The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams traveled to Pipestone for the Bob Nagel Relays Tuesday, May 2.
The Cardinals and Patriots were two of nine teams invited to the event.
In the girls’ team scores, LHS placed first with 191.5 points, and H-BC placed fourth with 66.5 total team points.
In the boys’ team scores, LHS placed first with 194 points, and H-BC placed fifth with 74.5 total team points.
“We did a lot of nice things on Tuesday, despite the windy and cooler conditions,” head coach Pete Janiszeski said.
“The kids are growing and improving each time out, and we’re just very proud of them for all of their hard work and progress.” 
H-BC head coach Rex Metzger also mentioned the windy conditions as a factor in the meet, but overall he was pleased with how the Patriots performed.
“We finally saw some good times from our kids,” Rex Metzger said.
Individual event results for the meet are as follows:
 
Girls’ 4x800 Meter Relay
LHS Tiana Lais, Reinha John, Ella Schmuck, Cassi Chesley 10:49.23, first
 
Boys’ 4x800 Meter Relay
LHS Camden Janiszeski, Dylan Ommen, Ryan Fick, Leif Ingebretsen 8:53.90, first
 
Girls’ 100 Meter Hurdles
LHS Augusta Papik 17.40, [PR], first
LHS Roselynn Hartshorn 18.79, fifth
H-BC Larissa Steinhoff 19.82, eighth
H-BC Ava Steinhoff 20.14, [PR], 11th
 
Boys’ 110 Meter Hurdles
H-BC James Vanden Bosch 20.02, seventh
H-BC Jackson Gacke 21.27, [PR], eighth
 
Girls’ 100 Meters
H-BC Brynn Bakken 12.66, [PR], first
LHS Baylee Smidt 13.89 [PR], fifth
LHS Hailey Como 14.29, eighth
H-BC Brynn Rauk 14.33, ninth
LHS Morgan Hadler 14.47, 11th
LHS Skylar VanderSteen 15.46, [PR], 20th
 
Boys’ 100 Meters
H-BC Cooper Gehrke 11.78, [PR], third
H-BC Beau Bakken 11.84, [PR], fifth
LHS Gavin DeBeer 11.85, [PR], sixth
LHS DJ Rock 12.02 [PR], sixth
H-BC Mason Shaffner 12.03, [PR],  eighth
LHS Zachary Terrio 12.10, [PR], ninth
LHS Ashton Hood 12.35, [PR], 11th
H-BC Bode Kruger 12.54, 13th
 
Girls’ 4x200 Meter Relay
LHS Sarah Stegenga, Makena Nelson, Anna Banck, Isabella Oye 1:55.64, first
H-BC Abigail Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra, Hailey Moser 1:59.93, third
 
Boys’ 4x200 Meter Relay
LHS Gavin DeBeer, Zachary Terrio, Darius Dolo, Lucky Dara 1:36.69, first
H-BC Cooper Gehrke, Beau Bakken, Blake Leenderts, Elisha Taubert 1:40.18, second
 
Girls’ 1600 Meters
LHS Jenna DeBates 5:29.02, second
LHS Cassi Chesley 5:59.11, [PR],  third
LHS Grace Ingebretsen 5:59.11 fourth
LHS Ella Schmuck 6:05.96, fifth
H-BC Bailey Spykerboer 6:40.68, tenth
H-BC Emma Deelstra 7:16.98, 18th
 
Boys’ 1600 Meters
LHS Owen Janiszeski 4:56.59, first
LHS Sage Viessman 4:57.58, [PR],  third
 
Girls’ 4x100 Meter Relay
H-BC Abigail Harris, Brynn Rauk, Layla Deelstra, Brynn Bakken 54.56, first
 
Boys’ 4x100 Meter Relay
H-BC Blake Leenderts, Beau Bakken, Cooper Gehrke, Elisha Taubert 47.81, first
LHS Ashton Hood, Isaac DeBates, Coy Thone, Coulter Thone 47.96, second
 
Girls’ 400 Meters
LHS Tiana Lais 1:05.10, first
H-BC Abigail Harris 1:06.42, third
LHS Maria Rops 1:11.33, eighth
LHS Roselynn Hartshorn 1.11.37
H-BC Hailey Moser 1:13.87, 14th
LHS Kayla Bloemendaal 1:14.02, 15th
 
