Two Hills-Beaver Creek High School athletes made impacts as members of the Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling team this week.
Seventh-grader Kerry Fink competed in a pair of outings for the Cardinal mat squad, while sophomore Dusty Seachris wrestled at one event.
The Cardinals opened the season at the Flandreau (S.D.) Tournament Saturday. Seachris and Fink recorded a combined 1-4 record during the event.
Seachris managed to place fourth at 130 without winning a match. Fink was 1-2 at 103 without placing.
Seachris drew a bye in the opening round before dropping a 16-3 major decision to Elk-Point Jefferson's Mark Donnelley in the semifinals. He drew another bye in the consolation bracket to earn a berth in the third- and fourth-place match, where he lost another major decision (13-5) to Pipestone-Jasper's Brandon Manderschied.
Fink advanced to semifinals by pinning Howard's Tim Reisch in 1:26 during what was Fink's first varsity match.
Fink, however, was pinned by Garretson's Dan Bonte (1:17) and Flandreau's Ryan Reed (2:24) to end the day.
L-H-BC-E scored 74 points as a team to place sixth out of eight teams in Flandreau.
Fink also wrestled at 103 during a duel match in Fulda Tuesday.
The Cardinals came up on the short end of a 54-23 tally against Fulda-Murray County Central, losing six of 10 matches and losing by forfeit in three matches.
Fink mixed it up with Loren Clarke to start the match and was pinned by the Rebel in 57 seconds.
The Cardinals host Windom tonight before wrestling at the Jackson County Central Tournament Saturday and in Garretson, S.D., Tuesday.