By John Rittenhouse
A pair of Hills-Beaver Creek High School students are expected to be key members of the 2002-03 Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling team this season.
Senior Dusty Seachris and freshman Kerry Fink are projected to be varsity regulars for the Cardinals this winter, according to L-H-BC-E coach Dave Duffy.
Both Seachris and Fink are veteran members of the program.
Seachris, a senior, is coming off an 11-20 season. He wrestled at 130 pounds last season, but Duffy said he will be used at 140 or 145 this winter.
Fink, a freshman, is expected to be the team’s 130-pounder in 2002-03.
Seachris and Fink are two of nine letter winners returning from a team that went 3-16-1 last season.
The Cardinals placed sixth in the Southwest Conference with a 1-5 record. L-H-BC-E lost its first match of the Section 3AA Team Tournament to Lac qui Parle Valley by a 51-24 tally.
L-H-BC-E lost a key senior to graduation last spring in Chris Tiesler.
Tiesler, a three-time qualifier for the state individual tournament, led the Cardinals with a 29-6 record last season. He went 0-1 at the state tournament, ended a 120-win career.
Senior Joel Evans returns with exposure to the state meet.
Evans placed second at the section meet at 189 pounds last season before going 1-2 at state. Evans, who compiled a 28-8 record last year, will miss the first half of the season due to a knee injury.
Other returning letter winners include senior Canaan Petersen, junior Justin Mann, sophomore Jose Saravia and freshmen Aric Uithoven and Anthony Boyenga.
L-H-BC-E opens the season with a match in Fulda Tuesday.