By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Dusty Seachris turned in a good effort at the Montevideo Tournament Saturday.
Seachris, a member of the Luverne-H-BC-Ellsworth wrestling squad, went 2-2 and placed fifth in the 140-pound weight class at the event.
Seachris opened the tournament by posting a 10-6 decision win over West Central Area’s Nick Guttormson in the quarterfinals before being pinned by Windom-Mountain Lake-Odin’s Travis Winters 23 seconds into the third period of their match in the semifinals.
Winters went on to place second at 140.
Canby’s Derek Stoks pinned Seachris with 12 seconds remaining in the second period of their consolation-round match.
Seachris then pinned MACCRAY’s Aaron Tensen 41 seconds into the third period during the match for fifth and sixth place.
L-H-BC-E placed seventh out of nine teams with 78 team points at the tournament.
The Cardinals wrestle in Worthington Jan. 9.