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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne High School baseball team ended the 2025 season in fifth place in the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. Luverne, the No. 5 seed, fell in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to No. 4 Glencoe-Silver Lake in the state quarterfinals at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud June 11. With the loss, LHS moved to the state consolation bracket. Luverne beat No. 8 Concordia Academy 4-3 at…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 18, 2025The Luverne Junior and Senior American Legion baseball teams kicked off their summer season after the high school team finished in fifth place at the MSHSL State Baseball Tournament in St. Cloud June 12. This season the Junior Legion team has been divided into two teams. The Legion 9 and Legion 10 teams are both coached by Jake Haugen and Ben Serie and will usually play back-to-back games in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is heading to the 2025 State Tournament after winning the Section 3AA Championship Thursday, June 5, in Marshall. Luverne fell 6-1 to Montevideo in the first of two games in the championship. The loss, giving Luverne and Montevideo one loss each in sections, forced a Game 2 between the schools. Luverne found their groove, defeating Montevideo in a 9-0…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The Luverne Redbirds fell 5-3 to the Windom Pirates at home Sunday, June 8. The Redbirds started the game scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning. Skyler Wenninger singled on a line drive to center field, scoring Blake Sauer from second. Windom took the lead in the top of the second inning driving in two runs on two singles. With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Redbird…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 11, 2025The 41st annual Buffalo Days and the Luverne Baseball Association hosted 32 team in the Jr. Legion and 9U-12U tournaments June 5-8 at Redbird Field, Joe Roberts and Riverside Park diamonds. New Ulm won the 16U Jr. Legion Tournament. Brandon Valley-White won 12U, Luverne Jr. Redbirds won 11U and qualified for MSF 11U state tournament, Sioux Falls Cubs won 10U, and Sioux Falls Dirtbags won 9U…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJune 04, 2025The Luverne Cardinals baseball team is knocking on the door to the 2025 State Class AA Minnesota Baseball Tournament after taking down four teams in the section playoffs. Luverne, the No. 2 south seed, beat Redwood Valley, the No. 7 south seed, 8-1 at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of the section tournament. The Cardinals hosted St. James, the No. 3 south seed, narrowly beating the…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Redbirds fell 7-4 to the Worthington Cubs Sunday, May 25, on the road. Worthington managed to get five hits against the Redbirds, scoring five runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth inning. In the top of the second inning, Jacob Stroh hit a double to deep right field for the Redbirds, driving in Elliot Domagala from first base to take a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds gathered three runs in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 28, 2025The Luverne baseball team beat Adrian/Ellsworth 7-1 Thursday, May 22, at Redbird Field in Luverne. The Cardinals are now 17-3 after the regular season and were scheduled to play Redwood Valley at home Tuesday, May 27, in the first round of Section 3AA play. Luverne had 12 hits against Adrian and covered 15 total bases. Senior Alex Schlosser and sophomore Carter Como each drove in two runs for…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 21, 2025Luverne baseball wins two games and raises their season record to 16-3 this past week. With ten wins in a row, LHS sits atop of the Big South Conference with a 12-0 conference record. The Cardinals beat Windom 12-2 at home Tuesday, May 13, and topped Sleepy Eye 10-5 on the road Thursday, May 15. LHS will play Adrian/Ellsworth at home Thursday, May 22, before starting the section playoffs May…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 14, 2025Luverne baseball racked up three more wins to extend their winning streak to eight games in a row. The Cardinals beat Jackson County Central 10-0 at home Tuesday, May 6, and took two games from St. James 8-1 and 11-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS is now 14-3 for the season with three regular season games left before they start the postseason with sections Tuesday, May 27.…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 07, 2025The Cardinals baseball team finished a perfect week with five wins and no losses against four teams to bring their season record to 11-3. LHS beat Pipestone 12-7 on the road Tuesday, April 29, and took two games from host Redwood Valley Cardinals 9-1 and 19-1 in doubleheader action Thursday, May 1. Luverne traveled to Milroy Saturday, May 3, beating the BOLD Warriors 5-4 in the first of two…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 30, 2025The Cardinals baseball team split two games this week, beating Windom 14-2 Tuesday, April 22, and falling to Fairmont 2-0 Friday, April 25. Luverne now stands 6-3 for the season and will travel for their next three games. LHS was scheduled to take on Pipestone Tuesday, April 29. Luverne plays Redwood Valley Thursday, May 1, and Springfield Saturday, May 3. Luverne 14, Windom 2 The…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 23, 2025Luverne jumped all over Jackson County Central in the first inning of the baseball game Tuesday, April 15, to take a 19-1 win on the road over the Huskies. The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning to take a quick and decisive lead that Jackson could not recover from. Junior Maddux Domagala scored the first run for LHS on a triple by senior Carter Sehr. Sehr scored later on a…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 16, 2025The Luverne baseball team went 2-2 this past week. LHS beat Blue Earth 15-5 and 20-2 at home Friday, April 11, but fell 4-3 to Esko Saturday, April 12, and lost 14-3 to Fairmont Monday, April 14. Luverne was scheduled to face Jackson County Central on the road Tuesday, April 15.The Cardinals travel to Windom Tuesday, April 22, and take on Fairmont in Fairmont Friday, April 25. Luverne 15,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorApril 09, 2025The Luverne baseball team opened their 2025 season beating Pipestone 9-1 and Worthington 12-2 Thursday, April 3, at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. Conditions were cool and overcast with teams playing on all turf fields. The Cardinals played the Arrows at 4 p.m. and took on Worthington at 7 p.m. LHS is scheduled to host their next three opponents at Redbird Field. They will play…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorAugust 07, 2024The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team is headed to the 2024 Division II State Tournament after beating Sleepy Eye 12-7 in the sub state championship game Tuesday, July 30, in Springfield. The team is led by Redbird players Jake Haugen and Ben Serie, both second-year coaches at the helm of the program. “Through all my years of playing, I have had really impactful coaches like Mike Wenninger,…
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