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By Mavis FodnessMay 22, 2024For the second year in a row, three sets of twins will graduate from Luverne High School during commencement this weekend. Samuel and Izabel Honerman, Jack and Josie Voorhees and Will and Tori Serie have been together since fifth grade when the Voorhees twins moved to Luverne from Adrian. The students admit they are different from their predecessors. “I feel with the identical twins — like…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School softball team picked up two conference wins, beating Worthington 6-4 on the road Tuesday, May 14, and Pipestone 7-6 at home Thursday, May 16. In the Big South Conference Championship in New Ulm, the Cardinals fell 10-4 to the Tigers Saturday, May 18. Luverne is now 16-5 for the season. The Cardinals are the No.1 seed in the south section playoffs and are scheduled to…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek participated in the Trojan Relays Tuesday, May 14, in Worthington. The Luverne boys’ team finished in fifth place and the girls’ team placed fourth in Class AA action. The Patriots boys’ team finished in third place and the girls’ team took first place in Class A. The boys’ Class AA team results are as follows: Fairmont – first with 146.5 team points, St. Peter…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne girls’ track and field team was crowned the Class A True Team State Champion Saturday, May 18, in Stillwater. The LHS boys’ team finished in fifth place in the True Team competition. “I felt we had a tremendous day, and the kids got out and competed hard and gave it their very best,” said head coach Pete Janiszeski. “It was a pleasant surprise to have the girls come out as…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne High School trap team finished their fifth week of competition at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. Senior Cash Bonnett and junior Liam Murphy led the team with 45 clay targets shot in two rounds. Sophomore Nicholas Mann followed with a round of 44. Eight other LHS shooters scored in the 40s and 12 shot in the 30s. Luverne had one more regular season competition the week of May 19…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 22, 2024The Luverne golf team participated in the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Invitational Friday, May 17. The boys’ team finished in second place out of six teams, and the girls’ team finished fourth out of five teams. In the Boys’ team 18-hole competition, Dawson-Boyd took top honors with a team low score of 317. Luverne took second, finishing 10 strokes behind with a score of 327. Marshall was third…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne softball and baseball bats heated up this past week sending eleven balls over the fence. The softball girls had eight homers and the boys baseball team had three. Twins seniors, Tori and Will Serie, both had grand slams two days apart. Tori's grand slam was against Wisdom on Tuesday, May 7, and Will's was against Redwood Thursday, May 9. Junior Regan Mehlhaff had three total homers…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024Luverne hosted the Section 3A True Team Track and Field Tournament Tuesday, May 7. Thirteen teams participated in the tournament to determine a champion in the boys’ and girls’ teams to move on to the State True Team tournament in Stillwater Saturday, May 18. Both the Luverne boys’ and girls’ track and field teams finished in first place and will move on to the State True Team meet. The H-BC…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne High School softball team notched three wins and one loss in two doubleheaders over the past week. The Cardinals split games with Windom Tuesday, May 7, on the road, falling 2-1 in the first game and winning 15-6 in the second. LHS hosted Blue Earth Thursday, May 9, beating the Buccaneers 17-2 in both games. The Cardinals’ bats were on fire, recording eight home runs in four games…- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne baseball team racked up four conference wins this past week to bring their season record to 13-4. The Cardinals beat Jackson 15-0 on the road Tuesday, May 7, traveled to Redwood Falls, winning two games 11-0 and 14-4 Thursday, May 9, and beat Worthington 14-3 Monday May 13, at Worthington. Luverne is scheduled to travel to St. James Thursday, May 16, for a doubleheader and will take…
- By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne High School boys’ and girls’ track teams took first place at the Big South Conference (small schools) tournament Saturday, May 11, in Redwood Falls. The LHS boys’ team took top honors with 150 total team points. Redwood Valley was second with 119.5, Windom Area placed third with 79, St. James was fourth with 63, Blue Earth Area finished fifth with 62, Jackson County Central was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne High School trap team had seven shooters score in the 40s and 13 shooters in the 30s in the third week of trap shooting May 5-11 at the Rock County Sportsman’s Club. Landon Ahrendt and Jaden Reisch were the top shooters, each with a two-round score of 43. Reisch shot a perfect 25 clay targets in the second round. Week Three Round1 Round 2 Total Landon Ahrendt 20 23 43…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorMay 15, 2024The Luverne boys’ golf team finished third and the LHS girls’ team placed eighth in the Big South Conference Championship Monday, May 13, at the Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton, Minnesota. In 18-hole play the Luverne boys finished third with a team score of 318. St. Peter took top honors with a final team score of 305, and Marshall finished in second with a 309. Six shots behind Luverne was…
By Greg Hoogeveen, Sports EditorMay 08, 2024The Cardinals’ and Patriots’ track teams competed in the Bob Nangle Relays Tuesday, April 30, in Pipestone and the Howard Wood Dakota Relays Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, in Sioux Falls. The Pipestone meet was cold, windy and wet with water standing in places off the track, according to H-BC head coach Rex Metzger. “I thought our kids dealt with conditions and had some nice performances,”…
By Greg Hoogeveen, Sports EditorMay 08, 2024The Luverne baseball team collected three wins, beating Blue Earth 10-0 and 14-4 in a doubleheader at home Friday, May 3, and taking a 4-0 win from Pipestone at home Monday, May 6. The Cardinals are now 9-4 for the season. Luverne was scheduled to travel to Jackson Tuesday, May 7, play a doubleheader against Redwood Valley on the road Thursday, May 9, and travel to Worthington Monday, May 13.…- By Greg Hoogeveen, Sports EditorMay 08, 2024Luverne golfers played their Big South – Week 3 tournament in windy spring weather Monday, May 6. The boys’ team placed second in Windom and the girls’ team took fourth in Pipestone. This was the final week of the regular season Big South tournament schedule. Teams and individual players now head to the Big South Championship at Dakota Ridge in Morton, Minnesota, Monday, May 13, to play the final…
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