By John Rittenhouse
A pair of Hills-Beaver Creek High School athletes had a rough couple of days as members of the Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling team.
Junior Dusty Seachris and eighth-grader Kerry Fink compiled a combined 1-9 record during a pair of outings.
The L-H-BC-E wrestlers hosted their annual Cardinal Tournament in Luverne Saturday. The Cards also entertained Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for a dual meet Tuesday.
Neither H-BC athlete could produce a win during Tuesday's 52-18 loss to T-M-B.
Wrestling at 119 pounds, Fink was pinned by Adam Snyder with 29 seconds remaining in the second period.
Seachris was pinned by Matt Prairie with seven seconds remaining in the first period of the 135-pound match.
The H-BC pair had a rough day during Saturday's tournament, too.
Seachris and Fink compiled a combined 1-7 record while wrestling at 130 and 112 respectively.
The day started off as a promising one for Seachris as he handed Sioux Falls Lincoln's Derek Garnas a 13-4 major decision setback to open the tournament.
Seachris then was pinned by Wabasso's Nathan Rohlik (1:01) and Lac qui Parle Valley's Nic Stock (2:26) before ending the day by dropping an 11-6 decision to WorthingtonÕs Jared Langseth.
Fink was pinned four consecutive times by Lincoln's Chris Reistoffer (:53), Wabasso's Justin Irlbeck (:39), LQPV's Josh Ludvigson (1:29) and Worthington's Thai Hua (:42).
The Cardinals went 0-4 in their dual meets as a team to round out the eight-squad field in the final standings.
L-H-BC-E lost consecutive matches to Lincoln (45-29), Wabasso (64-9), LQPV (35-27) and Worthington (39-21).
The 2-12-1 Cardinals will wrestle Marshall and Adrian in Luverne tonight and Tuesday respectively.