Harsh conditions don’t hinder LHS and H-BC track athletes
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams traveled to the Pipestone Invitational Saturday, April 20.
Girls’ softball team wins three games, loses three in busy week of ball
The Luverne High School softball team went 3-3 this past week.
Against Jackson County Central, LHS won one game 7-4 and lost one game 0-15 in doubleheader action Thursday, April 18, at Jackson.
Luverne baseball team takes four games, wins MACA Invitational championship
The Luverne baseball team won four games in the past week, including winning the 2024 MACA (Morris Area/ Chokio-Alberta) Baseball Invitational in Morris.
Cool conditions and wind hamper play between LHS and H-BC golf teams
The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams played on the Patriots’ home course, Meadow Acres Golf Club, in Larchwood, Iowa Thursday, April 18.
Jarchow named NCCAA National Player of the Week
Elise Jarchow, a 2021 Luverne High School graduate, was named the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) National Player of the Week in women’s tennis Monday, April 22.
Cardinal boys’ and girls’ golf teams participate in the Big South Division tournament April 22
The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams participated in the Big South Division tournament Monday, April 22, in Redwood Falls.
Sports
- By Susan Beers for the Star HeraldAugust 31, 2021The Luverne tennis team continued its hot start to the season this past week with a win over Yellow Medicine East and MACCRAY on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at home and a team championship in the Worthington Doubles Tournament on Saturday. LHS improves their dual record to 4-0 for the season with the wins. Luverne 7, YME 0 The Cardinals won six matches in straight sets and received a forfeit during the…
- By Mavis FodnessAugust 31, 2021A “help wanted” poster led Luverne High School graduate Nathan Boler to a former movie set in Dyersville, Iowa, where he drove actor Kevin Costner around in a golf cart. From his home in Caledonia, Minnesota, Boler said he and his wife, Dana, were at a water park in Dubuque, Iowa, when they saw the help wanted poster from BaAM Productions. The company was working with the Major League Baseball…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 31, 2021After cruising through the Region 13C tournament to earn a first-round bye at the state tournament, the Luverne Redbirds’ season ended sooner than the players and fans expected Sunday night. The Redbirds lost 3-0 to the Eagle Lake Expos in Round 2 of the Class C Minnesota State Amateur Baseball tournament in Chaska. This was the Redbirds’ 13th overall and third consecutive appearance at the state…
- By Sara Schmuck for the Star HeraldAugust 31, 2021The Luverne Cardinals boys’ and girls’ cross country teams traveled to Beresford, South Dakota, Friday to win the team championship with their overall team score at their first meet of the season. Coach Pete Janiszeski said he was pleased with the performance of his Luverne runners. “I thought overall we had an outstanding day for the first outing of the season,” he said. “We had a lot of PRs and…
- By Reva Sehr, for the Star HeraldAugust 31, 2021The Cardinals put two wins on their record in the past week to start the 2021 volleyball season. Luverne won three of five games at home Thursday night, Aug. 26, against Edgerton and pulled off another 3-2 win over New Ulm on Saturday in St. James. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Redwood in Luverne on Tuesday, Aug. 31, (after Star Herald press time) and will compete in a triangular at home…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 24, 2021The Luverne Country Club crowned its club champions for the 2021 season in recent weeks. Mary Jo Graphenteen won the Women’s Club Tournament. Joe Dorhout came out on top at the Senior Men’s Club Tournament, and Ben Nath was crowned the Men’s Club Tournament champion. Women’s tournament Graphenteen won her fourth consecutive, and fifth overall, LCC women’s club championship Aug. 10 with an 18-…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 24, 2021The Luverne Redbirds will open the 2021 Class C Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Chaska. The Redbirds, 25-5 on the season, will face the Eagle Lake Expos in the second round of the tournament. Luverne earned a first-round bye after winning the Region 13C tournament. The No. 1-seeded Redbirds swept the Adrian A’s, Hadley Buttermakers and Milroy Irish by a…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 24, 2021The Luverne girls’ tennis team had a successful start to the 2021 season with a pair of road victories on Saturday. The Cardinals defeated the Morris Area Tigers and Benson Braves by identical 4-3 scores. LHS number 1 singles player, Mia Wenzel, and the No. 3 doubles team of Tori Hemme and Priscilla Muehr all went undefeated for the day with 2-0 records. LHS girls’ coach Jon Beers said he is…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 24, 2021Local dirt track races were rained out Friday, but three area tracks staged races on Saturday night. The final LSR (Luverne-Slayton-Rock Rapids) Enduro Series race of the season was at Murray County Speedway in Slayton. Twenty-seven drivers from the three states competed in the race, including eight from Rock County. Chase Overgaard, Luverne, finished in third place, moving all the way up from…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021Luverne High School junior Kaleb Hein captured the overall championship of the Cardinal Pride competition staged Monday. The annual event, which takes place on the first morning of football practice, encourages the players to be in the best possible physical shape heading into the season. Events include bench press, cleans, squats, power press, 400-meter dash, shuttle run, jump rope and vertical…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021With a sweep of the Milroy Irish in the region championship series, the Luverne Redbirds left little doubt who the best team in 2021 in Region 13C is. The local amateur baseball team, now 25-5 on the season, entered the region tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Redbirds proceeded to sweep the Adrian A’s and Hadley Buttermakers in the first two rounds of the tournament without giving up a single…
- August 17, 2021William “Bill” Beimers, age 84, of Luverne, Minnesota, died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. Visitation will be Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Funeral service will be Thursday, Aug. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial with military flag presentation will follow at…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 17, 2021Dirt track race car drivers from Rock County placed at three local tracks this weekend. Regular weekly races were staged at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Murray County Speedway in Slayton on Friday. On Saturday night, Worthington Speedway hosted its weekly races while Rapid Speedway was the location of the third LSR (Luverne-Slayton-Rock Rapids) Enduro series race of 2021. Rapid…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021For the third consecutive season and 13th time overall, the Luverne Redbirds will participate in the Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Luverne qualified by sweeping the Hadley Buttermakers in the best-of-three Region 13C semifinal series. The Redbirds held Hadley scoreless during a 7-0 victory in Luverne Wednesday, Aug. 4, and a 14-0, seven-inning blowout in Hadley Saturday afternoon…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021“We haven’t beaten them yet this year, so it should be a challenge.” That’s how Luverne Redbirds player-manager Brooks Maurer looks at his team’s series with the Milroy Irish this week. The Redbirds (23-5, No. 1 tournament seed) and Irish (28-6, No. 3 seed) face off in the best-of-three Region 13C championship series. The Irish players are responsible for two of Luverne’s five losses this season…
- By Jason BerghorstAugust 10, 2021Rock County dirt track racers competed at three local tracks this weekend. Races were staged in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Slayton Friday night and near Hartford, South Dakota, Saturday night. The weekly races at Worthington Speedway were postponed to Sunday and then rained out. Rapid Speedway For the seventh time this season, Luverne’s Colton Arends drove his way to victory lane in the Stock…
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