Boys’ 400 Meters
LHS Dylan Ommen 59.15, [PR],  tenth
H-BC Bode Kruger 59.76, 12th
H-BC Blake Leenderts 1:00.48, 14th
H-BC Lukas Hubbard 1:06.59, [PR], 19th
LHS Eli McLendon 1:06.85, [PR], 20th
 
Girls’ 300 Meter Hurdles
LHS Elizabeth Wagner 48.22, first
LHS Reinha John 53.02, second
LHS Jerzey Hood 58.68, seventh
LHS Emma Nath 59.00, [PR], eighth
H-BC Ava Steinhoff 1:01.55, 13th
H-BC Larissa Steinhoff 1:04.77, 14th   
 
Boys’ 300 Meter Hurdles
H-BC James Vanden Bosch 47.05, [PR], fifth
LHS Isaac DeBates 47.20, sixth
H-BC Jackson Gacke 52.71, 11th
 
Girls’ 800 Meters
LHS Jenna DeBates 2:32.24, second
LHS Grace Ingebretsen 2:47.85, sixth
H-BC Bailey Spykerboer 2:57.58, tenth
H-BC Ella Sammons 2:58.37, 11th
LHS Josie Anderson 3:05.97, [PR], 15th
LHS Brynn Boyenga 3:23.44, 20th
 
Boys’ 800 Meters
LHS Owen Janiszeski 2:09.59, first
LHS Camden Janiszeski 2:12.37, second
LHS Sage Viessman 2:18.83, fifth
 
Girls’ 200 Meters
H-BC Brynn Bakken 26.77, first
LHS Baylee Smidt 30.05, [PR], sixth
LHS Hailey Como 30.48, ninth
LHS Morgan Hadler 30.63, [PR], 11th
LHS Adelyn Rodriguez 31.47, 15th
 
Boys’ 200 Meters
LHS Coy Thone 24.73, third
H-BC Elisha Taubert 24.85, fourth
LHS Coulter Thone 24.85, [PR], fourth
H-BC Mason Shaffner 25.15, [PR], sixth
LHS Ashton Hood 25.59, ninth
H-BC Riley Tatge 26.32, 13th
LHS Tyler Rolfs 26.47, 14th
H-BC Sawyer Bosch 27.04, 15th
 
Boys’ 3200 Meters
LHS Leif Ingebretsen 11:28.61, [PR], third
LHS Eli McLendon 12:40.68, [PR], seventh
 
Girls’ 4x400 Meter Relay
LHS Tiana Lais, Sarah Stegenga, Isabella Oye, Elizabeth Wagner 4:25.30, first
 
Boys’ 4x400 Meter Relay
LHS Lucky Dara, Zachary Terrio, Darius Dolo, Ryan Fick 3:40.52, first
 
Girls’ Long Jump
H-BC Brynn Bakken 15-03.75, first
LHS Kendra Thorson 14-11, third
LHS Sarah Stegenga 14-04, seventh
H-BC Brynn Rauk 13-09, ninth
LHS Makena Nelson 13-07.25, 10th
H-BC Hailey Moser 11-08.5, 22nd
H-BC Abigail Harris 11-04.75 23rd
 
Boys’ Long Jump
LHS DJ Rock 18-04, third
H-BC Mason Shaffner 16-10.5, eighth
H-BC Bode Kruger 16-07.75, [PR], 10th
H-BC Riley Tatge 16-06, 11th
H-BC Sawyer Bosch 16-05.75, 12th
LHS Anyuon Atem 15-11, 16th
 
Girls’ Triple Jump
LHS Augusta Papik 33-09.25, second
LHS Kendra Thorson 30-08.25, fourth
H-BC Jerzey Hood 29-07, sixth
H-BC Ava Steinhoff 28-11.5, eighth
H-BC Emma Deelstra 28-03.5, 10th
H-BC Bailey Spykerboer 28-01, 11th
 
Boys’ Triple Jump
LHS Anyuon Atem 36-03.5, fourth
H-BC Blake Leenderts 36-00.25, fifth
LHS Coy Thone 35-07.5, [PR], sixth
H-BC Mason Shaffnet 34-10, [PR], eighth
H-BC Sawyer Bosch 34-06, tenth
H-BC Bode Kruger 33-07.5, 14th
 
Girls’ High Jump
LHS Agusta Papik 4-10, [PR], third
H-BC Ava Steinhoff 4-10, [PR], fourth
LHS Maria Ropps 4-06, sixth
H-BC Larissa Steinhoff 4-04, eighth
LHS Reinha John 4-04, eighth
 
