Luverne senior Dustin Donth nearly pins Fulda-Murray County Central’s Ben Kremer during Thursday’s home wrestling debut for the Cardinals. F-MCC rolled to a 70-6 win over Luverne during the match.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne wrestling team took to the mat for a pair of events late last week.The Cardinals lost a 64-point decision when they wrestled against Fulda-Murray County Central in their home opener Thursday. Luverne also competed at the Pizza Ranch Tournament hosted by Jackson County Central Saturday.Luverne was scheduled to wrestle Southwest Conference matches against Marshall and JCC in Jackson Tuesday, but the triangular was rescheduled for Jan. 2.The 0-1 Cards wrestle in Harrisburg, S.D., tonight before competing at the SWC-South Central Conference Individual Tournament in St. James Saturday.JCC tourneyThe Cardinals capped a 13-team field during Saturday’s Pizza Ranch Tournament in Jackson.Luverne had four boys entered in varsity competition, and the Cardinals went a combined 1-8 for the day while scoring three team points.Luverne’s lone win came from Kerry Fink at 145 pounds. Fink pinned Jackson County Central’s Nate Hodnefield in 59 seconds during the first round of the wrestlebacks in between being pinned by Adrian’s Dusty Bullerman and Worthington’s Cody Schmidt.Cardinals Anthony Boyenga, Dustin Donth and Jesse Saravia went 0-2 at 140, 152 and 160 respectively.F-MCC 70, Luverne 6The visiting Warriors spoiled Luverne’s home debut by rolling to a 64-point win over the Cardinals Thursday.F-MCC, which received 24 points from forfeits, won nine of 10 matches on the mat to win the duel decisively.The Warriors led 58-0 before Cardinal Jose Saravia pinned Jeff Horne in 3:13 at 189 pounds to account for Luverne’s six points.F-MCC’s 58-0 run to start the match featured two forfeits, and pins from Tyler Giese (1:45 over Philip Altman at 103), Kody Kramer (3:00 over Mike Fletcher at 112), Loren Clark (1:38 over Brad Donth at 125), Ben Kremer (2:49 over Dustin Donth at 152) and Dean Paulzine (1:02 over Matt Goembel at 171).The Warriors received major decision wins from Mitch Clarke (9-0 over Kerry Fink at 135), Ryan Anderson (15-7 over Anthony Boyenga at 140), Eric Zins (10-1 over Kelsey Petersen at 145) and Nick Henning (10-0 over Jesse Saravia at 160) during the match.Match wrap-up103 (F) Giese pins Altman.112 (F) Kramer pins Fletcher.119 (F) Fitzgerald by forfeit.125 (F) Clarke pins B.Donth.130 (F) Giese by forfeit.135 (F) Clarke m.d. Fink.140 (F) Anderson m.d. Boyenga.145 (F) Zins m.d. Petersen.152 (F) Kremer pins D.Donth.160 (F) Henning m.d. Je.Saravia.171 (F) Paulzine pins Goembel.189 (L) Jo.Saravia pins Horne.215 (F) Steinmetz by forfeit.275 (F) Witzel by forfeit.
