Hills-Beaver Creek eighth-grader Kerry Fink (left) roughs up Fulda-Murray County Central's Jacob Nolt during Tuesday's wrestling duel in Luverne. Fink pinned Nolt in 3:13 to help the L-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling team battle the Rebels to a draw at 36.
By John Rittenhouse
A pair of Hills-Beaver Creek High School athletes had good outings as members of the Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling squad.
The Cardinal wrestling team opened the 2001-02 season by competing at the Flandreau (S.D.) Tournament Saturday before hosting Fulda-Murray County Central for a duel in Luverne Tuesday.
H-BC grapplers Kerry Fink and Dusty Seachris competed at both events.
Seachris had a good day at the Flandreau Tournament.
L-H-BC-E's 135-pounder went 2-2 and placed fourth in his weight class.
Seachris opened the event by getting pinned by Flandreau’s Joe Lange in 4:32 before bouncing back to post 8-1 and 3-2 wins over Sioux Valley’s Burton Moe and Deuel’s Jon Toering in the consolation bracket.
Howard's Luke Ruml pinned Seachris in 1:57 during the third-place match to end his 2-2 day.
Fink went 1-2 without placing at 112 pounds in Flandreau.
Fink opened the event by nipping Howard's Tim Reisch 7-5 in overtime before losing by fall to Flandreau's Ryan Reed in 42 seconds.
When Fink was pinned by Jordan Christensen in 44 seconds in the consolation bracket, his 1-2 day was over. Christensen was wrestling unattached.
With the wins notched by Fink and Seachris providing team points, the Cardinals tallied 50 counters to cap an eight-team field. Howard won the team title with 169 points.
Both Fink and Seachris were in action during Tuesday's Parents' Night match against F-MCC in Luverne, which ended with the teams battling to a draw at 36.
Fink helped L-H-BC-E’s cause by pinning Jacob Nolt in 3:13 during the 119-pound match.
Rebel Ryan Olsem pinned Seachris in 2:48 of the 145-pound match.
The Cardinal wrestlers will compete in Windom tonight, at the Jackson County Central Tournament Saturday, and at Harrisburg, S.D., Tuesday.