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By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team won one game and fell in two others over the past week. The Cardinals beat Worthington 11-0 on the road Tuesday, Jan. 23, fell to Marshall 5-2 at home Thursday, Jan. 25, and lost to Breck 2-0 on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. Luverne is now 12-10 in the regular season with three games left before playoff hockey. LHS was scheduled to travel to Waseca Tuesday, Jan. 30…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team won one game and lost a pair of close games last week. The Cardinals beat Pipestone at home 69-33 Tuesday, Jan. 23, fell to Redwood 54-48 on the road Friday, Jan. 26, and lost to Canton 44-37 on the road Saturday, Jan. 27. LHS, now 5-12 for the season, travels to Fairmont Thursday, Feb. 1, plays St. James on the road Friday, Feb. 2, and travels to Adrian…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 31, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to Pipestone in overtime 87-80 at home Tuesday, Jan. 23, lost to Redwood Valley 96-60 Friday, Jan. 26, on the road, and traveled to Edgerton, winning 75-61 Monday, Jan. 29. Luverne will travel to Fairmont Thursday, Feb. 1, go to St. James Friday, Feb. 2, and play H-BC at home Monday, Feb. 5. Pipestone 87, LHS 80 The Luverne boys fell to Pipestone in…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team fell to a solid Jackson County Central team 80-69 Tuesday, Jan. 16, at home and came back to beat Windom 96-84 Friday, Jan. 19, and Estelline, South Dakota, 66-42 Saturday, Jan. 20, both games on the road. Luverne, now 4-8 for the season, was scheduled to host Pipestone Tuesday, Jan. 23, and will travel to Redwood Friday, Jan. 26. JCC 80, LHS 69 The Luverne…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished 1-2 over the past week with competition at home and on the road. The Cardinals fell to Albert Lea 2-1 Tuesday, Jan. 16, beat New Ulm 4-2 Thursday, Jan. 18, and fell to River Lakes 6-3 Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne is now 11-8 for the season and 7-2 in conference play. The Cardinals were scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and they will host…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne gymnastics team took down Jackson 130.9250 to 128.1000 Thursday, Jan. 18, and beat Windom 133.325 to 126.875 Monday, Jan. 22. Luverne is scheduled to host Marshall Friday, Jan. 26, and Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 30. Luverne 130.9250, Jackson 128.1000 The Luverne varsity gymnasts traveled to Jackson Thursday, Jan. 18, and beat the Huskies 130.9250 to 128.1000 in team competition. In…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne High School wrestling team had a busy stretch of competition on the road in the past week. The Cardinals won two duals and lost one in Windom Tuesday, Jan. 16. They defeated two teams in duals in Lennox Thursday, Jan. 18, and they took seventh place out of 12 teams at the Wabasso Invitational Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne is scheduled to host a Quadrangular Thursday, Jan. 25, competing…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team had a tough week on the road, falling to Jackson County Central 69-59 Tuesday, Jan. 16, losing to Windom 77-67 Friday, Jan. 19, and falling to Estelline, South Dakota, 45-37 Saturday, Jan. 20. Luverne was scheduled to host Pipestone Tuesday, Jan. 23, travel to Redwood Falls Friday, Jan. 26, and go on the road to play at Augustana University in Sioux Falls,…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 24, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team experienced its first loss of the season, losing 6-5 to New Prague Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Waseca. The Cardinals came back and beat New Ulm 6-2 on the road Friday, Jan. 19, putting their record at 14-1 for the season and 9-0 in conference play. Luverne is scheduled to travel to Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 23, and the Cardinals will play two tough teams on the road,…
By Lori SorensonJanuary 17, 2024Longtime Luverne educator and community member Elmer Menage died last week, prompting former students and athletes to reminisce about their beloved teacher, coach and mentor. “He was one of the best coaches I ever had,” said Luverne’s Burdell Braa who played football under Coach Menage in 1972, ’73 and ’74. “He was one of those guys who always had a smile on his face and a one-liner ready. He’d…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024The Cardinal boys’ hockey team blanked Redwood Valley 14-0 at home Thursday, Dec. 11, upping Luverne’s record to 13-0 for the season and dropping Redwood to 0-14. The Cardinals called on sophomore Gavin Hoven to tend the net against Redwood, and he stopped 14 shots in the game for the team win. In the first period LHS was able to score four points from 23 shots on goal. Freshman Carter Como…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024The Luverne boys’ basketball team hosted Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 9, falling to the Trojans 71-68. Against Worthington, Luverne had a 36-33 lead over the Trojans at half time. “Worthington is a very good team and I thought this was one of the better overall games that we have played,” head coach John Sichmeller said. “We held a lead for a good portion of the game, but unfortunately we couldn’…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024The Cardinals traveled to Pipestone for a triangular with the Arrows and Marshall Tigers on Thursday, Jan. 11, Luverne fell in both duals, falling to Marshall 47-18 and to Pipestone 38-36. “The team wrestled well; Marshall is a very good team but we competed very well against them,” head coach Jordan Kopp said. “We had a couple matches that didn’t go our way against Pipestone, but all in all it…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 17, 2024The Luverne girls’ basketball team pulled out a 58-51 win against Worthington Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Luverne. “We are continuing to get better and realizing what it takes to win games,” TJ Newgard said. “Hopefully we can build on this game and get something going.” In the first half, Worthington took a 30-24 lead into the break. The Cardinals were unfazed and in the second half climbed their way…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 10, 2024The Luverne boys’ hockey team hosted Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 2, handing the Fairmont Cardinals a 9-0 loss. LHS took command of the game from the puck drop with a goal by sophomore Maddux Domagala at 1:08 in the first period. Domagala was assisted by freshman Carter Como and sophomore Landyn Lais. At 12:30 Como scored with an assist by Landyn Lais. Junior Levi Gonnerman scored at 15:20 assisted…
By Greg Hoogeveen, sports editorJanuary 10, 2024The Luverne varsity girls’ and boys’ wrestlers started the second half their season in Garretson Saturday, Jan. 6, for the Jesse James Invitational. “Both teams wrestled well, and they had a good day all around,” Luverne head coach Jordan Kopp said. The Cardinal boys placed third as a team, and seven LHS girls earned individual placements at the invitational. The Luverne boys’ team had 142.5…
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