By John RittenhouseThe Luverne wrestling squad completed the team portion of the 2005-06 season after competing at two different events.The Cardinals dropped their regular season finale to West Central in Hartford, S.D., Thursday. Fulda-Murray County Central eliminated LHS from the Section 3AA Team Tournament in Worthington Tuesday.Luverne, which ends team competition with a 2-19 mark, wrestles at the Section 3AA Individual Tournament in Redwood Falls Feb. 24-25.F-MCC 77, Luverne 4The odds were stacked against the Cardinals during Tuesday’s section match in Worthington.With seven healthy wrestlers to put on the mat, Luverne needed to record pins in all seven matches to advance to the quarterfinals.It didn’t happen.Although the Cardinals got off to a promising start with Derek Petersen posting a 10-1 major decision victory over Elissa Reinsma at 103 pounds, the Warriors proceeded to win the final six matches of the night to secure a 73-point victory.F-MCC received pins from Justin Reinsma (1:15 over Eric Kor at 112), Tyler Giese (1:35 over Matt Fodness at 125), Dillion Hotovec (3:22 over Codie Swanson at 140), Travis Christians (49 seconds over Nathan Meyer at 171) and Will Steinmetz (2:41 over Sam Dooyema at 215).Warrior Nick Henning topped Chris Klay by technical fall at 189.Match wrap-up103 (L) Petersen 10-1 Reinsma.112 (F) Reinsma pins Kor.119 (F) Witzel by forfeit.125 (F) Giese pins Fodness.130 (F) Beech by forfeit.135 (F) Sandhurst by forfeit.140 (F) Hotovec pins Swanson.145 (F) Henning by forfeit.152 (F) Kramer by forfeit.160 (F) Radke by forfeit.171 (F) Christians pins Meyer.189 (F) Henning t.f. Klay.215 (F) Steinmetz pins Dooyema.275 (F) Reese by forfeit.WC 82, Luverne 0The Cardinals completed a 2-18 regular season by dropping an 82-point decision to West Central in Hartford, S.D., Thursday.The outing was a tough one for LHS, which forfeited to WC at six weight classes and lost seven of the eight matches that were staged by fall.Senior Kelsey Petersen went the distance with WC’s Chad Morrison before falling 15-6 in a major decision.WC received pins from Casey Lowe, Tim Weber, Ryan Smith, Seth Hodges, Tom Tripp, Scott Reiners and Tabor Martin.Match wrap-up103 (W) Lowe pins D.Petersen.112 (W) Weber pins Kor.119 (W) Smith by forfeit.125 (W) Smith pins Fodness.130 (W) Ryan by forfeit.135 (W) Lowe by forfeit.140 (W) Hodges pins Swanson.145 (W) Petersen by forfeit.152 (W) Longhenry by forfeit.160 (W) Morrison 15-6 K.Petersen.171 (W) Tripp pins Meyer.189 (W) Reiners pins Klay.215 (W) Martin pins Dooyema.275 (W) Clark by forfeit.
