Some Luverne High School athletes are getting plenty of training and competition this summer.
Twenty LHS incoming sophomore, junior and senior football players participated in the Dakota State University team camp in Madison, South Dakota, Wednesday-Thursday, July 28-29.
Seven of those football athletes then played on the Luverne Post 123 team in the Minnesota State American Legion Baseball Tournament the following weekend.
Nine teams participated in the DSU football team camp.
The camp includes games between teams, with the first team to score 13 in each game being declared the winner.
Luverne was seeded first in the Gold Division going into the final round of contests.
The Cardinals lost to Madison, South Dakota, in the finals.
Luverne senior Jordan Friedrichsen was named Most Valuable Lineman at the DSU camp.
Football practice begins Aug. 16, and the Cardinals’ first game is Sept. 2 at home versus Redwood Valley.