Traveling Europe Together
Luverne High School world language students and teachers spent 10 days traveling in Spain and Germany from June 17-26.
Redbirds win two, lose one, improve to 11-2 for the season
The Redbirds won two games and fell once this past week, bringing their season record to 11-2.
Luverne beat Heron Lake 4-0 in Worthington Wednesday, June 26.
Senior Legion versus Edgerton rained out, takes Marshall 6-4 with rain delay
The weather proved to be a challenge for the Senior Legion games this week.
Blaze host 2024 Bash-A-Rama fastpitch softball tournament
The Luverne Blaze fastpitch softball club hosted its fourth annual Bash-A-Rama tournament Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30.
Luverne Junior Legion baseball beats Pipestone 11-5 at home
The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team beat Pipestone 11-5 at home Monday, June 24.
Because of flooding at Redbird Field, the game was played at the Luverne High School south baseball field.
Christensen Broadcasting to start streaming LHS varsity sports this fall
Luverne Public Schools signed a three-year sports streaming contract Thursday, June 20.
The contract begins September 1.
Sports
- By Susan Beers for the Star HeraldSeptember 27, 2022The Luverne Cardinals played two matches in the past week and went 0-2 to move their record to 10-4 on the season. LHS started the week on Tuesday, Sept. 20, with a 0-7 loss to St. James and a 3-4 loss to Redwood Valley on Thursday, Sept. 22. The Cardinals are scheduled to travel to Pipestone on Tuesday for a rescheduled match with the Arrows in the annual Battle Racquet Match. LHS will start…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldSeptember 27, 2022A promising start led to a disappointing finish for the Luverne Cardinals football team against New Ulm Friday night in New Ulm. The Cardinals took a 20-7 lead into halftime and led 26-14 after scoring early in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, New Ulm scored 28 points in the final 8:18 of the game to secure a 42-32 victory. The loss dropped the Luverne record to 2-2 on the…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldSeptember 27, 2022The Luverne volleyball team took on Redwood Valley and Pipestone in the past week, dropping both games on the road to put their record at 10-5 for the season. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday night to take on the Trojans, and they’ll host St. James Area Thursday night and Jackson County Central next Thursday. LHS 1, Redwood Valley 3 Luverne played Redwood Valley on…
- By Joni Deelstra for the Star HeraldSeptember 27, 2022The H-BC Patriots met four volleyball opponents last week but are still looking for their first win of the season. H-BC plays at Edgerton Tuesday evening. These two teams met last Friday, and Edgerton topped H-BC 3-1. H-BC 0, MLA-C 3 The Patriots fell to MLA-C in three sets Tuesday night. H-BC had a good night serving but continued to struggle with passing the ball. Lanae Elbers played a solid…
- By Joni Deelstra for the Star HeraldSeptember 20, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek Lady Pates dropped two volleyball matches in regular season action last week. H-BC took on the Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles in Edgerton Tuesday, Sept. 13, and came away with a loss in three matches, 19-25, 14-25 and 16-25. In a match at home against Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Thursday, Sept. 15, H-BC fell short 13-25, 18-25, 17-25. The Patriots will host MLA-C on…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldSeptember 20, 2022The Luverne Cardinals football team upped their record to 2-1 after defeating the Windom Eagles in a shortened game Thursday night in Luverne. The Cardinals raced out to a 36-0 halftime lead, and just 18 seconds into the second half the game was stopped due to lightning. Both coaches mutually agreed to call the game final, giving the Cardinals the 36-0 win. The story of the night was the…
- By Susan Beers for the Star HeraldSeptember 20, 2022The Luverne girls’ tennis team ended the week with a 5-2 win over the Worthington Trojans Tuesday, Sept. 13, and a loss to Sioux Falls Lincoln JV by a score of 4-3 Monday, Sept. 19. With the split for the week, the Cardinals’ record now stands at 10-2 on the season. The LHS match scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15, against Pipestone was postponed due to rain and will be made up on Tuesday, Sept. 27…
- By Sara Schmuck for the Star HeraldSeptember 20, 2022The girls’ and boys’ Luverne cross country teams participated in the Mayo Invitational in Rochester Thursday, Sept. 15. The Luverne girls’ varsity ran to a remarkable fifth place finish. Teams placing ahead of Luverne include Stillwater Area in first, Eastview placing second, Rochester Century coming in third, and Owatonna earning fourth. Jenna DeBates placed highest for Luverne at the meet with…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldSeptember 20, 2022The Luverne girls’ volleyball team improved their record to 10 wins and three losses this week with a win over Windom on Thursday and two wins and one loss at the Jackson Invitational on Saturday. The Cardinals will travel to Redwood Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and meet the Pipestone Arrows in Pipestone on Thursday, Sept. 22. Luverne 3, Windom 2 The Luverne girls’ volleyball team hosted Windom…
- By Dan Ellingson for the Star HeraldSeptember 13, 2022The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots moved to 2-0 on the season with a 36-6 victory over the winless Madelia Blackhawks Friday night in Hills. On a cool, wet evening the Patriot offense was balanced with 163 yards rushing and 121 yards passing, while the Patriots’ defense held Madelia to less than half that total, 126 total yards. Running back Beau Bakken put the Patriots on the board first with a 1-…
- By Sara Schmuck for the Star HeraldSeptember 13, 2022The Luverne girls’ and boys’ varsity cross country runners placed first as teams at the Bruce Gluf Classic cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 10, in Luverne. Junior Jenna DeBates led the way with a first-place individual finish, running the 5k in 18:54.40. The next-fastest Luverne girls’ runner was Ella Schmuck with a fourth-place finish of 21:09.80. “I thought we had another great meet with some…
- By Susan Beers for the Star HeraldSeptember 13, 2022The LHS girls’ tennis players continued their winning ways with two victories over the past week. On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Cardinals defeated Blue Earth Area 5-2 at home and finished the week with a 4-3 road win over Marshall on Thursday, Sept. 8. The Cardinals are scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday and to Pipestone on Thursday. The Pipestone meet is for the coveted Battle Racket, and…
- By Stacy Olson for the Star HeraldSeptember 13, 2022The Luverne girls’ volleyball team played three events in five days, bringing their record to 6-2 on the season. The Cardinals fell to Marshall at home Tuesday 3-0, but they went on to defeat Westbrook-Walnut Grove Thursday 3-0 and took first place at the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday. The 6-2 Cardinals play Windom at home Thursday, Sept. 15, participate in the Jackson County Invitational on…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldSeptember 13, 2022The Luverne Cardinals took their first loss of the football season Friday night when they were shut out by the visiting Jackson County Central Huskies. The Huskies led 14-0 after the first half of the game and tacked on 10 points in the second half to claim a 24-0 victory over the Cardinals. Luverne came into the game hoping to spread out the Jackson County defense by utilizing their passing…
- By Dan Ellingson for the Star HeraldSeptember 06, 2022The first football game of the season was a nailbiter for Hills-Beaver Creek players and fans on Sept. 1 when the Patriots pulled off a 28-26 overtime victory in Granada. After a game delay due to short-staffed referees, the teams were chomping at the bit to start. The Patriots had worked hard in the off-season and in long practices leading up to their first contest with the Granada-Huntley-East…
- By John Sichmeller for the Star HeraldSeptember 06, 2022The Luverne Cardinals had a successful start to their football season Thursday night after claiming a victory over the Redwood Valley Cardinals in Redwood. Luverne jumped out to a 21-6 halftime lead and held on for a 21-20 victory. The Cardinals wasted no time getting into the scoring column as they only needed five plays to move 72 yards down the field and into the Redwood Valley end zone. On…
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