Boys’ High Jump
LHS Gavin DeBeer 6-00, [PR], second
H-BC James Vanden Bosch 5-04, fourth
H-BC Elisha Taubert 5-02, seventh
H-BC Jackson Gacke 5-02, ninth
H-BC Jamin Metzger 5-00, 11th
 
Girls’ Pole Vault
LHS Corynn Oye 7-06, second
LHS Josie Anderson 5-00, 10th
LHS Kayla Bloemendaal 5-00, [PR], tenth
LHS Brynn Boyenga 5-00, 10th
 
Boys’ Pole Vault
LHS DJ Rock 12-06, first
LHS Tyler Rolfs 10-00, third
LHS Anyuon Atem 9-06, fourth
LHS Leif Ingebretsen 9-00, fifth
 
Girls’ Shot Put
LHS Jocelyn Hart 40-06, first
LHS Jayden Hart 38-07, [PR], second
H-BC Isabel Wysong 30-05, fifth
H-BC Ally Birger 30-05, sixth
H-BC Larissa Steinhoff 29-09, seventh
LHS Hannah Woodley 29-08, [PR], eighth
LHS Hannah Sneller 27-10, 11th
 
Boys’ Shot Put
LHS Elijah Woodley 43-03, first
LHS Keaton Ahrendt 39-09, third
H-BC Beau Bakken 39-06, fourth
LHS Ryker Johnson 37-11, fifth
H-BC Brayden Metzger 37-03, ninth
H-BC Jackson Gacke 34-06, 13th
LHS Adam Ask 33-07, 15th
H-BC Riley Tatge 32-07, 21st
 
Girls’ Discus
LHS Jocelyn Hart 117-08, first
LHS Jayden Hart 133-07, second
H-BC Ally Birger 83-05, [PR], fifth
H-BC Isabel Wysong 80-09, [PR], seventh
LHS Hannah Sneller 80-00, eighth
LHS Hannah Woodley 78-05, ninth
 
Boys’ Discus
LHS Elijah Woodley 120-00, first
LHS Ryker Johnson 116-11, [PR], second
H-BC Riley Tatge 110-11, [PR], third
LHS Keaton Ahrendt 107-04, fifth
LHS Adam Ask 106-10, eighth
H-BC Brayden Metzger 97-07, 11th
H-BC Jamin Metzger 85-08, [PR], 18th

The Hills-Beaver Creek golf team competed in the Red Rock Conference golf meet No. 2 Tuesday, May 4, at Mountain Lake, where they finished fifth out of seven teams.
Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/Westbrook Walnut Grove finished first with a combined 18-hole score of 358. Adrian/Ellsworth was second with 363, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey third with 376, Southwest Christian-Edgerton fourth with 387, Hills-Beaver Creek fifth with 430, Murray County Central sixth with 431 and Red Rock Central seventh with 468.
“The boys had their best team score of the year, with all six boys recording their personal best scores,” head coach Dan Ellingson said. 
“They are improving and are looking forward to the next conference meet.”
Micah Bush led the Patriots with a 53 on the first nine holes and a 44 on the second nine for a total of 97.
Brock Harnack shot 53 and 49 for a 102. Callum Bartels and Cameron Allen both shot two rounds of 51 for a 102 total. Cooper Gehrke shot 48 and 57 for a 105, and Camdyn Broesder shot 53 and 56 for a 109.
The girls’ team played at Adrian and did not place with only two girls competing.
Abby Olson shot a 58 on the first nine and a 61 on the second to finish with a 119.
Taylor Spykerboer shot 66-70 for a 136.
Both girls did not have their best day,” Ellingson said.
H-BC was scheduled to compete in the Red Rock Conference Golf Meet No. 3 Tuesday, May 9.
The girls’ team will play in Fulda and the boys’ team will travel to Westbrook-Walnut Grove for that meet.
Both the boys’ and girls’ teams will travel to Adrian Friday, May 12.

The Luverne golf team had a busy stretch this past week on the links in away competitions.
The Cardinals participated in the Fairmont Invitational Saturday, May 6, with the boys taking home second place and the girls eighth place.
They played in the Big South West Event No. 3 Monday, May 8. The boys took first place in Marshall and the girls were fourth in Redwood Valley.
The LHS golf teams’ next event will be Monday, May 15, at Dakota Ridge for the Big South Championship.
 
