Luverne eighth-grader Philip Altman (top) works over Redwood Valley’s Ross Mariner during Tuesday’s Southwest Conference wrestling match in Luverne. Altman pinned Mariner in 2:40 to record one of Luverne’s two wins during a 70-12 loss to RWV.By John RittenhouseThe Luverne wrestling team opened the 2004 portion of their schedule by competing in a pair of Southwest Conference events since Friday.Luverne lost matches to Jackson County Central and Marshall during a triangular meet in Jackson Friday. Redwood Valley beat the Cardinals by 58 points in Luverne Tuesday.Luverne, 0-5 overall and 0-3 in SWC competition, wrestles at the Southwest Conference Tournament in Pipestone Saturday before traveling to Windom Tuesday.RWV 70, Luverne 12Yielding seven forfeits to visiting Redwood Valley set the stage for a rough night for the Cardinals Tuesday in Luverne.RWV used 42 forfeit points and the 28 points it earned by winning five of seven matches to win the duel by 58 points.The highlights of the night for LHS were pins produced by Philip Altman and Anthony Boyenga at 103 and 135 pounds respectively.Altman covered Ross Mariner in 2:40. Boyenga disposed of Tim Brezina in 2:31.RWV received pins from Tony Iverson (1:47 over Brad Donth at 125), Alex Tiffany (1:49 over Kelsey Petersen at 145), Bo Hagert (3:38 over Dustin Donth at 152) and Paul Panitzke (2:40 over Roth Anderson at heavyweight).RWV’s Russell Gewerth posted an 11-0 major decision win over Kerry Fink at 140.Match wrap-up103 (L) Altman pins Mariner.112 (R) Myers by forfeit.119 (R) Hodgson by forfeit.125 (R) Iverson pins B.Donth.130 (R) Anderson by forfeit.135 (L) Boyenga pins Brezina.140 (R) Gewerth m.d. Fink.145 (R) Tiffany pins Petersen.152 (R) Hagert pins D.Donth.160 (R) Myers by forfeit.171 (R) Anderson by forfeit.189 (R) Heiling by forfeit.215 (R) Hagert by forfeit.275 (R) Panitzke pins Anderson.JCC triangularThe Cardinals dropped a pair of matches while wrestling at a Southwest Conference triangular in Jackson Friday.After giving up 30 points worth of forfeits in each match, Luverne couldn’t recover and lost 54-27 and 66-18 decisions to Marshall and Jackson County Central respectively.There were four matches settled on the mat in the 27-point loss to Marshall, and Luverne won one of them as Petersen topped Dallas Mahoney 9-3 at 145 pounds.Marshall’s Sam Oglseby pinned Brad Donth in 1:03 at 125, Nate Boerboom pinned Boyenga in 3:24 at 135 and Jason Jermiahison pinned Mike Fletcher in 2:38 at 103.Luverne’s Fink (140), Dustin Donth (152), Jesse Saravia (160) and Anderson (275) all won matches by forfeit against the Tigers.The Cardinals went 2-5 in the seven matches settled on the mat during a 48-point loss to JCC in the second match of the day.Luverne, which benefitted from a forfeit drawn by Dustin Donth, received pins by Saravia (39 seconds over Dan Knips) and Boyenga (1:34 over Cory Dohn) during the match.JCC’s Randy Hummel pinned Brad Donth in 5:21, Jordan Burmeister pinned Fink in 1:39, Mitch Ferguson pinned Petersen in 1:35, Jared Knips pinned Anderson in 32 seconds and Torey Stewart pinned Fletcher in 59 seconds.Match wrap-upsMarshall 54, Luverne 27119 (M) Wesdtberg by forfeit.125 (M) Oglesby pins B.Donth.130 (M) Malnerek by forfeit.135 (M) Boerboom pins Boyenga.140 (L) Fink by forfeit.145 (L) Petersen dec. Mahoney.152 (L) D.Donth by forfeit.160 (L) Saravia by forfeit.171 (M) Bruns by forfeit.189 (M) Nath by forfeit.215 (M) Studemann by forfeit.275 (L) Anderson by forfeit.103 (M) Jerimiahison pins Fletcher.112 (M) Crecelius by forfeit.JCC 66, Luverne 18119 (J) Phaengkhouane by forfeit.125 (J) Hummel pins B.Donth.130 (J) Ferguson by forfeit.135 (L) Boyenga pins Dohn.140 (J) Burmeister pins Fink.145 (J) Ferguson by Petersen.152 (L) D.Donth by forfeit.160 (L) Saravia pins Knips.171 (J) Scheff by forfeit.189 (J) Nesseth by forfeit.215 (J) Nelson by forfeit.275 (J) Knips pins Anderson.103 (J) Stewart pins Fletcher.112 (J) Johnson by forfeit.
