Patriots girls bring home state track and field hardware
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ track and field team ran away with the 2026 Minnesota State High School League Team State Championship in St. Michael June 4-5.
Cardinals place six on state meet track and field podium
Luverne placed five athletes and one team on the podium at the 2026 Class A Track and Field State meet in St. Michael June 4-5.
Luverne Baseball Association hosts annual Buffalo Days youth tournament
The Luverne Baseball Association hosted roughly 300 players on 22 youth teams and eight Junior Legion teams during the 2026 Buffalo Days celebration June 5-7.
Fourth annual Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause raises funds to normalize brain health conversations in local elementary schools
The Buffalo Days Run 4A Cause returned to Luverne’s Buffalo Days Celebration for its fourth year Saturday, June 4, in the Luverne City Park.
LHS and H-BC qualify several individuals and teams for the Section 3A State Track and Field Meet June 4-5
Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek track and field teams performed well at the Section 3A Championships in Pipestone Thursday, May 28.
Olson qualifies for state golf meet
Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior Abigayl Olson qualified for the girls’ golf state tournament placing fifth at the Section 3A competition in Worthington Wednesday, May 27.
Sports
- 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 Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ golf team finished the Red Rock Conference Meet Tournament in fourth place Tuesday, May 12, at Great Life Golf and Fitness Golf Course in Worthington. The girls’ team did not have enough players to register scores as a team. The boys’ team finished Week 4 with a 376 in 18-hole play and placed fourth in the conference with a four-week total of 1,459 strokes.…
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 H-BC girls’ track and field team earned Red Rock Conference Championship honors placing first in the team competition Thursday, May 14, in Tyler. The Patriots finished with 164 points topping second-place team Southwest Minnesota Christian-Edgerton by 33 points. The H-BC boys’ team finished in second place with 156.5 points, 21 points behind conference champions Murray County Central with…
- 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…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne Redbirds opened their 2026 Minnesota Baseball Association (MBA) campaign taking down the Lakefield Horned Frogs 12-2 Sunday, May 9, at home. Back to Class C The Redbirds moved back down to Class C this season after spending last season in Class B. After missing a state birth last season in Class B to Raymond, Luverne, along with Fairmont move back to Class B and play in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026Luverne girls’ track team captured the Big South Small School Conference Title Thursday, May 7, in Luverne. LHS edged out six other teams in 18 events for top team honors. The Luverne girls team accumulated 188 points beating out Redwood Valley with 130 for second, Jackson County Central with 109.5 for third, St. James-Madelia with 107 for fourth, Blue Earth Area with 77.5 for fifth, Windom…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne Cardinals baseball team goes 2-1 the past week to improve to 14-2 for the season. LHS beat Jackson County Central 13-1 on the road Tuesday, May 5, and split a double header with St. James at home Thursday, May 7, at home. Luverne fell 6-3 to the Saints in Game 1 and won Game 2 by a 6-4 margin against a solid Saints club. LHS was scheduled to travel to Windom Tuesday, May 12 and…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 13, 2026The Luverne girls’ softball team played strong but fell in three games this past week. LHS lost a 9-7 game to West Central at home and fell 3-2 and 12-5 to Redwood Valley on the road Monday, May 11. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, May 12, and will host Marshall Thursday, May 14. West Central 9, LHS 7 A late rally by Luverne falls short against West Central…
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