Fairmont Invitational
The Luverne golf teams traveled to Fairmont Saturday, May 6, for the Fairmont Cardinal Invite.
The boys’ team played at Interlaken Golf Club taking second place out of 12 teams.
The girls’ team played at Rose Lake Golf Club and placed eighth out of 10 teams.
The Cardinal boys placed two golfers in the Top 10 at the 18-hole tournament.
Junior Henry Hartquist took first place overall with a score of 72. Junior Owen Sudenga placed third with a score of 74.
Other LHS golfers at the meet were senior Brady Bork who shot an 85, sophomore Levi Gonnerman with an 85, junior Tyler Arends with an 88 and eighth-grader Will Bergman with an 89.
Luverne’s team score of 316 was good for second place behind Minnewaska with a 314 total.
Behind LHS were Marshall with 327, Fairmont with 336, St. Peter with 339, Blue Earth Area with 339, Worthington with 350, Jackson County Central with 360, Pipestone with 363, North Union with 363, New Ulm with 368, Redwood Valley with 373 and Windom with a partial team score of 286.
The Cardinal girls’ team finished in eighth place with a combined team score of 420.
Redwood Valley took first place in the meet with a score of 338. Fairmont was second with 359, followed by Worthington with 366, Blue Earth Area with 373, St. Peter with 385, Marshall with 401, North Union with 405, then Luverne with 420, Jackson County Central with plus 144 after 17 holes and New Ulm with 478.
Senior Lauren Hansen led Luverne with an 18-hole score of 91.
She was followed by junior Perceyis Trierweiler with 106, junior Kiesli Smith with 109, senior Deziree Nath with 114, senior Mallory Von Tersch with 119 and senior Abigail Anderson with 125.
 
Big South West Event
The Luverne boys’ golf team took first place in Marshall Monday, May 8, out of six teams. The girls’ team was fourth in Redwood Valley that day out of four teams.
The LHS boys’ team had a combined score of 303 to beat out five other teams at the Big South West Event.
Marshall came in second with 311, Pipestone finished third with 329, Worthington was fourth with plus 46, Windom was fifth with 335 and Redwood Valley placed sixth with 349.
Three Luverne golfers placed in the Top 12 individual score for the day.
Hartquist took top honors with his first place finish of 66. Sudenga tied for fifth place with a score of 77. Bork placed seventh with a score of 78. Bergman finished in 12th place with a score of 82. Gonnerman finished with an 84 and Arends shot an 85.
“We had a very good day today.  Henry Hartquist’s round I believe is a school record and our team score of 303 is the best team score that I can remember,” head coach John Sichmeller said.  
“Henry had an awesome round with six birdies and no bogeys. It was also good to see eighth-grader Will Bergman have his best round of the year with an 82.”
The Luverne girls’ golf team finished in fourth place with a team combined score of 442.
“It’s always difficult to score well at this course,” head coach Chris Nowatski said. “Putting was our biggest struggle.”
Redwood Valley took first with 345, Worthington second with 382, and Marshall third with 391.
One LHS girls’ golfer placed in the Top 12 individual players for the day.
Hansen placed 12th with a score of 100. Trierweiler finished the day at 107, Smith recorded a 114, Nath shot a 121, Anderson shot a 123 and Von Tersch finished with a 126.

The Luverne boys’ tennis team conceded 7-0 to St. James at home May 2 and on the road against Redwood Valley 7-0 May 4.
Luverne’s active player numbers are down to only four varsity members.
“Frankly, the kids are getting tired of playing five against 10 each game,” head coach Nathan Rud said.  
“Having to forfeit all three doubles matches makes it hard to compete in a meet.”
Luverne is scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, May 9, host the Big South Conference Crossover Friday, May 12, and host Benson and Lac Qui Parle Valley Saturday, May 13.
 
S. James 7, LHS 0
On their home court, the Luverne Cardinals gave up four singles matches and forfeited three doubles matches to St. James Tuesday, May 2.
In singles matches, LHS senior Ethan Nath fell to Andrei Rivera 6-2, 6-0, senior Ross Bergman was defeated by Brennan Kern 6-0, 6-2, freshman Caleb Kracht was topped by Zech Ciske 6-0, 6-0, and sophomore Kaleb Hemme came up short against Rylan Meyer 6-2, 6-0.
Luverne forfeited three doubles matches due to lack of athletes.
“St. James clearly had the better singles players, and it showed in the results,” Rud said.
He said the St. James coach commented that he was particularly impressed with Ross Bergman’s improving play as a new player in the area.
 
