The Luverne High School softball team had a busy stretch of games on their home field in the past week, ending up with a 3-5 record so far for the season.
The Cardinals dropped two games to St. James 5-1 and 10-0 in a doubleheader on April 27. On April 28 they fell to Edgerton 13-6, and on Monday they dropped a 6-4 game to Pipestone.
The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday night and will play Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls Thursday, May 4.
 
St. James 5, LHS 1
Luverne fell behind early in Game 1 of the April 27 doubleheader with St. James, giving up four runs in the first three innings.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, LHS was able to produce one run when Payton Behr scored from third base on a passed ball by the Saints catcher.
“Offensively we hit some balls really hard but have to do a better job manufacturing runs and taking advantage of girls on base,” head coach Brooks Maurer said.
“We also have to do a better job of limiting errors on defense.”
Amira Cowell was the starting pitcher for Luverne. She went seven innings, allowing five runs on six hits and facing 30 total batters.
“I thought that Amira pitched really well in the first game, striking out six and only walking one,” Maurer said.
LHS had five hits in the first game, two by Reisdorfer and Behr and one by Serie.
 
St. James 10, LHS 0
Luverne batters had a hard time connecting with the ball in the second game with St. James.
LHS had a total of two hits, one by Elizabeth Smidt and the other by Carly Olson.
The Cardinals committed four errors in the game, allowing the Saints to extend scoring chances in the game.
Gracie Nath started at pitcher for Luverne, allowing six runs on three hits over 2 1/3 innings.
In relief Cowell and Reisdorfer came in as pitcher and tried to subdue the Saints’ offense to no avail.
The game ended in the fifth inning when St. James drove in their tenth run of the game.
 
EHS 13, LHS 6
The Cardinals started off strong against Edgerton on April 28, taking a 6-2 lead into the fourth inning.
From there Edgerton fired up its offensive and pulled away, scoring six runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the seventh.
Gracie Nath took the loss for Luverne. She lasted four innings, allowing 11 hits and eight runs and striking out six.
Luverne had a total of 10 hits in the game and three stolen bases. 
 
PHS 6, LHS 4
Luverne came up short against the Arrows by two runs at home Monday night.
Pipestone started strong, leading Luverne 4-2 after three innings.
Luverne was able to match the Arrows’ runs in the fourth inning, but it wasn’t enough to take the lead.
LHS produced six hits, 12 total bases and one stolen base by Reisdorfer.
The high point of the game was senior Carly Olson’s two home runs.
Olson hit the ball over the fence in the first and third innings. She posted three RBIs, clearing eight total bases in the game.
Cowell took the loss for Luverne. She allowed six hits and six runs over 4 1/3 innings, striking out five batters.
Nath came in as a reliever pitching 2 2/3 innings allowing one hit, no runs and striking our four batters.
 
 
BOX Score: St. James 5, LHS 1
LHS 0 0  0  0  1  0  0   1
STJ  3 0 1 0 0  1  0  5
 
BATTING
Luverne  AB R H RBI
Behr          4   1   2   0
Smidt        3   0   0   0
Olson        2   0   0   0
Reisdorfer 3   0   2   0
Boll           3   0   0   0
Cowell       3   0   0   0
Serie          3   0   1   0
Franken     2   0   0   0
Nath          1   0   0   0
Mehlhaff    3   0   0   0
Total bases: Reisdorfer 2, Behr 2, Serie 1
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP   H R  ER  SO
Cowell      7   6   5   1   6
Pitches-strikes: Cowell 106-73
Batters faced: Cowell 3
 
BOX Score: St. James 10, LHS 0
LHS 0 0  0  0  0  x  x   0
STJ  3 0 3 1 3  x  x 10
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr            3   0   0   0
Smidt          2   0   1   0
Olson          2   0   1   0
Reisdorfer   2   0   0   0
Boll             2   0   0   0
Cowell         2   0   0   0
Serie            2   0   0   0
Franken       2   0   0   0
Lenz            1   0   0   0
2B: Olson
Total bases: Olson 2, Smidt 1
 
PITCHING
Luverne     IP   H R   ER  SO
Nath          2.1   3   6   3   4
Cowell       1.2   3   1   1   1
Reisdorfer 0.2   2   3   3   0
Pitches-strikes: Nath 68-38, Cowell 32-23, Reisdorfer 30-15
Batters faced: Nath 16, Cowell 8, Reisdorfer 7
 
