Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth eighth-grader Anthony Boyenga (top) closes in on a pin of Marshall's Kasey Westberg during Thursday's wrestling duel in Luverne. The Cardinals topped the Tigers 54-21 for their first Southwest Conference win of the season.
By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth wrestling team broke into the win column in Southwest Conference competition Thursday in Luverne.
Taking on a Marshall team that had to give away six forfeits, the Cardinals took advantage of the situation to record a 54-21 win to up their lead mark to 1-3.
The teams went 3-3 in the matches that were staged during the duel, with L-H-BC-E outscoring the Tigers 18-15 in those battles.
Forfeits to Dustin Donth (125), Dusty Seachris (130), Justin Mann (135) and Scott Goebel (140) and Brant Jacobs (152) and Canaan PetersenÕs 3:28 pin of Evan Cummings at 145 gave L-H-BC-E a commanding 36-0 lead.
Marshall countered with a 15-point run consisting of Brett LutmerÕs technical fall win over Jose Saravia, Jacob Muzzy's forfeit at 171 and Colby BrunsÕ 15-5 major decision over Joel Evans at 189 to trail by 21 points (35-15).
A forfeit to Cody Jagow at 275 and Anthony Boyenga's 3:02 pin of Kasey Westberg at 103 made it a 48-15 difference that iced the duel.
The match ended with Marshall's Keith Mahlerek pinning Kerry Fink in 5:58 at 112., and L-H-BC-E's Chris Tiesler sticking Nate Boerboom in 48 seconds at 119.
Match wrap-up
125 (L) Donth by forfeit.
130 (L) Seachris by forfeit.
135 (L) Mann by forfeit.
140 (L) Goebel by forfeit.
145 (L) Petersen pins Cummings.
152 (L) Jacobs by forfeit.
160 (M) Lutmer t.f. Saravia.
171 (M) Muzzy by forfeit.
189 (M) Bruns m.d. Evans.
275 (L) Jagow by forfeit.
103 (L) Boyenga pins Westberg.
112 (M) Mahlerek pins Fink.
119 (L) Tiesler pins Boerboom.