Redwood Valley 7, LHS 0
The Cardinals traveled to Redwood Valley Thursday, May 4, losing 7-0.
LHS lost its four singles matches and had to forfeit the three doubles matches.
The singles match results were Andrew Muetzel over Ethan Nath (Luv) 6-4, 6-2; Cole Johnson (RV) over Ross Bergman 6-0, 6-0; Kanyon Hicks over Caleb Kracht (Luv) 4-1, 0-0 retired; Zach Lundeen over Kaleb Hemme 6-0, 6-0.
Austin Sandbulte played in an exhibition match, losing 6-2, 6-1.
“Against Redwood Valley our No. 1 singles player, Ethan Nath, played a strong match against the section’s second-best singles player,” Rud said.
“Ethan lost both games but had multiple deuces, and it easily could have gone the other way.”
He said Kracht was playing well in his first match when he suffered an ankle sprain and had to retire.  
“We are hopeful that it isn’t too serious and that he will be playing again soon,” Rud said.

The Luverne High School trap shooting team posted scores for Week 6 of the season at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club.
“I feel we are doing well this year,” head coach Scott Loosbrock said.
“The weather has been good, other than this week with the wind being a huge factor on the scores.”
Five shooters were able to break the 40s in their two rounds. They were Tyson Cowell, Alex DeWispelaere, Jacob Henning, Holden Overgaard and Piper Wynia.
“We have had the most 25s this year so far compared to any other year since I started,” Loosbrock said. “Great group of kids.”
 
Week 6 scoring
Round1   Round 2    Total
Cash Bonnett 17 13 30
Morgan Bonnett 14 13 27
Tyson Cowell 22 22 44
Alex DeWispelaere 22 23 45
Fox Forrest 17 8 25
Lucas Hansen 14 17 31
Jacob Henning 20 21 41
Samuel Honerman 18 20 38
Gavin Hoven 12 15 27
Andrew Kinsinger 13 18 31
Jacob Madison 21 15 36
Lucas Madison 18 17 34
Liam Murphy 14 19 33
Makayla Oechsle 18 15 33
Austin Ossefoort 15 18 33
Holden Overgaard 18 22 40
David Rathman 13 17 30
Jaden Reisch 19 14 33
JT Remme 16 19 35
Rayann Remme 13 13 26
Tucker Remme 17 14 31
Sawyer Sasker 20 16 36
Cameron Wieneke 15 17 32
Grant Wieneke 16 14 30
Piper Wynia 22 22 44
 
 
Boys’ Border Battle Trap Shooting Event
LHS boys’ trap shooters competed in a Border Battle event in Garretson, South Dakota, Thursday, May 4, hosted by Whitetail Farms.
The Luverne varsity team took first place out of five teams.
Teams competing were Hills-Beaver Creek, Garretson, Edgerton, Southwest Christian, and Luverne. 
JT Remme was the only varsity level shooter to get a perfect score of 25 in a round in the event.
The varsity team consisted of JT Remme, David Rathman, Holden Overgaard, Alex DeWispelaere and Tyson Cowell.

The Hills-Beaver Creek High School trap shooting team posted scores for Week 3.
H-BC had seven shooters make a combined score over 40 this week. They were Cameron Allen 41, Brekken Boen 41, Sawyer Bosch 44, Luke Fuerstenberg 43, Cooper Gehrke 43, Lukas Hubbard 40 and Blake Leenderts 40.
 
Week 3 scoring
Round1   Round 2    Total
Cameron Allen 20 21 41
Garrett Blank 16 11 27
Brekken Boen 22 19 41
Seyler Boen 5 8 13
Gunner Bork 18 19 37
Olivia Bork 9 13 22
Sawyer Bosch 19 25 44
Camdyn Broesder 16 22 38
Karis DeWire 6 7 13
Luke Fuerstenberg 21 22 43
Alexis Gardner Swenson 11 7 18
Cooper Gehrke 22 21 43
Alex Harris 19 18 37
Brooklynne Hubbard 12 11 23
Lukas Hubbard 20 20 40
Keaton Huisman 12 17 29
Clayton Kellenberger 18 21 39
Jayden Kueter 8 6 14
Blake Leenderts 19 21 40
Hunter Leenderts 17 15 32
Karson Metzger 12 6 18
Maddox Metzger 16 22 38
Cody Moser 13 15 28
Jack Moser 21 15 36
Max Sammons 12 10 22
John Tiesler 19 19 38
Gracyn Wegener 17 13 30
Cash Wilsey 10 15 25
Michael Ykema 13 14 27
 
