By Patricia Willers
For the Star Herald
The Luverne wrestling squad had two unfortunate losses last week at a triangular in Luverne. The triangular included the teams of Madison and Pipestone-Jasper.
The Pipestone Arrows started out strong in the Cardinals' first match of the night. The Arrows won with a final score of 12-61.
The second overall match of the night finished with a final score of 19-42, the Madison Bulldogs beating the Pipestone-Jasper Arrows.
The Cardinal team showed more depth in their second match versus the Madison Bulldogs but ended on the low side as they lost with a final score of 23-48.
Pipestone 61,
Luverne 12
The Cardinal wrestlers took a hard loss against Pipestone on Thursday Dec. 20, but nevertheless had some good moments during the night. Chris Tiesler pulled in his 100th win against Pipestone as he wrestled Travis Manderscheid of Pipestone.
The Cardinals had two pins during the meet. Joel Evans pinned Paul Peterson in 1:01 at 189, and Tiesler pinned Manderscheid in 2:32 at 125.
Luverne had some tough matches versus Pipestone with Anthony Boyenga being pinned by Zach Morgan at 112 in 0:34, followed by Jesse Evans scoring on L-H-BC-EÕs Kerry Fink in a major decision at 119.
Tiesler's pin helped to build the teamÕs confidence, but unfortunately, a rough streak started with a pin by PipestoneÕs Justin Fruechte over Dustin Donth in 0:38 at 130. That was followed by Mike Evans pinning Dusty Seachris in 2:19 at 135 and Chittakorn Keophilalay pinning Justin Mann at 140 in 1:16, bringing the team score to 6-28.
Pipestone's streak continued with Ryan Bullerman winning a major decision over Canaan Petersen at 145 with a score of 5-8. Pipestone firmly kept their lead with three forfeits to Luverne at 152, 160, and 171.
At 189, Joel Evans made a last attempt at a comeback for Luverne by pinning Pipestone's Paul Peterson in 1:01. Cody Jagow at heavyweight was pinned in an intense 5:37 by Justin Olsen. Aric Uithoven ended the match for the team as Kyle Evans of Pipestone pinned him in 1:49 at 103.
Match wrap-up
103 (P) Evans pins Uithoven.
112 (P) Morgan pins Boyenga.
119 (P) Evans m.d. Fink.
125 (L) Tiesler pins Manderscheid.
130 (P) Fruechte pins Donth.
135 (P) Evans pins Seachris.
140 (P) Keophilalay pins Mann.
145 (P) Bullerman dec. Petersen.
152 (P) Smidt by forfeit.
160 (P) Quist by forfeit.
171 (P) Ilse by forfeit.
189 (L) Evans pins Peterson.
Hwt. (P) Olsen pins Jagow.
Madison 48,
Luverne 23
The Cardinals' second match of the night proved to be a better match-up as they fought hard while losing to the Bulldogs with a final score of 23-48.
The Cardinals scored pins through wrestlers heavyweight Cody Jagow, and Aric Uithoven at 103. They secured decisions by Canaan Petersen and Joel Evans at 145 and 189, respectively. Chris Tiesler also scored for the Cardinals with a strong match ending in a technical fall for Madison.
The Bulldogs started out strong with pins by Monte Wire over Anthony Boyenga at 112 in 0:42, and Paul Hansen at 119 over L-H-BC-EÕs Kerry Fink in 1:51. Tiesler's technical fall over Madison's Danny Coomes at 125 brought the team score to 5-12.
At 130, 135, and 140, Luverne lost three tough matches to Madison. Dustin Donth was pinned by Philip Downs in 1:16, Dusty Seachris was pinned in 0:34 by Jerae Wire, and Mitchell Walker pinned L-H-BC-E's Justin Mann in 0:53, bringing the overall score to 5-30.
Petersen brought up the Cardinals with a decision over Madison's Mark Poncelet at 145 with a score of 10-3, which brought the score to 8-30. The Cardinals then sadly gave up three matches to forfeit at 152, 160, and 171.
Evans helped the team out at 189 with a decision over Mike Palmquist with a score of 7-3. Jagow and Uithoven then finished strong for the Cardinals with pins over Ben Kapelle in 0:28 at heavyweight, and Chris Werer in 0:57 at 103 making the final score 23-48.
The L-H-BC-E wrestlers, with a current record of 1-4-1, will wrestle next at the Montevideo Invitational on Friday, where they hope to be competitive.
Match wrap-up
103 (L) Uithoven pins Werer.
112 (M) Wire pins Boyenga.
119 (M) Hansen pins Fink.
125 (L) Tiesler t.f. Coomes.
130 (M) Downs pins Donth.
135 (M) Wire pins Seachris.
140 (M) Walker pins Mann.
145 (L) Petersen dec. Poncelet .
152 (M) Hodne by forfeit.
160 (M) Peterson by forfeit.
171 (M) Hanson by forfeit.
189 (L) Evans dec. Palmquist.
hwt. (L) Jagow pins Kapelle