Luverne softball routs Edgerton/SWC 16-6 in five innings
The Luverne High School softball team beat Edgerton-Southwest Christian 16-6 in five innings at home Monday, April 15.
Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams heat up in cool temps April 9 in Luverne
By Greg Hoogeveen
LHC and H-BC track and field teams competed in Luverne Tuesday, April 9.
Weather conditions were cool and breezy with temps in the mid-60s.
Cards baseball team plays tough in four losses over past week
The Luverne baseball team dropped four games this past week, falling 9-5 to Marshall on April 9, losing to Windom 7-4 on April 12, and bowing to Esko 4-2 on April 13, and 11-6 to Pipestone Monday, April 15.
LHS and H-BC announce all-conference basketball team selections
The Big South Conference and the Red Rock Conference released their 2023-24 All-Conference basketball team selections.
Cardinal grads Smedsrud and Sengvongxay excel to professional level hockey in their careers
With the announcement of Jaxon Nelson, a native of Magnolia and LHS hockey standout, signing a one-year entry-level hockey contract with the NHL Boston Bruins, Luverne has two more hockey players from the 2014 state h
Jaxon Nelson signs NHL contract with Boston Bruins
Magnolia native and Luverne Cardinal hockey alumnus Jaxon Nelson has signed a professional hockey contract in the NHL with the Boston Bruins.
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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne High School softball team beat Edgerton-Southwest Christian 16-6 in five innings at home Monday, April 15. The win puts the Cardinals at 2-0 for the season with LHS scheduled to travel for a double header against Jackson County Central Tuesday, April 16. The Cardinals take on Sacred Heart in Morris, Saturday, April 20, and they’ll host Fairmont Monday, April 22. Against Edgerton,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024By Greg Hoogeveen LHC and H-BC track and field teams competed in Luverne Tuesday, April 9. Weather conditions were cool and breezy with temps in the mid-60s. Both the Luverne boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place with the Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ team finishing in fourth and the boys in fifth. The Luverne boys’ team scored 135.5 team points. Worthington finished second with 125,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne baseball team dropped four games this past week, falling 9-5 to Marshall on April 9, losing to Windom 7-4 on April 12, and bowing to Esko 4-2 on April 13, and 11-6 to Pipestone Monday, April 15. Luverne was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday and will host Windom Thursday at Redbird Field at 5:30 p.m. Luverne heads to Morris, for a tournament on Friday, April 19, and Saturday,…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne golf teams traveled to Worthington Monday, April 9, and hosted Southwest Christian Monday, April 15. At Worthington the LHS boys’ team won 161-164, and the girls fell 214-235. Against SWMC the boys beat the Eagles 163-206, and the girls’ team had no official scoring due to the Eagles’ lack of a varsity team. Luverne is scheduled to take on H-BC on the road Thursday, April 18, and…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School golf team traveled to Mountain Lake Tuesday, April 9. The Patriots finished behind Mountain Lake and Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/ Westbrook-Walnut Grove in the boys’ team competition. The Patriots hosted Mountain Lake and Red Rock Central in Larchwood Thursday, April 11. The H-BC boys’ team beat Red Rock Central but fell to Mountain Lake. The Patriots will face…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek High School track and field team traveled to Garretson, South Dakota, for the Jesse James meet Saturday, April 13. The Patriots boys’ team finished in fourth place with a total team score of 81 points. Deubrook Area took first with a team score of 129 points, Baltic was second with 113, and Chester was third with 109. Behind H-BC in fifth was Tri-Valley with 69 points.…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 17, 2024The Luverne track and field team traveled to Marshall Monday, April 15, competing at the Southwest Minnesota State University track. The LHS boys’ track team finished in third place with a team score of 94, behind first place Worthington with 150 points and second place Marshall with 111.5 points. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton placed fourth with 73 points, Lakeview fifth with 66.5 points, MACCRAY/RCW…
- By MN DNRApril 17, 2024Enrollment is open through May 14 for Minnesota’s 2024 Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public hunting on private lands. Since 2011, the Walk-In Access program has enrolled parcels of 40 acres or larger with high-quality natural cover. Land enrolled in conservation programs like the Conservation Reserve Program or Reinvest in Minnesota is preferred, but is not a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne High School softball team opened its season against Adrian Thursday, April 4, beating the Dragons 17-2 at home. The game ended after 3 1/2 innings of play on the 15-run rule. “It’s always good to get a win in the first game of the season,” said head coach Brooks Maurer. “I thought we ran the bases really well and stayed aggressive at the plate.” In the top of the first inning,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Cardinals and Patriots track and field teams participated in the Luverne Invite Friday, April 5, along with five other teams. Adrian/Ellsworth, Southwest Minnesota Christian, Windom, Lakeview and Worthington were also present for the invite. The field events started at 4 p.m. and the track events started at 4:45 p.m. Luverne finished with 85 Top 10 finishes and 15 first-place event…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Patriots track and field team traveled to Slayton Thursday, April 4, to participate in the Dick Davidson Invite at the Murray County Central Sports Complex. Teams participating in the event were (MN 2A) Jackson County Central, (MN 3A) Hills-Beaver Creek, Murray County Central, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Wabasso and Westbrook-Walnut Grove/Red Rock Central. “They didn’t keep team scores,” said…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Big South Conference and the Red Rock Conference released their 2023-24 All-Conference basketball team selections. In the Big South Conference, LHS senior Gavin DeBeer and junior Carter Sehr were named to the all-conference team in boys’ basketball. In the Red Rock Conference, H-BC boys’ basketball players sophomores Jamin Metzger and Micah Bush were named all-conference and juniors Beau…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne Cardinals and Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots girls’ golf teams played in the Worthington Invite Saturday, April 6, for their first meet of the season. The girls played 18 holes in wind gusts upward of 50 miles per hour at times. “This was a tough day to be our first meet,” Luverne head coach Chris Nowatzki said. “But the girls hung in there and we’ve got some stuff to work on.” The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024The Luverne baseball team traveled to Fairmont for their first game of the season, beating the Fairmont Cardinals 4-2 Monday, April, 8. Senior Conner Connell took the mound for Luverne, striking out 10 batters, surrendering three hits and two runs over 6 1/3 innings while walking two batters. LHS got their first run in the top of the second inning with a single by junior Layke Miller scoring…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 10, 2024With the announcement of Jaxon Nelson, a native of Magnolia and LHS hockey standout, signing a one-year entry-level hockey contract with the NHL Boston Bruins, Luverne has two more hockey players from the 2014 state hockey team who attained professional hockey status. They are Chaz Smedsrud and Toby Sengvongxay. Both played alongside Nelson in the Cardinals’ 2014 appearance in the Minnesota…
By Scot Rall, Outdoor ColumnistApril 10, 2024It is sure starting to feel good outside. Temperatures in my neck of the woods this weekend are going to be in the high 60s. It makes me want to go fishing. The Minnesota opener is scheduled for May 10. Time to double-check to make sure the boat registration is up to date and that the motor starts without issue. I find it perplexing how you can put your stuff away for the winter, and without one…
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