Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth senior Canaan Petersen (top) looks for ways to score points against Jackson County Central’s Kent Scheff during Thursday’s Southwest Conference wrestling match in Luverne. The Cardinals beat JCC 54-25 for a Parents’ Night crowd.
By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth wrestling team broke into the win column in Southwest Conference competition by beating Jackson County Central by 29 points in Luverne Friday.
The 3-16 Cardinals were scheduled to open the 3AA Team Tournament against Pipestone in Westbrook Tuesday, but the match was postponed until tonight.
The 11th-seeded Cardinals take on No. 6 Pipestone at 6 p.m. The site of the match has been switched to Lamberton.
L-H-BC-E 54, JCC 25
The Cardinals avoided a winless SWC campaign by beating the Huskies by 29 points during Thursday’s Parents’ Night match in Luverne.
After giving away at least three forfeits per match most of the season, L-H-BC-E was able to field a complete team while reaping the benefits of six forfeits offered by JCC.
The match turned into L-H-BC-E’s favor after JCC’s Jordan Burmeister beat Dusty Seachris by technical fall at 135 pounds to give the Huskies a 22-12 lead.
L-H-BC-E scored team points in seven of the final eight weight classes, including five forfeits, while outscoring JCC 42-3.
The match ended with Cardinals Joel Evans (1:15 over Levi Kruse at 215) and Cody Jagow (1:04 over Jared Knips at heavyweight) recording pins.
JCC’s lone win in the final eight matches came from Kent Scheff, who nipped Canaan Petersen at 160 pounds.
JCC took an 11-0 lead when Sterling Bargfrede pinned Mike Fletcher in 1:42 at 103 and Nate Hodenfield beat Mike Van Wyhe by technical fall before L-H-BC-E’s Anthony Boyenga pinned Corey Dehn in 3:29 to make it an 11-6 difference.
JCC’s Justin Kolander pinned Kerry Fink in 1:34 at 125 before L-H-BC-E received its first forfeit of the night at 130.
Match wrap-up
103 (J) Bargfrede pins Fletcher.
112 (J) Hodenfield t.f. Van Wyhe.
119 (L) Boyenga pins Dehn.
125 (J) Kolander pins Fink.
130 (L) Aaker by forfeit.
135 (J) Burmeister t.f. Seachris.
140 (L) Mann by forfeit.
145 (L) Meyer by forfeit.
152 (L) Je.Saravia by forfeit.
160 (J) Scheff dec. Petersen.
171 (L) Jo.Saravia by forfeit.
189 (L) Cronberg by forfeit.
215 (L) Evans pins Kruse.
275 (L) Jagow pins Knips.
