By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek High School athletes Dusty Seachris and Kerry Fink had a busy week as members of the Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth wrestling team.
Seachris and Fink joined the squad on three road trips that took them to dual meets in Worthington and Marshall Thursday and Tuesday respectively, and to the Deuel, S.D., Tournament Saturday.
Seachris won his match during Tuesday’s 44-36 loss in Marshall.
Wrestling at 145 pounds, Seachris pinned Fred Dalle 12 seconds into the third period of their match.
Fink met a different fate as he dropped a 10-2 major decision to Marshall’s Steve Sik at 130 pounds.
Fink and Seachris won a combined five matches during Saturday’s tournament in Deuel.
Fink had a great day for the Cardinals, winning three of four matches at 130 and 135.
Fink opened the tournament by pinning Clark’s Pat Lunch 57 seconds into the third period of their match at 130 pounds before posting a 3-0 win over Flandreau’’s Chad Rydell at 130.
Deuel’s Brad Hansen handed Fink an 11-2 major decision setback at 130 pounds before the Cardinal capped his day by pinning Milbank’s Tyler Foster 57 seconds into the second period of their match at 135.
Seachris split his four matches at 140 and 145 during Saturday’s tournament.
Seachris topped Clark’s Garret Klatt 7-4 at 145 to start the day before being pinned by Flandreau’s Wade Quick (2:27) and Deuel’s Brandon Tekrony (1:08) during 140-pound matches.
Seachris returned to 145 for the finale against Milbank, where he pinned Jesse Nowick 46 seconds into the second period.
Seachris also posted a victory during Thursday’s 52-24 loss in Worthington.
Wrestling at 145, Seachris pinned Pat Cummings 57 seconds into the third period of the match.
Fink came up on the short end of a 15-5 major decision against Worthington’s Jared Langseth at 130.
The 1-9 Cardinals host their own tournament in Luverne Saturday.