Girls’ 100-point club keeps growing
Ella Apel, Izzy Steensma and Tenley Behr reached their 100th career points in the first six games of the 2025-26 Cardinals hockey season.
Boy’s hockey beats Redwood 18-0
The Luverne boys’ hockey team extended its winning streak to 5-0 after taking down Redwood Valley 18-0 on the road Dec. 2 and Marshall 3-0 Dec. 4 at home.
LHS wrestlers open with home triangular
The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team started off the 2025-26 season hosting a triangular and then traveling to separate boys’ and girls’ tournaments this past week.
Cardinals win twice to start season
The Luverne boys’ basketball team captured two wins and had one loss this past week to start the 2025-26 season with a 2-1 record.
Luverne gymnasts flip over Redwood at home
The Luverne gymnastics team opened the 2025-26 season beating Redwood Valley 128.45-126.725 at home.
Cardinal girls drop two games
Luverne fell twice this past week in girls’ basketball action.
LHS lost 67-51 to Fairmont at home Tuesday, Dec. 2, and lost a one-point game to Arlington, South Dakota, 50-49 on the road Friday, Dec. 5.
Sports
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne volleyball team posted two home wins, beating Jackson County Central 3-1 Tuesday, Sept. 23, and topping Edgerton Public 3-1 Monday, Sept. 29. The Cardinals are now 9-9 for the season. LHS was scheduled to host Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, and will take part in the Southwest Minnesota State University tournament in Marshall Oct. 3-4. Luverne 3, Jackson County Central 1 The…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The H-BC football team extended their winning streak to 5-0, beating the Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman (GHEC-T) Jaguars on the road Friday, Sept. 26. “I thought we did a good job of taking away some of Jaguars strengths on offense,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “We were able to get them into some third and long situations, and we created a couple turnovers early which gave us good…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025Hills native Tony Goettsch joined 11 other runners to cover 437 miles in four days for one cause, The 437 Project. For the annual event, 12 runners traverse South Dakota from its Wyoming border to its Iowa border to raise money for the South Dakota Helpline Center, a suicide crisis center. The 2025 runners departed Spearfish Thursday, Sept. 25, and finished in Sioux Falls Sunday, Sept. 28. “…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to St. James Tuesday, Sept. 23, for in invitational at the Jackson Golf Course. The LHS girls’ 5,000-meter team placed first in their event, beating out St. James and Fairmont in the varsity event. The Cardinals boys’ varsity 5,000-meter team finished in sixth place behind Fairmont, Madelia, St. James, Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial-Nicollet and Sleepy Eye…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Patriots volleyball team split two matches this past week and now post a 6-7 record for the season. H-BC beat the Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes 3-2 at home Tuesday, Sept. 23, and fell 3-0 to Adrian/Ellsworth Thursday, Sept. 25, on the road. The Patriots were scheduled to play Southwest Minnesota Christian at home Tuesday, Sept. 30, and will head to Southwest Minnesota State University…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team lost two matches on the road this past week. The Cardinals fell 5-4 in a close match with Sioux Falls Lincoln Tuesday, Sept. 23, and lost 5-2 to Marshall Thursday, Sept. 25, to finish the regular season 6-8. The Cardinals are scheduled to host the Section 3A quarterfinals Monday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. The Cardinals’ opponent has yet to be determined as of this…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorOctober 01, 2025The Luverne High School trap shooting team started their fall season Monday, Sept. 22, at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. This was their first of five weeks of competition in the Minnesota High School Clay Target League. Shooters compete in two 25-target rounds for a total of 50 targets, moving through different stations. Sophomore Ashton Altman shot a perfect 25 in his second round in the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Cardinals edged out the Le Sueur-Henderson Giants Friday, Sept. 19, in a 6-0 victory at home in a defensive showdown between the teams. LHS junior Darius Dolo scored the only points in the game on an 81-yard catch and run pass from senior Josh Hansen in the second quarter. Dolo caught a short pass along the sideline, shook off a Giants defender, and sprinted to the end zone for a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team outscored Westbrook-Walnut Grove 62-8 Friday, Sept. 19, at home in their homecoming game. “It was good to be back home and get a win on homecoming,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “We had a great crowd and I thought our guys played well in all three phases.” The Patriots scored four times through the air, four more on the ground, and once on a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted their third of six flag football sessions in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 20. Ryan Johnson, along with several volunteers, coaches, and parents, host 45 teams and over 470 athletes each week for flag football games and to share the message of Christ. Johnson said, “The games expose the kids, grades 1-6, to flag football and the message of…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne volleyball team split two matches this past week The Cardinals beat St. James 3-2 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 16, and they fell 3-1 to Worthington at home Thursday, Sept. 18. Luverne is now 7-9 for the season. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Jackson County Central Tuesday, Sept. 23. They’ll face Edgerton Public Monday, Sept. 29, and Blue Earth Tuesday, Sept. 30, at home before…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne cross country team went on the road for two meets this past week. LHS participated in the Jackson County Central Tri for Health Thursday, Sept. 18, and headed to the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course Saturday, Sept. 20. “We had a great week on two tough courses. The kids competed hard and are continuing to work to improve each time out,”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Patriots volleyball team dropped two matches to very solid squads this past week. H-BC fell 3-0 to Murray Country Central at home Tuesday, Sept. 16, and lost 3-0 to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton on the road Thursday, Sept. 18. The Patriots are now 5-6 for the season. H-BC was scheduled to host Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Tuesday, Sept. 23. They will play their next two games on the road, taking on…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 24, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team traveled to Blue Earth Monday, Sept. 22, falling 7-0 to the Buccaneers. The Cardinals put up a fight in the singles matches keeping the games relatively close. In the No. 1 singles match, senior Addyson Mann fell 6-2, 6-1 against her Buccaneer opponent. Senior Hannah Kempema lost 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles match. Junior Sophia Remme relinquished her No. 3…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Cardinals rolled over Windom 49-14 on the road Friday, Sept. 12, to capture their third win of the season. Luverne started the game kicking off to Windom, and the Eagles marched down the field to score the first points of the game. Unfazed, Luverne put together two scoring drives of their own in the first quarter to take a 15-7 lead. Senior Jaydon Johnson scored the first touchdown for LHS…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots football team captured their third win of the season, beating Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 50-15 on the road Friday, Sept. 12. “I thought we put together a big first half,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “We were able to put a few drives together and had some explosive plays as well.” In the first half, the Patriots scored on five passing plays and two rushing…
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