 
Boys’ Border Battle Trap Shooting Event
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ trap shooters competed in a Border Battle event in Garretson, South Dakota, Thursday, May 4, put on by Whitetail Farms.
The H-BC varsity team took second place out of five teams.
Teams competing were Hills-Beaver Creek, Garretson, Edgerton, Southwest Christian, and Luverne. 
H-BC’s Alex Harris placed first overall with a combined high score of 47.
 
Border Battle scores
Round 1    Round 2    Total
16 yards   18 yards
Alex Harris 23 24 47
Maxxod Metzger 21 20 41
Luke Fuerstenberg 21 23 44
Hunter Leenderts 20 17 37
Clayton Kellenberger 20 18 38

The Luverne Redbirds started their 2023 season with an exhibition game against the Sioux Falls Canaries Saturday, May 6, at Redbird Field.
The Redbirds opened their regular season at home spanking Mountain Lake 25-1 Sunday, May 7.
The Redbirds’ next game is Sunday, May 14, at Heron Lake, followed by a home game against Jackson Wednesday, May 17.
 
Canaries 5, Redbirds 4
Luverne fell behind the Sioux Falls Canaries early, giving up four runs in the first three innings.
Luverne mustered four runs late in the game but couldn’t overtake Sioux Falls.
The Canaries helped out the Redbirds at the mound and catcher positions in the final inning when the Redbirds went through their bullpen.
 
Redbirds 25, Mt. Lake 1
Luverne Redbirds won their season opener 25-1 on the road at Mountain Lake Sunday, May 7.
Nick Smith got his first win for the Redbirds, pitching five innings, giving up no hits or runs while striking out seven Laker batters and no walks.
Luverne tallied 19 hits in the game with two long ball homers from Ben Serie and Smith.
Declan Beers, Serie and Smith had five runs in the game. 
Serie had seven RBIs in the game with Smith adding four and Beers one.
Cade Wenninger and Gaige Nath drove in four runs each in the Redbirds’ score fest.
Mark Sterrett, Phil Paquette, Joe Ahrens and Sehr contributed one run each.
 
BOX Score
MLake 0 0  0  0  0  0  1   1
RBirds 4 5 5 4 6  1  x  25
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Beers 3 5 3 1
Maurer 1 0 0 0
Smith 5 5 4 4
Wenninger 2 4 2 2
Sterrett 2 1 1 2
Serie 5 5 4 7
Paquette 3 1 1 1
Ahrens 2 1 1 1
Johnson 4 0 0 2
Lundgren 4 0 1 3
Sehr 4 1 1 1
Nath 3 4 1 0
2B: Serie 2, Smith 2
HR: Serie , Smith 
Total Bases: Serie 9, Smith 9, Beers 3, Wenninger 2, Paquette, Nath, Sterrett, Sehr, Lundgren, Ahrens
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R    ER   SO
Smith 5 0 0 0 7
Serie 1 0 0 0 2
Ahrens 1 3 1 1 2
Pitches-strikes: Smith 58-39, Serie 16-10, Ahrens 17-14
Batters faced: Smith 17, Serie 3, Ahrens 6

The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams played head-to-head at the Luverne Country Club Tuesday, May 4.
The LHS boys beat H-BC 165-222 in nine-hole play.
The Patriot girls’ team only had two players at the meet and lost to Luverne 209-118.
The lowest four scores from each team factor into the combined team score in the match.
 
Boys: LHS 165, H-BC 222
Cardinals Henry Hartquist and Brady Bork led the field, shooting 40 strokes each.
Owen Sudenga finished with a 42, Tyler Arends 43, Levi Gonnerman 49, and Will Bergman had a 53.
Micah Bush led the Patriots with a 52.
Brock Harnack shot a 55, Callum Bartels 57, Cameron Allen 58 a 64.
“We didn’t have our best meet, but it was a good experience for our kids,” LHS boys’ head coach John Sichmeller said.
 “All four of our top four scorers had one really bad hole, but I was happy with how they handled it and how they didn’t let that one bad hole ruin the rest of their round.”
As for the Patriots boys’ team, head coach Dan Ellingson felt his team did not shoot their best round Tuesday.
“With experience and our short game getting better, I feel the scores will continue to drop,” Ellingson said.
 