BOX Score: EHS 13, LHS 6
LHS 5 0 1  0  0  0  0  6
EHS 1 1 0 6 1  0  4  13
 
BATTING
Luverne    AB R H RBI
Behr            4   1   1   0
Smidt          3   1   3   0
Olson          4   0   0   0
Reisdorfer   4   1   3   2
Boll              3   2   0   0
Serie            3   0   0   0
Franken       2   1   2   2
Lenz             1   0   0   0
Nath             1   0   1   2
Mehlhaff       1   0   0   0
Cowell          3   0   0   0
2B: Reisdorfer
Total bases: Reisdorfer 4, Smidt 3, Franken 2, Behr 1, Nath 1 SB: Smidt 2, Reisdorfer 1
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H R  ER  SO
Nath        4   1   1   8   6   
Cowell     3   3   5   1   1   
Pitches-strikes: Nath 94-63, Cowell 63-36
Batters faced: Nath 26, Cowell 17
 
 
BOX Score: PHS 6, LHS 4
LHS 1  0  1  2  0  0  0   4
PHS 2  1  1 2 0  0  0   6
 
BATTING
Luverne  AB R H RBI
Behr           4   1   0   0
Smidt         4   0   1   0
Olson         3   2   2   3
Reisdorfer  4   0   1   1
Boll            2   0   0   0
Serie          3   0   0   0
Kindt          1   0   0   0
Franken     1   0   1   0
Nath           1   0   0   0
Lenz           3   1   0   0
Cowell        1   0   1   0
HR: Olson 2
Total bases: Olson 8, Reisdorfer 1, Franken 1, Smidt 1, Cowell 1 
SB: Reisdorfer 1
 
PITCHING
Luverne IP H   R  ER  SO
Cowell   4.1   6   6   2   5
Nath      2.2   1   0   0   4
Pitches-strikes: Cowell 87-46, Nath 28-21
Batters faced: Cowell 27, Nath 9

The Hills-Beaver Creek golf team participated in two golf meets this past week.
The Patriots competed in a Red Rock Conference meet April 27 and played against Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda/Westbrook-Walnut Grove May 1.
The Patriots will compete Thursday, May 4, with the girls in Adrian and the boys in Mountain Lake. On Tuesday, May 9, the girls will play in Fulda and the boys in Westbrook.
 
Red Rock Conference 
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ golf team traveled to Sanborn for a Red Rock Conference meet Thursday, April 27.
The H-BC boys’ team finished the 18-hole, par 72  meet in fifth place out of seven teams.
HLOF/WWG took first place in the team competition with a total score of 358.
Adrian was second with 363, Mountain Lake was third with 376, Southwest Christian was fourth with 387, H-BC fifth with 430, Murray County Central sixth with 431 and Red Rock Central was seventh with 468.
“The boys’ team averaged 215 for each 9 holes. It is our best score so far this season,” head coach Dan Ellingson said.
“We will continue to improve as they gain experience, especially on the putting side of their golf game.”
 
H-BC boys’ scores
                                         total
Brock Harnack         53   52   105
Callum Bartels         60   58   118
Camdyn Broesder    71   65   136
Cameron Allen        57   50   107
Cooper Gehrke        62   60   122
Micah Bush              53   47   100
 
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ golf team traveled to Fulda for a Red Rock Conference meet Thursday, April 27.
The Patriots sent two girls to participate in the meet. Addy Olson finished in 11th place, and Taylor Spykerboer finished in 12th place.
“Both played through the wind, but hit their irons very well,” Ellingson said.
 
H-BC girls’ scores             
                                        total
Addy Olson            60   58   117
Taylor Spykerboer  56   61   118
 
HLOF/WWG 166, H-BC 217
The Patriots golf team traveled to Rolling Hills Golf Course in Westbrook to take on HLOF/WWG Monday, May 1, falling  166-217.
“The wind was tough for both teams,” Ellingson said.
“But this meet is good practice for them before the next conference meet.” 
The H-BC boys’ golf team brought six players to the meet.
 
H-BC boys’ scores
                            total  place
Brock Harnack         51    fifth
Cameron Allen        52    seventh
Micah Bush             56    ninth
Callum Bartels         58    10th
Cooper Gehrke        62    11th
Camdyn Broesder    65    12th
 
“The boys scores are getting better each meet,” Ellingson said.
“But we still need to  better our team score by 17 strokes by the fourth conference meet.”
The H-BC girls’ golf team brought two players to the meet.
 
H-BC girls’ scores
                              total  place
Addy Olson                54    first
Taylor Spykerboer      61    fourth
 
“The girls shot very well. Both posted season low scores,” Ellingson said.
“The girls putted very well with Olson making three putts over 20 feet in the meet.”

