Luverne Sports

The Luverne girls’ wrestling team “Rocked” the Belle of the Border Meet in St. James Saturday, Jan. 3, with four Rock sisters placing in the event. The Belle of the Border is an annual meet in St. James among invited Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa high school girls’ wrestling teams. This year there were 270 total athletes from 28 teams grappling for top honors in their weight divisions. In…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team finished a tough week 2-2 against four solid hockey teams. In the Stillwater Holiday Tournament, the Cardinals lost 2-1 to Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29. They beat Western Wisconsin 2-1 Tuesday, Dec. 30, and blanked Moose Lake Area 5-0 Wednesday, Jan. 31. Luverne fell 3-1 on Saturday, Jan. 3, in a home game against Mankato East. The Cardinals, now 9-7 for the season…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team pocketed two wins on the road this past week improving its season record to 9-2. Luverne beat Worthington 79-67 Friday, Jan. 2, and pulled out a 44-42 win against Baltic Saturday, Jan. 3. LHS will host St. James Area Friday, Jan. 9, and will travel to Fairmont Tuesday, Jan. 13.   LHS 79, Worthington 67 Luverne beat the Worthington Trojans 79-67 on the road…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team notched two wins on the road giving the Cardinals a 7-4 season record to date. LHS handily beat Worthington 74-28 Friday, Jan. 2, and topped the Wynot, Nebraska, Blue Devils 37-24 in Madison, South Dakota, Saturday, Jan. 3. “I think our defense the last two games has been outstanding. Any time you hold a team under 30 points you give yourselves a great chance…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team went 2-2 this past week bringing their overall season record to 13-2. In the Granite City Showcase in St. Cloud Luverne won one game and fell twice in the three-day tournament. Luverne fell 6-2 to Cloquet/Esko/Carlton in the first day of the tournament Monday, Dec. 29. Monticello beat the Cardinals 7-3 Tuesday, Dec. 30, and Luverne took down Litchfield/Dassel-…

The Luverne gymnastics team traveled to Marshall Saturday, Jan. 3, placing third in team competition of the Winterfest Meet. As a team, Luverne took fourth place in the vault, third on the bars, second on the beam and third on the floor exercise. “I thought the girls did a fantastic job at the meet and I couldn’t be prouder of this crew,” head coach Phoebe Flom said. “We went into the meet…

Looking back at the sporting events covered in the Star Herald during 2025, I was amazed at all the accomplishments of our local teams and individual athletes in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools. From team titles to individual medals, our sports year in review highlights the big events that shaped the seasons. From personal and season bests to school and individual records I’ve had…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team beat Adrian-Ellsworth by 14 points in a 75-61 win on the road Monday, Dec. 22, improving the Cardinals’ record to 5-4 for the season. The LHS girls jumped to a 6-0 lead and built a 22-16 cushion halfway through the first half before taking a commanding 48-31 lead at the half. The Cardinals added another 27 points in the second half to win 75-61 over the…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team beat Adrian/Ellsworth 86-39 on the road Monday, Dec. 22. In the first half, Luverne quickly built a 12-5 lead over the Dragons, and the Cardinals continued to build on their lead outscoring the Dragons 53-19 at the half. In the second half the Cardinals put up 33 more points and held the Dragons to just 20 points to win by a wide margin. The Cardinals hit 35…

The Luverne boys’ hockey team snatched a 5-4 win from Albert Lea on the road Monday, Dec. 22, improving its season record to 11-0. Luverne senior Maddux Domagala put three pucks in the back of the Tigers’ net to help lead the Cardinals to another victory. Juniors Will Bergman and Ben Hartquist also contributed one goal apiece in the win for Luverne. The first goal of the game came at 16:46 in…

The Luverne Cardinals wrestling team won three and lost five duals this past week. At the Sibley Quadrangular Tuesday, Dec. 16, Luverne fell 47-24 to Sibley-Ocheyedan, 58-24 to Spirit Lake Park and 76-6 to West Sioux. On Saturday, Dec. 20, Luverne hosted the Top the Tree Holiday Dual going 3-2 on the day. Luverne fell 42-35 to Quad County and 30-25 to Border West. The Cardinals beat Springfield…

The Luverne girls’ hockey team won two conference games and now have a 7-5 season record and a 5-3 Big South Conference record. Luverne beat Windom 8-0 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home and won 4-1 against New Ulm Friday, Dec. 19, on home ice. The Cardinals will travel to St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in Stillwater Monday, Dec. 29, to take on the Stillwater Ponies, and on Dec. 31, they’ll play…

Luverne took down three teams, one in overtime, to remain unbeaten this season in boys’ hockey action. The Cardinals walked all over Windom beating the Eagles 9-1 Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home. Luverne skated past New Ulm 8-4 on the road Friday, Dec. 19, and stunned Dodge County at home in overtime play Saturday, Dec. 20. The Cardinals came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Wildcats 4-3 in OT at…

The Luverne boys’ basketball team won one and lost one in conference action over the past week. Luverne lost 67-59 to Pipestone Tuesday, Dec. 16, on the road and beat Redwood Valley 74-43 at home Friday, Dec. 19. The Cardinals now stand at 6-2 for the season and carry a 5-1 Big South Conference record. Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on Adrian/Ellsworth Tuesday, Dec. 22, and will…

The Luverne girls’ basketball team split a pair of conference games to put its record at 3-3 in the Big Red Conference and 4-4 overall. The Cardinals fell 63-40 to Pipestone on the road Tuesday, Dec. 16, and beat Redwood Valley 78-25 Friday, Dec. 19, on their home court. Luverne was scheduled to travel to take on Adrian-Ellsworth Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Cardinals will then play two games on the…

The Luverne gymnastics team fell 138.475 - 131.4 to Worthington on the road Tuesday, Dec. 16. In the team competition, Luverne fell in all four events to the Trojans. Worthington won the team vault 35.425 to 33.950, the bars 33.150 to 29.450, the beam 34.350 to 34.200 and the floor exercise 35.550 to 33.800. In individual all-around results Luverne senior Kianna Winter finished in third place…