Girls: LHS 209, H-BC (2 players) 118
Abby Olson posted the low score for H-BC with a 54. Taylor Spykerboer shot a 64.
For the LHS girls, Lauren Hansen led the team with a 49.
Deziree Nath shot a round of 52, Kiesli Smith 53, Perceyis Trierweiler 55, Abigail Anderson 66 and Mallory Von Tersch finished with a 66.
“Abby Olson tied her personal best score and Taylor Spykerboer keeps improving every time out,” Ellingson said.
“All of the players have had some very productive practices. The attitudes have been very positive. Their willingness to learn and trying to get better have been great.”

The Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams traveled to Murray County Central in Slayton for the Minnesota True Team meet Monday, May 8.
The LHS boys’ and girls’ teams both were crowned champions this year and qualify for the state meet Saturday, May 20, in Stillwater. 
“We were very pleased with the kids’ performances last night and are excited for them to have the opportunity to compete for a state title,” LHS head coach Pete Janiszeski said.
“This is a meet that we mark on our calendars every year and work toward building the best team possible with as much depth as possible, and the kids’ hard work was on full display last night.” 
In 33 of the 36 events Luverne competed in, they won 11 event titles.
The girls’ 4-by-200-meter relay was first with a time of 1:53.32. Relay team members were Sarah Stegenga, Makena Nelson, Anna Banck and Bella Oye.
The boys’ 4-by-200-meter relay was first at 1:35.60. Relay team members were Gavin DeBeer, DJ Rock, Zach Terrio and Darius Dolo.
Elizabeth Wagner won the 400-meter dash at 1:01.16, and Lucky Dara won the boys’ 400-meter dash at 52.35. 
Reinha John was first with a 50.22 in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles.
Gavin DeBeer cleared 20-02.5 in the boys’ long jump, and Elizabeth Wagner cleared 5-02 in the girls’ high jump. 
DJ Rock was first in the pole vault 13-00, 
Jocelyn Hart won the girls’ shot put with a 39-06, and Elijah Woodley won the boys’ shot put with a 47-05.75. 
Jocelyn Hart was first with a 126-00 in the discus event.
“This is absolutely tremendous and a large reason why they earned section titles,” Janiszeski said.
H-BC had a good showing at the meet. 
“I was pleased with how both our guys and gals did last night,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said.
“We weren’t able to fill all our events, but the ones we were able to, we did well and had a lot of good performances.”
At the meet Brynn Bakken broke the H-BC school record in the triple jump by over a foot with 34-11.5. The previous record was held by Paige Leuthold at 33-10. 
Bakken also reset her 200-meter school record of 26.47 from last year with a new time of 26.19 this year.
Bakken was the only first-place finisher for H-BC at the True Team meet. She took first in the girls’ 100-meter with a time of 12.71.
 
Women - Team Rankings
18 Events Scored
1. Luverne 640
2. Canby/Minneota 541
3. SWMCH-EHS 496
4. Redwood Valley 450
5. Pipestone Area 404
6. Murray County Central 392
7. Hills-Beaver Creek 346
8.Windom Area 306
9. Lakeview 241
10. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 198
11. Adrian/Ellsworth 159
 
Men - Team Rankings
21 Events Scored
1. Luverne 629
2. SWMCH-EHS 435
3. Pipestone Area 433
4. Redwood Valley 424
5. Windom Area 423
6. Canby/Minneota 409
7. Lakeview 341
8. Hills-Beaver Creek 322
9. Murray County Central 283
10. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 272
11. Adrian/Ellsworth 221
 
LHS Section 3A True Team finishes 1989-2023
1989-A-2nd Girls
1992-A-6th Girls
2005-A-3rd Boys
2026-A-5th Boys
2007-A-3rd Girls
2008-A-Champion Girls
2009-A-2nd Girls
2010-A-Champion Girls
2011-A-3rd Girls, 9th Boys
2012-A-5th Girls, 6th Boys
2013-A-2nd Girls, 5th Boys
2014-A-Champion Girls, 3rd Boys
2015-A-3rd Girls, 7th Boys
2016-A-3rd Girls
2017-A-2nd Girls, 5th Boys
2018-2A Girls
2019-2A-8th Girls
2021-2A-12th Girls (virtual)
2022-2A-2nd  Girls, 4th Boys
2023-2A Champions Girls and Boys