The Luverne High School trap shooting team posted scores for Week 5 of the season at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club.
Jacob Henning and JT Remme each scored a perfect 25 this week.
Henning posted a 25 in the first round and finished with a total score of 45.
Remme got his 25 in the second round and finished with a total score of 46.
Other shooters with final scores in the 40s include Tyson Cowell with a 44, Cash Bonnett 42, Samuel Honerman 46, Andrew Kinsinger 41, Lucas Madison 42, Holden Overgaard 40 and Piper Wynia with a 42.
 
Week 5 scoring
                         Round 1   Round 2    Total
Landon Ahrendt      22             16          38
Cash Bonnett           20             22          42
Morgan Bonnett       16             17          33
Tyson Cowell           22             22          44
Alex Dewispelaere   18              20         38
Fox Forrest              14              9           23
Jacob Henning         25              20          45
Samuel Honerman   22              24          46
Gavin Hoven            23              13          36
Andrew Kinsinger    19              22          41
Jacob Madison         21              17          38
Lucas Madison         18              24         42
Liam Murphy            15             20          35
Makayla Oechsle      12             16          28
Austin Ossefoort      21             18          39
Holden Overgaard    20             20          40
Jaden Reisch            19             16           35
JT Remme                21             25          46
Tucker Remme        16              17          33
Sawyer Sasker         17              18          35
Cameron Wieneke    9               16          25
Grant Wieneke        17               19          36
Piper Wynia             24              18          42

The Luverne baseball team piled up three home wins against conference foes in the past week, improving its season record to 5-2.
The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 16-5 on April 25, Windom 6-4 on April 27 and Worthington 11-1 on May 1.
Luverne was scheduled to travel to Pipestone Tuesday, May 2, and will take on Blue Earth in an away game Friday, May 5.
 
LHS 16, JCC 5
The Luverne baseball team brought the wood against Jackson County Central Tuesday, April 25, beating the Huskies 16-5 on the road 
“The bats came alive, and we attacked the plate,” head coach Phil Paquette said. “Our awareness on the bases helped produce 16 runs.” 
Luverne opened the game scoring two runs on four hits with two errors on JCC’s third baseman.
In the second inning the Cardinals extended their lead when junior Jacob Stroh reached base on a fly ball error in left, scoring sophomore Marcus Vortherms and senior Riley Sneller.
Luverne scored again when junior Will Serie doubled, driving in Stroh from second and junior Conner Connell from first base.
The Cardinals closed the second inning with a 6-1 lead.
Luverne went on to add one run in the third and one in the fourth innings.
At the top of the sixth inning Serie scored from third on a wild pitch by the Huskies, junior Elliot Domagala scored from third on a dropped third strike to Vortherms, and junior Patrick Kroski scored on an error by the catcher.
At the end of the sixth inning, Luverne had an 11-2 cushion with one inning to play.
In the top of the seventh, the Cardinals drove in five more runs, scoring Sneller on a catcher error. Stroh scored on a single by Serie, Connell scored on an error by the left fielder for JCC, Series scored on a Kroski ground ball, and Domagala scored on a fielder’s choice to the short stop.
At the bottom of the seventh the Huskies were able to drive in three runs but fell short in catching the Cardinals.
 
LHS 6, Windom 4
Luverne picked up another win at home Thursday, April 27, with a 6-4 victory over Windom.
“We got great starting pitching and made the plays we needed to defensively,” Paquette said.
“We produced six runs in the game with some timely hitting and a two-run homer from our starting pitcher Jacob Stroh.”
Stroh had a good day at bat, scoring one run on two hits and driving in three runs in the game.
In the top of the third inning, Windom was caught trying to steal home.
LHS shortstop Sehr grabbed a grounder and immediately threw it to Landon Ahrendt at home, and he ran down the Windom player trying to get back to third base.
Connell was able to get a double for Luverne in the bottom of the fifth inning that advanced Serie to third.
Stroh started on the mound for Luverne. He allowed seven hits and four runs over 6 1/3 innings, striking out five batters.
 
LHS 11, Worthington 1
The Cardinals took care of Worthington in five innings, winning 11-1 at home Monday, May 1.
The Luverne bats came alive against the Trojans. 
The Cardinals had six hits total with Zach DeBoer and Serie posting one double each.
Connell added one triple, and at the bottom of the fifth inning, sophomore Layke Miller drove a fly ball to right field for a homer that also scored Serie.
Every player on the LHS roster except Stroh had at least one run in the game.
Worthington had several costly errors, wild pitches and  struck batters in the game, and Luverne was able to take full advantage of them.
DeBoer was the starting pitcher for LHS. He went four innings with no hits or runs, striking out four batters.
Ahrendt came in to pitch in relief in the fifth inning. He allowed three hits and one run.
 

