By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek High School athletes wrestled a total of five matches at the Deuel Tournament in Clear Lake, S.D., Saturday.
Dusty Seachris and Kerry Fink, H-BC members of the Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling squad, posted a combined 3-2 record during the six-team event.
L-H-BC-E went 1-2 overall to place fifth in the team competition.
Sisseton and Milbank's junior varsity team handed the Cardinals 48-27 and 48-32 setbacks in the first two rounds of the event.
L-H-BC-E bounced back to best Clark 46-33 in the match for fifth and sixth place.
Seachris had a 2-1 day while wrestling at 130 and 135.
Seachris pinned Sisseton's Ben Pallesen in 1:13 and stuck Milbank's Kevin Angerhofer in 1:44 during his matches at 130 pounds.
Clark's Tyler Tarbox pinned Seachris in 5:47 at 135.
Fink recorded a 1-1 record at 112 and 119.
Fink was pinned by MilbankÕs Kevin Angerhofer at 1:44 before winning by forfeit against Clark.
L-H-BC-E had a 2-6-1 overall record at tournament's end.
The Cardinals host Worthington for a Southwest Conference clash in Luverne tonight.