (27/56) from the field with senior Courtney Greinerscoring 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting. She completed her double-double by pulling down 15 rebounds. Greiner also blocked 3 shots and had 3 steals. Freshman Lexi Steege scored 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting and came up with a team high 4 steals. Junior Sami Schmidgall scored 9 points and dished out a team leading 4 assists.

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Comet Girls Fall at Home to C-G-B

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:52:12 +0000

The Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Wolverines defeated the Hillcrest Comets 50-44 in a non-conference girls basketball game on Tuesday night in Fergus Falls. The Wolverines held a 27-22 halftime lead and outscored the Comets 23-22 over the final eighteen minutes of play.

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Comet Boys Win in Underwood

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:50:59 +0000

The Hillcrest boys basketball team avenged an earlier season loss to Underwood with a 45-31 victory over the Rockets on Tuesday night in Underwood. The Comets held the Rockets to 31% shooting on the night and won the battle of the boards, 25-16. Hillcrest made 44% (17/39) of their field goal attempts.

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Hillcrest Boys Basketball

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:49:30 +0000

The Hillcrest Boys Basketball team is the Pizza Ranch Restaurant Team of the Week.

The Comets won two games this past week, running their winning streak to four and improving their overall record to 8-7 and the Little Eight Conference mark to 7-3.

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Otter Tail Nordic Ski Season Ends

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:47:23 +0000

The Otter Tail Nordic Ski team ended their season with their Section 8 championships at Camp Ripley on Tuesday and the makeup of their Central Lakes Conference meet, which they hosted at Spidahl's Skigaard on Friday, February 8. Their meatball dinner annual fundraiser which was scheduled for Sunday night has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

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Hillcrest Boys Beat Ashby for 4th Straight Win

Hillcrest Academy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:45:51 +0000

The Ashby boys basketball team suffered their fourth loss of the season and second Little Eight Conference loss Friday night at the hands of the Hillcrest Comets. The Comets recorded their fourth straight win and pulled to within a half game of the Arrows and Battle Lake in the conference standing.

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