BOX Score LHS 16, JCC 5
LHS 2  4  1  1  0  3  5  16
JCC 1 0 1 0 0  0  3  5
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr          6    1    2    2
Sneller       5    3    1   0
Stroh         3    3    0    0
Connell     4    2    1    0
Serie         5    2    5    5
Domagala 3    2    1    0
DeBoer     4    0    2    1
Ahrendt     4    0    2    0
Kroski       4    1    1    1
Vortherms 3    2    0    0
Left on base: 10
2B: Connell, Domagala, Sehr, Serie 3
TB: Connell 2, DeBoer 2, Domagala 2, Kroski, Sehr 3, Serie 8, Sneller
SB: Domagala, Kroski, Vortherms
 
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER  SO
Connell 6 1 2 0 14
Sneller 1 2 3 3 1
Win: Sneller
Pitches-strikes: Connell 93-60, Sneller 27-11
 
 
 
BOX Score: LHS 6, Windom 4
LHS  0  0  0  3  2  1  x  6
WHS 0 0 0 0 1  2  1  4
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr           4   1   1   0
Sneller       3   0   1   1
Serie          3   1   1   0
Connell      3   2   1   0
Stroh          3   1   2   3
Domagala  2   1   0   0
DeBoer      3   0   1   0
Ahrendt     3   0   0   1
Kroski.       3   0   0   0
Left on base: 6
2B: Connell
HR: Stroh
TB: Connell 2, DeBoer 1, Sehr 1, Serie1, Sneller 1, Stroh 5
SB: Sehr, Serie
 
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER  SO
Stroh       6.1   7   4   2   5
Sehr.         .2   0   0   0   1
Win: Stroh
Pitches-strikes: Stroh 91-59, Sehr 9-6
 
 
 
BOX Score: LHS 11, Worthington 1
LHS     0  4  4  1  2  x  x  11
WRTH 0 0 0 0  1  x  x  1
 
Batting
Luverne AB R H RBI
Sehr           3   1   0   1
Sneller.       3   1   0   0
Serie          3   1   1   1
Connell       3   1   2  1
Stroh          2   0   0   0
Miller          1   1   1   2
Domagala  2   1   0   0
DeBoer      2   2   1   1
Schlosser   2   2   1   1
Kroski         2   1   0   0
Left on base: 7
2B: DeBoer, Serie
3B: Connell
HR: Miller
TB: Connell 4, DeBoer 2, Miller 4, Schlosser, Serie 2
SB: DeBoer, Schlosser
 
Pitching
Luverne IP H R ER  SO
DeBoer     4   0   0   0   4
Ahrendt     1   3   1   1   2
Win: DeBoer
Pitches-strikes: DeBoer 59-36, Ahrendt 3-6

Luverne Board of Appeal and   
Equalization hearing May 9
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
The Board of Appeal and Equalization for City of Luverne will meet at 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, the 9th day of May, 2023, at the Luverne City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor.
If you believe the value or classification is incorrect, please first contact the assessor's office at 507-283-5022 to discuss your concerns. If you disagree with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization. The board will review your assessments and may make corrections as needed. Generally, you must appeal to the local board before appealing to the County Board of Appeal and Equalization.
Given under my hand this 27th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Jessica Mead
Luvene City Clerk
(04-27

Hills Board of Appeal and
Equalization hearing May 9
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
The Board of Appeal and Equalization for City of Hills will meet at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, the 9th day of May, 2023, at the Hills City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor.
If you believe the value or classification is incorrect, please first contact the assessor's office at 507-283-5022 to discuss your concerns. If you disagree with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization. The board will review your assessments and may make corrections as needed. Generally, you must appeal to the local board before appealing to the County Board of Appeal and Equalization.
Given under my hand this 10th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Connie Wiertzema,
Connie Wiertzema, Hills City Clerk
(04-27)

Minnesota Board of Patrons to meet June 28
Legal Notice
The following individuals who were convicted of crimes in Rock County have applied for relief from the Minnesota Board of Pardons. The applications will be considered at the meeting of the Board scheduled for June 28, 2023, commencing
at 10:00 a.m. at the Minnesota Senate Building, St. Paul, MN:
 
Martens, Matthew                 First-degree manufacture of         Convicted: 10/19/2005
                                              methamphetamine
 
Victims of these individuals’ crimes have a right to submit an oral or written statement at this meeting summarizing the harm suffered as a result of the crime, and make a recommendation to the Board as to whether a pardon should be granted or denied.  To submit an oral or written statement, or to obtain additional information, email the Board of Pardons at mnboardofpardons@state.mn.us or call 651-361-7171.
(04-27)