By John RittenhouseKerri Fransman and the Luverne High School softball team were unable to extend their season past the first round of the Section 3AA Tournament Monday in Pipestone.The Cardinals played Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in a single-elimination game that comes into play during the tournament’s first round.Sixth-seeded Luverne played well against the No. 3 Panthers, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Cardinals from bowing out of the tournament after dropping a 1-0 game in eight innings.Luverne pitcher Stacy Lorenzen pitched a no-hitter through seven innings, but she allowed a single in the bottom of the eighth. The runner eventually scored on an LHS error.Fransman, a Hills-Beaver Creek High School freshman, came up with one of Luverne’s four hits in the game. She slapped a single.Luverne ends the season with a 7-13 record.
