Luverne Sports

The Luverne Redbirds met Pipestone at Redbird Field in Luverne for their season opener Sunday, May 11. Redbird Braydon Ripka drove a home run ball over the fence at Redbird Field in the eighth inning to help Luverne take an 11-1 win over Pipestone. With a 5-1 lead after seven innings, Ripka drove in two base runners with his homer to give Luverne an 8-1 advantage in the bottom of the eighth…

The Luverne girls’ track team won the Big South Conference Small Schools Championship Saturday, May 10, at Paulsen Field in Pipestone. The LHS boys finished in third place behind Jackson and Redwood Valley. The Cardinals posted 10 first-place finishes, 34 personal records, and seven season records at the meet. Sophomore Darius Dolo placed first in the boys’ 100-meter with a (PR) time of 11.26…

Luverne 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.…

The Luverne girls’ softball team won two games and fell in two in a busy week of play. LHS beat Blue Earth 18-4 and 19-4 in a doubleheader on the road Thursday, May 8. LHS fell 11-1 to Edgerton at home Friday, May 9, and lost to Adrian 8-7 on the road Monday, May 12. The Cardinals were scheduled to host Worthington Tuesday, May 13, and will travel to Marshall Thursday, May 15.   Luverne 18,…

The Luverne boys’ tennis team lost four matches this week. Blue Earth topped Luverne 7-0 Tuesday, May 6, at home, Lac qui Parle and Benson both beat Luverne 7-0 at home Saturday, May 10, in a doubleheader, and Fairmont beat LHS 7-0 on the road Monday, May 12. “Benson was our toughest opponent of the week, and though the kids actually played better, only Kaleb Hemme at first singles was able to…

The Luverne High School golf team participated in the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Invitational Friday, May 9. The LHS boys’ team placed fourth and the girls’ team finished in fifth place. The Cardinal girls’ team traveled to Morton for the Big South Conference Championship meet Monday, May 12, finishing in eighth place with a team score of 449. The Luverne boys’ golf team was scheduled to…

The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their third week of competition scores. Piper Wynia (LHS) and Cameron Allen (H-BC) each recorded a 25-straight score this week. The rest of the results are as follows:   Week 3 scores LHS Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 19 16 35 Jesse Aning 8 11 19 Alex DeWispelaere 22 24 46 Martin Fick 12 9 21 Dylan Hoff 20 18 38 Gavin Hoven 18 22 40…

The 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…

Several Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek athletes were invited to compete at the 100th Annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays May 2-3 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The two-day event features hundreds of teams and thousands of individual athletes from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Athletes participating in the events are invited, based on certain standards and criteria specific to each…

LHS and H-BC track and field teams posted Top 3 finishes at the Bob Nangle Relays in Pipestone Tuesday, April 29. The Cardinals boys’ team finished in second place with 120 team points, and the Patriots placed third with 103.5 team points. Worthington was first in the team competition with 164 points. The Luverne girls’ team took top honors with 219 total team points, and Hills-Beaver Creek…

The Luverne High School softball team lost four games in the past week to bring their season record to 6-7. In two games in Pipestone, the Cardinals fell to the Arrows 14-3 on April 29 and 17-6 on May 5. In a doubleheader against Fairmont on May 1, Luverne fell 10-9 in the first game and 9-4 in the second game. Luverne will play a doubleheader in Blue Earth Thursday, May 8, and the Cardinals…

The Luverne High School golf teams participated in two Big South Conference meets this past week. The LHS boys’ team finished in third and the girls placed fourth in the Week 2 competition Thursday, May 1. In Week 3 play the boys’ team took second and the girls’ team finished in fourth place Monday, May 5. The Luverne boys’ and girls’ teams will travel to Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, May 9.…

The Luverne Cardinals and the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots track and field teams ran away with top spots at the 2025 True Team meet in Lakeview Monday, May 5. The LHS boys’ and girls’ teams  both took first place in the team competitions. The boys took top honors with a total of 682 points, and the girls’ team topped all other teams with a total of 767.5 team points. The H-BC boys’ and girls’…

The LHS and H-BC trap shooting teams recorded their second week of competition scores. Aydon Kopp (LHS) and John Tiesler (H-BC) each recorded a 25-straight score this week. The rest of the results are as follows:   Week 2 scores LHS Round 1 Round 2 Total Ashton Altman 21 17 38 Jesse Aning 18 13 31 Alex DeWispelaere 22 19 41 Martin Fick 16 20 36 Dylan Hoff / / / Gavin Hoven 17 17 34…

The Luverne Cardinals softball team took two games from Redwood Valley and fell twice to Jackson in doubleheader play. LHS beat Redwood 20-10 and 13-3 April 22 in Luverne and fell to Jackson 12-1 and 9-2 April 25 in Jackson. The Cardinal girls are now 6-3 for the season and were scheduled to take on Pipestone in a doubleheader Tuesday, April 29, on the road. They will travel to Fairmont…

The 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…