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 editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team fell 7-0 to a solid and experienced St. James team at home Thursday, Sept. 11. The Saints came into the match with a 16-0 record, and Luverne had a record of 6-4 before the loss to St. James. The Luverne freshman team of Gracyn Woodley and Lilly Lanoue played two close sets against their St. James opponents in the No. 3 doubles match but fell in two sets 6-2, 6-3…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne cross country team traveled to Rochester to participate in the Mayo Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 11. Luverne and 24 other schools took part in the large and competitive meet in which LHS was among the smallest schools running in the event. “Part of the reason we go to that meet is because there’s a larger number of competitors in each race. We get to see different teams and we…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Luverne volleyball team lost four matches and won one this past week on the road. LHS fell to Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept. 9, losing three games to one. On Saturday, Sept. 13, Luverne lost three matches and won one at the Jackson Invitational. LHS fell to Adrian/Ellsworth, Triton and New Ulm and beat Red Rock Central Saturday. The Cardinals, now 6-8 for the season, were scheduled to take…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 17, 2025The Patriots volleyball team posted a 1-1 record this past week, falling 3-1 to Red Rock Central Tuesday, Sept. 9, on the road and beating Edgerton Public 3-2 Thursday, Sept. 11, at home. H-BC is now 5-4 for the season. The Patriots were scheduled to host Murray County Central Tuesday, Sept. 16, and they’ll travel to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Thursday, Sept. 18. Red Rock Central 3, Hills-Beaver…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team played four matches in five days, finishing 1-3 for the week. The Cardinals fell 7-0 to Fairmont on the road Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they beat Pipestone 4-3 at home Thursday, Sept. 4, to reclaim the Battle Racket. On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Cardinals played a doubleheader against Benson Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) falling 4-3, and they lost 6-1 to Morris Area/…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots tamed the Renville County West Jaguars on the road Saturday, Sept. 6, winning the game 55-14. “I was pleased with the way we came out in the first quarter against Renville,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “We made some big plays to open up the game offensively, and we had created a big turnover on the Jaguars’ first offensive possession.” The Patriots took…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne volleyball team fell twice and took West Lyon in five games to finish the week 2-1. LHS hosted Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 2, losing the match 3-1 at home. Windom won a 3-0 match against Luverne Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Cardinals’ gym. Luverne beat West Lyon 3-2, winning in a fifth game 16-14 Monday, Sept. 8, at home. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Redwood Valley Tuesday, Sept…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek volleyball team finished a busy week of play with a record of 2-3. The Patriots beat Viborg-Hurley 3-1 on the road Tuesday, Sept. 2, and lost 3-2 to Canton at home Thursday, Sept. 4. At the George-Little Rock tournament Monday Sept. 8, H-BC fell 2-0 to George-Little Rock, beat River Valley 2-0, and fell 2-1 to Sibley Ocheyedan. The Patriots were scheduled to play at Red…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025The Luverne cross country team hosted the Bruce Gluf Invitational in Luverne Saturday, Sept. 6. In addition to Luverne, eight schools participated in the event including Dell Rapids, Garretson, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central, Martin County West, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey and South West Minnesota Christian/Edgerton. Luverne finished with 11 Top 10 finishers in the boys’ and girls’…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 10, 2025By Greg Hoogeveen The Luverne Cardinals football team ran over Sibley East 49-8 Friday, Sept. 5, on the road. Luverne amassed seven touchdowns in the first half, three coming on the ground and four through the air. “It was a good win for us, and all the kids were able to get minutes,” LHS head coach Todd Oye said. “It was apparent that we had the advantage in speed and were able to make some…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne Cardinals football team took the wind out of Blue Earth’s sails on Aug. 28, beating the Buccaneers 40-6 at home. After a scoreless first quarter, Luverne got the first score of the game in the second quarter on a 51-yard pass-and-catch play between senior quarterback Josh Hansen and junior Darius Dolo for six points. Dolo caught the ball in the middle of the field surrounded by four…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek football team extinguished the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragons 49-6 before they could mount an offensive momentum Thursday, Aug. 26, at home. “We came out to a fast start on Thursday night. Our defense created a couple early turnovers, and our offense made some explosive plays in that first quarter,” H-BC head coach Rex Metzger said. “I thought offensively we were able to keep…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ volleyball team opened the 2025 season with a loss in Edgerton and a third-place tournament finish in Rochester in the past week. LHS has a 4-2 record for the season with three games set for the next week. The Cardinals were scheduled to play Pipestone Tuesday, Sept. 2, at home, and they’ll host Windom Thursday, Sept. 4, and West Lyon Monday, Sept. 8. SWMC 3, Luverne 1…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne girls’ tennis team improved their season record to 5-1, beating Redwood Valley and River Valley in home meets this past week. LHS blanked Redwood Valley with a 7-0 team win on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and outplayed River Valley 5-2 Wednesday, Aug. 27. Luverne will travel to three of their next four meets. LHS was scheduled to go on the road against Fairmont Tuesday, Sept. 2. Luverne…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Luverne cross country team had 12 runners place in the Top 10 Friday, Aug. 29, in Mountain Lake. Luverne and 15 other regional schools participated in the Paul Metcalf Invitational at the Mountain Lake Golf Course. Lacking varsity runners in the early season, LHS placed three runners in the Top 6 spots in the boys’ and girls’ varsity 5,000-meter races. In the boys’ varsity race junior…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorSeptember 03, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek High School volleyball team marched to a 2-0 start of the 2025 season, beating West Sioux 25-19 and 25-15 in the first game. The Patriots beat West Lyon 27-25 and 30-28 Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the second game of the night on the road. Both contests were played in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The Lady Pates were scheduled to travel to Viborg Tuesday, Sept. 2, and they will host Elk…
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