Luverne Sports

Luverne hosted a five-team track and field meet Monday, April 21. The Cardinals boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place with the Patriots boys’ and girls’ team taking second place at the meet. The Luverne boys finished with a first-place team score of 146. H-BC placed second with a team score of 101. Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton was third with 65, Ortonville and Adrian/…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team fell 7-0 to Redwood Valley Tuesday, April 15, and fell 7-0 to St. James Monday, April 21. LHS was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, April 22, and will host Blue Earth Area Tuesday, May 6.   Redwood 7, Luverne 0 The Luverne varsity tennis team forfeited two singles and two doubles matches to Redwood Valley in a 7-0 loss Tuesday, April 15, at home. “We…

The Luverne golf team hosted Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday, April 15, at the Luverne Country Club. The LHS boys’ varsity team pulled out a nine-stroke win against the Patriots in 9-hole play, 170-179. The LHS girls’ varsity team finished with a top four players score of 219. H-BC recorded a score of 114 with only two varsity players on their girls’ team. In individual play for the boys, senior…

Luverne jumped all over Jackson County Central in the first inning of the baseball game Tuesday, April 15, to take a 19-1 win on the road over the Huskies. The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning to take a quick and decisive lead that Jackson could not recover from. Junior Maddux Domagala scored the first run for LHS on a triple by senior Carter Sehr. Sehr scored later on a…

The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams topped Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton Thursday, April 17, in Adrian and both LHS teams placed third in the team competitions of the Big South Division tournament Monday, April 21. Luverne was scheduled to host Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday, April 22. Luverne travels for another Big South Division tournament Monday, April 28, with the boys going to…

LHS Reserve week scoring                                                 Round1   Round 2      Total Ashton Altman                        18             21                 39 Jesse Aning                            17            16                  33 Alex DeWispelaere                 23             25                 48 Martin Fick                                8               9…

Eight teams participated in the Cardinal Relays Tuesday, April 8, in Luverne. Both LHS and H-BC had strong performances at the meet in cool, windy conditions. Redwood Valley placed first in the boys’ varsity team competition with a team score of 159. Hills-Beaver Creek took second with a 144, Luverne was third with 119, Windom Area was fourth with 90, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton…

The Luverne High School softball team captured three wins with two losses this past week to start the season 3-2 LHS fell 6-0 to St. James in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, April 8, at home and beat the Saints 11-1 in the second game. On Thursday, April 10, LHS hosted Windom in a doubleheader, beating the Eagles 8-6 in the first game and 8-6 in the second game. The Cardinals…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost two matches this past week. The Cardinals fell 6-1 to Worthington Tuesday, April 8, at home and 9-0 to Vermillion on the road Thursday, April 10. “Tuesday’s match against Worthington went very well,” head coach Nathan Rud said. “Thursday we ran into the proverbial buzz saw against Vermillion.” One highpoint in the Cardinals’ performance was senior Kaleb…

The Luverne baseball team went 2-2 this past week. LHS beat Blue Earth 15-5 and 20-2 at home Friday, April 11, but fell 4-3 to Esko Saturday, April 12, and lost 14-3 to Fairmont Monday, April 14. Luverne was scheduled to face Jackson County Central on the road Tuesday, April 15.The Cardinals travel to Windom Tuesday, April 22, and take on Fairmont in Fairmont Friday, April 25.   Luverne 15,…

Both the Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ golf teams traveled to Worthington to participate in the Trojan Invite Friday, April 11. LHS and H-BC were two of 13 total teams at the meet. In team competition, Lac qui Parle Valley took top honors with a low team score of 335. Lakeview was second with a 339, Luverne third with a 347, Windom Area fourth with a 370, Worthington was fifth with 370…

The Luverne boys’ and girls’ golf teams hosted Worthington Tuesday, April 8, at the Luverne Country Club. The Luverne boys’ golf team also traveled to Adrian Thursday, April 10, beating the Dragons in 9-hole play at the Adrian Country Club. LHS and H-BC were scheduled to tee off against each other at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood, home course for the Patriots, Tuesday, April 15.…

The Luverne High School track and field teams competed well on local tracks over the past week. The Cardinals girls’ and boys’ teams both finished in first place at the Garretson Jesse James Track Meet Saturday, April 12. At the Marshall meet Monday, the Luverne girls’ team took first place, and the boys finished in fourth. Luverne will travel to Worthington Thursday, April 24, and to…

The Luverne baseball team opened their 2025 season beating Pipestone 9-1 and Worthington 12-2 Thursday, April 3, at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. Conditions were cool and overcast with teams playing on all turf fields. The Cardinals played the Arrows at 4 p.m. and took on Worthington at 7 p.m. LHS is scheduled to host their next three opponents at Redbird Field. They will play…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team traveled Saturday, April 5, for a doubleheader against Yellow Medicine and Montevideo. The Cardinals fell 7-0 in both meets, due in part to Luverne’s limited varsity experience this season. “We did have to forfeit two matches against Yellow Medicine and Montevideo, but the five individuals that we had on our roster played well,” head coach Nathan Rud said. Luverne…

The Luverne girls’ golf team traveled to Worthington Friday, April 4, for an 18-hole invitational of seven teams. Teams invited were Murray County Central, Fairmont, Lakeview, Jackson County Central, Lac qui Parle Valley, Luverne, and the host team Worthington. Because of inclement weather several golfers were unable to finish play, and team scores were not counted. Luverne freshman Ingrid…