Luverne Sports
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 03, 2026Luverne finished out the 2026 golf season playing in Day 2 of the Section 3AA tournament at Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake on Wednesday, May 27. Luverne players competed well but were unable to qualify for the state golf tournament as a team or individually on May 27. The boys’ team placed sixth out of 14 schools with a team score of 344. The LHS girls’ team was unable to record a score…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026By Greg Hoogeveen Luverne hosted the 2026 Section 3A South Subsection Track and Field competition Thursday, May 21. The LHS girls’ team placed first with a team score of 205 and Hills-Beaver Creek placed second with a score of 122. The Luverne boys’ team finished in second place with a team score of 108 and the H-BC boys placed fourth with a 101.5. Athletes named in the following information…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026The Luverne High School softball team closed its 2026 section run going 2-2 in Section 3AA play. The Cardinals beat Windom 4-2 Tuesday, May 19, in Round 1 of the section finals. They followed up falling 10-1 to Pipestone in quarterfinal action May 19 in their second game of the day. On Saturday, May 23, LHS beat Litchfield 8-4 in Marshall in Round 1 of the elimination bracket. The Cardinals…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded scores for a final week of the 2026 spring season. Luverne finished the five-week season in third place in Class 2A, Conference 4 team standings with a total of 6,507.00 targets hit. Hills-Beaver Creek finished in fifth place in Class 3A, Conference 3 standings with a total of 8,707.00 targets hit. Athletes breaking the Top 25 in Class 2A, Conference 4…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne High School golf team qualified six players for Day 2 of Section 3AA individual competition this past week. During Day 1 play at the Oakdale Golf Club in Buffalo Lake sophomore girls’ team members Ingrid Mostad and junior Macie Edstrom qualified Wednesday, May 20. Qualifiers for the boys’ team were freshman Graham Hartquist, sophomore Mallachi Domagala, freshman…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026The Luverne High School baseball team fell 7-0 to Montevideo in their last regular game of the season Thursday, May 21, on the road. LHS was scheduled to host Worthington Friday, May 23, but that game was canceled due to weather. The Cardinals have racked up a 15-4 record heading into the section tournament. The No. 2 seed Cardinals are scheduled to host the No. 7 seed Pipestone Arrows Tuesday…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 27, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team sent two players to the Section 3A individual tournament in Redwood Valley Thursday, May 21. Seniors Elijah Henrichs and Austin Sandbulte faced stiff competition in their first round of the event. “Austin and Eli both had tough matchups in the tournament against the second and third seeds respectively,” LHS head coach Nathan Rud said. “It was extremely gratifying…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek athletes performed well in windy conditions at the Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 12, in Worthington. The LHS girls’ team finished in second place in Class AA team competition with 135 points. The Luverne boys’ team finished in fourth place with a score of 99. The H-BC girls’ team placed second in Class A standings with a score of 116 and the H-BC boys’ team finished…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne High School baseball team lost 15-8 to Windom Tuesday, May 12, on the road and beat Adrian-Ellsworth 10-0 Monday, May 18, in Adrian. The Cardinals, now 14-3 for the season, will travel to Montevideo Thursday, May 21, before sections play starts Tuesday, May 26. Section seeding and brackets should be determined by the end of the week. Windom 15, Luverne 8 Windom handed Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne girls’ softball team closed the regular season with a pair of wins against Worthington and Marshall. LHS beat Worthington 23-3 on the road Tuesday, May 12, and took down Marshall 10-3 at home Thursday, May 14. LHS finished the regular season 6-13 and was scheduled to play Windom in Pipestone Tuesday, May 19, in the first round of section tournament action. LHS 23, Worthington 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026University of Northwestern senior Griffen Jarchow has been named to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) All-Conference First team in men’s tennis. Jarchow, a 2022 graduate of Luverne High School, went 5-3 against UMAC competition this season with the Eagles and was 25-23 overall to earn his third-straight First Team honor. He was also named UMAC North Division Athlete of the Week on…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne girls’ track and field team placed 12th in stiff True Team competition Saturday, May 16, in Eden Prairie. Though they finished last of the 12 teams, Luverne had 12 Top 10 finishes and had 10 personal best and five season best performances on the day. Season best finishes Even though there were larger schools and great competition at the True Team meet, Luverne finished five…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne High School golf team closed out the Big South Conference Championship at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton Tuesday, May 12. The boys’ team finished in fourth place and the girls’ team placed eighth in conference standings. Luverne had five individuals make the all-conference team this season. They were junior Will Bergman, freshman Graham Hartquist, sophomore Mallachi Domagala,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Redbirds baseball team fell 3-2 to the Milroy Irish on the road Sunday, May 17, giving up one run in the ninth inning for the loss. Tied 2-2 after eight innings, Milroy mustered one run in the bottom of the ninth inning, stealing home to win the game. Derek Lundgren scored twice for the Redbirds, scoring once in the first inning and a second time in the top of the sixth inning. He finished…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost twice to finish team competition for this season. Luverne fell 7-0 to Fairmont Tuesday, May 12, at home and lost 7-0 to Redwood Valley on the road in Section 3A team competition Monday, May 18. LHS tennis players will compete in the individual section tournament Thursday, May 21, in Redwood Valley. Fairmont 7, Luverne 0 Luverne put up a fight but fell 7-0…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 20, 2026LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their Week 4 totals for the spring season. With one week left of shooting, Luverne sits in third place in team competition with 4,449 total targets hit in Class 2A. Hills-Beaver Creek moves down to seventh place in Class 3A with 6,647.50 total targets hit. This past week, senior Gavin Hoven recorded his first perfect 25 round. He hit a total of 45…
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